1. Kings County Imperial
9.1
20 Skillman Ave (btwn Union Ave & Lorimer St), Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Williamsburg · 119 tips and reviews
Lears Fool: Nice appetizer date spot: soup dumplings and cozy seating
Bin Yang: Mock eel's flavor and crunch is spot on like the traditional non-mock dish; ends up with juicy umami packed mushrooms - it's great. Get the soup dumplings, ants on a tree, and the crispy chicken!
Alessandra: Dan Dan noodles and soup dumplings are great! Plus Meg is a fantastic bartender!
2. Win Son
9.1
159 Graham Ave (at Montrose Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Taiwanese Restaurant · East Williamsburg · 109 tips and reviews
Jeremy Fisher: Well-executed standards w/ a few curveballs. Fried eggplant, zhajiangmein, sesame peanut noodles all great. Big chicken bun may be best fried chicken sandwich in nyc. Decor & cocktails both good
Zack Kantor: Pork Buns, Papaya Salad, Chicken Bun are all worth a first-time try
Rachel Ngu: Such a lovely restaurant! My friend and I enjoyed the pork buns, turnip cake and Lu rou. Will definitely be back next time!
3. Birds of a Feather
8.9
191 Grand St (btwn Bedford & Driggs Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Williamsburg · 88 tips and reviews
Karen Cooper: DELICIOUS everything. Curry dumplings, pot stickers, soup dumplings... beautiful setting. I'd definitely take a date here ;)
Honghui Yu: Super delicious soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) - way better than what you get at Joe's Shanghai! Also the dandan noodles are some of the best I've had in the city.
AmateurConcierge: Another high quality Chinese resto from the crew from Cafe China, China Blue. Love their chicken, the soup dumplings solid, loved the chili fish (fried). Skip the eggplant, ribs too sweet
4. M Shanghai Bistro
7.5
292 Grand St (btwn Roebling St & Havemeyer St), Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Williamsburg · 126 tips and reviews
alex bisceglie: Great chinese food, with a good bar in Williamsburg. Soup dumplings are excellent
C. Spencer Beggs: This place is hit-or-miss sometimes. You can't go wrong with the pork buns and the Kung Pow chicken, though ($19.10 all together).
Robin Man: Order the following: Soup Dumplings, Pork Shu Mai, Awesome Beef, and Shanghai Noodles. Optional, scallion pancakes and roast pork buns. This place is so flippin' good.
5. Chuko
8.7
565 Vanderbilt Ave (at Pacific St), Brooklyn, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Prospect Heights · 389 tips and reviews
CITY GRIT: First things first: Spicy Pickles and Shrimp Bun! Next up: Kale Salad & Crispy Brussels. Finale: Your very own bowl of Kimchi Ramen! You just won today!
Geoff Dudgeon: Pork buns, chilled noodles, miso ramen
Santiago Duarte: Great little place in Brooklyn. Delicious ramen and steamed bao. A bit too hot and crowded.
6. East Wind Snack Shop
8.8
471 16th St (at Prospect Park West), Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Windsor Terrace · 52 tips and reviews
Gina Trapani: Get the pork belly bao & aged beef potstickers. Bubble tea good, too.
Camille: Get the Hong Kong hot cakes! Or a pork bao and bubble tea! Can't really go wrong here, even the Buddha veggies are great!
Bon: Amazing 🐮 potstickers, meltingly tender 🐷 belly bao, and OG Hong Kong cakes.
7. Saint Vitus Bar
8.3
1120 Manhattan Ave (at Clay St), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Greenpoint · 90 tips and reviews
Kate H.: Veggie steamed buns with tofu and kimchee are the best late night bar snacks EVER.
Jaime B: Vegetarians try all of the veggie buns here. They are soooo good.
Jhonn Thomassen: Great beer & shot combos. They serve veg and non-veg slider buns for cheap. Live music, mostly punk, hardcore, and metal.
8. Win Son Bakery
9.1
164 Graham Ave (at Montrose Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · East Williamsburg · 40 tips and reviews
Greg Wong 🎯: Milk bun breakfast sandwiches, Fan tuan (Taiwanese rice rolls). Donuts. Everything is so good. Come for breakfast/lunch before 1. Come again for dinner.
Clover Leaf: Great breakfast - milk buns and scallion pancakes !!!
Leemor Yuravlivker: Best thing is the milk bun ginger deluxe. Instead of subbing a scallion pancake, you can order one on the side and get best of both worlds 😋
11. Thanh Da
7.5
6008 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Vietnamese Restaurant · Sunset Park · 27 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Try Bun bo Hue soup-brick-red beef broth tastes of long simmering, spiked w/ chiles, lemongrass, & shrimp paste & great hunks of braised beef & slithery rice vermicelli, along w/ scallions & cilantro.
Ben R: Bun bo Hue is a must have. Rare to find in NYC and a good rendition here. Spicy lemongrass chili broth, with long simmered beef shin and tendon. Like pho's angry little brother.
Village Voice: Great Vietnamese can be hard to come by, but this place has it all: affordable, a great ambiance, and a menu that mixes classics with a few oddballs. We love the beefy and spicy bun bo hue soup.
12. Roberta's Pizza
9.2
261 Moore St (at Bogart St), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · East Williamsburg · 864 tips and reviews
Helen Chi: Short list: Bloody Mary, Bee Sting pizza, chorizo brunch plate, sticky bun.
Jane Dong: Pizza is my favorite in NYC, but it's the sticky buns that bring this place home for me.
Glaelis Sierra Gomez: We went for brunch... Try the sticky buns! They're amazing! Also, we had the Cowabunga pizza... It's like a supreme pizza!! Super good!!!
13. Baoburg
7.7
614 Manhattan Ave (btwn Driggs & Nassau Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Asian Restaurant · Greenpoint · 34 tips and reviews
Namaste Yoga: Great asian food you can find in town!! Grandma's chicken over rice, Szechuan chicken, dumplings and pork bun are recommended!!
Joe Burgess: Baos are obviously amazing. But get the Pho as well! Its equally amazing
Carlos Robles: Steak Buns and the Khoa Soi are great.
14. Emily
9.0
919 Fulton St (btwn Clinton & Waverly Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Clinton Hill · 304 tips and reviews
Cait Irwin: You must try the 1) vodka pizza with vodka sauce, ham, & mozzarella 2) emmy burger on a pretzel bun and the most magical of them all the 3) zucca pasta with duck ragu. Wonderful food and experience!
Coady Ann: This is the best burger we have ever had; primarily due to the wonderful pretzel bun, onion, and the sauce that they put on top of the burger. Fries were well done; they were good!
Christopher Freda: In all seriousness, one of the best #burgers I've ever had. Phenomenal patty, delicious sauce, great bun! Loved the #fries too! Great pizza too!
15. Bia
8.1
67 S 6th St (btwn Berry St & Wythe Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Vietnamese Restaurant · Williamsburg · 64 tips and reviews
Nik Nadolski: Always get a "Mini Char Sui Bao"(steamed pork bun)... Always. ;)
Luca Galasso: Amazing pork bun, really good ginger wigs, and as main the best is the porn chop with fried egg and rice, the ginger lemon grass stew oxtail is also sooooo good
Cullen MacDonald: Best pork bun I've ever had.