Find your next good meal.

A small, useful directory of places to explore. Choose a style, read the details and head straight to the restaurant for current menus and bookings.

10 places to explore

Dim sum

Good Mong Kok Bakery

A Stockton Street stop for a dim sum meal you can carry with you. Good Mong Kok fits a flexible food walk: choose a few pieces, keep the order manageable, and leave room for another stop.

1039 Stockton Street
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Hang Ah Tea Room

A Pagoda Place tea room with a long Chinatown story. Put Hang Ah on the shortlist when you want to sit down, share dim sum and make the meal a central part of the visit.

1 Pagoda Place
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City View Restaurant

A dim sum destination on Walter U. Lum Place. City View is a useful choice when the plan calls for a shared table and time to compare several small dishes.

33 Walter U. Lum Place
Read the profile ↗Contemporary

China Live

A Broadway dining destination built around an open kitchen experience. China Live makes sense for a group that wants a wider menu and a meal with several different preparations.

644 Broadway
Read the profile ↗Sichuan

Z & Y Restaurant

A Jackson Street restaurant for a Sichuan-focused meal. Explore chili, aromatic sauces and contrasting textures while choosing a level of heat that works for the whole table.

655 Jackson Street
Read the profile ↗Roast duck

Z & Y Peking Duck

A Jackson Street destination that puts Peking duck at the center of the meal. A good starting point when the group has agreed on one signature dish and wants to build around it.

606 Jackson Street
Read the profile ↗Contemporary

Mister Jiu’s

Contemporary Chinese dining on Waverly Place. Mister Jiu’s is a destination to plan around, with party size and menu choices worth reviewing before making a reservation.

28 Waverly Place
Read the profile ↗Cantonese

R&G Lounge

A Kearny Street restaurant for a table built around sharing. R&G Lounge offers a useful contrast to a takeaway food walk: settle in and make several dishes the focus.

631 Kearny Street
Read the profile ↗Bakery

Eastern Bakery

A Grant Avenue bakery with coffee crunch cake and mooncakes in its official catalogue. Plan a short stop for something sweet, or contact the bakery ahead for a larger order.

720 Grant Avenue
Read the profile ↗Bakery

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

A Ross Alley stop for fortune cookies and a different kind of food experience. Keep the visit compact and leave space for the people working, shopping and passing through.

56 Ross Alley
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This is a starting selection, not a ranking or a complete directory of Chinatown. Read how we choose and source entries.