Golden island - San Diego, CA
Events
Dim Sum & Jazz 268 - Louis Vanlenzuela
Friday September 4th
Louis Vanlenzuela returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 268th installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences! Seating begins at 6:00PM Music is from 6:30PM to 8:30PM Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations
Wedding Reception 4pm-10pm
Saturday September 5th
Please call for table availabilities after 2pm-9pm
Labor Day
Monday September 7th
Come celebrate the long Labor Day weekend with us!
Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXIX - Billy Lee & The Gulf Coasters
Friday September 11th
BILLY LEE & THE GULFCOASTERS returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 269th installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating Begins at 6PM. Music from 6:30-8:30PM. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations!
About Billy Lee & The Gulfcoasters
Billy Lee and the Gulf Coasters share upbeat music described as “gumbo jazz” and “vintage swing.” Longtime local favorites, Billy Lee and the Gulf Coasters have played for audiences around the world. Bring the whole family along for the fun – this “show band” is perfect for all ages to dance to! Come hear the full band: Billy on accordion/vocals, Guy Gonzale on guitar and vocals, Sandra Stram on violin and vocals, Chris Klich on clarinet, sax and flute, Mike Mesessa on drums, and Kendrick on bass and vocals and as the sound engineer.
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Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXX - The B Line
Friday September 18th
THE B-LINE returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 270th installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating begins at 6:00PM Music is from 6:30PM to 8:30PM Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations
About The B-Line
The B-Line a 5-person collective of funk jam enthusiasts assembled from the weekly open jam at Winston's Beach Club in Ocean Beach. With a focus on high-caliber musicianship, overall group tightness, and spreading the funky gospel, The B-Line seeks refuge in the pocket. This tends to be the place where our musical instincts and our sonic goals become perfectly aligned.
Described by one ardent fan as "incredibly taut", the music we bring our lovely fans in San Diego is a unique blend of funk and dance/party music, with a tasteful yet never pretentious seasoning of jazz influences.
A live performance by The B-Line is guaranteed to yield several funky side-effects (So please consult your primary care physician before attending a performance. If you contract a case of bass-face exceeding 4 hours, contact a healthcare professional and seek immediate medical attention).
Private Event
Friday September 25th
Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXXI - The Vintage Girl In A Modern World Swing band (6 Piece)
Saturday September 26th
THE VINTAGE GIRL IN A MODERN WORLD returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 271st installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating Begins at 6PM. Music from 6:30-8:30PM. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations!
About Cobby Brzeski
“She is determined to write and perform, and anyone who hears her won’t question her decision…”
– Harriet Heithaus, Naples Daily News, USA Today Network
“Cobby Brzeski has an amazing youthful energy for someone so conversant with the tradition of jazz. Her distinctive and attractive voice, bebop-influenced flute playing, and unaffected songwriting gives the jazz world a jolt of fun that it desperately needs!”
– David Thorne Scott, Vocal Professor at Berklee College of Music
Originally from Naples, FL, Cobby Brzeski is a nationally touring multi-instrumental, multi-genre flutist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Diego, CA that performs all around the east and west coasts. Cobby's charming voice, playful songwriting, and authenticity to the jazz tradition will make anyone feel like they're back in the 1940's. Described as a vintage girl in a modern world, Cobby’s music possesses a natural gift for sensitive, relatable storytelling and is a blend of influences from Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest, The Andrew Sisters and others, twisted with modern influences like Jason Mraz, Cyrille Aimee, and PostModern Jukebox.
Cobby is a 2018 magna cum laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music, and a 2023 San Diego Music Award Nominee for Best Jazz Album (Vintage Girl In A Modern World (2022)). Cobby presents a show full of her original 1940's swing inspired tunes, jazz & latin standards, and jazzified covers of popular music.
Socials Website: http://www.cobbymusic.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cobbymusic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cobbymusic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wdKRyY8VZJ4i6CK3l2W1X
National Drink Beer Day
Monday September 28th
Join us for National Drink Beer Day on Sept 28th and try one of our many craft brews!
