Rankings

The Official Chinese Quest Rankings

Updated February 2023

These are our official rankings of the best Chinese restaurants on Long Island and New York City:

Map of the Chinese Restaurants We Have Reviewed

Legend:

Excellent Chinese restaurant!  Rated greater than 4.50 (on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the best score)

Above Average Chinese restaurant.  Chinese Quest rated between 4.00 and 4.50

Average Chinese restaurant.  Rated between 3.00 and 3.99

Below Average Chinese restaurant.  Rated lower than 3.00

Clusters:

Blue clusters indicate there are between 2 and 9 different Chinese restaurants in that region, with the number on the cluster giving the number of Chinese restaurants in that region.  Click on the cluster, or zoom in repeatedly as necessary to reveal the map markers showing each Chinese restaurant in that region.

Yellow clusters indicate there are between 10 and 99 different Chinese restaurants in that region, with the number on the cluster giving the number of Chinese restaurants in that region.  Click on the cluster, or zoom in repeatedly as necessary to reveal the map markers showing each Chinese restaurant in that region.

Red clusters indicate there are greater over 100 different Chinese restaurants in that region, with the number on the cluster giving the number of Chinese restaurants in that region.  Click on the cluster, or zoom in repeatedly as necessary to reveal the map markers showing each Chinese restaurant in that region.

As we review more restaurants, these rankings will, of course, change over time.  Our Quest is to find THE best Chinese Restaurant on all of Long Island and New York City.  If you have any suggestions, please Contact Us!

UPDATES:

July 22, 2019:  The Chinese Quest ventures to Long Island Pekin, the newest authentic Chinese restaurant that recently opened in Babylon, NY. Click here to read their review and to learn all about the Long Island Pekin Duck that makes their Peking Duck extra special!

June 19, 2019:  Coco’s Palace Restaurant opened a few months ago in Great Neck, NY. This Chinese restaurant introduces Yunnan Cuisine to New York.  What is Yunnan Cuisine? How good is Coco’s Palace?  We are glad you asked. You are going to want to know.

April 30, 2019: We finally reviewed New Fu Run in Great Neck.  It’s the sister restaurant to Fu Run Dongbei in Flushing.  How did it stack up to its sister and against the rest of the competition?  We think you will be surprised!

February 6, 2019: The Chinese Quest celebrated the Chinese New Year, Year of the Pig by dining at the recently opened Shanghai Dumpling in Little Neck, NY. Pigs love to eat, we love to eat! Did we love what we ate?

January 2019:  Blue Wave Restaurant, a Shanghainese Chinese restaurant, recently opened in Williston Park, NY. The spread of authentic Chinese restaurants is continuing in Long Island, and The Chinese Quest was there to review it.

December 1, 2018: Newly opened F-A-N Chinese Restaurant, located at 534 Commack Road, Deer Park, NY, specializes in authentic Szechuan cuisine. The space is small, nicely decorated, and the English speaking waitstaff are friendly and helpful. The night we were there had a nice mix of Chinese and Caucasian customers.  So what did we think of the food? Click to find out!!

November 2, 2018:  The Chinese Quest was extremely eager to dine at the newly opened You Garden Xiao Long Bao Chinese restaurant in Bayside, NY.  This new Bayside location is owned by the same people who own Shanghai You Garden Dumpling House in Flushing, NY.  People have claimed that Shanghai You Garden Dumpling House has the best soup dumplings in New York.  But, the members of The Chinese Quest are far different than ordinary people.

August 6, 2018:  Daxi Sichuan, is a Chinese restaurant located on the 2nd floor of the New World Mall in downtown Flushing which is located at 36-20 Roosevelt Avenue. Here you will find a most elegant upscale restaurant, great Chinese food, and raucous parties. Raucous parties? Click to read our Review and more…

July 2, 2018:  “Zou Ji“, a Chinese restaurant, opened up three weeks ago in Syosset, New York.  Zou Ji features Northeast Chinese Home Style, or Dongbei, cuisine. This evening we had some dishes that we had never eaten before on our Quest, and that was only half the surprises that were in store for us!

