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2917 W. Mississippi Ave. Denver, CO 80219

303-936-0089

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Critics'
Pick
Best Dim Sum
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Chinese, Dim Sum, Seafood

Hours: Sun-Thu 10:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 10:30pm-1am

Price: $$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Takeout, Banquet Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Accepted, Call-Ahead Seating Available

Parking: Free

Description

Star Kitchen is located in a modest strip-mall and isn't much to look at, but this Chinese restaurant runs like a well-oiled machine -- one designed with the express purpose of filling everyone in the entire city with fantastic dumplings and other amazing creations that keep coming out of the kitchen. Service is fast and friendly, particularly during dim sum, which is the very best in the city. And unlike some of the town's other popular dim sum joints, this one has a liquor license. Star Kitchen shines very bright.

2011 | Best Dim Sum

It's high noon on a Saturday and, predictably, there's a crowd of hungry people pushing through the door, speaking in English and foreign tongues, wondering how long the wait might be for a table. It's just another dim sum day at Star Kitchen, a brightly lit utopia of imaginatively prepared, vibrant dumplings and steamed barbecue buns, floppy shrimp rice-noodle rolls and fried sesame balls. The servers wheel shimmering silver carts through the dining room, offering anything -- and... More »
2010 | Best Dim Sum

"You back! Long time to see!" shouts the woman. It's been a while since we last picked the pushcarts clean at Star Kitchen, and the tiny owner with the one-inch waist won't let us forget it. "It's been long time," she repeats, shoving metal-rimmed steamers full of siu mai dumplings under our noses. "You love these!" she enthuses. She's right, of course. We do love the siu mai dumplings. We love the thin-skinned scallop dumplings, too, as well as the shrimp dumplings and lobster dumplings.... More »
2009 | Best Dim Sum

Chinese brunch may be the best brunch of all -- and newcomer Star Kitchen, started by the former chef at Super Star Asian, serves the best dim sum in town. The carts keep coming out of the kitchen, full of baskets and bowls, all steamy and smelly and packed with surprises. And then there are the plastic cafeteria trays, loaded with two or three dishes sent out special by the kitchen, little bites that the galley crew throws together -- things they're testing out. We like seeing the... More »

At Star Kitchen, the dim sum really does shine the brightest

By Laura Shunk | Thu, July 28, 2011

I usually go to Star Kitchen for dim sum. And I'm not the only one. At lunch time — especially lunch time on the weekends — the restaurant is a chaotic sea of people, with families huddled around tables, the adults passing dishes back and forth on... More »
Need a xiao long bao fix? Try Star Kitchen

By Laura Shunk | Thu, March 31, 2011

My craving for xiao long bao unfortunately coincided with the four-day closing ofLao Wang Noodle House,which is remodeling. We gave Lao Wang Best Xiao Long Bao in the Best of Denver 2011, and with goo... More »
The dim sum shines at Star Kitchen

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, March 05, 2009

For more photos of Star Kitchen's dim sum, go to westword.com/slideshow I woke up to the sound of pigeons beating themselves against the porch eaves. It was sunny, ridiculously warm and clear, beautiful for Colorado in February. Global warming o... More »
More Chinese food, more Vietnamese food - all good news

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, March 05, 2009

This week's review of Star Kitchen (2917 West Mississippi Avenue) ignores one very important part of the menu: namely, everything that isn't dim sum. But the omission was deliberate because, given the choice between eating dim sum and eating almos... More »

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westwordbestof | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

Chinese brunch may be the best brunch of all � and newcomer Star Kitchen, started by the former chef at Super Star Asian, serves the best dim sum in town. The carts keep coming out of the kitchen, full of baskets and bowls, all steamy and smelly and packed with surprises. And then there are the plastic cafeteria trays, loaded with two or three dishes sent out special by the kitchen, little bites that the galley crew throws together � things they're testing out. We like seeing the overwhelming enthusiasm for one's craft that can make a kitchen already bogged down by a Sunday morning rush of a hundred covers or better break from the menu and start cooking new, delicious, occasionally inspired stuff just for fun. And dim sum at Star Kitchen is decidedly fun, made even better by the addition of a liquor license.

Main Menu

Appetizers

S. $16.95
L. $32.00

Appetizer Combination

Half $13.95
Whole $25.00

Pecking Duck

Half $9.95
Whole $18.00

Barbecued Roasted Duck

$13.95

Crispy Duck
with taro

$13.95

Duck Chin Special Maggi Sauce

Soup

Cup $28.00

Braised Shark Fin Soup

Cup $12.00
Bowl $32.00

Braised Shark Fin
with crab meat soup

Bowl $10.95

Crab Meat And Fish Maw Soup

Bowl $9.95

Assorted Mixed Seafood
with dried scallop soup

Bowl $8.95

Seafood Tofu Soup

Abalone / Sea Cucumber

Whole Abalone In Oyster Essence

$38.00

Sliced Abalone In Brown Sauce

$28.00

Sliced Abalone
with black mushroom

$38.00

Sliced Abalone
with sea cucumber over greens

$18.00

Braised Sea Cucumber
in brown sauce

Vegetables / Tofu

$12.95

Snow Pea Leaves
with garlic

$10.95

Mixed Seafood
with japanese tofu.

$9.95

Dried Scallop
with japanese tofu

$9.95

Chinese Broccoli
with minced fish sauce

$9.95

Mustard Green
with black mushrooms

Special Dish

$9.95

Beef Stew
in clear broth soup

$12.95

Clam In Spicy Sauce
with cilantro

$11.95

Beef Satay
with bean tread

$9.95

Fish Ball
with mushrooms and cilantro

$9.95

Cucumber & Fresh Tofu Skin
with fish ball

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Star Kitchen

2917 W. Mississippi Ave. Denver, CO 80219

303-936-0089

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2011 | Best Dim Sum

2010 | Best Dim Sum

2009 | Best Dim Sum

By Laura Shunk | Thu, July 28, 2011

By Laura Shunk | Thu, March 31, 2011

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, March 05, 2009

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, March 05, 2009

westwordbestof | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews