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NYC Chinatown Hidden Gem Dumplings & Buns Tour
Manhattan
About
New York’s best kept culinary secrets are in Chinatown — but after this experience, they won't be secrets for you anymore. Follow an expert guide to the hole-in-the-wall Chinatown restaurants only locals know about.
- Indulge with over ten dumplings and buns across at least four different local restaurants you’d never find without a guide, from hidden gem storefronts to eateries in mostly abandoned malls
- Want to try more dumplings? Invite friends! The bigger the group, the more dumplings and stops we’ll enjoy
- Learn about different styles of Chinese cuisine, from spicy Sichuanese bites to decadent juicy Fujianese buns to Shanghai-style soup dumplings
- Delve into Chinatown’s 150-year ...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Stories of the residents and movements that shaped Chinatown
Historical tour of Chinatown
Four tastings from hole-in-the-wall dumpling and bun restaurants
Receive a digital map, full of recommendations from your local foodie guide
Tour led by a local licensed expert foodie guide
Two extra dumpling and bun tastings when more guests book
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
13 Essex St
Meet your guide outside Cafe Grumpy on 13 Essex Street.
Return
Super Taste
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
Meet your guide for your first dumpling stop of the day, a tasty fried bite from Fujian.
20 minutes
2
Lower East Side
Explore the historic Lower East Side, learning how the area has became a part of Greater Chinatown.
10 minutes
3
East Broadway Mall
Enter the basement of a nearly abandoned mall and sample pork buns from the city's best hidden gem eatery.
20 minutes
4
Kimlau Square
Learn the history of Chinatown as you stand in Kimlau Square, the neighborhood's heart.
10 minutes
5
Doyers Street
Step onto one of New York's strangest looking streets to hear the origins of the nickname "The Bloody Angle" — and why that title isn't accurate to the street's history.
10 minutes
6
Mott Street
Visit your next dumpling stop of the day, indulging in Shanghai-style soup dumplings — complete with guide instruction about the best way to eat the brothy bites.
20 minutes
7
Historic Five Points
Visit the former home of the Five Points, New York's most infamous mafia hangout, and hear how resident-driven labor movements have reclaimed the area as a site of neighborhood resistance.
10 minutes
8
Eldridge Street
Visit your fourth dumpling stop of the day to try some Sichuan style dumplings, made with an extra spicy, numbing pepper.
20 minutes
9
Chinatown
Want more dumplings? Bring friends along! With bigger groups, we go to two more restaurants: a traditional Fujianese steamed dumpling house, and a bakery that specializes in delectable pumpkin buns.
New York’s best kept culinary secrets are in Chinatown — but after this experience, they won't be secrets for you anymore. Follow an expert guide to the hole-in-the-wall Chinatown restaurants only locals know about.
- Indulge with over ten dumplings and buns across at least four different local restaurants you’d never find without a guide, from hidden gem storefronts to eateries in mostly abandoned malls
- Want to try more dumplings? Invite friends! The bigger the group, the more dumplings and stops we’ll enjoy
- Learn about different styles of Chinese cuisine, from spicy Sichuanese bites to decadent juicy Fujianese buns to Shanghai-style soup dumplings
- Delve into Chinatown’s 150-year ...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Stories of the residents and movements that shaped Chinatown
Historical tour of Chinatown
Four tastings from hole-in-the-wall dumpling and bun restaurants
Receive a digital map, full of recommendations from your local foodie guide
Tour led by a local licensed expert foodie guide
Two extra dumpling and bun tastings when more guests book
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
13 Essex St
Meet your guide outside Cafe Grumpy on 13 Essex Street.
