Reviews for KIN LIN in Kansas City, MO
Shockingly poor attitude by the manager.we were four of us and a couple of us ordered vegetarian with No Egg in the dish. But... the dish came with egg in it. I understand miscommunication happens with order taking, but the manager came in and accused us oftricking the waitress to order incorrectly. Asking us to pay 50% of the price and have a dish we couldn?t possibly take due todietary restrictions. Never going there again. Respecting customers is fundamental to restaurant business. Hope they fix it fortheir own good. Read more
Great place. The family who works there is always so sweet. It?s really relaxing place to be at. Food is amazing. I love their... dry bean curd dishes. It?s so so so good. Only thing is if you are on a diet it won?t work because you?ll want to keep eatingmore and more of their food. Seriously Its that good. Read more
Today was the first time I went into the restaurant for a meal; I've previously ordered takeout from here before and was happy... with it. I generally get the ????? (rice porridge with century egg and pork). The price is reasonable and it's chock full ofcentury eggs throughout (which I love, so that's a plus). It's one of the very few places in town that I've seen that evenoffer this dish. It's a nostalgic taste of family home cooking for me. My boyfriend ordered the pickled vegetables and porkintestine, and some sesame chicken. That was delicious as well. The pickled vegetable and pork intestine dish had a nice kickto it, a decent amount of spice. The sesame chicken was not too overbearingly sweet. The only criticism I might have up untilnow would be the fried rice that came with the entrees was pretty heavy on the soy sauce. I also noticed they have ho funnoodles on the menu, which I'll definitely try next time. Ho fun noodles are inexplicably hard to find at Chinese restaurantsin KC for some reason, so I'm excited that they offer them here. Service was friendly and the decor was nice. The booths are awee bit tight but manageable. Definitely returning when I'm craving some rice porridge or other familiar dishes. They alsohave things like steamed fish with ginger and mussels in black bean sauce, which are mainstay dishes in my family and I reallywant to try those here. Read more
Carryout service keeps getting worse and worse. I was given a 10 minute window when it would be ready. It was not ready. I sat... there while person after person came in and picked up orders (mostly delivery services) while I still sat there. My order wasfinally ready 15 minutes after the late estimated time, I get home and realize they didn?t include rice. That should be thefirst thing in the bag! And apparently everything else sat there getting cold while waiting on the one item that wasn?t ready somost of us had barely warm dinner. This was not our first bad carryout experience there but it may be the last. We will belooking for a new Chinese restaurant to get carryout from. I would not recommend kin Lin unless they figure some things out. Read more
It all depends on who is cooking in the kitchen. I've had terrific food here---on par with the best in KC, and other times the... food tastes like fast food Chinese. I wish they would be more consistent, but I still go and hope the good chef is cooking. Next time the food is good, I'm going to ask who is in the kitchen, and remember to call first next time and ask. The settingis way casual, it is family owned and it is reasonable price-wise. Read more
KIN LIN is my favorite Chinese restaurant in town! It specialized in authentic Hunan style Chinese food. Decent atmosphere and... decor. Service is good as well. Please stay open for years????. Read more
The waiter is very friendly and knowledgeable about food on menu. The hot and sour soup was pretty good. Spicy chicken we... ordered was alright, I didn?t find it spicy. The hot & spicy chicken wings were very crispy but too greasy and I thought theywere overcooked. Read more
I've been ordering from Kin Lin for about 3-4 years. Today is the last time I will order from them. Placed an online order for... carry out for the Sesame Chicken and Crab Rangoon. The chicken was a mixture of over and under cooked. Every piece was eithertoo tough to chew, or too squishy to be edible. I took solace in the fact that I ordered the crab rangoon, but found thatapparently these are now just fried wontons. No crab. No cream cheese. (see attached pictures) No more Kin Lin anything for meagain. Edit to add: both of us who ate this chicken were up numerous times throughout the night visiting the bathroom. Read more