Forkelo ranking · Updated October 2026
5 potstickers across New York City, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Fried Dumpling · Chinatown, Manhattan
6 dish-specific mentions · 67% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans praise fresh potstickers with a crisp, thin bottom at a rock-bottom price. Critics found them soggy rather than crunchy.
Tasty Dumpling · Chinatown, Manhattan
8 dish-specific mentions · 62% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans like the fat, flavorful pork and chive potstickers at a tiny price. Critics got soggy or underdone ones.
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao · Koreatown, Manhattan
4 dish-specific mentions · 50% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call the potstickers solid and delicious with a slightly thick skin. Critics found them doughy and underfried.
Vanessa's Dumpling House · Lower East Side, Manhattan
13 dish-specific mentions · 54% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans love the cheap pork and chive potstickers with a crisp pan-fried bottom. Critics found them shrunken, bland or soggy.
North Dumpling · Lower East Side, Manhattan
6 dish-specific mentions · 33% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Fans call the pan-fried dumplings delicious and not greasy. Critics often found them pre-cooked and lacking crispness.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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