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 Singh: Lobster tacos, soup dumplings, new york pretzels, Mac n cheese ... List goes on .. Orange jalapeño margarita ...
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.
Carolina S: Grilled cheese, smoked bacon and tomato soup dumpling is a MUST
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 An: My favorites are the Peking duck sesame pancake and fried pork buns. So yummy and so cheap!
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 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!
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 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 Santiago: Recommend: King Kamehameha cocktail, soup dumplings, dry fried long beans, xian veal ribs, Hong Kong style noodles
Lili Baz: Cozy restaurant in LES with good cocktails and amazing food! Must get soup dumplings! Green beans are on the salty side.
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 Fisher: Big tray chicken, dry beef brisket huimei, pork pancake, soup dumplings
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 Cohen: Don't miss the pork pancake, soup dumplings and hand pulled noodles and chicken.
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: S550 flounder two tastes, fried pumpkin rice cakes, house fried chicken, soup dumplings!!!
Robert Brisita: The gotos: Sliced pork and egg congee, Juicy mini pork dumings, and Minced pork bun.
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.