National Coffee Day
Tuesday September 29th
Sit back, relax and enjoy a coffee for National Coffee Day September 29th!
Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXXI - The Mercedes Moore Band
Friday October 2nd
MERCEDES MOORE BAND returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 271st installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating begins at 6:00PM Music is from 6:30PM to 8:30PM Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations
About Mercedes Moore” From the moment Mercedes Moore takes the stage you can’t look away. She welcomes you to the show, thanks you for coming, and the band rips into its opening chords. As dancers rush to the floor, the smile on Mercedes’ face grows more radiant; you’re in her world and nothing else matters. You might think she was destined to do this, but you’d be wrong. Moore grew up doubting her skills, “I didn’t think that I could sing.” She says. “I didn’t think it was possible.” That was then, this is now.
Today, fronting her own band, Mercedes works hard to be more than a voice. She wants fans to feel the music, the way she feels the music. Watching faces in the crowd on this night, as Mercedes swings through an extensive playlist of ballads, blues, and soul shakers, it’s obvious she has them right where she wants them. Yet, the most remarkable aspect of this story, the woman has only been singing professionally for a little more than eight years. Eight years. Let there be no doubt, Mercedes Moore is making the most of her time.
As a three-time San Diego Music Award nominee, Moore performs regularly with some of Southern California’s premier musicians. The list is endless–Taryn Donath, John Simons, Mark Campbell, Marc Ramos, Tracy Wiebeck, Kurt Kalker, Matt Taylor, Steve Wilcox, Scot Smart, Missy Andersen, Sharifah Muhammad, and Laura Chavez–to name but a few. When asked, Moore is straightforward about the multitude of players. “It just makes you a better singer.” She smiles. “And different people have different strengths. Plus, I want to learn, so I can be better.”
It appears to be working. Mercedes Moore is currently juggling four major projects and her music can range from blues, gospel, and R&B to a boatload of classic rock and blue-eyed soul. This does not take into consideration the assortment of duo and trio sets, the occasional jazz venture, and an array of impromptu performances with local and visiting artists. “
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Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXXII - Adam Wolff Feat. Phineas Leevy
Friday October 9th
Then join the ADAM WOLFF QUARTET as they return to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 272nd installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating Begins at 6PM. Music from 6:30-8:30PM. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations!
About Adam Wolff Adam Wolff has been playing the piano for most of his life. Starting at the age of 8, he spent ten years studying classical piano performance, music theory, and creative music expression. Raised in New York and Chicago, he returned to New York City in the 80s and spent many years playing music full-time in Manhattan. While living in New York, Wolff studied with several great pianists: Barry Harris (Keeper of the Bebop Flame), Mike Longo (Musical Director for Dizzy Gillespie), and Kenny Werner (Author of Effortless Mastery and a global music legend).
He also performed/recorded with many great jazz players including Victor Lewis, Calvin Hill, Rebecca Franks, and others. He was fortunate to record with two of Ahmad Jamal’s drummers: Vernel Fournier and Frank Gant. (Vernel Fournier is credited with developing the iconic drumbeat used in Jamal’s recording of “Poinciana” in the 1950s.)
During this time, Wolff also taught music at the Johnny Colon School of Music in East Harlem, as well as playing in clubs, restaurants, cafes, and private engagements throughout the New York City region. In 1987, he was approached by Long Island University in Brooklyn and offered a full music scholarship. He received a degree with honors in 1990.
Relocating to San Diego in the 1990s, Adam Wolff performed with different groups, ranging from jazz to popular dance music to creative expression performances. In 2004, he co-founded Blue44, a music collective with a distinctive theme of “ambient grooves”. Wolff’s music contains key elements of excitement and hard-swinging, soulful, creative musical expression. These elements come through in all his performances.
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National Dessert Day
Wednesday October 14th
Indulge in dinner and a dessert on National Dessert Day!
Dimsum And Jazz: Tribute Edition
Friday October 16th
Jenny & The Tramps Will be doing a Beatles Tribute set, all yours favorite Beatles
song reimagined
Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXXIII - The Zzymzzy Quartet
Friday October 23rd
THE ZZYMZZY QUARTET returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 273rd installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating Begins at 6PM. Music from 6:30-8:30PM. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations!
