Reviews Kirin Restaurant

This Chinese restaurant is the best Chinese food I have ever had. I highly recommend it! This restaurant is a little hidden, as it is underground. The atmosphere is classy and the service was great. Our server was very attentive and helped us continue to order family style. I am more than satisfied with my experience! L

Amazing service! Great dim sum menu. We also ordered beef chow fun which was delicious! Everything was so fresh. Restaurant was very clean. Staff were friendly and very professional.

I went in not having very high expectations because the stairway leading down to the restaurant was littered with trash and there was a strong chemical smell when I entered the dining room. However, the food and service made up for it all. If you've ever been to a nice restaurant in China, you'll notice that the cleanliness standards aren't the same as they are in the United States. What I've discovered is that just like the Health Department, they restaurant owners mostly concern themselves with the back-of-the-house. Meaning that although the floors, chairs and seafood tanks were in desperate need of maintenance and cleaning, the food is where their focus is, and boy it did not disappoint. My husband, who is retired from building maintenance told me that the Health Department isn't concerned with the cleanliness of the dining room as much as the kitchen because their main concern is food safety. The food was absolutely delicious and dare I say some of the best Chinese Food I've had in my life. The presention was average but the service was impeccable. They were very attentive, professional and welcoming. My recommendation is for a restaurant to change their Floris to vinyl or wood to help with cleanliness & saftey. The chairs could either be cleaned or have covers on the backs to keep debris from settling in between the slats. Otherwise we'll done. The restaurant has space for events and the prices were actually pretty great. For instance, my dish crispy duck was only $13.99 and and very juicy. The beef was incredibly tender & tasty. The spring rolls were crispy, light and not greasy.

Food was decent but not the best version I've had of each dish. I liked how the Peking duck came with the skin pre-wrapped, but the duck itself still had a lot of bones. The honey walnut shrimp was good but on the sweet side. Beef chow fun was good, made with the right type of noodles. The egg drop soup and shitake mushroom with bok choy dish was mediocre. It was cool to see all the pictures with presidents who ate here, but overall food was average.

Came for an impromptu dinner date that ended up being beyond our expectations. We got the dim sum sampler, and the crab with black bean sauce. The crab was definitely the star of the show and although very messy to eat, it was extremely delicious. I had never had crab cooked in sauce like this and I was blown away. Our waitress was attentive and kind and also very busy so we did our best not to disturb her too often. We came in on a busy weekend night and got seated quickly. The atmosphere is nice and well lit. You could easily come here dressed up or down and find something to enjoy. The dim sum was good but nothing to write home about, a great place to go if you have a group to entertain who like different options/flavors