Pinch Chinese

Name: Pinch Chinese
Address: 177 Prince St, New York, NY, United States, 10012
Telephone: (212) 328-7880
Price range: $31 to $50
Rating: 4.6

4.6

99 Reviews

$31 to $50

Chinese

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Pinch Chinese, a 2020 Michelin Bib Gourmand selection, is New York City's premier destination for Chinese comfort food, wine, and cocktails, located in SoHo.

For the safety and healthy of our team and guests, we will close in-restaurant dining beginning Monday, March 16. We will still offer pickup and delivery orders. Please visit our website for more information.

Please take care during this uncertain time. We hope to welcome you back soon.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Chinese
Hours of operation
Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Phone number
(212) 328-7880
Website
http://www.pinchchinese.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Charlie Chen
Private party facilities
Whether you're hosting your graduation celebration or a birthday blowout for 40 of your closest friends, we can help you plan your most memorable party in our private dining rooms. Please contact our Events Team for more information: events@pinchchinese.com

Location
177 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
Neighborhood
SoHo
Cross street
Thompson Street
Parking details
None
Public transit
CE at Spring Street, RW at Prince Street, 6 at Spring Street, 1 at Houston Street
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Delivery, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Pork Soup Dumplings
bite sized explosions of porky goodness
Chicken Soup Dumplings
inside out matzo ball soup
Seafood + Pork Soup Dumplings
surf + turf
Vegetable Dumplings
bok choy, napa + glass noodle
Mushroom Dumplings
shiitake + truffle
Fish Dumplings
house spicy sauce
Dong Po Pork Belly
shallot + chives
Marinated Cucumbers
garlic + chilli
House Special Shrimp
tiger shrimp kung pao'd
Niman Ranch Cumin Ribs
"tender, fall-off-the-bone" - jocelyn on yelp
Spicy Wontons
niman ranch pork + house crack sauce
Point Judith Charred Octopus
chinese barbecue sauce + lemon

Second: For the Table

limited quantity

Wind Sand Chicken
amish organic + garlic
Prime NY Strip Steak
black pepper OR spicy black bean
Whole Sea Bass
scallion + ginger
Peking Duck
house pancakes + tian mian sauce

Second: Classics

Three Cup Chicken
bell & evans organic + shallot
Snow Crab in a Chinese Restaurant
fermented black bean + glass noodle
Spiced Seafood Noodle Soup
roasted cherry tomatoes + homemade noodles
Ma Po Tofu + Rice
angus beef + sichuan peppercorn

Sides: Vegetables

Buddha's Delight
snow pea, lotus root, wood ear, etc.
Seasonal Greens
ask your server
Sichuan String Beans
niman ranch pork
Crispy Brussels Sprouts
xiang chang, lemon + thai chilli
Eggplant in Garlic Sauce
long pepper + garlic (duh!)

Sides: Rices + Noodles

Steak Fried Rice
american wagyu bavette
Scallion Chicken Cold Noodle
bell & evans organic, charred scallion
Seafood Fried Rice
bay scallop, blue crab, shrimp + house XO
Dan Dan Noodle
niman ranch pork + peanut cheng du it all night long

