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Li Wah is a longstanding AsiaTown dining room known for Cantonese cooking and rolling dim sum service. Cleveland Magazine and Cleveland Scene both name the restaurant in local Chinese dining coverage. The Payne Avenue location remains a useful gathering place for shared plates, seafood, dumplings and weekend brunch traditions.

King Wah serves a broad Chinese menu from a Rocky River dining room, with Cantonese leaning seafood, noodles and familiar house specialties. Cleveland Magazine includes the restaurant in its Chinese dining coverage. The Center Ridge Road room supports both shared dine in meals and a steady takeout trade for west side regulars.

LJ Shanghai concentrates on Shanghainese comfort food, especially soup dumplings, noodles and braised dishes in a compact AsiaTown room. Cleveland Magazine and Cleveland Scene both include it in Chinese restaurant coverage. The concise setting keeps attention on the kitchen, with baskets of dumplings and deeply flavored braises suited to sharing across the table.

Szechuan Gourmet explores the chile heat, peppercorn fragrance and varied textures of Sichuan cooking through an expansive menu. Cleveland Scene names the restaurant in its Chinese results. The East Thirty Sixth Street dining room is the Cleveland location of a small two restaurant local group and remains firmly within AsiaTown.

Sichuan Hot Pot offers bubbling shared broths alongside a deep menu of Sichuan dishes, letting diners choose meats, vegetables and noodles for the table. Cleveland Scene's dedicated review describes the restaurant and its tongue tingling specialties. The independent Rockwell Avenue location remains an established part of AsiaTown.