Best of Sunset Park
Ten verified Sunset Park spots, from Brooklyn's Chinatown dim sum halls to 5th Avenue taquerias, brunch counters, and a Japanese food hall.
The map
Walk this listLoading the map
The list
- 1Sunset Park · $$ · 714 65th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Giant Cantonese banquet-hall serving weekend dim sum by cart alongside a full seafood menu.
Because The Infatuation names it the lead pick in its official Sunset Park restaurant guide, and it also carries its own Michelin Guide profile.
Order Har gow and turnip cake straight off the dim sum carts, plus whatever's fresh from the seafood tanks.
Go for dim sum before noon on a weekend, cart service slows and the best trays thin out fast once the room fills.
- 2Sunset Park · $$ · 4222 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Also No. 7 on Best Vietnamese in NYC →
Cash-only Vietnamese sandwich counter making 11 varieties of banh mi.
Because Yelp's own current Top 10 Banh Mi in Brooklyn ranking puts Ba Xuyen at number one, a claim we checked directly rather than took on faith.
Order The classic combination banh mi, with a Vietnamese iced coffee on the side.
Bring cash, there's no card reader, and go early since popular fillings can sell out by mid-afternoon.
- 3Sunset Park · $$ · 813 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Cantonese dim sum banquet hall with cart service, open since 2004.
Because it opened in 2004 and Bklyner independently confirms it as the oldest dim sum hall in the neighborhood, still running cart service today.
Order Shrimp har gow and pork siu mai off the carts, egg tarts to close it out.
It's a banquet hall, so weekend mornings get loud with big family groups, arrive right at opening for a quieter table.
- 4Sunset Park · $$ · 6409 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Cantonese restaurant with a dim sum menu plus a roast-meats counter out front selling char siu, roast duck, and whole chickens by the pound.
Because Bonnie's chef Calvin Eng names it in his own Gothamist tour of the neighborhood, a citation we checked directly against the source article.
Order Char siu by the pound, or siu mai and har gow if you're staying for dim sum.
Skip the sit-down room and just order from the roast-meats counter out front for a fast, cheap lunch.
- 5Sunset Park · $$ · 934 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Also No. 9 on Best Hangouts in Brooklyn →
20,000-square-foot Japanese food hall inside Industry City with roughly a dozen food stalls, an izakaya/sake bar, and the Sunrise Mart grocery.
Because its own official site still lists current hours for both the food hall and the attached Sunrise Mart grocery, with no closure notice found.
Order A bowl from the ramen or udon stall, or a flight at the izakaya sake bar.
Stop at Sunrise Mart on your way out, it's a real Japanese grocery, not a gift shop, and worth the trip on its own.
Photo: Rhododendrites (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo: Rhododendrites (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 4.0 - 6Sunset Park · $$ · 886 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Festive, tile-decorated Mexican restaurant known for bottomless brunch, rotisserie chicken, and beer-battered fish tacos.
Because it still runs its own active website for takeout and delivery, and keeps turning up in Sunset Park roundups as one of the corridor's top brunch spots.
Order Bottomless mimosas at brunch, beer-battered fish tacos any other time.
Book ahead for weekend brunch, the bottomless mimosa seating fills up and walk-ins can mean a real wait.
- 7Sunset Park · $$ · 4508 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Loud, family-run Mexican restaurant and bar serving double-tortilla tacos, mole poblano, and pitcher margaritas.
Because The Infatuation's own review calls it a genuine Sunset Park institution with a packed, festive dining room, a description we checked against the article itself.
Order A pitcher margarita alongside the carnitas or lengua double-tortilla tacos.
Go with a group and order a pitcher of margaritas, the room is built for a crowd, not a quiet two-top.
- 8Sunset Park · $$ · 4021 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Mexican bakery-café serving conchas, breakfast burritos, tacos, and tortas, now operating close to 24/7.
Because The Infatuation calls it the best panadería in Sunset Park in its official guide, and current listings show it now runs nearly around the clock.
Order A fresh concha with coffee, or a breakfast burrito if you want a real meal.
Come at 2am if you have to, it's one of the few spots on the strip open nearly all night.
- 9Sunset Park · $$ · 4801 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Cash-only dumpling counter serving fried pork-and-chive dumplings, soup dumplings, and scallion pancakes at rock-bottom prices.
Because current menu listings still show pork and shrimp dumplings at $2.50 each, matching the rock-bottom pricing this counter is known for.
Order Fried pork-and-chive dumplings, plus a scallion pancake to share.
Bring cash and order the fried dumplings over the boiled if you want the crispy bottom this place is known for.
- 10Sunset Park · $$ · 3908 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Torta-and-fresh-juice counter, its walls covered floor to ceiling in hand-written neon menus, known for tacos árabes.
Because The Infatuation's Sunset Park guide specifically calls out its hand-written neon-covered walls, a detail that still matches the current storefront.
Order A tacos árabes plate with a fresh-squeezed juice.
Order a fresh juice with your torta, the juice counter is half the reason this place has been running since 2003.