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Where to Find Great Chinese Food in Austin

Dumplings, roasted duck, mapo tofu, and more

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Austin's Chinese scene might not be as robust as the city's more well-known cuisines (hello, barbecue and tacos). Despite that, the regional cuisine has grown stronger in the past few years. It’s easy to find noodles, dumplings, mapo tofu, Americanized Chinese options, and go-to delivery spots.

Here are Eater’s top Chinese restaurant recommendations, highlighting the best of the best, covering all of Austin, spread out from far north to way south. Downtown modern Chinese hot spot Wu Chow, Sichuan delights from China’s Family Restaurant, Chinese barbecue with Din Ho and First Chinese, South Austin spicy savior Sichuan River, many dumplings and noodle slingers, and much more.

For related fare, check out Eater’s guide to the best versions of Chinese dishes in the city, dim sum, dumplings, and beef noodle soup, and for something hot, Austin’s spiciest dishes. For other nearby regional cuisines, scope out Eater's guides to Southeast Asian, Thai, and South Asian food in Austin, as well as sushi.

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Noodle Alley

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The Cedar Park Taiwanese restaurant offers a plethora of, well, noodles ranging from braised beef soup to stir-fry to dan dan. Takeout orders can be placed online, there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

1201 N Bell Blvd suite 100, Cedar Park, TX 78613
(512) 528-5127
(512) 528-5127

Fat Dragon

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The Barrington Oaks Chinese restaurant focuses mostly on juicy dumplings, from soup dumplings to steamed pork and chive dumplings to fried vegetable dumplings. Other items include fried rice and lo mein and Chinese-American plates like General Tso’s chicken. The menu also ventures into Japanese dishes like ramen and udon. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in service and offers takeout orders.

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd #109, Austin, TX 78759
(512) 258-7587
(512) 258-7587

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Asia Cafe & Asia Market

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Among the wide-ranging Asian menu of the North Austin strip mall restaurant, the mapo tofu and spicy fish are the standout dishes along with a soft eggplant with ground pork. Then there’s the Chinese food array at the grocery store’s small restaurant as well. Place pickup orders in person, and there are indoor dine-in areas.

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759
(512) 331-5788
(512) 331-5788

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Rice Bowl Cafe

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Rice and noodles are the heroes at Cantonese North Austin restaurant Rice Bowl Café with huge portions and fast delivery. The pork noodle soup is a standout dish: spicy and crunchy with fresh, handmade noodles. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services and takeout orders can be placed online.

11220 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
(512) 835-8888
(512) 835-8888

Taste of Home Handmade Dumplings

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Find all the dumplings from pork/shrimp/chives to cuttlefish at the North Lamar restaurant, alongside a strong offering of non-dumpling dishes like noodles and offal. Pickup orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in areas.

10901 N Lamar Blvd Ste B-203, Austin, TX 78753
(512) 956-7777
(512) 956-7777

First Chinese BBQ

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A Chinatown Center staple, First Chinese BBQ’s wide Cantonese-style menu includes everything from noodle soups, hot pot, to barbecue. Online ordering is available for takeout, there are indoor dine-in services.

10901 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
(512) 835-8889
(512) 835-8889
Hanging roasted ducks.
Ducks at First Chinese BBQ.
First Chinese BBQ

Seven Spice

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The Spicewood Springs Chinese restaurant offers a great menu full of classics like eggplant with spicy garlic sauce, shredded pork with bean curd, and chopped fish served with pickled mustard. Takeout orders can be placed online and there are indoor dine-in services.

3901 Spicewood Springs Rd B, Austin, TX 78759
(737) 203-8680
(737) 203-8680

House of Three Gorges

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This North Austin Chinese restaurant focuses on Sichuan fare, from pepper jumping fish to spicy boiled beef to mala fish with soft tofu. Pickup orders can be placed online, there are third-party deliveries, and there are indoor dine-in services.

