Kirin Chinese Restaurant 麒麟閣

Have not been here for years, the place is remodeled. They added dim sum menu. Food tastes good, prices are high for the portion, or it's just the inflation.Grill black pepper steak cubes $28.99Seafood crispy noodle $18.95Garlic pea leafs $23.99Salt and pepper fish $22.99Looks like they just raised the price recently.

I can't believe Kirin is still around - it's one of those places I used to come as a child with my family, although I haven't been back in 10-15 years. As such, it's a really old school Chinese restaurant, so don't expect anything new or fancy. Food is pretty mediocre, but serviceable. We got a set menu, and the highlight for me was dried scallop & egg white fried rice (great savoriness without being heavy). I thought the seafood dishes were all unmemorable - seafood fish maw soup, lobster with ginger and scallions, and steamed rock fish were all too bland, while the clams with black bean sauce were too fishy. The braised abalone with pea sprout was good, but too oily. Besides the fried rice, the best dishes were the peking duck (the rendition here is too bony and served with buns instead of wraps, but the duck itself is flavorful and good) and the honey pepper beef steak cubes (very tender meat). Overall though, I found all the food a tad too oily (all glistening in the light). They also have dim sum on weekends - their fried dough rice noodle roll was also pretty mediocre (pretty thick roll, not the crispiest fried dough).

We headed over to Kirin with a big party on a weekday at noon and Kirin was able to quickly accommodate the party. At first, the menu seemed overwhelming with all the choices we were offered. But it felt like all options were good options. We ordered both from the big menu as well as the DimSum menu and everything came out quickly and was delicious. All of our dishes were big portioned and we struggled to finish our food. We even ordered Peking Duck and it came out super quick.Staff was nice and quick to respond whenever our table needed anything. Overall a good choice if you want a quick lunch for a small group or a big group. Price was quite reasonable as well, will definitely come back.

Had their Honey Walnut Prawns, Pan Fried Noodles and Steamed Flounder.Love the Honey Walnut Prawns! The y drizzle then sweet mayo cream sauce but what elevated this dish to the next level is the mustard in the mayo sauce. The mustard's slightly sour spice balanced the sweetness of the cream. Lots of candied walnuts. Crispy batter coating on the prawns without being crunchy hard. Good portion. The Pan Fried Noodles had shrimp, scallop, BBQ pork, chicken and beef with some bakchoy and carrots. Great ingredients. Crispy fried noodles. The sauce was a bit watery so it needed some soy sauce. The Steamed Flounder was ok. It's available as fried also. It had an aftertaste to it and a bit gummy texture. Sauce was also a bit bland. All 3 cost $70 after tax, before tip.Food came out at different time, about 10 min apart from each other.They had a small menu. The staff said it's because they're redoing the menu.

I had a very nice dinner here. We came on Superbowl Sunday, so I believe the restaurant was much less busy than usual. We had a group of 6, and they have several tables suitable for large groups. There is a pretty large menu, and several items seem to be easily veganized. I think some of the vegetable dishes have oyster sauce (possibly other non-vegan sauces but I didn't ask) but I asked our waitress if the braised tofu and broccoli could be prepared without oyster sauce and she said yes. I was also able to order a vegetable fried rice without egg. Our table also ordered a few meat dishes and a soup, and all of us really enjoyed the food. The servers are nice and attentive, though they seemed pretty busy. I was told this place is sort of iconic because it has been around for a long time, and it is a favorite of my dad's Chinese friends that live here.

Kirin has been here forever, our first time after a very long break. Four of us came for lunch on a Sunday, glad to see the restaurant had been remodeled with a brighter, cleaner and more pleasant interior. When arrived at noon, the place was almost empty; it did fill up nicely later on. We decided to order a small set menu plus a couple of more dishes to share. The set of 3 for $55 consisted of Walnut prawns, Steamed chicken and garlic yu-choy, all three dishes were fresh, tasty and served in good portions. Prawns were of good sizes, served piping hot. Coatings were heavier than I'd preferred. Chicken and the greens were both very enjoyable. BTW, we compared the price of a set to individual order total, there is only a $1 saving by doing the set...Hubby was happy to satisfy his craving of S/S pork, fried rice was decent too. The chrysanthemum tea was very light; I believe $1.5 pp is charged for tea which is quite reasonable. Service was polite and responsive.Overall we were quite happy about the rediscovery of Kirin, will come back next time to try the fresh seafood, roast duck and perhaps some dim sum items too.

New management & new taste of Oriental Chinese food. The service is likely if you come to other Chinese restaurant. Under new management they have nice decorations and make you feel comfortable while enjoying their food.

Went here with the family. Everyone enjoyed the food. The sleeper hit was Eight Gem Tofu in Clay Pot. It was a lot of seafood and chicken with some soy braised tofu. Finally, I got a hot and sour soup that (almost) tastes right. Most places dial back on the sourness and heat. I just needed to add some white pepper. Sweet and sour pork, honey walnut shrimp, and garlic eggplant were good. I was neutral about the chow mein.

This place was fantastic!! we came in around 8:45 and they still served us even though they were closing at 9:00! The fried rice and the chicken were absolutely delicious! I did also enjoy the rice paper dim sum very much! The restaurant itself is huge, and also very clean and very bright! The service was fantastic. They were super nice and the food came out very fast!

Taste deteriorated but the price jumped at least 30% after chinese new year. Pissed off