Eastern Dynasty 粤品

Chinese restaurant · San Diego ·

Eastern Dynasty 粤品

Chinese restaurant · San Diego ·

Cantonese roast meats, Peking duck, and live seafood specialties

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4690 Convoy St #109, San Diego, CA 92111 Get directions

$20–30

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Best Restaurants and Bars to Try on Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa | Eater San Diego

"Convoy Street Hong Kong-style restaurant Eastern Dynasty has a fast turnover with ready-to-eat roast meats hanging in enclosed display cases. The Peking duck is a standout with crunchy, crispy skin atop tender, juicy meat, as well as the tender roast pork belly. Another popular favorite is lobster, cooked as you like it: ginger and scallion, steamed garlic, or salt and pepper with butter. The add-on pan-fried noodles round out the entree to balance the aromatic flavors. Try the Beijing duck two-course meal, which comes with bao buns to fill with tender sliced meat." - Helen I. Hwang

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San Diego Restaurants Serving the Best Chinese Food | Eater San Diego

"This Hong Kong-style restaurant on Convoy Street gives customers plenty of options for roast meat and live seafood specialties. The Peking duck and roast pork belly are standouts with crunchy crispy skin atop tender, juicy meat. Another popular favorite is lobster, cooked as you like it: ginger and scallion, steamed garlic, or salt and pepper with butter. The add-on noodles round out the entree to balance the aromatic flavors." - Helen I. Hwang

https://sandiego.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-chinese-food-dim-sum-hot-pot-san-diego

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New Cantonese Restaurant Eastern Dynasty Opens on Convoy | Eater San Diego

"I found Eastern Dynasty, which replaced Jin’s Pot in the Convoy Street plaza in Kearny Mesa, is serving a style of Cantonese cuisine similar to the long-running China Max. At least one member of its ownership previously worked at Noble Chef, a well-regarded spot known for standout roast duck and pork. With a display case of roast meats front and center, the restaurant offers an accomplished array of classic Cantonese barbecue — crispy-skinned roast duck, roast pork, char siu, and soy sauce chicken — available in combination plates of two to five items. Its extensive menu also features live seafood, including steamed whole fish and stir-fried lobster prepared in variations from ginger and scallion to pepper and garlic. Eastern Dynasty is currently operating for dine-in and takeout at lunch and dinner, open Monday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m." - Candice Woo

https://sandiego.eater.com/2021/10/4/22708825/eastern-dynasty-chinese-restaurant-new-opening-convoy-san-diego

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Cantonese roast meats and seafood done with conviction — think lacquered roast pork belly, Peking duck, and lobster yee mein. Highlighted by Eater San Diego and named Best Chinese by San Diego Magazine critics in 2023.

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Eastern Dynasty 粤品

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Eastern Dynasty

Bonnie Y.

Google

We came here for lunch. 8 of us ordered 6 dishes to share. It was the perfect amount. For choice of three, i ordered BBQ pork, roast pork and roast dark. I really liked the roast pork. The house special pepper beef was great. The meat was very tender. Highly recommended. I also really liked the water spinach with garlic. The boiled spicy fish and pork chop were good but not as good as other dishes we ordered. The fried flat noodles with beef got good flavor but i preferred wider flat noodles. Overall, these Cantonese dishes are tasty for the area. It’s usually pretty busy so i would recommend make a reservation. The staff was friendly and i was able to order in Cantonese with them 😆

Sarah D

Google

Came here with friends for dinner and it was clearly a popular spot—we had to put our name down and waited about 30 minutes for a table. Totally worth it though! Once seated, service was good and pretty quick, even with how busy it was. Everything we ordered was solid, but the Peking Duck is the real standout and absolutely worth getting. It comes in two courses: first, the crispy duck meat and skin served with soft bao buns, then a second course of ground duck served with lettuce wraps. Both were delicious and full of flavor. If you’re planning a dinner out and don’t mind a bit of a wait, this place is definitely worth checking out—especially for the duck!

