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.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
touaher1
On a Sunday night. We had a group of 12 and ordered the $498 family meal plus a lobster with noodles. This is my 2nd time there. The place was packed. It is a small restaurant. there were 4 large groups, as well as couples and groups of 4. The food was good, not your panda express kind of food. And the service was top notch. Food came out fast. They even changed out our eating plates. Even with 12 people, we had 8 to go boxes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Edward Torres
They cook quickly, the waiters know their business well, well done!
Z H
My takeout order of house special children had gone bad. Will never order again. They probably save the leftover for online order and do not care online order customer. I completely trashed the bad chicken as it probably will cause me sick if I had consumed it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Margaret
Also got pork belly with preserved vegetables not pictured. The food was very good and very filling
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sirui Tao
Great Cantonese food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brian Myers
Other than the normal parking issues on Convoy, this place is phenomenal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Keoni Simmons
We had a great lunch experience today, all 9 dishes were delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tricia W.
We came for my husband’s Birthday dinner & everything was so delicious. Andy and his team were super attentive. Not our first time here and definitely not our last. If you’re looking for great authentic Cantonese food - this is a must - you won’t be disappointed!!! We came from north county - soooo worth the drive
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark Liu
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.
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!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anna Guidão
Best Chinese food in San Diego. Hands down.
Olive T
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.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
T Don
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!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Laura Addis
Where are the lobster with scallions which was absolutely amazing. Also ordered vegetable chow fun, which was absolutely amazing. Love the tea! Great service would definitely recommend genuine Cantonese cooking.
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.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
On a Sunday night. We had a group of 12 and ordered the $498 family meal plus a lobster with noodles. This is my 2nd time there. The place was packed. It is a small restaurant. there were 4 large groups, as well as couples and groups of 4. The food was good, not your panda express kind of food. And the service was top notch. Food came out fast. They even changed out our eating plates. Even with 12 people, we had 8 to go boxes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They cook quickly, the waiters know their business well, well done!
My takeout order of house special children had gone bad. Will never order again. They probably save the leftover for online order and do not care online order customer. I completely trashed the bad chicken as it probably will cause me sick if I had consumed it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Also got pork belly with preserved vegetables not pictured. The food was very good and very filling
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Cantonese food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Other than the normal parking issues on Convoy, this place is phenomenal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a great lunch experience today, all 9 dishes were delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We came for my husband’s Birthday dinner & everything was so delicious. Andy and his team were super attentive. Not our first time here and definitely not our last.
If you’re looking for great authentic Cantonese food - this is a must - you won’t be disappointed!!!
We came from north county - soooo worth the drive
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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.
Food: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
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!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Chinese food in San Diego. Hands down.
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.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
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!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Where are the lobster with scallions which was absolutely amazing. Also ordered vegetable chow fun, which was absolutely amazing. Love the tea! Great service would definitely recommend genuine Cantonese cooking.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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