8 editor picks in Montreal.
8 chinese places in Montreal we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Montreal | Chinese across every city.
Chinatown, at the foot of the Main downtown, holds two of Montreal's best cheap meals. Nouilles de Lan Zhou stretches its hand-pulled noodles in view of the dining room and drops them into a deeply beefy soup, while Qing Hua folds soup dumplings by hand, a dozen landing well under fifteen dollars. Both rooms are small and busy, so come off-peak if you can.
Nouilles de Lan Zhou hand-pulls its noodles to order in Montreal's Chinatown, the dough stretched at the window over bowls of cumin-spiced beef broth.
OrderHand-pulled beef noodle soup, watched being stretched at the counter.
TipAsk for your noodles thin or wide when you order; the beef soup is the one to get.
Qing Hua fills its soup dumplings by hand in Montreal's Chinatown, a bustling counter where the pork-and-crab xiao long bao arrive by the steaming dozen.
OrderA dozen pork and crab soup dumplings, plus the coriander ones.
TipOrder fewer dumplings than you think; a dozen each is plenty and they come out fast.
Nouilles de Lan Zhou stretches its noodles by hand at the window in Montreal's Chinatown, dropping them into cumin-spiced Lanzhou-style beef broth to order.
OrderHand-pulled noodles
TipWatch the dough being pulled at the counter and order the beef soup; specify thin or wide noodles.
Qing Hua folds its soup dumplings by hand in Montreal's Chinatown, sending out steamer baskets of pork-and-crab xiao long bao that burst with hot broth.
OrderSoup dumplings
TipNibble a corner first to let the steam out; a dozen pork and crab is plenty for one hungry person.
TipWatch the noodles being stretched at the counter and order the cumin-spiced beef soup.
TipNibble a corner to release the broth first; a dozen pork and crab is enough for one big lunch.
Nouilles de Lan Zhou fills a table for cheap in Montreal's Chinatown, its hand-pulled beef noodle soup one of the best-value hot bowls in the city.
OrderHand-pulled noodle soup
TipOne big beef soup and a plate of dumplings feeds two for the price of a downtown sandwich.
Qing Hua is a bargain in Montreal's Chinatown, a dozen hand-folded soup dumplings landing well under fifteen dollars and easily enough for a full lunch.
OrderSoup dumplings
TipA single dozen is a filling meal; split two orders across the table to try more fillings for less.
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