What 99 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.6

4.6 based on all time ratings

4.7Food
4.4Service
4.4Ambience
4.2Value

Noise • Moderate

99 Reviews

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Agiepoo
New York Area
6 reviews
4.0
6 reviews
Dined on March 9, 2020
overall4food5service4ambience4
We love the food here so we will put up with the noise.
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Mogsob
New York Area
42 reviews
vip
5.0
42 reviews
Dined on March 8, 2020
overall5food5service5ambience5
Pinch has to be the best Chinese restaurant in the City. Totally authentic--no NY Chinese food here. Incredible dumplings (especially the chicken soup dumplings, which are in my view as good as any dumplings I had in China). The duck is among the best as well (although a notch below Decoy).
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dfcov
New York Area
109 reviews
vip
5.0
109 reviews
Dined on March 7, 2020
overall5food5service5ambience5
Dumplings amazing! Service amazing.
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OpenTableReviewer
New York Area
22 reviews
vip
4.0
22 reviews
Dined on January 24, 2020
overall4food3service5ambience4
We celebrated Chinese New Year and it was fun. The restaurant was packed. There was a table of more than 20 girls in their teens for a birthday party so the restaurant was extra festive. The food is good. I recommend the pork dumplings and the pork belly. We also had the spicy halibut. It was a bit too spicy of me but friends loved it.
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ThomasN
New York Area
11 reviews
5.0
11 reviews
Dined on January 17, 2020
overall5food5service5ambience3
This is our fourth time coming to Pinch. So we really like it. The Peking duck is outstanding. We ALWAYS get it with the eggplant and the pork belly. We want to try the dumplings, which we hear rave reviews on, but we have become creatures of habit and order the same thing each time. One day we will switch it up but we are in no hurry. Pinch is a great spot. If I have one negative it has to do with the seating. If you are only a party of two and in the main dining area it can get very, very cramped as the tables are literally an inch apart from each other, which doesn't leave a lot of room. To get up from the table both you and your company have to stand up and move the table itself. But I digress. The food is fantastic and never fails. In the end I guess that is all that counts.
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OpenTable Diner
Philadelphia
2 reviews
vip
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on January 9, 2020
overall4food5service5ambience4
Food was delicious and service was attentive. Seating was a bit crowded.
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travelbaker
New York Area
20 reviews
vip
3.0
20 reviews
Dined on January 2, 2020
overall3food4service2ambience2
Lackluster service but good dumplings in convenient Soho location. Noise level of music way too loud and unfortunate song selection
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JamesW
New York Area
8 reviews
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on December 31, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great food, great atmosphere.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
4 reviews
3.0
4 reviews
Dined on December 27, 2019
overall3food4service4ambience2
Atmosphere is very intense. Space was so hot from the kitchen. And the receiving area / entrance is barricaded by diners waiting to be seated. The sommelier was awesome! But we were confused because he was pouring wines on all the tables like a server. The prestigious sommelier title evaporated when he did that. Food is always good.
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TommyM
Dallas
12 reviews
vip
3.0
12 reviews
Dined on December 13, 2019
overall3food5service4ambience4
Great spot in SOHO - neighborhood gem. Outstanding looking food. BUT, after finally getting seated at the bar, we found out that they use a “little” MSG in their cooking. My wife is allergic to MSG and we had to leave which was very disappointing. In most restaurants that use MSG, you can tell them you don’t want it and they will leave it out of your dish. But for some reason here, they CANNOT cook without it. Bummer - the looked awesom
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FalynnN
New York Area
5 reviews
vip
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on December 1, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Love it! The service was fantastic and their Somm is very knowledgeable and super accommodating to what type of wine we wanted!
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OpenTable Diner
Miami
1 review
vip
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 23, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Best Chinese restaurant in the city
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 17, 2019
overall5food5service1ambience5
Terrible service, rude and unprofessional staff (manager dresses in hoodie) but great food
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on November 17, 2019
overall4food5service4ambience5
All great. But despite the booking, we had to wait more than 30 minutes to sit in.
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Gina
Hawaii
14 reviews
4.0
14 reviews
Dined on October 20, 2019
overall4food4service4ambience4
Energetic eatery - go with friends so you can try many dishes. Excellent drinks and food. Fair prices. Recommend the cumin ribs; I could've eaten the appetizer plate by myself. Tip: order an extra, just in case.
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DDSal001
New York Area
1 review
vip
1.0
1 review
Dined on October 10, 2019
overall1food5service1ambience5
The bartender failed to inform us of expensive drinks that was completely ynprofessional. Definitely ask!! Good food. But beware of drink prices!
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Tory
Exclusive
24 reviews
vip
5.0
24 reviews
Dined on October 6, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience4
Fabulous Peking Duck and service. Somewhat expensive for the Duck but it has become our go to place for it in NYC
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alina
New York Area
160 reviews
vip
4.0
160 reviews
Dined on October 5, 2019
overall4food5service5ambience5
Overall amazing restaurant. Our waiter was very good and recommended things we were not thinking of ordering and were amazing. The bed part about the whole experience was the mean hostess. I was coming from work to meet a friend for OUR birthdays and called in advance that I was stuck in traffic and was running 15 minutes late when she told me I lost my table in the dining room and had to sit at the lounge. When I got there I had to wait 15 minutes in line just to speak to the hostess who was not nice at all and rolling her eyes at us. I was hoping to come back with my husband, but not sure I want that kind of service.
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Agiepoo
New York Area
7 reviews
vip
4.0
7 reviews
Dined on October 3, 2019
overall4food5service4ambience4
Food is excellent. The place gets noisy though.
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CG88
Exclusive
9 reviews
2.0
9 reviews
