NYC Chinatown Hidden Gem Dumplings & Buns Tour
- 2h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
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 - The tour is a small group capped at 10 for a personalized experience - Delve into Chinatown’s 150-year history, visiting statues highlighting the neighborhood immigrant experience and labor movements - This tour is 70% food, 30% history, great for lovers of both - Come hungry — you’ll get more than enough food to fill you up
Inclusions
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
- Small group capped at 10 for a personalized experience
- Tour led by a local licensed expert foodie guide
- Two extra dumpling and bun tastings when more guests book
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Meet your guide for your first dumpling stop of the day, a tasty fried bite from Fujian.
Explore the historic Lower East Side, learning how the area has became a part of Greater Chinatown.
Enter the basement of a nearly abandoned mall and sample pork buns from the city's best hidden gem eatery.
Learn the history of Chinatown as you stand in Kimlau Square, the neighborhood's heart.
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.
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.
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.
Visit your fourth dumpling stop of the day to try some Sichuan style dumplings, made with an extra spicy, numbing pepper.
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.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Ratings come from 8 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Meet your guide outside Cafe Grumpy on 13 Essex Street.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 15 travellers
- Operated by
- Unscripted Tours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in New York City
- Its from-price is 41% below the median of the 135 food tours we list in New York City.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 79 of 135.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About New York City
New York City packs skyscrapers, famous museums, Broadway theatres and dozens of distinct neighbourhoods into five boroughs that hum day and night.
Manhattan is the classic first stop. Times Square glows above the theatre district, Central Park stretches for blocks between the Upper East and Upper West Sides, and the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center define the midtown skyline. Downtown, the 9/11 Memorial, Wall Street and the Brooklyn Bridge sit close together, and boats run out past the Statue of Liberty to Ellis Island.
Top-ranked sights in New York City: Statue of Liberty, Central Park, National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
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