The China Max Roger reviewed closed after an April 2020 fire and stayed shuttered for nearly five years. The Convoy Street address reopened under new ownership in February 2025 as China Max Dumpling House, a different restaurant. This page keeps Roger's original dim sum review as a dated record.
“One of the best Chinese joints in SD, great for dim-sum and also for a large party of people such as family for dinner!”
Roger called this one of the best Chinese joints in San Diego, good both for dim sum and for a large family dinner. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
A Convoy District spot Roger rated among the better local options for xiao long bao and pan-fried sheng jian bao, with better-than-typical service to match.
From the order notes
Crab meat xiao long bao · Sheng jian bao · Zha jiang mian · Pork feet
A Kearny Mesa Vietnamese spot Roger praised for freshly made, generous portions — nothing mass-ordered frozen — plus made-to-order coffee and wings he ranks among the only two worth ordering at an Asian restaurant in town.
A low-key Convoy-area grocery Roger called a one-stop shop for a Chinese household: herbal remedies, dried seafood, nostalgic HK/China/Taiwan sodas and whole-leaf teas, tucked in a warehouse half a block west of Convoy.
