We were very excited to try out this restaurant since we haven't had Chinese Food in Aptos before. After reading the reviews, we were thrilled to try it out. When we arrived, after making a reservation, there were only three other families there. They sat us down at a table, then asked us to move tables. That is the only interaction we had with the staff after a whole half hour. We were not acknowledged, or told that they would be right with us or sorry for the delay. We ended up walking out. However, we decided to DoorDash to see how the food was. The DoorDash was delayed quite a bit as well. But when the food arrived, we were all pleasantly surprised. The food was actually very tasty. Some of it needed a little bit more salt (which is rare for Chinese Food ) but in general tasted great. We would definitely order food from this place again, but would not recommend eating in. read more

Consistently good Chinese food. Usually order to go, but ate inside. Don't let the empty spots inside fool you, their service is quick and the food is piping hot. The garlic green beans are to die for, and there's a few dinner combos if you want rice, soup, and egg roll included. The gentleman who runs the spot is a total hoot, worth eating there just to see him. read more

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Best Chinese restaurant I have ever been to! So delicious and very friendly. Highly recommend.

Love this place! Our go to for Chinese. I have not dined in, so far only take out. It is fast, delicious,very friendly, and clean. The fav for us is Lemon chicken, Deluxe Vegetables with rice. Also fried rice and Mushu. read more

Great food, service and ambiance. We eat there often and are always happy with our meal.

I have been disappointed on our last two experiences. The first was there was not one parking spot in the entire center so we gave up. We have ordered A for 2 for many years. Won Ton soup was tasteless. There used to be ginger in it and it tasted so healthy. No more. Sweet and Sour pork had no sweet and sour sauce at all. Cashew chicken had more celery than either chicken or cashews. We are sad! read more

Excellent meal, excellent service Had Hot and Sour Soup which was great. Tea, chicken chow mein and mixed appetizer. Delicious!

Good food here. Nice place. A little hard to find. Nice service there. Glad we were able to find it.

I love the szechewan egg plant and order it to go often. Very friendly owner and staff and speedy service. Parking is good and easy and it feels like a friendly neighborhood place to eat. read more

Best Chinese food in Santa Cruz. We always order here when we have gatherings because their dishes are simply delish!

The food was fresh and delicious. Service was great. It was cold inside the restaurant.

OMG ignored my request for soy sauce how hard is that ? The chow mein was so bland come on now

Very good Chinese food in Aptos. We're just here for the long weekend but would come back next time we're in the area. We ordered Hot Sour Soup, potstickers, Mushroom chicken, and Garlic Scallops. They're all excellent. read more

Very nice restaurant. The food was absolutely delicious, and the owner' ,friendliness really added to the overall experience. read more

Four Streams Kitchen - Spicy boiled fish, Chicken, - Szechuan Near Me - Aptos, California

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Quick, friendly service. Good food. Great place to get some yummy food. Even my Chinese friends visiting liked it. Simple interior but clean. read more

Food was Mediocre at best. We were visiting from Phoenix & expected some authentic Chinese food but unfortunately it was just blah. We got the general tso's and orange chicken & they tasted EXACTLY the same. It just wasn't that good. Two star because the rice & broccoli we got along with it was cooked well but it's rice & broccoli, basically it's only steamed & ready to eat. For $40 I would have expected at least SOME spice in my general tso's, but like I mentioned, it tasted the same as the orange chicken & was mostly really small, gristly pieces of chicken. read more

We had two lunch specials. chicken chow mein and two mushroom chicken. both were mediocre. Nothing more than a fleck of vegetable in either. Not seasoned at all. Very bland. hot and sour soup was the worst I've ever had. the service was quick but your site listed that it would be delivered by Grub Hub. No one showed. I had to pick up after leaving tip on the automatic order. It was very confusing and even the restaurant didn't know what was going on. Would not do this again. read more

Nothing fancy but exactly what we needed for a late night family dinner. Very friendly service and they tended to the needs of our two toddlers. My wife and I shared the honey walnut prawns, sizzling seafood combination, and prawns with lobster sauce. The food was tasty and we had plenty leftover after having our fill. The babies were on their best behavior as they chomped on the egg rolls and chicken chowmein. As we loaded into the car my 3 year old exclaimed, "That was good food!" read more

Love love love this new find. Best Chinese food outside of SF Chinatown. Paul, our waiter was funny and kind. We had the boiled chili fish, hot and sour soup, chili eggplant, and veg chow mein. Enough to feed two post-hike hungry girls and more for yummy leftovers. Very fresh and very clean. Can't wait to head back. read more

We didn't even know this place existed, but saw the name mentioned a few times with positive reviews and decided to check it out. Went there for a birthday and weren't disappointed. They weren't busy at all inside, which I was a little skeptical at first, but then noticed the steady stream of Door Dash runners. Great food, excellent flavor. Good selection of vegetarian options at a reasonable price. The host was very friendly and welcoming. Definitely somewhere I would return to. read more

Greeted and treated with kindness, fast service and amazing food!!! im bringing my family here next.

