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The 15 Best Chinese Restaurants Near Gaithersburg

Updated: September 6, 2022

Need general Tso’s chicken or fried rice in your life? These are our best spots for Chinese food in Gaithersburg. We evaluated tons of diner and critic reviews and analyzed top sites to find the best Chinese restaurants in Gaithersburg. Sit down and feast on hot pot, or order Chinese classics takeout. These Gaithersburg restaurants do it all!

Find the perfect Chinese restaurant

Chef Lee's Element

Asian, $$, GaithersburgAsian, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 4.4
Yelp: 4.0

Woodlands Restaurant

Indian, $$, GaithersburgIndian, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 4.2
Yelp: 4.0

Lanzhou Hand Pull Noodle

Asian, $$, GaithersburgAsian, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 4.2
Yelp: 3.5

Yu Zhou Cafe

Chinese, $$, GaithersburgChinese, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 4.2
Yelp: 3.5

Asia Nine

Asian, $$, GaithersburgAsian, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 4.1
Yelp: 3.5

Lu Buffet & Grill

Japanese, $$, GaithersburgJapanese, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 3.9
Yelp: 3.5

New Fortune

Chinese, $$, GaithersburgChinese, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 3.8
Yelp: 3.0
  • TimeOut, 2017

    Where to eat the best dim sum in DC

    TimeOut, 2017

Good Fortune Cafe

Asian, $$, GaithersburgAsian, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 3.9
Yelp: 3.0

LaoMa Spicy in Gaithersburg

Chinese, $$, GaithersburgChinese, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 3.4
Yelp: 3.5

Szechuan Palace

Chinese, $$, GaithersburgChinese, $$Gaithersburg
Google: 3.6
Yelp: 3.0

Kenny's Sub Shop

Asian, $, GaithersburgAsian, $Gaithersburg
Google: 3.6
Yelp: 3.0

Chinese Express

Chinese, $, GaithersburgChinese, $Gaithersburg
Google: 3.4
Yelp: 3.0

If you travel further

Bob's Shanghai 66

Chinese, $, RockvilleChinese, $Rockville, Town Center
Google: 4.4
Yelp: 4.0
  • Trip 101, 2021

    10 Best Chinese Restaurants In Rockville, Maryland

    Trip 101, 2021
  • TimeOut, 2016

    The best Chinese food in DC

    TimeOut, 2016

YU Noodles Café

Asian, $$, RockvilleAsian, $$Rockville, Town Center
Google: 4.8
Yelp: 4.0
  • Trip 101, 2021

    10 Best Chinese Restaurants In Rockville, Maryland

    Trip 101, 2021

A & J Restaurant

Asian, $, RockvilleAsian, $Rockville
Google: 4.5
Yelp: 4.0
  • Hoodline, 2019

    Ring in the Year of the Pig with Rockville's best Chinese restaurants

    Hoodline, 2019

How did we curate these results?

We know how time consuming it can be to find the best Chinese restaurants in Gaithersburg. These results are brought to you by boam, with insights from the Yelp and Google ratings for 16302 Gaithersburg restaurants, 823905 reviews, and 518 top lists and articles from the likes of Hoodline and TimeOut. For example, we considered Hoodline - Ring in the Year of the Pig with Rockville's best Chinese restaurants, TimeOut - The best Chinese food in DC and TimeOut - Where to eat the best dim sum in DC as we sourced this ultimate list. As restaurants continue to adapt to COVID-19, you can trust us to show the latest information on which restaurants are open and how with our real-time data recommendation engine. Every restaurant shown earned its spot fair and square. With boam, money never makes the list. We don’t recommend restaurants lightly, these 10 are really something special.

Frequently asked questions

Woodlands Restaurant is the highest-rated vegan-friendly Chinese restaurant in Gaithersburg.

Chef Lee's Element, Woodlands Restaurant, and Pacifica Café are vegetarian-friendly Chinese restaurants in Gaithersburg.

Chef Lee's Element, Woodlands Restaurant, and Lanzhou Hand Pull Noodle are the highest-rated Chinese restaurants for a quick lunch in Gaithersburg.

There are 19 Chinese restaurants in Gaithersburg.

Canton Delight and Lu Buffet & Grill, in Gaithersburg, are known to have big portion sizes.

Drink pairing tips

  • The perfect complement to dim sum


    Experts recommend pairing a dim sum with a glass of Blanc de Blanc, a popular sparkling wine.

  • Riesling and pork in sticky soy glaze


    That sweet and tangy pork in sticky soy glazeyou’re thinking about would be beautifully complemented by a off-dry white wine, like Riesling!

Interesting facts

  • The original hot pot

    The next time you bite into a delicioushot pot remember to thank Mongols who is responsible for this tasty culinary invention.

  • Think you can handle some gyoza?

    Peter Czerwinski knows that you can never have too much of a good thing. They proved this by eating 10 dumpling in a limited time,setting a world record in the process!

  • A classic dish

    Throw some pancakes and soy sauce in the mix with your peking duck from China for an authentic experience.

Parking information

There’s nothing like finding the perfect parking spot right away when you’re going out for a meal. To make the hunt for parking easier, we’ve partnered with a cutting-edge digital parking reservation system, Spothero, that enables you to book a spot in advance before you visit your chosen Chinese spot.

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