I had dinner at Pinch Chinese and ordered the beef soup. Unfortunately, it was too fatty for my taste, which detracted from the overall experience. That said, the rest of the food was delicious and well-prepared, and the service and atmosphere were great. I'd recommend the restaurant but might skip the beef soup next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup Dumplings
HBO Max
Solid food but a bit expensive. Biggest issue was that we ordered the Peking Duck ahead of time and requested to take home the rest of the unused duck (as is customary) but was told that the kitchen wasn't able to accommodate our request. Made the dish rather price for the quantity of meat.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Victor Tokaito
Server charged 50% tip. We never noticed
Service: 1
Bruno Rigonatti
Great dumplings, innatentive service, bad wine
Katherine Huang
I used to love this place for their good, albeit way overpriced, dumplings. Now I’m sad to find out that for any group over 6 they have a predatory “events team” whose sole purpose is to hunt you down and wring extra dollars out of you while forcing you to sign a contract with excess fees for a casual friends’ dinner get-together. The management of this restaurant has completely lost their way and should look up the definition of hospitality as they have no idea what it means any longer, or simply don’t care to serve their guests aside from extracting maximum financial value. This is shortsighted strategy that will lead to failure when guests realize they can get good, authentic Chinese food and good service from any number of nearby competitors such as Mountain House, Hao Noodle, and Han Dynasty. I recommend staying far away from the bad vibes at Pinch.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Julio Castillo
Very much enjoyed this meal
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab and Pork Soup Dumpling, Soup Dumplings
J.Brent Bates
My current front runner for the best pork dumplings in NYC. The short wine pairing wasn’t bad featuring a delicious and exclusive biodynamic red from the Sonoma Valley.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Irina K Esposito
The atmosphere and playlist ? were fantastic! They had a wonderful mix of genres and eras that I really enjoyed. We had dumplings, lamb, beans, and chicken from the special menu. Everything was amazing, but my favorite was definitely the chicken! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cecilia Mortimore
BEST DELIVERY DUCK DOWNTOWN NYC DONT HESITATE I needed a good quality duck to serve at home as I landed from a trip, and boy did Pinch deliver. I am moved to write of their crispy yet tender duck, excellent pancakes, delicate fronds of freshly cut cucumber and spring onions. Excellent hoisin. Delivered exactly on time (I ordered 5 hours in advance). Incredible service, resolved a pancake shortage because we like many. Really seem to care about customer satisfaction, and this was just from their delivery. I will be visiting the restaurant soon.
Soup dumplings are so good here! My favorite spot for xiao long bao and noodles!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amanda Newlove
Sichuan green beans are soooo lovely! Pork soup dumplings were also delicious. The atmosphere is hip and stylish and service was great. Would recommend.
The soup dumplings are fantastic. A bit pricey but great atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grace Yue
Peking duck was great also we had pork soup dumplings. Dan Dan noodles was a little bit spicy. For drinks we had jasmine flower tea.Side dish was marinated cucumber. The food was delicious but maybe it’s weekend the waiter was not patient with the service I guess…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Javier Kohen
The food might not be authentic, or particularly Taiwanese, but it tasted great. The portions were filling, and the flavors were distinct and rich.
The space is gorgeous, but it's extremely loud. Conversation one on one was really hard.
Love it here! I’ve been back many times over the years and I’m always impressed. I highly recommend the Spicy Wontons.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Creekstone Steak Fried Rice, Niman Ranch Cumin Ribs, Spicy Wontons, Soup Dumplings
I had dinner at Pinch Chinese and ordered the beef soup. Unfortunately, it was too fatty for my taste, which detracted from the overall experience. That said, the rest of the food was delicious and well-prepared, and the service and atmosphere were great. I'd recommend the restaurant but might skip the beef soup next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup Dumplings
Solid food but a bit expensive. Biggest issue was that we ordered the Peking Duck ahead of time and requested to take home the rest of the unused duck (as is customary) but was told that the kitchen wasn't able to accommodate our request. Made the dish rather price for the quantity of meat.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Server charged 50% tip. We never noticed
Service: 1
Great dumplings, innatentive service, bad wine
I used to love this place for their good, albeit way overpriced, dumplings. Now I’m sad to find out that for any group over 6 they have a predatory “events team” whose sole purpose is to hunt you down and wring extra dollars out of you while forcing you to sign a contract with excess fees for a casual friends’ dinner get-together. The management of this restaurant has completely lost their way and should look up the definition of hospitality as they have no idea what it means any longer, or simply don’t care to serve their guests aside from extracting maximum financial value. This is shortsighted strategy that will lead to failure when guests realize they can get good, authentic Chinese food and good service from any number of nearby competitors such as Mountain House, Hao Noodle, and Han Dynasty. I recommend staying far away from the bad vibes at Pinch.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Very much enjoyed this meal
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab and Pork Soup Dumpling, Soup Dumplings
My current front runner for the best pork dumplings in NYC. The short wine pairing wasn’t bad featuring a delicious and exclusive biodynamic red from the Sonoma Valley.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The atmosphere and playlist ? were fantastic! They had a wonderful mix of genres and eras that I really enjoyed. We had dumplings, lamb, beans, and chicken from the special menu. Everything was amazing, but my favorite was definitely the chicken! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
BEST DELIVERY DUCK DOWNTOWN NYC DONT HESITATE
I needed a good quality duck to serve at home as I landed from a trip, and boy did Pinch deliver. I am moved to write of their crispy yet tender duck, excellent pancakes, delicate fronds of freshly cut cucumber and spring onions. Excellent hoisin. Delivered exactly on time (I ordered 5 hours in advance). Incredible service, resolved a pancake shortage because we like many. Really seem to care about customer satisfaction, and this was just from their delivery. I will be visiting the restaurant soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Soup dumplings are so good here! My favorite spot for xiao long bao and noodles!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sichuan green beans are soooo lovely! Pork soup dumplings were also delicious. The atmosphere is hip and stylish and service was great. Would recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sichuan String Beans, Soup Dumplings
The soup dumplings are fantastic. A bit pricey but great atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Peking duck was great also we had pork soup dumplings. Dan Dan noodles was a little bit spicy. For drinks we had jasmine flower tea.Side dish was marinated cucumber.
The food was delicious but maybe it’s weekend the waiter was not patient with the service I guess…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
The food might not be authentic, or particularly Taiwanese, but it tasted great. The portions were filling, and the flavors were distinct and rich.
The space is gorgeous, but it's extremely loud. Conversation one on one was really hard.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Three Cup Chicken
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