Kirin - Santa Rosa

Ordered door dash from this place, and while there were good items in my meal, there was also an 'unexpected ' item. I ordered two soups (I really like soups the hot and sour and wor won ton soup. Both have seafood (shrimp in them, which is fine.. but the hot and sour soup was neither hot, nor savory?! It actually tasted sweet to me, to a point where I couldn 't have anymore. The shrimp was a nice touch, but I wasn 't sure what happened to this batch, or is their recipe for this soup actually intended to be not savory?!?!?! The wor won ton soup was very good, a regular chicken broth with goodies inside (veggies, egg, wontons, etc. . I also ordered some broccoli and mushrooms that was nicely done, as well as a salt and pepper fried calamari, and lastly, a vegetable mei fun. The vegetable mei fun was actually very delicious! I originally thought of giving it only three stars, but since the mei fun was so good and I forgot about it, I 've upped this review to 4 stars instead :

This place used to be good a year ago. the Orange Chicken recipe changed I guess? used to be so good; crunchy and spicy but now is just sweet and sour chicken with a burnt orange peel in it. so gross and disappointing (I do not like sweet& sour) and super low quality food. have the Beano on stand by.

Before pandemic 2-years ago this eatery, food were tasty, quality and services. But something must happened during pandemic period (March 2020 to end of 2021) food to go and it was horrible was not like a Kirin used to be. So, 2-weeks later to give them another chance and was the same again horrible . 5-weeks ago (06/15/22) my sister and I went to Kirin hoping maybe improved and it was former owner/manager was back (like before pandemic) and food we ordered was good again so we revisited following week and again was good. So next visit, 07/15/22 we invited a friend and 3 of us went and it was HORRIBLE just like 2-years ago and owner/manager were not present. Maybe there 's good chef or cook goes around visiting and or teaching various restaurants in the area for week may be couple of weeks at the time ? Anyway, would not recommend majority of Chinese restaurants in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Petaluma area. Lastly, Kirin 's menus prices are most expensive by approximately 15% compare to all the other Chinese restaurant and eatery in Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park area.

If you want to recall that Chinese meal you ordered in Sioux Falls 40 years ago and still recall the gready noodles this is your place.

I've only eaten here once, but will definitely be back! Generous portions, fresh veggies, flavorful sauces.