Fung Fung Yuen, a new all-day dim sum restaurant, softly opened last week. The large restaurant occupies 10,000 square feet of space and serves dim sum with traditional food carts.
With very few dim sum restaurants in San Diego, I knew it would be very crowded opening weekend. But I still couldn’t wait to go check it out. I’d been watching the progress of the restaurant for months.
We got to the restaurant a few minutes before they opened, and sure enough there was a large crowd gathered. Things were a little confusing at first because some people had formed a line and others had just crowded around the entrance doors. When the restaurant finally did open, they asked the crowd to form into lines before slowing letting people in.
Even though the restaurant can seat a few hundred people, the restaurant was not utilizing all the seating space, trying to keep a manageable number for the still in-training staff. The manager was there at the door to greet all the customers and apologize for any slowness due to it being soft opening. I thought this was a nice touch. After about 40 minutes, we were seated.
Once seated, we were able to get food on the table pretty quickly. Carts came by often frequently and we were also able to order food we didn’t see.
Shrimp Siu Mai
Shrimp Har Gow
Stewed Tripe
Deep Fried Shrimp Balls
Porridge
Creamy Egg Yolk Bun
Egg Tart
There were about 4-5 other items we usually like to get but we were told that the kitchen had not yet cooked them.
Overall, the food we had was fine. The prices were about the same as the other popular dim sum places in San Diego. I do like that dim sum is served all day so you can even get it for dinner. I found the staff to be very friendly and nice, which is a refreshing change from many other dim sum experience in San Diego. I don’t think the food is worth a long wait though and I would recommend waiting a few more weeks before visiting. I do think it will eventually be a solid option for dim sum in San Diego and it’s great to see another place because we have so few choices for dim sum in this city. However, in general, I still feel that the dim sum in San Diego is disappointing compared to LA (which has many restaurant with much cheaper prices and a greater variety of dishes) and the opening of Fung Fung Yuen didn’t do anything to change that.
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Fung Fung Yuen
10660 Camino Ruiz, San Diego, CA 92126
Thank you for posting this. I’ve been waiting for a thorough review before going there myself.. It’s hard to trust yelp reviewers who rate a place after one experience during a “soft opening” and expect all the kinks to be worked out.
hope you get to check it out soon and hopefully the wait won’t be so bad!
I’m relieved you had a good experience as I’ve been reading mixed reviews. The 40 min wait time, especially when you got there before it opened, is crazy. We’re hoping to visit this week for lunch so hopefully it’ll go well!
I hope it goes well for you! I didn’t like the wait time, but once we sat down things were good!
I was at Fung Fung Yuen this past weekend; I usually avoid restaurants when they first open, but I tagged along with friends who wanted to go. I thought the food was good; one of the dim sum items we had was so-so. Service was decent, considering how new the staff was. I was amused to see that the dessert station from the old Hometown Buffet was intact! Anyway, I hope it does well, and one can always hope over to 85C for more dessert!
I’m glad you had a good experience!