Olive T

Google

We came to Eastern Dynasty Restaurant for a weekday lunch and were surprised that the restaurant was not full at all. A year or two ago, people would have lined up for the restaurant to open to get in. Today was our luck day as there were plenty of parkings everywhere in the same plaza as Jeong Won BBQ & BonChon, etc. Normally, it’s a challenge to find parking. The waiter greeted us warmly and sat us down immediately and served us the free hot tea. Restaurant is small but clean with relaxing vibes. The dishes we ordered were salty fish & chicken tofu clay pot, pea pod leaves sautéed in garlic sauce and the deli BBQ combo of roast duck and roast pork belly served with the usual hoisin and the tangy plum dipping sauce. The tangy dipping plum sauce was “chef’s kiss” as it paired so well with the deli BBQ combo especially the roast duck. Food did not disappoint and it was not greasy or salty like a lot of Chinese dishes found in most restaurants here in San Diego. The only suggestion for improvement was for the salty fish & chicken tofu clay pot dish as the portion was on the smaller side and the taste was rather bland. It could have been better to include more ingredients to bring out the salty fish flavor for the dish. The pea pod leaves was cooked to perfection as the veggie retained the green freshness look and taste. The roast duck was moist with the familiar delicious crunchy skins. The roast pork belly was our favorite as the spices used took us way back when we were in Hong Kong. So good. The portions were on the smaller side and the restaurant charged $2 for one bowl of white rice, ouch! It’s a criminal act to charge for cooked rice in a Chinese restaurant. This is a solid Cantonese restaurant. Service was quick and waitstaff members were kind, friendly and the tea kept coming upon request; the waitstaff provided useful information to help us decide on which dishes to order. We enjoyed our meal at Eastern Dynasty and will definitely visit again to try other authentic Cantonese dishes.

Mark L.

Google

西湖牛肉羹 - Beef soup with cilantro. I HATE this soup but my wife loves it. Though I hate it, I've to admit they did an excellent job with the soup. The egg wash was done with perfect balance. The beef was cut perfectly. It's not minced. And flavor was good. 鹹魚雞粒炒飯粒炒 - Chinese anchovies chicken fried rice - This dish is how you can tell if they are traditional Cantonese style cuisine chef. It was well done. Not everyone like this dish because of the Chinese 燒肉燒鴨雙拼 - roast pork and roast duck combo - Impressive. The skin of the roast duck is crispy and the flavor was very good. It's legit! Roast pork was excellent at well. However, I prefer a more intense flavor. The skin was crunchy too. I'm delighted to find such good Cantonese cuisine in San Diego. I wish I've tried the beef chow fun and sweet and sour pork, that'll tell how good this place is.

Steve D

Google

Our group of 4 people order 4 main dishes and 2 bowls of rice to start. Every dish was delicious. Eggplant and fish, French style beef, shrimp and vegetables, and roast duck were perfect. The chef even accommodated our request. The wait staff were efficient and helpful. Hopefully, the pictures will be helpful and appetizing. We arrived at 1pm on a Saturday and there was no line at all, seated immediately. Parking, well, we parked on the nearby street; parking here is tough so plan on circling the lot of parking nearby.

Trevor L.

Google

I was deeply disappointed with our visit to Eastern Dynasty. Overall, the food was below average, and the servicing timing was not great despite the servers all being nice. My wife had been craving Peking Duck for the last month or so and we finally had an opportunity to go to with family to get that and a few other dishes. In the order we were served, we got bbq pork belly, beef chow fun, dry fried green beans, peking duck, steamed sea bass, chinese broccoli, orange chicken, and honey walnut shrimp. The bbq pork came first and was very crispy, but dry. The beef chow fun came next followed by the green beans were the highlight of the night. The Peking duck first course was crispy, but most of the pieces had little to no meat. We have had Peking duck before and it was surprising to have so little meat in the first course. We thought perhaps there would be more in the second course. The sea bass was perfection. The Chinese broccoli came out and was average, we’ve definitely had better. The walnut shrimp came out next and was really disappointing. It tasted like it was just fried and covered in mayo rather than an actual sauce made for the shrimp. The second course of the Peking duck came out and it was just duck. We were shocked. I kept looking for the usual vegetable mix with water-chestnuts, but it was just the minced duck. Finally we got the orange chicken, which was made with real orange, but was overly sauced. And we found that the tea in the pot was a single bag of tea. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but at least in other places if they use tea bags, they empty it into a tea strainer to make it look loose leaf. The timing of food arrival was off. I can understand if dishes were brought out as they were completed since it wasn’t set courses, but it seemed offset by about 5 minutes. Nothing was piping hot.

Stephen T.

Google

This is a small Chinese restaurant specializing in Cantonese cuisine. This is our second visit and were not disappointed at all. The cold chicken is delicious and served with an onion and ginger sauce. The calamari was a bit tough but very fresh. The roasted pork belly and fried tofu is delicious. Each portion was just the right size to share for two people. The whole dinner was about $48. Nit bad for three dishes. The place is clean and well maintained. The staff is very attentive and the manager checks on every table. They have wine and beer. Our tea came with the diner. The service was quick but not overtly fast. Just the right pace. Typical, dishes come out as they are ready, so our cold chicken hit the table first, followed by the fried calamari and then the clay pot. Highly recommend this award winning restaurant !

T D.

Google

My go to place for great Chinese food. Ordered the beef chow fun and the pork belly with preserved vegetables. Both were tasty and very good. The beef in the chow fun was so tender and the noodles were perfect consistency. My go to place!