8557 Research Blvd Suite 144, Austin, TX 78758
(512) 953-8666
(512) 953-8666

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Din Ho Chinese BBQ

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The North Austin restaurant never disappoints, with Beijing duck, Chinese barbecue, and marinated meats like chicken baked in rock salt. The restaurant is open for pickups, Favor deliveries, and indoor dine-in services.

8557 Research Blvd, Ste 116, Austin, TX 78758
(512) 832-8788
(512) 832-8788

Julie's Noodles

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The North Austin Chinese restaurant has lots of dumplings and hand-made noodles. Order online or in person or dine indoors.

8557 Research Blvd #110, Austin, TX, 78758

CoCo's Cafe

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The Taiwanese restaurant with two locations (the other just south of campus) serves up bubble teas, noodles, rice, and meat-/vegetable-centric entrees, and more. It’s open for pickup orders and third-party deliveries, and it’s open for indoor dine-in services.

Suite #118, 8557 Research Blvd APT 118, Austin, TX 78757
(512) 833-6588
(512) 833-6588

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Bamboo House Austin

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The mega-popular Houston Chinese restaurant opened in Austin, bringing along its much-touted Peking duck, among other dishes. Be prepared for lines. There are indoor dine-in services, and takeout orders can be placed online.

7010 Easy Wind Dr Unit 100, Austin, TX 78752
(682) 428-7846
(682) 428-7846

China Family Restaurant

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The Highland Chinese restaurant features plenty of great Sichuan specialities, from fish fillets drenched in chili oil to spicy Chongqing chicken to double-cooked pork belly to a particularly great vinegar napa cabbage. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in or order online for pickups. There are two other locations: one by the University of Texas and another by Northcross Mall.

6801 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78752
(512) 520-4171
(512) 520-4171

Shanghai Chinese Restaurant

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The family-run establishment serves up a classic variety of dim sum and Chinese entrees. Pickup orders can be placed online. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

6718 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
(512) 458-8088
(512) 458-8088

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Xian Sushi and Noodle

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For hearty Chinese hand-pulled noodles and noodle soup dishes, Xian is the answer, especially those red-braised beef noodles. Both the Mueller and Domain locations of the Chinese noodle restaurant are open for pickups and deliveries placed online, and the restaurants are open for indoor dine-in services.

C370, 1801 E 51st St, Austin, TX 78723
(512) 469-7878
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Bao'd Up

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Xian’s sibling shop Bao’d Up is dedicated to handmade Chinese steamed buns, with fillings from meaty and juicy (pork, brisket) to vegetarian and sweet (veggie, red bean, egg cream). There are multiple locations that are open for indoor dine-in and accept online orders for pickups and deliveries.

1911 Aldrich St, Austin, TX 78723
(737) 717-3002
(737) 717-3002
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Bao’d Up’s bao.
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Tso Chinese Delivery

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Tso focuses on delivery and pickup Chinese-American food, with items like fried rice, pan-fried noodles, and tofu lettuce cups with three locations.

3909 N Interstate Hwy 35 Ste E-5, Austin, TX 78722
(512) 774-4876
(512) 774-4876

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Chef Hong

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The campus truck offers excellent, familiar, comforting Chinese dishes, from Chinese hamburgers (aka roujiamo, a more flattened version of a burger with chewy bread and pork) to cold-skin noodles to dumplings. Place pickup orders online or it’s available for delivery with third-party app Grubhub.

Austin, TX 78705
(678) 687-1167
(678) 687-1167

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Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum

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The founding dim sum chef of Wu Chow, Ling Qi Wu, opened her own Clarksville restaurant featuring plenty of her hit dumplings (including soup dumplings), alongside other noodle and rice dishes, plus meat and veggie entrees. There’s also Sunday dim sum. The Clarksville restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in and pickup orders placed online.

1203 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 474-5107
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Chinatown

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With two locations in Austin, Chinatown is a blend of American and classic Chinese, dim sum, and even sushi. Chef specialties like the special beef are the stars. Chinatown is open for indoor dine-in services, and online ordering for pickup or delivery is available.

