Red Lanterns and Carved Garnishes Over Brooklyn Chinese Plates
Chinese plates arrive beneath dozens of hanging red lanterns at this Bensonhurst dining room, open for decades.
🏮 Under the Lanterns
New Ruan's has fed Bensonhurst for more than three decades, a big dining room on 86th Street where dozens of red paper lanterns hang from a crimson ceiling and a long carved relief runs along one wall. Tables wear pink cloths, the booths curve deep, and a full bar sits off to the side.
The kitchen plates with a flourish. Sliced meats fan across white dishes, sauces pool bright and glossy, and vegetables arrive carved into small shapes, including a carrot goldfish that perches over the seafood. The room fills on weekend evenings with large family tables and lazy Susans in constant motion, which gives the place its steady hum. Reviewers rate it 4.3 across 470 visits.
It runs Chinese standards and a few banquet showpieces, works for a group dinner or a quiet booth, and sits a short walk from the 86th Street subway in Brooklyn.
