Chinese
Bo Bo Garden
5181 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
678-547-1881
Clay pots filled with rice and different meat options, including spareribs with taro root and steamed, seasoned ground pork, are the specialty at this southern Cantonese restaurant.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Cafe 101
5412 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-458-8883
The groovy round building that houses this dependably good Taiwanese-style Szechuan restaurant looks like a giant top ready to spin.
Website: http://www.cafe101atlanta.com/
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Cafe Q Chinese Bistro
10475 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA, 30097
770-813-0063
For Johns Creek residents who crave authentic Asian cuisine, this tiny, modern-looking Chinese bistro is an important milestone. The restaurant is closed on Tuesdays.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Chef Liu
5283 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-936-0532
This Buford Highway classic specializes in homemade dumplings and subtle Shanghainese specialties. Breakfast is an unusual yet soothing draw.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
East Pearl
1810 Liddell Lane, Duluth, GA, 30096
678-380-0899
Pinning down optimum dim sum is a never-ending hunt: The chefs at Chinese restaurants constantly hop from one kitchen to the next without warning. Right now we’ll put our money on Duluth’s East Pearl, oddly lodged in a faux Alpine chalet.
Neighborhood: Northeast Metro
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Chinese
East Pearl
1810 Liddell Lane, Duluth, GA, 30096
678-380-0899
Pinning down optimum dim sum is a never-ending hunt: The chefs at Chinese restaurants constantly hop from one kitchen to the next without warning. Right now we’ll put our money on Duluth’s East Pearl, oddly lodged in a faux Alpine chalet.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Golden House
1600 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA, 30096
770-921-2228
The splashy Cantonese restaurant in Duluth centers on beautifully seasoned seafood dishes, clay pot casseroles, phenomenal pan-fried noodles, and great dim sum.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Green Sprout
1529 Piedmont Avenue, Suite D, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-874-7373
Buddhist-style vegetarian Chinese cooking in austere digs. Surprisingly delicious dishes like stir-fried Yukon Gold potatoes with garlic and preserved greens make this one of our favorite bargain bites in Midtown.
Neighborhood: Ansley Park, Atlanta, Midtown, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Chinese, Restaurants, Vegetarian/Vegan
Gu’s Bistro
5750 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-451-8118
As the tongue-numbing spices of Sichuan cuisine become more and more popular, this family-owned hot spot is an Atlanta standout that will soon expand with Gu’s Dumplings in the Krog Street Market.
Website: http://www.gusbistro.com/
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Chinese, Restaurants
Happy Valley
5495 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Suite C, Norcross, GA, 30093
678-218-0888
This glossy, large Hong Kong style restaurant is a popular place for dim sum.
Website: http://www.happyvalley-ga.com
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Humble House
2300 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA, 30096
770-623-3399
This standout counter in the food court of the Great Wall Asian supermarket, a Chinese-owned grocery that opened in 2010, doles out fiery Northern Chinese dishes such as cold tofu noodles with scallions, hot boiled spicy fish fillet, shredded pork in wine sauce, and ma po tofu with ground pork.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Little Szechuan
5091-C Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-451-0192
This spicy hole-in-the-wall with a friendly atmosphere remains one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city.
Website: http://littleszechuanchefkongs.com
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Mega Mart
2100 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA, 30096
770-495-0345
This two-story Korean-owned supermarket hosts a makeup counter, a sit-down, conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, a magnificent dumpling counter, and a fresh bakery.
Website: http://malways.com/
Category: Asian, Chinese, Food, Japanese, Korean, Restaurants, Shopping
Mini Hot Pots
4897 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, 30341
770-458-8882
This adorable Chinese bistro takes something very Japanese—shabu shabu—and makes it its own. The decor is as appealing as the food is good, and the format suits solo diners as well as large families.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Northeast Atlanta
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Northern China Eatery
5141 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-458-2282
Once known only for catering to expatriates from mainland China at breakfast, this hole-in-the-wall along Buford Highway now excels beyond salted soy milk with crisp Chinese doughnuts, steamed flower bread, and pan-fried pork and chive dumplings.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Oriental Pearl
5399 New Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA, 30341
770-986-9866
This Cantonese stalwart has long been a community mainstay for wedding receptions, business dinners, lavish banquets, and, most enduringly, dim sum.
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Tasty China (Marietta)
585 Franklin Road, Marietta, GA, 30067
770-419-9849
The rich, spicy food of China’s northern provinces will shock and awe tastebuds accustomed to mild Cantonese cuisine, and some specialties aren’t for the faint of heart.
Website: http://tastychina.net
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Tasty China (Norcross)
5390 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Norcross, GA, 30071
770-729-8555
The Norcross Tasty China serves delicate versions of Shanghainese specialties. Soup dumplings and the “lion’s head” pork and crab meatballs will please newcomers.
Website: http://tastychinanorcross.food.officelive.com/default.aspx
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
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