Baltimore’s Asian food has grown well beyond takeout. Station North’s 20th Street has Korean barbecue and late-night Korean pubs, Canton has dim sum, and ramen bars are spread across the city.
Chinese restaurant · Canton · $$$
Peking duck, soup dumplings, weekend dim sum brunch. Chef Peter Chang’s Canton restaurant, cooking Sichuan and other regional Chinese dishes.
Korean barbecue · Station North · $$
Charcoal Korean barbecue cooked at the table. A Station North Korean barbecue restaurant open since 1989, grilling meat and vegetables over real charcoal at the table.
Korean pub food · Station North · $$
Korean fried chicken, army stew, kimchi pancakes. A late-night Korean spot on 20th Street with a cult following, best known for its Korean fried chicken.
Ramen bar · Charles Village and Homewood · $$
Ramen, cloud shrimp, fried chicken steamed buns. A ramen bar on Greenmount Avenue in Harwood that readers voted Baltimore’s best ramen in 2026.
Ramen shop · Fells Point · $$
Shoyu ramen, black tonkotsu, chicken karaage. A Fells Point ramen shop on Broadway, a 2026 Best of Baltimore readers’ poll finalist for ramen.
Thai restaurant · Fells Point · $$
Khao soi, Hat Yai fried chicken, crab curry. A Thai restaurant whose menu runs from northern khao soi to southern Hat Yai fried chicken, with Chesapeake crab showing up in the fried rice and curry.
Thai restaurant · Hampden · $$
Khao soi, drunken noodles, duck kra prow. A relaxed Thai restaurant on a Hampden corner, from the team behind Khun Nine in Mount Vernon.
Thai restaurant and bar · Canton · $$
Thai dishes and cocktails. A Canton Thai restaurant with a serious cocktail bar, a 2026 readers’ poll finalist for best Thai.
Chinese restaurant · Roland Park · $$$
Black-truffle roasted duck, dumplings, Peking duck. A polished Chinese restaurant in the Village of Cross Keys from Atlas Restaurant Group, with Hong Kong-born executive chef Jeffrey Mei.
Sichuan restaurant · Baltimore County and nearby · $$
Mapo tofu, cumin lamb, Peking duck, soup dumplings. A Towson restaurant for fiery Sichuan cooking and Peking duck.
Japanese restaurant · Harbor East · $$$$
Sushi, robata grill, harbor views. A sleek Japanese restaurant at the Four Seasons in Harbor East from the Atlas Restaurant Group, with sushi, robata-grilled dishes and big windows over the water.
Asian street food · Hampden · $
Steamed buns, Taiwanese-style fried chicken, rice bowls. Started as a farmers’ market stand and grew into three small Baltimore shops.
American Chinese · Highlandtown · $$
Sizzling iron plate, crab egg foo yong, wontons. A Highlandtown take on the American Chinese restaurant, opened in late 2025, with a Baltimore touch in its crab egg foo yong.
Pacific Island and pub cooking · Hampden · $$$
SPAM musubi, pork lumpia, ube pancakes, weekend brunch. The Foreman Wolf group’s restaurant in the former Cafe Hon building, mixing Guamanian and Pacific Island dishes with English pub touches.
Hours for late-night spots change often, so check before you go.
Every place here was checked as operating in October 2026. Hours change, so check before you go. Ratings come only from readers.
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