2712 Bee Caves Rd #124, Rollingwood, TX 78746
(512) 328-6588
(512) 328-6588
An array of basket steamers with dim sum foods.
Dim sum at Chinatown.
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Old Thousand

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Old Thousand offers Chinese-American fare like mala fried chicken, mapo eggplant, brisket fried rice, and dumplings. If you're dining in, take advantage of the solid cocktails. It’s open for pickups and deliveries placed online, and both locations (the other on Burnet Road) are open for indoor dine-in services.

1000 E 11th St Ste 150, Austin, TX 78702
(737) 222-6637
(737) 222-6637
A bowl of fried chicken bits.
Old Thousand’s mala fried chicken.
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Wu Chow

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Wu Chow boasts some of the best soup dumplings in Austin housed in a buzzy downtown destination. The cocktails are seriously good, as are the wide variety of menu items from braised eggplant to beef hugging scallions to Sunday dim sum. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services, or order online for takeout.

500 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 476-2469
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Chen Z Noodle House

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Chen Z is all about Chinese noodles, naturally, from spicy beef noodle soup to fried rice noodles, paired with excellent scallion pancakes. (Look for and sibling restaurant Chen’s Noodle House up in Spicewood too.) The Oak Hill restaurant is open for takeout orders, and indoor dine-in services.

6705 US-290, Austin, TX 78735
(512) 892-8888
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Sichuan River

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Find great Sichuan food in South Austin with Sichuan River, full of hot and dry pots, noodles, excellent mapo tofu, and more. The South Austin Chinese restaurant is open for pickups and deliveries (within a three-mile radius), and orders can be placed online, over the phone, or via third-party apps. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

4534 West Gate Blvd, Austin, TX 78745
(512) 892-6699
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1st Wok

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First Wok continues to reign as a classic Austin favorite with big reliable plates of American Chinese food dining in or carrying out. Pickup orders can be placed over the phone and the restaurant has reopened for indoor dine-in service.

603 W Stassney Ln, Austin, TX 78745
(512) 444-0077
(512) 444-0077

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Noodle Alley

1201 N Bell Blvd suite 100, Cedar Park, TX 78613

The Cedar Park Taiwanese restaurant offers a plethora of, well, noodles ranging from braised beef soup to stir-fry to dan dan. Takeout orders can be placed online, there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

1201 N Bell Blvd suite 100, Cedar Park, TX 78613
(512) 528-5127
(512) 528-5127

Fat Dragon

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd #109, Austin, TX 78759

The Barrington Oaks Chinese restaurant focuses mostly on juicy dumplings, from soup dumplings to steamed pork and chive dumplings to fried vegetable dumplings. Other items include fried rice and lo mein and Chinese-American plates like General Tso’s chicken. The menu also ventures into Japanese dishes like ramen and udon. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in service and offers takeout orders.

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd #109, Austin, TX 78759
(512) 258-7587
(512) 258-7587

Asia Cafe & Asia Market

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759

Among the wide-ranging Asian menu of the North Austin strip mall restaurant, the mapo tofu and spicy fish are the standout dishes along with a soft eggplant with ground pork. Then there’s the Chinese food array at the grocery store’s small restaurant as well. Place pickup orders in person, and there are indoor dine-in areas.

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759
(512) 331-5788
(512) 331-5788

Rice Bowl Cafe

11220 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753

Rice and noodles are the heroes at Cantonese North Austin restaurant Rice Bowl Café with huge portions and fast delivery. The pork noodle soup is a standout dish: spicy and crunchy with fresh, handmade noodles. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services and takeout orders can be placed online.

11220 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
(512) 835-8888
(512) 835-8888

Taste of Home Handmade Dumplings

10901 N Lamar Blvd Ste B-203, Austin, TX 78753

Find all the dumplings from pork/shrimp/chives to cuttlefish at the North Lamar restaurant, alongside a strong offering of non-dumpling dishes like noodles and offal. Pickup orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in areas.

10901 N Lamar Blvd Ste B-203, Austin, TX 78753
(512) 956-7777
(512) 956-7777

First Chinese BBQ

10901 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753

A Chinatown Center staple, First Chinese BBQ’s wide Cantonese-style menu includes everything from noodle soups, hot pot, to barbecue. Online ordering is available for takeout, there are indoor dine-in services.

