Dumplings.

5 rankings across New York City, built from 43 scored dishes. Pick the exact dumplings you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Wonton Soups 10 dishes ranked Cantonese wonton soup: thin-skinned dumplings filled with shrimp and/or pork, served in a clear, savory broth (often pork- or chicken-and-dried-flounder based), sometimes with egg noodles and greens.

#1 Wonton Soup Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle · Chinatown, Manhattan 8.5 Limited data
Best Xiao Long Baos 10 dishes ranked Shanghainese steamed soup dumplings: a pleated, thin-skinned wrapper holding a pork meatball and hot broth, steamed in a small bamboo basket and eaten with black vinegar and ginger.

#1 Pork Meat Soup Dumplings (8) Joe's Shanghai · Chinatown, Manhattan 9.4 Medium confidence
Best Chili Oil Wontons 9 dishes ranked Sichuan pork wontons served in a pool of red chili oil, often with black vinegar, garlic and numbing Sichuan peppercorn.

#1 Wontons in Chili Oil Han Dynasty · East Village, Manhattan 7.5 Limited data
Best Har Gows 9 dishes ranked Cantonese dim sum shrimp dumplings in a translucent wheat-starch wrapper.

#1 Har Gow House of Joy · Chinatown, Manhattan 8.0 Limited data
Best Potstickers 5 dishes ranked Pan-fried pork dumplings — guo tie. A folded wheat wrapper is seared flat-side down until the bottom is lacquered brown and crisp, then steamed in the same pan so the top stays soft and the pork filling turns juicy. Eaten with black vinegar, soy and chili oil.

#1 Chives & Pork Fried Dumpling (4) Tasty Dumpling · Chinatown, Manhattan 7.4 Limited data