April 24, 2018:  Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao, a Shanghainese Chinese Restaurant located in Flushing, NY came touted to us as having THE BEST Soup Dumplings anywhere.  Even better than the Soup Dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai!  That’s quite a bold statement!  Were they?  You’ll have to read on to find out if we agreed!

March 27, 2018:  Spicy Home Tasty is a new Szechuan style Chinese restaurant that recently opened in Commack, NY. We welcome the influx of authentic Chinese cuisine to Long Island. However we found this restaurant lacking in two ways. You won’t believe the second!

February 19, 2018:  Tao’s Fusion, a Chinese restaurant in Selden, NY is part of the evolution of Chinese food that is rapidly spreading across Long Island.  No longer content with Americanized Chinese cuisine, the cultivated tastes of Long Islander’s is warming up to authentic Chinese food!  

January 29, 2018:  New Mulan Seafood Restaurant is one of the most elegant Chinese restaurants that you are going to find in downtown Flushing Queens, New York. Tonight we were in for the experience of our lives. A once in a lifetime experience that we were treated to.

December 4, 2017:  In your wildest dreams, can you imagine a Chinese restaurant that serves over 120 different types of dumplings? Well fantasy meets reality at Dumpling Galaxy in Flushing, NY.

October 11, 2017:  Our review of Canton Gourmet. This is a must eat Chinese restaurant in Flushing, NY. Especially if you enjoy fresh seafood.  Restaurants like Canton Gourmet make this journey so special.

September 27, 2017:  Our latest Quest landed us at Nan Bei Ho in Bayside, Queens, New York.  The owner Angela Mao was as famous as Bruce Lee, when she was a martial arts film star in Hong Kong during the 70’s.  We hoped to meet the living legend herself, and have a legendary meal. But alas, all we were met by was disappointment.

July 18, 2017:  For 28 years Baybridge Szechuan Cuisine Chinese Restaurant has been faithfully serving residents of northern Bayside, Queens, NY.  The restaurant itself is clean, though dated, and lacking some of the “charm of old school Americanized Chinese restaurants.

June 16, 2017:  Tao’s Peking Duck House, sister Chinese restaurant of Tao’s in Stony Brook and Tao’s in Selden, opened in Glen Cove.  How could we not try their Peking Duck?  Click to read what we thought of their newest establishment.

May 10, 2017:  Saaho Village in Great Neck Plaza just opened and The Chinese Quest was all over it.  The food was unlike any other Chinese food that we ever had.

February 27, 2017:  Legend of Taste recently opened in Whitestone, NY, and EXPLODED on our taste buds, and rocketed up our rankings all the way to #2!

January 16, 2017:  We tried something new today… Dim Sum at Jade Asian Restaurant in Flushing, NY.  So many dishes.  Click to find out which dishes that we liked best!

December 19, 2016:  Hoping to jump on the latest craze, Handmade Noodles, we went to Sifu Chio, The Noodle Restaurant in Little Neck, NY.  The noodles weren’t handmade.  What we did after might make you think we lost our heads!

November 16, 2016:  We dined at Golden Temple II, which in previously incarnations was known as Tao, Dao, Ao, and Hao.  So how was it?  You’ll have to read our review!

October 6, 2016:  You are going to love Fu Run Dong Bei Chinese Restaurant in Flushing, NY. Fair warning: This review is going to make you very VERY hungry! Go. Enjoy!!  Bet you can FEEL the sizzle!

September 12, 2016:  We went Back to the PAST!  Stepping in to a time warp, we were back in the early 1970’s when we entered Hoi Ming in West Sayville, NY.  Was the past really the good old days?  Check our review to find out.

August 11, 2016:  Little Neck, NY is fast becoming a mecca for authentic Chinese Cuisine as The Chinese Quest is quickly discovering.  Yet another new Chinese restaurant opened recently.  We reviewed Grain House, on Northern Blvd., Little Neck, NY.

July 21, 2016:  Another trip to the East.  Another authentic Chinese restaurant opened up in Centereach, New York in Suffolk County on Long Island.  LOL Kitchen and Grill joins Red Tiger Dumping House, and a few others that cater to the Asian students at Stony Brook University and those who just love their authentic Chinese food.  Like US!