10901 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
(512) 835-8889
(512) 835-8889
Hanging roasted ducks.
Ducks at First Chinese BBQ.
First Chinese BBQ

Seven Spice

3901 Spicewood Springs Rd B, Austin, TX 78759

The Spicewood Springs Chinese restaurant offers a great menu full of classics like eggplant with spicy garlic sauce, shredded pork with bean curd, and chopped fish served with pickled mustard. Takeout orders can be placed online and there are indoor dine-in services.

3901 Spicewood Springs Rd B, Austin, TX 78759
(737) 203-8680
(737) 203-8680

House of Three Gorges

8557 Research Blvd Suite 144, Austin, TX 78758

This North Austin Chinese restaurant focuses on Sichuan fare, from pepper jumping fish to spicy boiled beef to mala fish with soft tofu. Pickup orders can be placed online, there are third-party deliveries, and there are indoor dine-in services.

8557 Research Blvd Suite 144, Austin, TX 78758
(512) 953-8666
(512) 953-8666

Din Ho Chinese BBQ

8557 Research Blvd, Ste 116, Austin, TX 78758

The North Austin restaurant never disappoints, with Beijing duck, Chinese barbecue, and marinated meats like chicken baked in rock salt. The restaurant is open for pickups, Favor deliveries, and indoor dine-in services.

8557 Research Blvd, Ste 116, Austin, TX 78758
(512) 832-8788
(512) 832-8788

Julie's Noodles

8557 Research Blvd #110, Austin, TX, 78758

The North Austin Chinese restaurant has lots of dumplings and hand-made noodles. Order online or in person or dine indoors.

8557 Research Blvd #110, Austin, TX, 78758

CoCo's Cafe

Suite #118, 8557 Research Blvd APT 118, Austin, TX 78757

The Taiwanese restaurant with two locations (the other just south of campus) serves up bubble teas, noodles, rice, and meat-/vegetable-centric entrees, and more. It’s open for pickup orders and third-party deliveries, and it’s open for indoor dine-in services.

Suite #118, 8557 Research Blvd APT 118, Austin, TX 78757
(512) 833-6588
(512) 833-6588

Bamboo House Austin

7010 Easy Wind Dr Unit 100, Austin, TX 78752

The mega-popular Houston Chinese restaurant opened in Austin, bringing along its much-touted Peking duck, among other dishes. Be prepared for lines. There are indoor dine-in services, and takeout orders can be placed online.

7010 Easy Wind Dr Unit 100, Austin, TX 78752
(682) 428-7846
(682) 428-7846

China Family Restaurant

6801 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78752

The Highland Chinese restaurant features plenty of great Sichuan specialities, from fish fillets drenched in chili oil to spicy Chongqing chicken to double-cooked pork belly to a particularly great vinegar napa cabbage. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in or order online for pickups. There are two other locations: one by the University of Texas and another by Northcross Mall.

6801 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78752
(512) 520-4171
(512) 520-4171

Shanghai Chinese Restaurant

6718 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752

The family-run establishment serves up a classic variety of dim sum and Chinese entrees. Pickup orders can be placed online. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

6718 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
(512) 458-8088
(512) 458-8088

Xian Sushi and Noodle

C370, 1801 E 51st St, Austin, TX 78723

For hearty Chinese hand-pulled noodles and noodle soup dishes, Xian is the answer, especially those red-braised beef noodles. Both the Mueller and Domain locations of the Chinese noodle restaurant are open for pickups and deliveries placed online, and the restaurants are open for indoor dine-in services.

C370, 1801 E 51st St, Austin, TX 78723
(512) 469-7878
(512) 469-7878

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Bao'd Up

1911 Aldrich St, Austin, TX 78723

Xian’s sibling shop Bao’d Up is dedicated to handmade Chinese steamed buns, with fillings from meaty and juicy (pork, brisket) to vegetarian and sweet (veggie, red bean, egg cream). There are multiple locations that are open for indoor dine-in and accept online orders for pickups and deliveries.

