Shan Xi Magic Kitchen

Name: Shan Xi Magic Kitchen
Address: 4344 Convoy St, San Diego, California, 92111, US
Telephone: (858) 565-2688
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.20

Chinese restaurant, Chinese noodle restaurant, Chinese takeaway, Delivery Chinese restaurant, Restaurant

Location: 4344 Convoy St, San Diego, CA 92111, United States
Located in: Convoy Village Shopping Center
Phone: (858) 565-2688
Price: $$

Opening hours

Sunday: 11 am-8:30 pm
Monday: 11 am-3:30 pm, 4:30-10:30 pm
Tuesday: 11 am-3:30 pm, 4:30-10:30 pm
Wednesday: 11 am-3:30 pm, 4:30-10:30 pm
Thursday: 11 am-3:30 pm, 4:30-10:30 pm
Friday: 11 am-10:30 pm
Saturday: 11 am-10:30 pm

Food & drink

Vibe

Beef soup

Soup

Fried rice

Aubergine

Green Beans

Noodle

Dumpling

Pulled pork

Yakitori

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Reviews

This place absolutely slaps.
We ordered a fine array of their dishes.
The hot and sour dumplings were delicious.
The green beans - perfectly seasoned and garlicky.
The cumin lamb biang-biang noodles was the star of the show though.
The noodles were immaculate and dish spicy. But most importantly, the service was next level.
Our waiter was so so kind and the dishes were out quickly.
We sat down as a table four on a Saturday night at 8:30 and the restaurant was packed.
Highly highly recommended.

The food was alright depending on what you order. What I we liked: 1) cumin lamb biang biang noodles 2) spicy chicken noodles (big portion) - I found it to be ok but our friend liked it.
It’s a heavy chicken flavored soy sauce mix. What I would skip: 1) general tso chicken - our friend wanted to order it and it simply sweet gu Lao Rou using chicken which simply wasn’t good 2) Cold lian pi noodle - I liked where the idea was going with nutty spicy Sichuan flavor but it was more sour and missed flavor, also didn’t like the texture of the Liang pi noodle.
Definitely go with the warm biang biang ones 3) eggplants - people wrote a lot about the eggplants.
It’s good but not wow.
Would skip it next time. Overall for a Sichuan place everything missed flavor, spiciness and numbness.
For me a 3.5 stars overall.
I’d consider coming back for the spicy cumin noodles which was also maybe a 8/10 max.

Located in the Convoy Village Shopping Center.
There's plenty of parking but it can be difficult finding a spot when visiting during busy dinner hours due to other neighboring restaurants. We were in the area looking for an appetizing dinner on Friday night and their window menu caught our attention. We tried their Beef Magic Fried Rice, Fired Noodles, BBQ Chicken Wing Skewers accompanied with Hot Tea.
Everything tasted fresh with really good flavor (those Chicken Wing Skewers were so tasty though). Prices are competitive and portions are generous.
Service is amazing, very welcoming and friendly.
However, tables could be cleaner (our table was sticky with a messy chili jar). We had a good dinner experience here.