New Orleans, LAChinese

Opened in 2019, this is a rare dedicated Chinese restaurant in the Creole-heavy French Quarter, known for its dumplings, five-spice fried pork ribs, and jianbing crepes. Both nola.com and Gambit's Winter 2025 dining issue covered the Decatur Street kitchen, which brought dim sum to a corner of the Quarter that had little of it.

A go-to for Chinese food for more than 40 years, this Mid-City standby on South Carrollton is known for its triple dragons chicken in hot garlic sauce and affordable combination fried rice. Gambit's Winter 2025 dining issue keeps it in the conversation among the city's enduring Chinese kitchens.

Owner Shirley Lee's Cantonese menu draws on her Hong Kong background, with snow pea leaf dumplings, soup dumplings, and black bean clams. Gambit covered the Uptown opening on Magazine Street, where the kitchen turns out a Cantonese range that stands apart from the city's usual takeout roster.

A Cantonese-focused Mid-City kitchen serving barbecue ribs, seafood hot pot, and mango shrimp in a comfortable dining room on South Carrollton. Gambit's Winter 2025 dining issue and Where Y'at both count it among the city's Chinese destinations, and the menu leans into seafood and Cantonese classics.

A Chinese-and-Vietnamese kitchen on the West Bank in Gretna, popular for its Triple Delight of shrimp, chicken, and beef in hot garlic sauce. Where Y'at and Gambit's Winter 2025 dining issue both cover the room, which spans two cuisines and draws a crowd from across the river.