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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Cleveland Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Li Wah · AsiaTown
Li Wah is a longstanding AsiaTown dining room known for Cantonese cooking and rolling dim sum service. The Payne Avenue location remains a useful gathering place for shared plates, seafood, dumplings and weekend brunch traditions.
King Wah | Chinese · Rocky River
King Wah is a family-owned Rocky River restaurant on Center Ridge Road. The dining room's red seats, Asian lanterns and warm lighting set up both casual dinners and occasions. General Tso's chicken is a popular order, coated in a sweet-spicy sauce and served with broccoli; a full-service bar adds tiki-style cocktails.
LJ Shanghai · AsiaTown
LJ Shanghai concentrates on Shanghainese comfort food, especially soup dumplings, noodles and braised dishes in a compact AsiaTown room. The concise setting keeps attention on the kitchen, with baskets of dumplings and deeply flavored braises suited to sharing across the table.
Szechuan Gourmet · AsiaTown
Szechuan Gourmet explores the chile heat, peppercorn fragrance and varied textures of Sichuan cooking through an expansive menu. The East Thirty Sixth Street dining room is the Cleveland location of a small two restaurant local group and remains firmly within AsiaTown.