1911 Aldrich St, Austin, TX 78723
(737) 717-3002
(737) 717-3002
A steamer basket of bao.
Bao’d Up’s bao.
Nadia Chaudhury/Eater Austin

Tso Chinese Delivery

3909 N Interstate Hwy 35 Ste E-5, Austin, TX 78722

Tso focuses on delivery and pickup Chinese-American food, with items like fried rice, pan-fried noodles, and tofu lettuce cups with three locations.

3909 N Interstate Hwy 35 Ste E-5, Austin, TX 78722
(512) 774-4876
(512) 774-4876

Chef Hong

Austin, TX 78705

The campus truck offers excellent, familiar, comforting Chinese dishes, from Chinese hamburgers (aka roujiamo, a more flattened version of a burger with chewy bread and pork) to cold-skin noodles to dumplings. Place pickup orders online or it’s available for delivery with third-party app Grubhub.

Austin, TX 78705
(678) 687-1167
(678) 687-1167

Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum

1203 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703

The founding dim sum chef of Wu Chow, Ling Qi Wu, opened her own Clarksville restaurant featuring plenty of her hit dumplings (including soup dumplings), alongside other noodle and rice dishes, plus meat and veggie entrees. There’s also Sunday dim sum. The Clarksville restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in and pickup orders placed online.

1203 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 474-5107
(512) 474-5107

Chinatown

2712 Bee Caves Rd #124, Rollingwood, TX 78746

With two locations in Austin, Chinatown is a blend of American and classic Chinese, dim sum, and even sushi. Chef specialties like the special beef are the stars. Chinatown is open for indoor dine-in services, and online ordering for pickup or delivery is available.

2712 Bee Caves Rd #124, Rollingwood, TX 78746
(512) 328-6588
(512) 328-6588
An array of basket steamers with dim sum foods.
Dim sum at Chinatown.
Chinatown

Old Thousand

1000 E 11th St Ste 150, Austin, TX 78702

Old Thousand offers Chinese-American fare like mala fried chicken, mapo eggplant, brisket fried rice, and dumplings. If you're dining in, take advantage of the solid cocktails. It’s open for pickups and deliveries placed online, and both locations (the other on Burnet Road) are open for indoor dine-in services.

1000 E 11th St Ste 150, Austin, TX 78702
(737) 222-6637
(737) 222-6637
A bowl of fried chicken bits.
Old Thousand’s mala fried chicken.
Nicolai McCrary

Wu Chow

500 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701

Wu Chow boasts some of the best soup dumplings in Austin housed in a buzzy downtown destination. The cocktails are seriously good, as are the wide variety of menu items from braised eggplant to beef hugging scallions to Sunday dim sum. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services, or order online for takeout.

500 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 476-2469
(512) 476-2469

Chen Z Noodle House

6705 US-290, Austin, TX 78735

Chen Z is all about Chinese noodles, naturally, from spicy beef noodle soup to fried rice noodles, paired with excellent scallion pancakes. (Look for and sibling restaurant Chen’s Noodle House up in Spicewood too.) The Oak Hill restaurant is open for takeout orders, and indoor dine-in services.

6705 US-290, Austin, TX 78735
(512) 892-8888
(512) 892-8888

Sichuan River

4534 West Gate Blvd, Austin, TX 78745

Find great Sichuan food in South Austin with Sichuan River, full of hot and dry pots, noodles, excellent mapo tofu, and more. The South Austin Chinese restaurant is open for pickups and deliveries (within a three-mile radius), and orders can be placed online, over the phone, or via third-party apps. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

4534 West Gate Blvd, Austin, TX 78745
(512) 892-6699
(512) 892-6699

1st Wok

603 W Stassney Ln, Austin, TX 78745

First Wok continues to reign as a classic Austin favorite with big reliable plates of American Chinese food dining in or carrying out. Pickup orders can be placed over the phone and the restaurant has reopened for indoor dine-in service.

603 W Stassney Ln, Austin, TX 78745
(512) 444-0077
(512) 444-0077

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