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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Austin
Food
Feel
Price
8.2
7.0
$35
Chinese, Dim Sum
Upmarket restaurant

Hours
Daily 11:00am–3:00pm
Daily 5:00pm–10:00pm

Features Date-friendly
Bar Beer, wine, liquor
Credit cards Visa, MC, AmEx
Reservations Accepted

www.chinatown-mopac.com

Congress Ave. Area
107 W. 5th St.
Austin, TX
(512) 637-8888
Hours
Mon–Wed 11:00am–10:00pm
Thu–Fri 11:00am–midnight
Sat 5:00pm–midnight

Northwest Hills
3407 Greystone Dr.
Austin, TX
(512) 343-9307
Hours
Daily 11:00am–3:00pm
Daily 5:00pm–10:00pm
Chinatown
Western aesthetics notwithstanding, there’s authentic and delicious Chinese food here

Look beyond the glass closet flaunting expensive, prestigious wines (that don’t pair well with this cuisine anyway) and the red-and-black lacquer of the original Chinatown; there’s a fair amount of convincing authenticity on the plate. The Downtown décor is more sterile-chic; admittedly, we like the former’s hokiness better.

The original, also,…

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