Best Chinese Food in Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina — updated August 21, 2026
Seven Charlotte Chinese restaurants sorted by how settled their reputations are, from a SouthPark mainstay with nearly 1,000 reviews to a South Boulevard street-food kitchen doing hand-pulled noodle bowls.
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Charlotte's Chinese restaurants cluster south of uptown, along Sharon Road, Park Road, Johnston Road and out toward Blakeney, which means most of this list is a drive rather than a walk. The split here is between long-running sit-down kitchens with hundreds of reviews behind them and newer regional specialists working in Szechuan and Hong Kong styles. Several close between lunch and dinner, so check the mid-afternoon gap before heading out.
1. Baoding Restaurant
Baoding has the most settled reputation of any Chinese restaurant on this list: 4.5 stars across 960 reviews, a figure large enough that the score is unlikely to move much. The SouthPark dining room on Sharon Road runs lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner from 5 p.m., stretching to 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. It closes entirely in the window between the two services, which catches out people arriving at 4 p.m. Credit cards accepted. If you want one address to represent Chinese cooking in Charlotte to an out-of-town guest, this is the safest pick.
2. Taipei South
The closest rival to Baoding on the numbers: 4.5 stars from 929 reviews, essentially the same rating over nearly the same sample size. It sits on Johnston Road in the far south of the city, with lunch service from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Like Baoding, it shuts for the afternoon in between. Delivery and takeout run through the usual apps if you are closer to Ballantyne than the dining room. Two decades' worth of photos on its listings suggest a steady, long-established operation rather than a recent arrival.
3. Sun's Kitchen 老孫家
The highest-rated restaurant here at 4.6 stars, though from 391 reviews, so the score is promising rather than proven at the scale of the two above. The South Boulevard kitchen deals in Chinese street food, dim sum and ma-la Szechuan cooking: dan dan noodles, braised beef noodle soup, ma-la dried peppers chicken, pork and chive dumplings, lamb skewers. Closed Mondays. The rest of the week it runs 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., with the same afternoon break as most places on this list. Go for the noodle bowls.
4. Open Rice Blakeney
Open Rice draws on Hong Kong cooking, and the Blakeney branch on Rea Road holds 4.5 stars from 750 reviews, enough to call the rating reliable. Signature dishes include roasted duck, ramen and bubble waffles, which makes it the most dessert-friendly stop on this list. Sunday hours run from noon to 8 p.m., shorter than the rest of the week. The company also operates Midtown and Ballantyne locations, so confirm which one you are ordering from before you set out. Blakeney is the one covered here.
5. Taipei Express
The only entry inside the inner city, at 731 Providence Rd, and the most convenient if you are not driving south. It holds 4.3 stars from 671 reviews, a solid rather than standout score on a substantial sample. Lunch ends at 3 p.m. every day, which is the detail worth remembering: the daily lunch menu covers standards like hot and spicy pepper steak and beef with broccoli. Weekday hours run 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., with a noon opening on Saturday and Sunday. Straightforward Americanized Chinese cooking, close in.
6. 川王府 Riceblossom: Authentic Chinese Cuisine (Taste of SHU)
Riceblossom on Park Road works in a Szechuan register, as the Taste of SHU subtitle indicates, alongside a sushi and broader Asian menu. Its 4.2 rating comes from 453 reviews, a mid-range score on a decent sample, so expect variability rather than consistency. Hours are Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with Friday dinner running to 10 p.m. Come for the spicy Szechuan side of the menu rather than the sushi, which is not what puts this address on a Chinese food list.
7. Jade Dragon
The thinnest evidence base here: 4.2 stars from 215 reviews, which is enough to suggest a decent neighborhood restaurant but not enough to settle the question. It sits in a Colony Road strip in south Charlotte and leans heavily on takeout, with an appetizer-and-seafood-driven all-day menu. Service breaks in the afternoon and the kitchen closes by 8:45 p.m. on takeout hours, earlier than anywhere else on this list, so late diners should look elsewhere. Worth knowing about if you live nearby; not worth a cross-town trip on the current numbers.