Chinatown

Chinatown, New York, NY 10002
 
 
 
 
 
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New York's Chinatown is a cultural haven full of ancient and exotic traditions, and a huge amount of restaurants. This bustling and crowded neighborhood is home to over half of the city's Chinese population... More »
New York's Chinatown is a cultural haven full of ancient and exotic traditions, and a huge amount of restaurants. This bustling and crowded neighborhood is home to over half of the city's Chinese population. In the grocery stores and fruit stands, you will find many food items available nowhere else in the city - from exotic fruit and vegetables to live snails and dried shrimp. Excellent Thai, Vietnamese and Korean restaurants have joined the mix. Every lunar new year, the street are filled with the hubbub of the Chinatown Chinese New Year Parade .
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Open Hours: Varies by individual business
Contact: +1 212 484 1222(Tourist Information)
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117 reviews for Chinatown
Chinatown is for SHOPPING
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 08/20/09
Everyone that placed a comment here about not returning to Chinatown, obviously went for the wrong reasons. Chinatown is NOT for sightseeing, its for shopping. If you want to sightsee go to Times Square or the Statue of Liberty. Chinatown is strictly for the hustle and bustle of negotiating with the chinese for whatever product you see that you like. Chinatown is a must do, if you're into shopping!
 
 
 
 
 
13 of 13 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
chinatown eats
By dawnny, 06/16/09
I would recommend WoHop, in chinatown, not anything fancy but YUMMY, i would suggest the crabs in blackk bean sauce!!!!! We lived in ny all our lives but moved about 2 years ago but when in town this is where we go...
 
 
 
 
 
6 of 9 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
All those who say chinatown is good are WRONG
By Nirali, 05/22/09
Very rude people. If negotiate to a price they arent happy with, they'll ask u to make more money and come back next yr! how rude. Noone was selling bags lesser than $25. LV and Channel were all $40 up. i bought a versace only bcuz i felt guilty of spending so much money going all the way to CHINATOWN. Did not really like the place and most definitely not the cheapest of places for shopping. Good luck.
 
 
 
 
 
7 of 13 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
a great place to visit
By Zach, 02/16/09
I like to bring my out-of-state friends to Chinatown whenever they come over. Chinatown is a very unique area in Manhattan. You will see a lot of Asian faces speaking languages that you don’t understand here. There are plenty of good and cheap restaurants here. I tried different kinds of weird Chinese foods here such as frog congee and chicken feet. There are so many things that you can explore when you visit Chinatown. Chinatown is also a good place to shop for fake goods. My sister-in-law loves shopping for cheap stuff here. She can walk around Chinatown for hours and hours. I recommend Chinatown to those who would like to visit NYC.
 
 
 
 
 
7 of 11 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
I thought it was a great place to go!!!
By Jack W, 12/31/08
Well ovrerall i would think that anyone that visits Chinatown in manhatten wuold have a great experience, overall. There are so many restaurants that offer elegant food, that you cant find in other areas of manhattan. Some of the food may sound wierd, but its all good. Grocery shopping is super here. Fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry are very fresh. The fish is the freshest. Live and fresh, or early in the morning- fresh from the sea! There are downsides tho. There is garbage everywhere, on the streets waiting to be thrown away. The garbage pickup there is at night, so at around dusk, the streets are filled with bags of garbage and carboards. Overall i really like it! and i think you may like it too!
 
 
 
 
 
6 of 9 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
I LOVE Chinatown!
By , 09/09/08
It's fantastic! But it is overload for those with ADD!! There is so much everywhere....so many things to buy and haggle on! Taking the subway right to Canal is the best way to get there (I believe it's the 6 that will get you there). It dumps you right off to start your shopping!!!!!
 
 
 
 
 
13 of 16 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
Dirty with Nothing Really to See
By Julie, 08/03/08
I would not recommend Chinatown to anyone. There were huge piles of garbage lining the streets and the whole vibe of the place was not cool. It is actually the only place that I saw in NYC that I would NOT recommend. Skip this part.
 
 
 
 
 
8 of 25 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
It has everything and it feels like a vacation
By rcjteng, 04/19/08
Walking around chinatown is like a mini hong kong. I went to hong kong before and chinatown has that same atmosphere, but on a much smaller scale. it is exciting, lots of great restaurants and you can find just about anything you want (jewelry, handbags, name brand clothes, shoes, souvenirs, toys, electronics, watches, accessories, special teas and herbs, dvds, cds, and more). There are bakeries with bubble tea of all kinds. Tons of people walk the streets and it is next to Little Italy and Soho. It adds to the whole New York experience. And it is the oldest Chinatown in America. The people are no different than the people in Hong Kong. If you visit New York City without going to Chinatown, then you are not experiencing the whole thing.
 
 
 
 
 
21 of 25 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
Chinatwon
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 04/07/08
this place isnt that bad, the smell is bearable. i dont see what so bad about it cause there is A LOT of people there so it is bound to be really dirty but common it is NYC, i love chinatown but traveling there is HECTIC
 
 
 
 
 
7 of 14 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
Go here for sure!
By Laura, 03/18/08
Chinatown is such a unique experience that you just cannot miss. Me and my friends spent like an entire day there because there was just so much to see. Its just a 10-15 minute subway ride from times square and is so worth the time and money. So many great products and you can bring them down on price which is even better.
 
 
 
 
 
18 of 23 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
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