Orange chicken per plate, chicken
| Tier | Median | Range | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seattle | $20.34 | $16.99 to $26.25 | 9 |
| Neighborhood | $20.95 | $18.00 to $26.25 | 7 |
Seattle Chinese Price Index
What Seattle Chinese restaurants charge
Medians of 164 prices from 25 restaurants. Updated October 20, 2026. Prices from DoorDash menus, before fees. When we checked 52 Seattle restaurants against their own menus, DoorDash prices ran 0 to 15% higher, most often about 10%. About 1 in 4 charged the same.
- 12 neighborhoods
- 13 items
Egg roll per piece
| Tier | Median | Range | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seattle | $3.30 | $1.99 to $5.66 | 9 |
| Neighborhood | $3.30 | $2.49 to $5.40 | 7 |
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Most places chargeHow we count
Like with like, from real menus
- 25 Seattle restaurants: 25 from DoorDash menus.
- Prices from DoorDash menus, before fees. When we checked 52 Seattle restaurants against their own menus, DoorDash prices ran 0 to 15% higher, most often about 10%. About 1 in 4 charged the same.
- Chicken dishes, beef and broccoli and mapo tofu are each place's regular dinner plate at the card price. Where a menu lists a dish with a required protein choice and chicken costs nothing extra, that price counts. Some plates come with rice and some do not; the listed price counts.
- Chow mein is each place's chicken chow mein. One place lists only lo mein (stir-fried, chicken at no charge) and one lists stir-fried noodles with a protein choice; those count. Hong Kong style lo mein in soup is left out.
- Beef and broccoli counts the Chinese broccoli (gai lan) version only where a place lists no other. Rice plates are left out where a place also lists the dish as an entree.
- Xiao long bao, potstickers and egg rolls are per piece, only where the menu states how many come in an order. Potstickers are pork where the menu names a filling, else the house potsticker; chicken potstickers are left out.
- Hot and sour soup is each place's smallest size, which ranges from a cup to a 32 oz bowl, so portions differ a lot between places. Steamed rice is a side of white or jasmine rice at its smallest size. Soda is each place's cheapest can or bottle, no diet.
- Lunch specials, combos, family dinners, boxed lunches and catering are left out.
- Each place counts once per item. Median means half charge more, half charge less.
- "Most places charge" is the middle half of places. Range is the lowest to the highest price we found. A price shows only when 3 or more places list it.
- Restaurants outside Seattle are left out. Neighborhoods so far: Ballard, Belltown, C-ID, Capitol Hill, Greenwood, Hillman City, Queen Anne, Roosevelt, SODO, University District, Wallingford, West Seattle.
- Menu prices before tax, tip and service charges. Updated monthly.
We show the market. Each owner sets their own prices, alone.