Dined on October 2, 2019
overall2food2service4ambience4
Nice place, good service , average food. Expensive for what it is
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OpenTable Diner
Chicago
5 reviews
vip
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on October 1, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Amazing food and service!
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Egwong2
New York Area
2 reviews
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on September 20, 2019
overall4food5service3ambience4
Food was amazing. Best Peking duck ever. They do want to charge 25.00 to serve your bday cake that you bring in though.
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MichelleW
New York Area
21 reviews
vip
4.0
21 reviews
Dined on September 15, 2019
overall4food4service4ambience3
The pork soup dumplings, mushroom truffle dumplings, cumin ribs, peashoot sides are my favorite dishes. The other entrees (fish, lobster noodles, dan dan mien) are just OK in comparison to how good the soup dumplings are. The entrees taste overly americanized. Service is great and restaurant decor is modern and clean.
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OpenTable Diner
Miami
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on September 7, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
We had to wait even w rez but worth it
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on September 7, 2019
overall5food5service4ambience4
Food was outstanding. Dumplings were amazing. Everything was seasoned to perfection. Can’t wait to go back!
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Candace
Los Angeles
6 reviews
vip
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on September 4, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
We always have a great meal here. Highly recommend the chicken soup dumplings and snow crab glass noddles. The peking duck is our favorite to share with a group if friends.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
25 reviews
vip
4.0
25 reviews
Dined on August 27, 2019
overall4food5service5ambience4
Victoria was the most kind server!! The Peking duck could have used a grease blotting before carving, but still solid. No complaints.
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richhh
New York Area
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on August 18, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience3
Great restaurant all in all, but the place my wife and I sat at was quite loud (near the front of the restaurant by the window). We were trying to celebrate a special occasion, and unfortunately it did not turn out as well as planned. That said, incredible food and service.
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JenC
London
7 reviews
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on August 16, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Very authentic Taiwanese food! LOVED IT!
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YingkaiZ
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on August 14, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
We had Peking duck, which is great. We also liked all other ordered dishes, including pork soup dumplings, cumin pork, octopus.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
93 reviews
vip
3.0
93 reviews
Dined on August 7, 2019
overall3food3service1ambience2
We’ve eaten here before and liked the food, but this time the hostess was so surly that we did not stay. Sorry to have had to miss it.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
vip
5.0
1 review
Dined on August 6, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Best Chinese food in NYC.
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Greg
New York Area
21 reviews
vip
5.0
21 reviews
Dined on August 2, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
Best Chinese food preparations I have ever seen in NY. Dumplings were exceptionally fresh and delicious.
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OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on July 31, 2019
overall5food5service3ambience5
Lovely dinner at the bar which helps with the noise level. It’s a little pricey because you need a few dishes between two people but we were good with one appetizer, the eggplant, and the seafood fried rice. Super delicious and a really cute place with the small details. Second time here and I’m sure I’ll be back again.
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco
8 reviews
vip
1.0
8 reviews
Dined on July 28, 2019
overall1food1service1ambience1
Used to love this place... But the service has gone down big time with too much attitude from manager and hostess. They think they are Le Bernadin or some other restaurant with 3 stars. Stay away! There are so many other new Chinese restaurants now offering amazing food.
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SusanN
New York Area
8 reviews
4.0
8 reviews
Dined on July 27, 2019
overall4food4service4ambience3
We were a table of four and had a wide sampling of Pinch's offerings. All were excellent - fresh ingredients, beautifully prepared and presented. My only menu criticism is that there are no vegetarian offerings in either the "Classics" or "Rice & Noodles" sections of the menu. Towards the end of our meal, a couple of large parties were seated and the noise level became quite uncomfortable.
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GigiM
New York Area
16 reviews
vip
5.0
16 reviews
Dined on July 25, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience4
Delicious!!! One of the best pork soup dumplings I’ve had, and I’ve had many. Mapo tofu another must have for me. We dine there once a week regularly. But it’s noisy when full, so we try to go during off hours, then it’s the best experience to be had:)
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Sedde
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on July 23, 2019
overall1food1service2ambience2
The peking duck was terrible. Hard to say so because we read all bunch of good articles about it. We even got sick after that. :(
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JeffP
New York Area
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on July 19, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
All the dumplings... all of them! Wine list is amazing, well thought out and perfect for the food. Also... dumplings!!!!!!!!!
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Kitty
New York Area
18 reviews
5.0
18 reviews
Dined on July 14, 2019
overall5food5service5ambience5
I first discovered Pinch's great happy hour where I tried the Cumin Rubbed Ribs. Superb flavor! Next I had the opportunity to try Pinch for dinner and realized why Pinch is both a popular neighborhood restaurant and take-out place. I saw a lot of families ordering the Peking Duck which they carve table side. Definitely want to order that the next time I'm there. But in the meantime we enjoyed the Steak and fried rice, pork soup dumplings, Eggplant side dish which is AMAZING and the Peking Duck Ragu with noodles. You really can't go wrong with any dish. Guaranteed you'll be back for more.
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Pinch Chinese is rated 4.6 stars by 99 OpenTable diners.