EDIT:  Removed the Chinese restaurants from the Rankings that are no longer open 🙁

June 21, 2016:  Orient Odyssey in Jericho, NY recently re-opened after a restart shortly after opening.  Confused?  Don’t be.  But, you won’t believe what changed!

May 26, 2016:  The Chinese Quest visited a recently opened new Chinese Restaurant in Little Neck, New York called “LN 1380“.  We don’t know why it’s 1380.  Even the owners couldn’t tell us.  But, what we do know is that you’re going to love it!

April 19, 2016:  2016 has gotten off to a great start, and we discovered yet another great Chinese restaurant for you to try.  Please check out our review of “Shanghai Cuisine 33“.  They’re located in Flushing, south of the congested downtown area.

March 7, 2016:  Opening on the site of the former Hunan Dynasty in Levittown, NY, springs forth Shanghai Gourmet.  Truly an authentic Chinese meal, this is one you’re going to want to try!

February 9, 2016:  We completed the trifecta of Gold Coast Chinese restaurants, dining this evening at Hunan Taste in Greenvale.  One day after Chinese New Year’s, the restaurant was packed.  What did the Chinese Quest think of Hunan Taste?

December 28, 2015:  One more trip to Flushing to perhaps the best Taiwanese Chinese restaurant we’ve ever been to.  Looks can be deceiving.  This place was packed.  And for good reason.  Check out our review of Main Street Imperial Taiwanese Gourmet.

December 9, 2015:  Back to Flushing and a Szechuan Chinese restaurant called Szechuan Gourmet.  We were overwhelmed by all of the chili spices.

November 18, 2015:  Long Island welcomes a new authentic Chinese restaurant, Beijing House in Syosset, NY.  We think they have promise and will grow to have a loyal following of those who most enjoy authentic Chinese food.

October 15, 2015:  After a two month break, The Chinese Quest was back!  So nu? Tonight we reviewed a Chinese restaurant in Flushing New York called OK Ryan. What was it? Ok? Yes, it was ok. Just not great by Flushing standards.

August 5, 2015:  After previewing Golden Dynasty (formerly known as Lotus East) in St. James, NY, the Chinese Quest came back en masse to write a formal review.  You’ll never guess who met us there!

July 16, 2015:  Nan Xiang Dumpling House, in Flushing, New York, was our first trip to a Shanghainese Dumpling / Noodle House.  Amazing dishes.  LOTS of food.  LOW LOW prices.  Definitely recommended!

May 21, 2015:  Chef Wang opens his first Chinese restaurant on Long Island.  Already a “Legend” in Manhattan with his three acclaimed restaurant, he’s bound to make his mark in New Hyde Park!

April 22, 2015:  Our Quest took us to the Dynasty of Port Washington.  Little did we know that the dynasty had already fallen.

April 1, 2015:  We reviewed Orient Odyssey, the sister restaurant on The Orient, that recently opened in Jericho.

March 10, 2015:  The Chinese Quest review their first restaurant in Brooklyn, NY.  Pacificana Restaurant in Brooklyn is located in Brooklyn’s Chinatown area on 8th Avenue in Sunset Park.

February 19, 2015:  The Chinese Quest Celebrated Chinese New Year’s, the Year of the Sheep, at one of Long Island’s oldest Chinese restaurant, Palace of Wong in Rockville Centre.  Palace of Wong has been open for nearly 50 years now.  If they keep doing what they’re doing, I’m sure they will be around for at least another 50 years!

January 21, 2015:  Our first review of 2015 and a reunion of Newsday, Camp Boiberik, and the Five Mee’s at Foo Luck in Commack, NY.  It was a decent dining experience, and a wonderful social evening.

December 23, 2014:  Erev Christmas Eve.  The last time in 2014 that The Chinese Quest would be getting together, and we reviewed Pine Court Chinese Bistro in Little Neck, NY.  Perhaps the most authentic Chinese restaurant east of Flushing, NY.

November 26, 2014:  ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and the Mee’s celebrated by having dinner at Little Dumpling in Little Neck, NY.  An authentic Chinese restaurant.  Read our review, and let us know if you agree with us!

October 16, 2014:  We reviewed THE most authentic Chinese restaurant to date, Golden Palace is in Flushing, NY.  Did the authenticity translate in to high marks?  Read out review to find out.