This place continues to delight. We always order extra eggplant because otherwise we'd have a food fight, chopsticks blazing. The food arrives here so fast it's like they cooked it next door. Everything is fresh, delicious, perfectly seasoned. No need to break out your fancy soy sauce. Yeah, I'm guilty of that but no need here. read more

Celebrated my birthday at this restaurant. It was a great time and the waiter was extremely funny during service. The food was very good. I ordered the lemon chicken on the special and it came with a sesame ball and soup. I ordered the hot and sour soup, which was delicious. The rest of my party order different dishes and not one of them complained about the food. I will definitely come back again to this restaurant. read more

Four Streams Kitchen - Birthday cake - Szechuan Near Me - Aptos, California

Eggplant was great but oily, SS pork was great, Szechuan beef was yum, fried noodles not my fav, fried rice good. Will def go back and find more favorites! read more

Great service, tasty food, nice portion sizes. Really enjoy this place both to go and dine-in. Can't go wrong.

Nice to have good Chinese Restaurant in Aptos. The owner if very friendly and all of the dishes appeared to be made with good fresh ingredients. read more

As has been mentioned by others, we finally have a good Szechwan restaurant in Santa Cruz county. Hands down the best hot and sour soup. If you're brave enough try the Szechuan boiled beef. Friendly, fast service, clean environment, great food! read more

We ordered three dishes,they all are great. I love the Szechuan boiled fish, one of my favorite dishes. My friend came from Shanghai,she enjoyed the Wanton soup and Pan fried noodles (We forgot to take a picture, we only realized it after we were half way through). One more thing we would like to mention is that the owner is very nice, they let us stay inside the restaurant a little over after 9pm to wait for our ride ,we chatted a little bit, they just acquired this business two months ago,and the business is growing well. Thanks for the food ,we had a happy dinner. read more

Four Streams Kitchen - Szechuan boiled fish - Szechuan Near Me - Aptos, California

Food was very good. Seasoned well. Great temperature and consistency. Very fresh. I will definitely return.

Santa Cruz has a shortage of good Chinese food but Four Streams Kitchen is as good as anything you'll find over the hill. My gf and I had a date night in search of good local Chinese food and we've finally found our spot. This restaurant is a modest but tasteful family business. The vibe is friendly and the food is exceptional. This space is very friendly and the food is tasty and locals are flocking to return in support of this place. Also, the service was very good. Our waiter was playful and lighthearted and strikingly handsome. P.S. my date and I are vegan and pescatarian. We are happy with all the options and ordered 4 plates with plenty of leftovers. read more

Really enjoyed our food! We ordered to go and the service was fast, friendly, and the food was still pipping hot by the time we arrived home. We ordered vegetable chow mein, chicken kung pao, and potstickers. All of it was delicious. My favorite was the potstickers-- the noodle was perfect gummy goodness texture and the sauce was tasty! Thanks for the awesome meal! read more

First time eating here and it's definitely a hidden gem! We finished hot yoga and made our way a few doors down to have a quick bite. Let me tell you how pleasantly surprised we were. The service was nice and the food was really really good. Less greasy than other Chinese Restaurants, and really big portions. Definitely recommend!! read more

Went there on a Friday night, it was pretty busy with take-out and there was only one person helping both seated guests and pick up. Needless to say it affected service. The people were nice, just overwhelmed. The food was soulless. I was actually surprised to learn the chef was actually Chinese. One of the items we ordered came out with different ingredients than posted on the menu so we sent it back. When the bill came we had to remind them of the returned cancelled item for credit. Maybe it's better for take out but the food was meh! read more

Our first time here and the food was so good and really quick. We had our food served to us in less the 10 minutes. We ordered Mongolian beef,pork fried rice, chicken chow mein and a ginger and soy chicken dish. All were so good. Wished the beef to be a little hotter. It was tame. read more

Four Streams Kitchen - Mongolian beef, chicken chow mein, pork fried rice and a ginger and soy chicken. - Szechuan Near Me - Aptos, California

Their xichuang fish and Yuxiang eggplant are amazing! I love it. The wall painting is quite interesting too. Glad that find a new place to have some authentic Chinese food read more

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The food was good. The mu shu shrimp was very good but the pancakes were old and crumbled up which made them useless when you tried to use them. We ordered shrimp chow mein and when we opened it up at home it was chicken chow mein. We haven't eaten in the restaurant yet but we're looking forward to trying different things on the menu read more

Got takeout Assorted apps Crab Rangoon Kung pao 3 combo Orange beef Spicy eggplant Deluxe veg Combo fried rice Everything was very tasty but what stood out were the crab rangoons. I've never had the filled this much and the filling is very tasty. Glad to have this new restaurant close by and they have online ordering. read more

Four Streams Kitchen - Crab Rangoon - Szechuan Near Me - Aptos, California

Absolutely horrible service, waited 15 minutes for a seat, after sitting, waited another 15 minutes for someone to bring water. Another 25 minutes before ordering and then our food never came. So we waited and waited and finally someone comes with 2 plates (out of the 7 that were ordered) and the check with 6 plates on it When we tried complaining about how we never received our food they said "Oh okay! 25 more minutes" We paid for the food and left. read more

never been there and would not go back. service was bad,took forever to take our order. after we got our food it looked and tasted like it was out of the freezer section in the grocery store. read more

Food was good, restaurant clean, staff friendly. Classic Chinese food- can't go wrong. I would definitely return! Did a to-go order and didn't wait too long. We will be back. read more