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177 Prince St, New York, NY 10012

Additional information

Cross street
Thompson Street
Neighborhood
SoHo
Hours of operation
Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Chinese
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
None
Public transit
CE at Spring Street, RW at Prince Street, 6 at Spring Street, 1 at Houston Street
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Charlie Chen
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Delivery, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://www.pinchchinese.com/
Phone number
(212) 328-7880
Private party facilities
Whether you're hosting your graduation celebration or a birthday blowout for 40 of your closest friends, we can help you plan your most memorable party in our private dining rooms. Please contact our Events Team for more information: events@pinchchinese.com

Pinch Chinese

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First

Pork Soup Dumplings

Chicken Soup Dumplings

Seafood + Pork Soup Dumplings

Vegetable Dumplings

Mushroom Dumplings

Fish Dumplings

Dong Po Pork Belly

Marinated Cucumbers

House Special Shrimp

Niman Ranch Cumin Ribs

Spicy Wontons

Point Judith Charred Octopus

Second: For the Table

Wind Sand Chicken

Prime NY Strip Steak

Whole Sea Bass

Peking Duck

Second: Classics

Three Cup Chicken

Snow Crab in a Chinese Restaurant

Spiced Seafood Noodle Soup

Ma Po Tofu + Rice

Sides: Vegetables

Buddha's Delight

Seasonal Greens

Sichuan String Beans

Crispy Brussels Sprouts

Eggplant in Garlic Sauce

Sides: Rices + Noodles

Steak Fried Rice

Scallion Chicken Cold Noodle

Seafood Fried Rice

Dan Dan Noodle

Overall ratings and reviews

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How is Pinch Chinese restaurant rated?

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