Shu Jiao Fu Zhou
Chinese restaurant · Chinatown
295 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
Highlights
Steamed dumplings, peanut noodles, wonton soup, and fish balls.
Steamed dumplings, peanut noodles, wonton soup, and fish balls.
"Shu Jiao Fu Zhou is a small, always busy spot on Grand Street that serves classic Fujianese dumplings, peanut noodles, and soups. It also happens to be one of our favorite restaurants in New York. Sit on a counter stool overlooking the street with a plate of the best dumplings $5 can buy. Both the pork and chive, and chicken and cabbage dumplings have thin, tender skins, and such juicy fillings that they don’t even need dipping sauces. Shu Jiao Fu Zhou also sells bags of frozen dumplings to go—50 will run you $12 and save many future evenings." - willa moore, will hartman
"As a resident of NYC, you should have an answer for when someone asks you: “Where should I go for dumplings?” And that answer should be Shu Jiao Fu Zhou. The decor couldn’t be more basic, but that’s fine because the main reason you come here is for the relatively inexpensive food. A plate of 10 dumplings will run you $5, and you can add on some great peanut noodles for $3.25. Be sure to bring cash, and consider buying a bag of 50 frozen dumplings for $12." - bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick
"The Fujianese, cash-only Shu Jiao Fu Zhou has a gravitational pull that attracts tourists, locals, and anyone looking for an experience so pure it feels like a pilgrimage. At the revered Chinatown spot, the floors are industrial sheet metal, the tables are communal, and the pork dumplings with chewy, vivid chives are smooth as silk and bursting with flavor. Get six for $3.50 or 10 for $5, and add some soup with wispy, delicate wontons or a plate of the elegantly plain and creamy peanut noodles for a few dollars more. Meals here rarely exceed $10, and yet, even if you’re a regular, they always exceed all expectations." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah
"Shu Jiao Fu Zhou has perfected the peanut noodle. For $3, the restaurant heaps a large portion of rice noodles onto a disposable plate with peanut sauce. It’s one of the most affordable meals in Chinatown, and videos of the dish have turned this small, cash-only establishment into a social media sensation. The pork and chive dumplings are good, too." - Eater Staff
"Shu Jiao Fu Zhou is located on the outside periphery of what most would consider Chinatown, which is a nice way of saying it’s not exactly in Chinatown, by like a block. But we’re including it in this guide because we reserve the right to reject labels and also because this place serves the best dumplings around. They’re incredibly juicy and chewy and always just right. The wheat noodles with peanut sauce are also not to be missed." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, neha talreja, will hartman
