Forkelo ranking · Updated November 2026
10 wonton soups across New York City, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle · Chinatown, Manhattan
7 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans call it the best wonton soup in Chinatown, with plump shrimp-and-pork wontons and a rich broth. Critics found it just okay or the wontons mostly pork.
Maxi's Noodle 3 · Chinatown, Manhattan
7 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans say the wonton soup cannot be beaten, praising huge, juicy shrimp wontons with thin skins and a flavorful broth. Critics found the broth one-note or uninteresting.
Joe's Home of Soup Dumplings · Midtown East, Manhattan
5 dish-specific mentions · 80% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans found the wonton soup fresh-tasting, clean and mild, though a small bowl. A critic said it has no flavor.
Great NY Noodletown · Chinatown, Manhattan
7 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans call it the best wonton soup of their lives, with gigantic shrimp wontons and a light, clean broth. Critics found the broth bland and the wontons disappointing.
Wo Hop · Chinatown, Manhattan
6 dish-specific mentions · 83% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans call the wonton soup delicious, authentic and flavorful without being salty. A critic found the takeout wonton egg drop soup inedible.
Super Taste · Chinatown, Manhattan
5 dish-specific mentions · 60% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans praise the freshly made wontons and the Fujianese wonton soup's rich broth. Critics found it not memorable or worse than store-bought.
Shu Jiao Fu Zhou · Lower East Side, Manhattan
6 dish-specific mentions · 67% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans call the wonton soup delightful, with silky skins and a light, comforting broth. Critics said the wontons are small with too little filling.
Dim Sum Palace · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
5 dish-specific mentions · 80% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans call the wonton soup delicious and out of the ordinary, especially the shredded duck version. A critic found the wontons seriously over-boiled.
H K Wonton Garden · Chinatown, Manhattan
7 dish-specific mentions · 57% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans call it a must-have and among the best wonton soup, with well-filled wontons. Recent critics found the wontons tasteless and thick-skinned or the filling not fresh.
Noodle Village · Chinatown, Manhattan
7 dish-specific mentions · 43% positive · 1 source type · menu verified November 2026
Fans liked the flavorful shrimp wonton soup. Several critics found the broth too salty, like bouillon, or just middle of the road.
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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