Charleston, SCChinese

Owner Emely Yan, who moved from China to attend college in Pennsylvania, borrowed the idea of screens-on-wheels dim sum service from spots she had seen in New York City. The Post and Courier reviewed the West Ashley strip mall restaurant in October 2025, and it placed runner-up for Best Chinese in the 2026 Best of Charleston poll.

This Park Circle restaurant on East Montague Avenue serves Chinese American cooking and took Best Chinese in Charleston City Paper's 2026 Best of Charleston readers' poll, with Chef Loong as runner-up. It has become one of the more talked-about kitchens in North Charleston's growing Park Circle restaurant corridor.

Kwei Fei began as a pop-up before settling into this James Island address, serving Sichuan dishes like mapo tofu and dan dan noodles. Post and Courier critic Hanna Raskin recommended it to diners seeking good Chinese food in Charleston, and it placed runner-up for Best James Island Restaurant in the 2026 readers' poll.

The building housing this Daniel Island restaurant was constructed in Taiwan and reassembled on site, and Saturday dim sum service has become a neighborhood fixture. The Post and Courier's Chinese takeout roundup quotes a reader calling it Daniel Island's top Chinese restaurant, even as the menu has grown more Americanized over the years.

A longtime Meeting Street takeout counter run by a husband-and-wife team, named in the Post and Courier's Chinese takeout roundup as the creme de la creme of Lowcountry Chinese food. It has kept the same counter-service format for years, drawing a steady stream of regulars picking up orders on their way home.