September 17, 2014:  We ventured in to an above average neighborhood Chinese restaurant.  If you live in, or near, Levittown, NY, you’ll be sure to want to check out Hunan Dynasty on Hempstead Turnpike.

August 28, 2014:  Tonight, we were honored to have Long Island’s preeminent Food Reporter, Erica Marcus of Newsday join us on our Chinese Quest as we reviewed Ancient Ginger in St. James.

August 18, 2014:  A shocker!  Green Leaf Chinese restaurant in Port Washington vaults in to the top spot on the Official Chinese Quest Ranking of Chinese restaurants on Long Island (and New York City) due to their creativity and service.  Not to mention great taste!

August 5, 2014:  Mission Accomplished!  We have found a new number one restaurant on Long Island!!  Please enjoy our review of Moonstone in Great Neck, NY, as we enjoyed our dinner there this evening!

June 26, 2014:  Our first trip out to Suffolk County in a while, and we found not only a nice gem in Red Tiger Dumpling House, in Stony Brook, but we found soup dumplings for the first time on Long Island.

June 2, 2014:  Another trip in to Flushing and we found a Jewel.  The Asian Jewels Seafood Restaurant.  By the slimmest of margins it booked Foo Kee Seafood Restaurant down a notch, and is the new #2 Chinese restaurant on our ranking, and is the #1 rated Cantonese style Chinese Restaurant.

April 28, 2014: We barely crossed over the county line in the Queens… Little Neck to be precise to bring you a review of Northern Manor Restaurant, an authentic Cantonese restaurant.  The taste was pleasing to our palates, but it was found a little wanting in some of our other criteria.  As a result it came in at #8 on our Official Rankings.

March 24, 2014:  After a two month hiatus, the Mee’s hit the road again reviewing Foo Kee Seafood Restaurant in Flushing.   A Cantonese Chinese restaurant that you’ll surely want to put on your must try list, as it vaulted in to the #2 overall spot on our rankings.  To read the full review, click here.

January 24, 2014:  Updated to include the ratings of our review of P.F. Chang’s that wasn’t posted until tonight.

January 22, 2014:  Our first Quest of 2014 to Spicy & Tasty in Flushing, NY.  We sure started the year off with fireworks!  Spicy & Tasty moved in to the Top three shoving Lake Pavillion down in to fourth place.

December 24, 2013:  A lunch Quest to Uncle Dai’s restaurant in Glen Cove, NY.  Nice neighborhood Chinese restaurant.  Click on the name to review our review.

December 18, 2013:  The Mee’s visited P.F. Chang’s in Westbury, NY.  The review is still pending.

November 20, 2013:  Our journey took us in to a very Jewish section of Long Island this evening, the Five Towns, in particularly, Lawrence, to review a Kosher Chinese restaurant, Cho-Sen Island.  We were very pleasantly surprised as our review reflects.  While it didn’t shake up the overall rankings too much, NOT surprisingly Cho-Sen Island did take over as the most highly rated Chinese restaurant based on Jew Appeal.

October 30, 2013:  We ventured in to Flushing tonight to review Lake Pavilion.  Overall we were quite impressed as you can tell by the review we posted, and Lake Pavilion moved in to the third spot overall on our rankings, and second best in the category of Taste.

October 2, 2013:  We reviewed Jade King today.  Our expectations were met.  Enough said.  No changes to our overall rankings.

August 26, 2013:  Our visit to Joe’s Shanghai has completely reordered our Rankings, as Joe’s shot straight to the top of the table, and nudged in to the Top Spot too in the categories of Taste, Aroma, and Service.

August 7, 2013:  Our review of Kwong Ming published today did nothing to change our overall rankings.

First Posting of Rankings:  The interesting thing to note about the overall rankings at this moment in time is not that Pearl East in Manhasset ranked #1 overall, but the fact that it didn’t place in the top three in Taste, which is weighted 50% of the overall score.

What do you think of our rankings?

What are YOUR favorite Chinese restaurants on Long Island?  Post your comments, and we will add them to our list.  We’ve picked out our new destination. And based on the recommendations that we received, it would surprise us not if the rankings changed after our review.

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