Top Best Chinese Restaurants in Highlands Ranch

"This popular Chinese restaurant is always busy with loyal customers seeking to indulge in what is said to be the best dim sum and seafood dishes in town. Don’t let the strip mall location deceive you, because once you enter, you’re greeted with the smell of fresh dim sum at Denver’s best dim sum place. Don’t believe the hype?"

"This sprawling dining room is a party during weekend brunch, with dim sum carts rolling out small plates of traditional Chinese cakes, buns, dumplings and noodles. It’s best experienced with a group for optimal tasting and sharing."

"Athmar ParkIf you think brunch should be about eggs, pancakes, and waffles, you're missing out on some very important options."

"In an unassuming strip mall on Federal Boulevard—Denver’s own Silk Road—sits this teensy Taiwanese storefront that’s revered for its soup dumplings, pan-fried potstickers and earthy beef noodle soup. Run by an elderly husband-and-wife team, it’s not the kind of joint that you hit up when you're in a hurry (and the hours are unpredictable), but those revered soup dumplings, along with just about everything else here, is worth the wait."

"Though best-known for xiao long bao, it’s really the crispy brown-bottomed potstickers this earn this hole-in-the-wall on Federal Boulevard an enduring spot on the roster, along with the five-spiced tofu jerky and wontons in peanut sauce. That said, there are no guarantees here: business hours, available menu items, and adequate service are subject to the whims of the mom-and-pop owners. It’s all part of the charm."

"Yum Yum Spice offers a sizable menu of standard American-Chinese offerings, but savvy diners skip right past those for a more unusual proposition: dry-pot hot pot. A variety of proteins could anchor that pot; gizzards, duck heads, frog and pork intestine get the same billing here as beef and shrimp. No matter what you choose, it'll be served still sizzling in a massive wok, tossed with cauliflower, celery, bean sprouts and lotus root, and inundated with both hot chiles and Sichuan peppercorns."

"This family-owned and operated restaurant aims to share the culture and delicacies of China to Denver, Colorado. When it first opened doors in 2015, it catered mainly to the Chinese students living in the school area. As an Asian American restaurant, Yum Yum Spice offers you classic well-loved dishes, such as their Sesame Chicken, Lo Mein, Fried Rice, and also their delicious Szechuan-style hotpot."

"Dry Pot is a Chengdu staple and Yum Yum Spice is doing them hot, spicy, and packed to the brim with toppings. For the base, these hot pots have fried potatoes, veggies, and a whole lot of Chengdu-style spices. Your lips will be tingling afterwards because of the delicious Sichuan pepper."

"An open secret in Cherry Creek, this utter treasure offers two completely different but equally memorable dining experiences. Downstairs, slurp up rich yet vibrant Shanghainese-style noodle dishes or chow down on what may be the city’s best dumplings — steamed or pan-fried, stuffed with beef, pork, or abundant crisp veggies. Upstairs, score reservations and settle in for a small but sumptuous array of seasonal plates from chef-owner CJ Shyr such as hot-and-sour soup with shrimp and crab, pork belly braised with bok choy in a red bean–studded brown sauce, and sliced duck in cucumber shells with a side pour of black-rice hei mijiu—just one of several types of premium rice wines on offer here, supplemented by a surprisingly fine grape wine list."

"Ritzy and homogenous Cherry Creek is the last place most Denverites would expect to find a Chinese restaurant with an avid cult following. Nevertheless, here it is—and better still, it’s actually two places in one, serving up nothing but Shanghainese-style dumplings, noodles, and fried rice downstairs and an even smaller, if fancier, dinner menu upstairs (or, sample a little of everything on the patio). The limited selection is a sign that chef CJ Shyr takes quality seriously, and the food itself is proof."

"This Cherry Creek gem is arguably among the best Chinese restaurants in the entire metropolitan area, even considering the fact that dinner service in the upstairs dining room — where a small but splendid seasonal menu was on offer pre-pandemic — is currently suspended. Fingers crossed for its reopening, but in the meantime, the dumplings, noodles, and fried rice plates on the main menu are as delicious as ever."