ABOUT ZZYMZZY
Rhymes with ‘Whimsy’
The guys from the Zzymzzy Quartet have simple ambitions: they just want to play it like it was when it was unamplified, melodic, swinging, dreamy, full of sly surprise. From the Prohibition through the Second Big War, the glory days of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are being recaptured humbly and with humor in San Diego by four musicians who know it don’t mean a thing without that swing!
guitar, vocals – Beston Barnett clarinet – Matt Gill upright bass – Paul Hormick guitar, lead vocals – Pete Miesner
The Zzymzzy Quartet takes its name from a hypothetical “last word” in the dictionary: thus, their tagline, “The Last Word in Gypsy Swing.” The “Gypsy” sound is heard in much of the guitar work, heavily influenced by the stylings of French Gypsy jazz legend Django Reinhardt, but the group also pays tribute to the Swing Era with classic standards and idiomatic originals. Since the Zzymzzy Quartet came together in 2004, they’ve played dances, parties, weddings, festivals, art openings, and events throughout Southern California to unanimous enthusiasm, carving out a name for themselves as a tasty dance band and a classy addition to every wedding. In 2017, ART HURTS Records released their second CD, Petite Fleur which, on top of inspired playing and elegant arrangements, features cameos from a variety of beloved San Diego musicians.
Dim Sum & Jazz CCLXXIV - The Vintage Girl In A Modern World Swing band (6 Piece)
Friday October 30th
THE VINTAGE GIRL IN A MODERN WORLD returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 274th installment of Dim Sum & Jazz - one of San Diego's longest-running weekly live music dining experiences!
Seating Begins at 6PM. Music from 6:30-8:30PM. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations!
About Cobby Brzeski
“She is determined to write and perform, and anyone who hears her won’t question her decision…”
– Harriet Heithaus, Naples Daily News, USA Today Network
“Cobby Brzeski has an amazing youthful energy for someone so conversant with the tradition of jazz. Her distinctive and attractive voice, bebop-influenced flute playing, and unaffected songwriting gives the jazz world a jolt of fun that it desperately needs!”
– David Thorne Scott, Vocal Professor at Berklee College of Music
Originally from Naples, FL, Cobby Brzeski is a nationally touring multi-instrumental, multi-genre flutist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Diego, CA that performs all around the east and west coasts. Cobby's charming voice, playful songwriting, and authenticity to the jazz tradition will make anyone feel like they're back in the 1940's. Described as a vintage girl in a modern world, Cobby’s music possesses a natural gift for sensitive, relatable storytelling and is a blend of influences from Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest, The Andrew Sisters and others, twisted with modern influences like Jason Mraz, Cyrille Aimee, and PostModern Jukebox.
Cobby is a 2018 magna cum laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music, and a 2023 San Diego Music Award Nominee for Best Jazz Album (Vintage Girl In A Modern World (2022)). Cobby presents a show full of her original 1940's swing inspired tunes, jazz & latin standards, and jazzified covers of popular music.
Socials Website: http://www.cobbymusic.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cobbymusic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cobbymusic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wdKRyY8VZJ4i6CK3l2W1X
Halloween
Saturday October 31st
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Thanksgiving
Thursday November 26th
Bring your friends and family by on Thanksgiving Day for a celebratory feast!
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five star review by Kathleen C:
The dinner menu is quite good. They have a lot of nice banquet style Cantonese dishes that I have not encountered elsewhere in San Diego. It all tastes fresh. Prices are reasonable. The restaurant is huge and has a lot of tables and space for private events. Parking lot is also large.
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five star review by Anne M:
The best dim sum in San Diego! The restaurant is clean, with a wide selection of dishes to choose from. We received excellent service-very attentive and friendly. There are also many other interesting menu options beyond dim sum. Golden Island has become our favorite spot for family and friends to gather. Thank you for always providing such delicious food!
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five star review by Michael S:
Love this dim sum place. Very traditional and great selections. I went with some friends who spoke mandarin so we got really good service and they were very attentive. Def would come back here.
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