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Kearny Mesa · $20–34 · Ranked in 2 lists
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Emerald Chinese Seafood is a Kearny Mesa spot ranked #1 of 5 in our Best Dim Sum in San Diego list, scoring 89/100. Order the har gow, shumai, and honey walnut shrimp. The deepest dim sum selection in the county and the benchmark for har gow.
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Score 89/100 · Order: Har gow, shumai, and honey walnut shrimp · $4–9 per plate
A cavernous banquet hall that fills with carts by mid-morning. The shrimp dumplings have thin, translucent wrappers and the char siu bao are steamed to order rather than parked.
Local tip: Arrive before 10:30am on weekends or expect a 45-minute wait.
Score 87/100 · Order: Har gow, siu mai, cart dim sum · $20–34
Emerald still runs true cart dim sum in a banquet-scale room. Har gow wrappers are thin without tearing, siu mai are coarse-chopped rather than pasty, and the seafood side of the menu is worth ordering from at dinner.
Local tip: Arrive before 11am on weekends or plan on a 45-minute wait.
Scored with our ranking methodology — dim sum, chinese.
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