New Orleans, LA
Best Chinese in New Orleans.
Harry's top 10 Chinese spots in New Orleans score 60–82 on the Harry Score. Prices run $ to $$.
New Orleans never held onto a Chinatown — the Tulane Avenue original got cleared out in the thirties, the Bourbon Street version limped along until the seventies, and what survived isn't a strip but yaka mein, the beef-noodle dish Chinese-Creole cooks left behind, still sold at second lines as a hangover fix. Real Chinese cooking here lives in New Orleans East now, folded into the Vietnamese-Chinese kitchens of Village de l'Est. Harry grades whether the wok actually gets used, not whether the menu reads like a food-court steam table.
Ranked by Harry Score. The Harry Score is a weighted blend of Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and critic mentions. No paid placements. No affiliate links.
Scores last recomputed
Miss Shirley's
chinese
3009 Magazine St, New Orleans
4.7 across 619 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; a sensible spend, nothing wasted here.
$$
Harry
82
Worth It
77
Hong Minh Restaurant (Harvey)
chinese
2101 8th St, Harvey
4.5 across 248 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; ranked #19 of 107 locally on Tripadvisor.
$
Harry
82
Worth It
78
China Woks
chinese
2034 Woodmere Blvd A, Harvey
4.5 across 253 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; budget-friendly without feeling like it.
$
Harry
76
Worth It
76
Hunan Wok
chinese
2201 St Bernard Ave, New Orleans
4.4 across 565 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; no-frills counter-serve nook preparing generous portions of traditional Chinese eats.
$
Harry
71
Worth It
71
Chinese Inn
chinese
2550 N Derbigny St, New Orleans
4.3 across 492 Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; low cost, no compromise on the vibe.
$
Harry
70
Worth It
70
Get Your Mom and Dim Sum
chinese
3340 Canal St, New Orleans
4.7 across 14 Google reviews; a sensible spend, nothing wasted here.
Caveat: Looks promising, but the sample size is tiny. Harry is watching.
$$
Harry
67
Worth It
67
China Doll
chinese
830 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey
4.4 across 2.2k Google reviews; chinese classics including lauded crab rangoon in a dimly lit dining room tucked in a….
$$
Harry
67
Worth It
67
Manchu Kitchen
chinese · chicken-wings
1782 N Dorgenois St, New Orleans
4.1 across 363 Google reviews; no-frills Chinese grocery store & dine-in spot with po' boys, wings, seafood platters….
Caveat: Only Google has weighed in so far — a single source, so read the score as provisional.
$
Harry
63
Worth It
63
Empress of China
chinese
429 Wall Blvd, Gretna
4.2 across 1.2k Google reviews; fairly priced for what it is.
$$
Harry
61
Worth It
61
Dragon King
chinese
6221 S Claiborne Ave, New Orleans
4.0 across 181 Google reviews; standard counter-serve Chinese restaurant with everything from egg rolls to General….
$
Harry
60
Worth It
60
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Questions Harry gets about Chinese in New Orleans
- What is the best Chinese restaurant in New Orleans?
- Miss Shirley's tops Harry's Chinese list for New Orleans right now, with a Harry Score of 82/100.
- How does Harry Hungry score Chinese restaurants in New Orleans?
- Harry Hungry blends ratings from Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and critic mentions into a weighted Harry Score (0–100). A separate Worth It Score ranks restaurants by value for money. No paid placements, no affiliate links — the ranking is built from public data only.
- Are there tourist-trap Chinese restaurants in New Orleans to avoid?
- Harry Hungry flags restaurants where Tripadvisor ratings diverge significantly from local reviews — a common tourist-trap signal. See the tourist trap index for New Orleans on Harry Hungry for a full breakdown.