Chinese Restaurants in San Mateo, CA

Chinese in San Mateo at a glance

• Chinese is the 3rd largest food category in San Mateo, after japanese and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 7.7% share compares with 2.7% across the 506 cities in this guide, so San Mateo leans toward chinese.
• Of the 45 listed below, 42 are independent and 3 belong to chains; 41 list a website.

Chinese Restaurants in San Mateo

• Spicy Empire- 麻辣帝国
  Restaurant · Chinese · 105 W 25th Ave
• Palette Tea Garden & Dim Sum
  Restaurant · Chinese · 48 Hillsdale Mall
• Oceanic Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2507 S El Camino Real
• Chopstix & Taiwanese Bentos
  Restaurant · Chinese · 142 E 3rd Ave
• Dough Zone Dumpling House
  Restaurant · Chinese · Chain · 111 E 4th Ave
• Hot Wok Bistro
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1012 Howard Ave
• Hot Wok Cafe
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2960 S Norfolk St
• Little Shanghai Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 17 E 25th Ave
• Panda Express
  Restaurant · Chinese · Chain · 2011 Chess Dr.
• Tang Bar San Mateo
  Restaurant · Chinese · 62 E 4th Ave
• Taste of Shaxian
  Restaurant · Chinese · 38 E 4th Ave
• The Noodle Shop
  Restaurant · Chinese · 164 W 25th Ave
• Golden Wok Bistro
  Restaurant · Chinese · 570 S Norfolk St
• Toa Yuen Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 3170 Campus Dr
• Little Hunan Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 120 De Anza Blvd
• No.5 House
  Restaurant · Chinese · 5 S Ellsworth Ave
• Ox 9 Lanzhou Handpulled Noodles
  Restaurant · Chinese · 11 S B St
• Liuyishou Hotpot
  Restaurant · Chinese · Chain · 98 E 3rd Ave
• Cheung Hing
  Restaurant · Chinese · 40 42nd Ave
• Fortune Star Chinese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 173 W 25th Ave
• Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks
  Restaurant · Chinese · 142 E 3rd Ave
• Noodles & Things
  Restaurant · Chinese · 79 E 3rd Ave
• Town of Dumpling
  Restaurant · Chinese · 29 Laurie Meadows Dr
• Sichuan Chongqing Cuisine
  Restaurant · Chinese · 211 S San Mateo Dr
• Street Food Cafe
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2946 S Norfolk St
• Boiling Point 沸點
  Restaurant · Chinese · 111 E 4th Ave
• Cathay Kitchen
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2116 S El Camino Real
• Cooking Papa San Mateo
  Restaurant · Chinese · 66 21st Ave
• Eden Silk Road
  Restaurant · Chinese · 231 S Ellsworth Ave
• Everyday Beijing
  Restaurant · Chinese · 136 W 25th Ave
• Fortune Star Chinese Cuisine
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2216 S El Camino Real
• Gau Poang
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1208 S El Camino Real
• Happy Cafe Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 250 S B St
• Little China Kitchen
  Restaurant · Chinese · 215 E 3rd Ave
• Mid Peninsula Chinese Catholic
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1 Notre Dame Ave
• Tina's Gourmet Chinese Cuisine
  Restaurant · Chinese · 35 E 3rd Ave
• Silver House
  Restaurant · Chinese · 2224 S El Camino Real
• MY Dumpling
  Restaurant · Chinese · 100 S B St
• Fiesta Gardens Pool
  Restaurant · Chinese · 1074 Bermuda Dr
• Everyday Beijing
  Restaurant · Chinese · 637 S B St
• Fen 合味桂林米粉
  Restaurant · Chinese · 121 W 25th Ave
• New Wing Fat
  Restaurant · Chinese · 640 E 3rd Ave
• China Bee
  Restaurant · Chinese · 31 S B St
• New Kwok Wah
  Restaurant · Chinese · 32 42nd Ave
• Champagne Seafood Restaurant
  Restaurant · Chinese · 88 E 4th Ave

Chinese elsewhere in California

Among the California cities in this guide, the most chinese listings are in Los Angeles (440), San Francisco (377), San Diego (159), San Jose (149), Sacramento (95) and Oakland (80).

Run a chinese spot in San Mateo?

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