The Resy Guide to Celebrating Lunar New Year in New York

Who: New York’s oldest dim sum parlor in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown.

What: An auspicious take-at-home feast to ring in the Year of the Tiger for two ($88) or four ($168). Think an assortment of dumplings (brisket birria, mashed potato, and shrimp and chives), soy sauce chicken, black pepper garlic lo mein, and more.

When: Available on Tuesday, Feb. 1 only. (Pre-order by Thursday, Jan. 27 at 5 p.m.)

Dining Status: Both locations of Nom Wah are open for indoor and outdoor dining. Pre-order your Lunar New Year meal for pickup at the Nom Wah Nolita location or for delivery here.

Who: Chinatown’s palatial fine dining destination that introduced cold sesame noodles to New York in the late 60’s.

What: The regular menu, but do order lucky dishes like Beijing duck, snow pea sprouts dumplings, and the steamed whole fish with ginger and scallion.

When: Expect to see a crowd on Feb. 1 — thankfully Hwa Yuan serves its classics all day, every day.

Dining Status: Open for indoor dining.

Who: An electric Vietnamese restaurant leading the Vietnamese American renaissance in New York.

What: To celebrate Tết (Vietnam’s Lunar New Year), the restaurant will be offering bánh chưng, a traditional sticky rice treat wrapped up in banana leaves and filled with mung bean and pork belly.

When: Pickup is happening at the restaurant Jan. 29 and 30 and on Feb. 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. (Pre-order by Wednesday, Jan. 26.)

But also: Over at the restaurant itself, the team is planning a traditional Tết meal for dine-in and pickup — stay tuned here.

Dining Status: Open for both indoor and outdoor dining. More details on the bánh chưng here.

Who: A thrilling Vietnamese American restaurant turning heads with house-made charcuterie and fermentation.

What: A proper party featuring twists on Tết specials (think sweet and savory sticky rice, braised pork belly), beats from DJ Spictakular, and rounds of Vietnam’s dice game of bầu cua tôm cá, where diners will be able to win Falansai merch and bottles of wine.

Bonus: A portion of sales will be donated to Mekong NYC and Soumppou Kaffo Bronx Fire Recovery.

When: Sunday, Feb. 6.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: Amelie Ning Kang’s seriously stylish temple to Sichuan dry pots that redefines spicy.

What: Lunar New Year specials like mapo lobster, king pork trotters, “big bomb” braised pork, and spicy squid.

When: Available on Monday, Jan. 31 and Tuesday, Feb. 1 at all three locations. Book here for the Bryant Park and 53rd Street restaurants, open for indoor dining only.

Dining Status: The East Village location is open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: One of New York’s quintessential pho standbys.

What: A very lucky $88 five-course menu courtesy of chefs Jimmy Ly and Tway da Bae, featuring family recipes and Tết hits like pan-fried sticky rice, caramelized pork belly, and Saigon-style egg noodles with seafood.

When: Book the ticketed dinner right on Resy on Tuesday, Feb. 8 and Wednesday, Feb. 9.

Dining Status: Open for indoor dining.

Who: A swanky ode to China’s banquet culture, set in an underground former opera house.

What: A decadent $88 banquet menu featuring steamed seafood dumplings, roast duck breast, and Singaporean chili crab fried rice among others, and a lion troupe show on Feb. 1.

When: Available Jan. 26 through Feb. 6, alongside the regular à la carte menu. The banquet menu will be the only option offered on Lunar New Year Day, Feb. 1.

Dining Status: Open for indoor dining.

Who: A superb Chinese restaurant powered by a Din Tai Fung vet (that’s Taiwan’s soup dumpling empire for you) and an award-winning sommelier.

What: The regular menu — look to the excellent soup dumplings and spring rolls for wealth, and the whole wind sand chicken (it’s something else).

When: Any day — Pinch Chinese is open seven days a week.

Dining Status: Open for indoor dining.

Who: Noho’s favorite cozy nook for modern Japanese comfort foods.

What: A six-course dinner at home for two ($168) or four ($325), featuring shrimp and black garlic gyoza, spicy miso pork ribs, a whole snapper, and white sesame mochi ball soup, among others.

When: Order online — pickup is at the restaurant on Saturday, Jan. 29 and Sunday, Jan. 30.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: A sleek and whimsical cocktail bar helmed by two Taiwanese bartending rising stars.

What: A Double Chicken Please twist on sweet and sour chicken — Cornish hen roulade, layered with prosciutto, swiss chard, and foie gras.

But also: Check out the limited edition red envelope gift card, the first of the restaurant’s Double Fortune Series merch drop.

When: Available now.

Dining Status: Open for indoor dining.

Who: A brilliant restaurant offering regional Thai specialties not often seen before.

What: Lunar New Year specials inspired by Bangkok’s Chinatown (Yaowarat Bangkok) that speak to the owners’ Chinese Thai heritage. Expect fried rice wrapped in lotus leaf, jumbo lump crab with abalone, duck rolls, a brand-new Crouching Tiger cocktail, and more.

When: Available Jan. 21 through Feb. 14.

Dining Status: Open for indoor dining.

Who: The itameshi ringleader in New York, where Japanese-Italian mashup cuisine gets its due.

What: An option of three shabu shabu feasts to ring in the Lunar New Year — the luxe and carnivorous House of Japanese Wagyu ($150), the premium shabu misto with both meat and seafood ($90), and the 100% vegan Oyasai option ($70). Book a minimum of two tickets.

But also: A $28 box of eight prosperity mochi bomboloncini (flavors: red bean, coconut with peanut and chicken skin, Nutella, and black sesame) available for pickup at the restaurant.

When: Both the shabu shabu feasts and the mochi boxes are available to book Jan. 31 through Feb. 13 right on Resy.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: The Upper West Side’s newly minted go-to for Southeast Asian street food that pulls from India, Malaysia, and beyond.

What: The regular menu (do get the whole Penang fish and salt and pepper young coconut), alongside the Year of the Tiger cocktail, a baijiu-based drink with a propitious mix of jasmine tea (to boost energy), Sichuan pepper (to stimulate blood flow), and cardamom (to ward off illness).

When: The cocktail will be available Feb. 1 through 15.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: An exciting restaurant that explores what Chinese American looks like today, from Little Tong Noodle Shop chef-owner Simone Tong.

What: A cookie tin with four kinds of housemade delicacies: peanut thumbprints, scallion pinwheels, salted duck yolk shortbread, and Florentine crisps, with heritage loose leaf tea.

When: Order the tins right on Resy, Feb. 2 through 12.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: A carnivorous tavern with an old-school soul.

What: A special menu courtesy of executive chef Bun Cheam, who’ll look to the classic and nostalgic Chinese dishes of his Cambodian youth. Expect golden nugget crab and pork dumplings, salt and pepper calamari, shirt rib dan dan noodles, and a sliced roasted duck with hoisin and mushu pancakes.

When: Book the special ticketed dinner right on Resy for Jan. 28, 29, and 30.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Who: A next-level vegan Sichuanese restaurant that won’t make you miss meat for a single second.

What: The regular menu — do order any and all dumplings (especially the wontons in chili oil), the dan dan noodles, and mapo tofu.

When: Whenever you want, Spicy Moon is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.

Dining Status: Open for indoor and outdoor dining.