"The cooking at this unassuming Englewood strip mall joint humming with conversation between slurps of hot noodle soups and hot pot is as good as it gets…with a caveat: Insist on the Chinese menu, a scroll that’s translated into English and populated with Chinese marvels, including pliant wontons pooled in chile oil, scallion pancakes and the Lanzhou-style beef soup, a steaming bowl of warmth strewn with springy, foot-long noodles hand-pulled by the owner, whose theatrical display is really all the dinner entertainment you need in an otherwise sparse and cramped dining room."

"Toothy, knife-shaved and hand-pulled noodles drizzled in chile oil or submerged in soup with sliced five-spice beef are reason number one to seek out this DTC hideaway behind a sign that confusingly reads Blue Ocean. Bubbling hot pots brimming with chiles and scallions are reason number two, and the meat-stuffed flatbread called roujiamo is reason number three. No doubt there are more, but three make for a darn good start."

"Blue Ocean’s menu is pretty simple, but that doesn’t make it any less authentic. On the menu, they’ve got a variety of rice bowls with yummy topping and fillings. Pork Belly, Fried Squid, and Spare Rib are just some of those options."

"850 South Monaco Parkway 720-536-5455istanbulcafeandbakery.com. Head east to find delectable Turkish pastries both savory and sweet at this little bakery in a shopping center off Monaco and Leetsdale. Skip your boring morning bagel and sink your teeth into some açma, with a texture somewhere between a croissant and a bagel, or simit, somewhat like a circular pretzel coated in sesame seeds."

"Growing up on frosted Pop Tarts, I know a good one when I see one, and Sugar Bakeshop’s homemade pop tarts are seriously out of this world. They’re crispy on the outside, warm and gooey on the inside, and have the freshest fillings… not to mention the perfectly sweetened glaze on top. Go channel your inner child and eat one of these."

"Hand crafted sweets made with care can be picked up at this local bakery and coffee shop, from morning hand pies to afternoon whiskey soaked bundt cakes."

"This is a fast-casual vegan chain restaurant with locations in 4 states (California, Colorado, Chicago and Oregon). They serve salads, sandwiches, wraps, soups and desserts. They have a variety of signature plant-based proteins like their tempeh, seitan, ‘Native Chicken,’ ‘Native Bacon,’ and cashew cheese."

"The Lowdown: Native Foods Cafe is a convenient vegan option. Fast-casual and with plenty of American-style favorites, the restaurant is bound to have the typically meat-based meal you’re looking for. Scoop up the Rueben made with thinly sliced seitan for a tasty sandwich that doesn’t taste like a salad."

"While Sushi Den, Denver’s foremost pioneer of Japanese food, remains closed to all but takeout customers for the time being, its adjacent sibling Izakaya Den offers a similar menu in its more spacious, serenely appointed dining rooms upstairs and down. The list of specials is always the best place to start a meal here, featuring seafood from as far as Scotland, Croatia, and Greece as well as Japan; the banana cream pie, believe it or not, is always the best place to end."

"A sister restaurant to Sushi Den, Izakaya Den is another sushi restaurant in Denver that serves sushi, traditional Japanese fare and Japanese fusion dishes too. This restaurant will please a variety of palettes, even those who aren’t interested in sushi dishes at all. From tapas plates to sushi to udon, you’ll want to try something new every time you visit this sushi spot."

"Izakaya Den, a sushi bar and Japanese spot in Platt Park, is another much-loved go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 460 Yelp reviews. Head over to 1487 S. Pearl St. to see for yourself."

"Hours:Closed todayMon: 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PMTue: 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PMWed: 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PMThu: 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PMFri: 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:30 PMSat: 11:30 AM - 10:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PMSun: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PM. Address:300 Fillmore St, Denver, CO 80206"