Beauty & Essex is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

1. Beauty & Essex

8.7
146 Essex St (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Tapas Restaurant · Lower East Side · 579 tips and reviews

Scherjang S.Scherjang Singh: Lobster tacos, soup dumplings, new york pretzels, Mac n cheese ... List goes on .. Orange jalapeño margarita ...

Travel + LeisureTravel + 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.

Carolina S.Carolina S: Grilled cheese, smoked bacon and tomato soup dumpling is a MUST

Vanessa's Dumpling House is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

2. Vanessa's Dumpling House

8.5
118 Eldridge St (btwn Broome & Grand St), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Lower East Side · 419 tips and reviews

Rosa A.Rosa An: My favorites are the Peking duck sesame pancake and fried pork buns. So yummy and so cheap!

Natalie O.Natalie Olbrantz: SO CHEAP AND SO GOOD!!! Pork buns, pork/chive dumplings and sesame pancakes are all to die for. You can't go wrong with anything here.

inna k.inna kats: Mung began soup is gross, steamed veggie dumplings no good also. Noodles w/sesame sauce (#37), pork buns, and pancakes are great. Kimchi's barely spicy and great addition to any meal. Do It!

Kings County Imperial is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

3. 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 R.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!

Orlando S.Orlando Santiago: Recommend: King Kamehameha cocktail, soup dumplings, dry fried long beans, xian veal ribs, Hong Kong style noodles

Lili B.Lili Baz: Cozy restaurant in LES with good cocktails and amazing food! Must get soup dumplings! Green beans are on the salty side.

Spicy Village is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

4. 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

Jeremy F.Jeremy Fisher: Big tray chicken, dry beef brisket huimei, pork pancake, soup dumplings

Ray L.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.

Idan C.Idan Cohen: Don't miss the pork pancake, soup dumplings and hand pulled noodles and chicken.

Delicious Bakery is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

5. Delicious Bakery

7.1
139 Hester St (at Chrystie), New York, NY
Bakery · Lower East Side · 12 tips and reviews

Guan L.Guan L.: Best steamed buns!

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Good steamed roast pork buns with fatty, finely minced filling.

Mario T.Mario Tang: Pork buns and egg custards

Ivan Ramen is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

6. Ivan Ramen

8.0
25 Clinton St (btwn Stanton & E Houston St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Lower East Side · 326 tips and reviews

Michael H.Michael Haarala: Pork buns. Tempura mushrooms. Shio ramen. Ivan Palmer. Meal of champs!

Jacob G.Jacob Gyllenstierna: Get the tofu, pork buns and Tokyo shio ramen with roasted tomatoes.

Nicole F.Nicole Formica: If they have them, start with the pork buns!

Go Believe Bakery is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

7. Go Believe Bakery

8.1
239 Grand St (btw Bowery & Chrystie), New York, NY
Bakery · Lower East Side · 6 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Decent steamed pork bun for $0.80.

Jennifer Y.Jennifer Yu: The steamed baos are a must

Wesley B.Wesley Bliss: Super cheap, quick, small bites. Great for lunch. Get one of the small sandwiches and definitely some pork & thousand year egg congee!

3 Times is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

8. 3 Times

7.4
90 Clinton St (btwn Delancey & Rivington St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 3 tips and reviews

LilyLily: NYT Hungry City Critic's Pick (2/2020): "Xiao long bao; southern pork buns; spicy beef tendon; salted duck; pork mooncake; scallion pancake; noodles with minced pork sauce; Ningbo sesame dumpling."

Judy C.Judy Cari: Solid soup dumplings without the Chinatown crowd, must have the truffle chicken soup dumplings.

ŞirinŞirin: Wonton soup and buns.

Congee Village 粥之家 is one of The 9 Best Places for Steamed Buns in Lower East Side, New York.

9. Congee Village 粥之家

8.2
100 Allen St (at Delancey St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Lower East Side · 217 tips and reviews

Lisa Z.Lisa Z: S550 flounder two tastes, fried pumpkin rice cakes, house fried chicken, soup dumplings!!!

Robert B.Robert Brisita: The gotos: Sliced pork and egg congee, Juicy mini pork dumings, and Minced pork bun.

Jen K.Jen Keegan: Lychee martinis for 6 bucks! Seafood congee and juicy buns are a must. Get fried bread for dessert you won't be disappointed.