1. Vanessa's Dumpling House
8.6
118 Eldridge St (btwn Broome & Grand St), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Lower East Side · 419 tips and reviews
Reena Nawani: Great sesame pancakes and pork and chive dumplings!
Peter Scordo: Value value value. Dumplings are delicious but save room for the veggie sesame pancake. So good with carrots, cucumbers, and cilantro.
Harry Raymond: Unbelievably cheap meal. You can eat like a king for $5. Try the Peking duck sandwich, dumplings and pork buns.
2. Shu Jiao Fu Zhou Cuisine
8.4
295 Grand St (btw Eldridge & Allen), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Lower East Side · 120 tips and reviews
Evan Staff: Best steamed dumplings in Manhattan, and the only place where I can find 拌面 (1/2 lb of peanut soy sauce noodles for $2). The veg-to-meat ratio and wrapper consistency is so spot-on it's scary.
Agustín Borrazás: Amazing dumplings for 2$ and Wonton Soup also plus Tripe! All prices are 2 or 3.50 it's the most amazing and cheap food you'll find!
Eileen: Steamed pork and chive dumplings are delicious! 6 for $2.50. Lots of filling. Eat with sriracha and their tasty house dumpling sauce. Peanut butter noodles are uninteresting, skip
3. Spicy Village
8.6
68 Forsyth St Frnt B (btwn Grand & Hester St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 184 tips and reviews
Dan Young: Veg friendly - ask for Buddhist noodles - dumplings are great, awesome hand pulled noodles.
Ray Lin: The grungier cousin to Xi'ans, they offer similar hand-pulled noodles. Try the beef brisket noodle soup and start off with the soup dumplings. Limited seating, so come early.
Radames perez: They're obviously known for that amazing big bowl w/chicken sichuan style, but I always get the beef brisket and spicy dumplings. I can eat there every day.
4. Beauty & Essex
8.8
146 Essex St (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Tapas Restaurant · Lower East Side · 579 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: Beautiful people, tufted sofas, killer cocktails, shared plates (try the grilled cheese with smoked bacon and tomato soup dumplings)—and complimentary pink champagne served in the ladies’ room.
marcy stone: The chocolate layer cake is incredible, and so are the bacon grilled cheese, tomato soup dumplings
Zoe B: Emerald gimlet, tomato soup dumplings and steak tartare are a must.
5. 169 Bar
8.4
169 E Broadway (btwn Rutgers & Jefferson St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Lower East Side · 241 tips and reviews
Sheena Bowman: The dumplings are the best! I had the veggie, but my friend had the pork, both are good. Stay away from the crab!
David Yanofsky: Pork Dumplings++ Oyster Po Boy--
Sarah Judd Welch: Uses Square and brings in pork and veggie dumplings from 6 Happy Kitchen.
6. Kings County Imperial
8.9
168 1/2 Delancey St (btw Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 14 tips and reviews
Ranu Rajkarnikar: Delicious and great for a group dinner. Soup dumplings, garlic eggplant, angry pig fried rice, shrimp toast, Dan Dan mian. The list goes on. Solid cocktail game too!
F. Bastard: Tasty Chinese food at gentle prices in a pleasant room with a full bar. Sold! Loved the lotus root salad and the long dumplings. Hong Kong noodles only OK.
Luke: Mock eel here is better than real eel pretty much anywhere. The veggies and noodles are all worth a spin, but the dumplings are... somehow dauntingly huge. Tasty, just large.
7. Cafe Katja
8.6
79 Orchard St (btwn Broome St & Grand St), New York, NY
Austrian Restaurant · Lower East Side · 135 tips and reviews
Brian Schechter: Come hungry. Sit at the bar. Get the spatzle, the dumplings, the kale and beer.
Village Voice: Winner of Best Use of Quark in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Cheese dumplings with sausage - dairy lover's feast!
Food Republic: Emmentalerwurst has cheese INSIDE. INSIDE!!! Also, exceptional quark dumplings. Great with a stein.
8. Hua Du Dumpling Shop
7.2
249-253 Grand St (at Chrystie St), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Lower East Side · 5 tips and reviews
Billie Christie: This place has a great selection of seafood and it has a butcher (limited selections) with very, very reasonable prices! Homemade dumplings are frozen and sold at retail. Great find!
Mingster C: The cabbage with pork is my favorite of the dumplings. Can't go back to eating supermarket frozen bagged dumplings anymore! I don't recommend the sticky rice bread roll though...old & stale.
Michael Cosaboom: Delicious frozen dumplings. Not all varieties are in the front freezer. Ask for kinds you don't see.
9. Congee Village 粥之家
8.1
100 Allen St (at Delancey St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 217 tips and reviews
jesse barton: I highly recommend the pan fried rice, pork dumplings, and steamed vegetables. Authentic, delicious Cantonese.
Eric Friedman: Stick to the basics here. Sesame chicken, steamed dumplings. Overall we were disappointed with the food, but if you want to feed a large group cheaply this could be your place.
Lisa Z: S550 flounder two tastes, fried pumpkin rice cakes, house fried chicken, soup dumplings!!!
10. Phở Grand
7.6
277 Grand St (btwn Forsyth & Eldridge St), New York, NY
Vietnamese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 132 tips and reviews
Mike Levin: Great Pho, but the vegetable dumplings are truly special as well. Homemade and perfectly pan fried.
Monika Brodka: Amazing pork dumplings! Grilled pork on tiny rice stick is worth trying. Try also Carmel fish. Actually everything I ate here so far was delicious.
Matthew Spector: Order everything on the menu - dumpling and egg roll appetizers and the traditional pho offerings are some of the freshest in town. For Vietnamese food lovers.
11. Marshall Stack
7.8
66 Rivington St (at Allen St), New York, NY
Pub · Lower East Side · 107 tips and reviews
Jane O'Donnell: Great atmosphere, good food and drink, lovely staff. Oh yes, and the shrimp dumplings are amazing.
Josh Alper: Great beers and spicy dumplings!
Tom DiMaggio: Dumplings are excellent! Sloppy Joe sliders are also recommended. Warning about the grilled cheese: it has tomatoes in it.