Hunan Cafe

Whenever I used to order take out Chinese food from other places, my friend always asked why I didn’t come here. She had ordered it for me once and it has changed my life! Hunan café has been my go-​to Chinese carry out place. All of the food I have gotten from here has been delicious, hot, and fresh. I love the dumplings and their general tso chicken, they are my regular order now. The order to eat time is very reasonable. It is a carry out place with some seating, I don’t really recommend eating there because of the small area.

Got take out for lunch. Fresh and hot when I arrived to pick up my order. Chicken and broccoli was on point. Employees were friendly and helpful. Would recommend for a quick meal. Almost like fast food.

I bit into a chicken anus bone in my chicken lo mein. Seriously, a small small intact circular bone. I had also ordered some dumplings and chicken fried rice for my wife. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it I found this on my second bite and before my wife began eating. Thus, our appetite was gone and we threw all the food in the trash. Recommend digging through your food before eating.

Really hit the spot. Lots of flavor. Much better than the place that preceded it at the same location (which I marked low).

Never even got to taste the food. They over charged us by $ 30. I ordered a half order of Peking duck, and they sent a whole order. When the delivery man called they said to just send the whole Peking duck back, and they would deliver a half order when they could. We tallied the bill, and it was still another $ 15 over. It was written in Chinese so we had no idea what was on there. We didn’t want to wait another hour to eat so we sent the whole order back. When I called to make sure they voided it from my credit card, they offered to reheat the food and give us a 20% discount.

Ordered beef and onions and only took about 2 tbsp. from the delivery. It was so bad I had to throw it away. Never happened before in my life from any delivery. Slimy, soggy, some shrimp were in it (not suppose to have shrimp), and it tasted bland. So much gooey liquid that it was soupy. I think it was leftovers thrown together for my delivery order from a week ago. Actually made me sick. Never again.

Solid chinese take-​out. As someone else says, the fried rice doesn’t have veggies in it, but it’s cooked just right (not too dry or greasy). I had one of the lunch special, and it came neatly arranged on a plate with a spring roll. Some places load up on the vegetables in their dishes and skimp on meat, but Hunan had just the right mix. It’s not particularly remarkable in any way, but I’d definitely eat here again.
Note, they’re located on the side of Greenbriar shopping center, down on the end where Marshalls is. They can be a little tricky to find, since they’re not facing front like the other stores.

Nice food. And good price

Good quality take-​out place. Lunch & dinner portions are proper. And the staff has been kind and courteous. Will go again.

My new favorite Chinese fast food restaurant. Food is always super hot and fresh! Good quality Chinese food.

HUGE portions! We ordered Lo Mein combination and Chicken and Broccoli. It was enough for two days. Tasty and delicious.

One of the best Chinese take out restaurants in the area. We searched for quite a while and I can say when this one opened and we tried it the search is over. My favorites? Crab Rangoon, and the Taiwan thin rice noodles. Good food.

Ordered shrimp fried rice, combo lo mein, sweet and sour chicken, some shrimp and veggies dish, and egg drop soup.
Shrimp fried rice: okay, rice was a bit dry but overall decent.
Combo lo mein: nasty, salty, soggy, oily, no taste but soy sauce (more about this below)
S & S chicken: oily, and sauce was bland.
shrimp and veggie dish (forgot the name: picture is on the menu) was the only thing that was good. Shrimp were colossal.
Egg drop soup; bland and not much there.
Combo lo mein was not edible and I called to let the restaurant know that I wanted my money back. After a few «hold ons» the response was to replace the lo mein with lo mein that I complained about, which I said no thank you. Then it was… well, we’ll give you another dish next time. Terrible service. Just give the customer their money back. So over $ 7.95 instead of giving me a good experience and saying sorry and offering me money back, they made it too complicated and convenient only for them and lost future business. They can keep my free whatever, not going back there again.

I’ve been frequenting the Ups Store right next door and finally decided to make a stop in to check out Hunan Café. The place is small, but there are a few tables and chairs where you can cop a squat to eat a quick bite. There is a station for hot tea, which is really thoughtful and I always appreciate when even small-​ish, mostly to-​go places go to the trouble of providing that level of hospitality. Although, the lack of air conditioning make even the thought of sipping on hot tea a non-​starter.
The young woman who took my order was friendly and welcoming. I ordered the twice cooked pork lunch combo and it came out pretty quickly. There was about an equal ratio of fried rice to the twice cooked pork dish, and also came with a small spring roll. The spring roll oozed oil when I bit into it; sadly this did not deter me from finishing the dang thing. –I will eat almost anything when you apply a little squirt of duck sauce.– The rice was boring. Just dry fried rice with nothing special going on at all. Not even a little cube of carrot. Lonely dry rice :(
On the upside, the twice cooked pork was an altogether different story! It was served with a slightly spicy brown sauce, a ton of fresh vegetables and tender bits of pork. This was heavenly! Next time, I’ll order separately and get steamed rice with it so as not to detract from all that savory goodness.

Love this place! I’ve ordered from them at least 20 times since they have opened. My order is always correct and the food is delish. The eggplant is fantastic with just the correct amount of garlic sauce and the general Tso’s is all white meat chicken. YUMMY!

This is our go-​to Chinese place. The food is predictable and tasty. Their delivery is pretty fast too. I normally go for the steamed shrimp and the texture is always perfect. Boyfriend usually gets General Tso’s or something similar, and it’s always been tasty too.
The only reason i didn’t give 5 stars is because the last delivery lady basically threw my food at me and took the receipt and ran back to her car. It was strange and rude.

Solid 4 stars. Reasonably priced, less greasy/​oily than most chinese takeout and tofu options. General Tso’s was excellent. Veggie Dumplings — meh.

Just tried this place for the first time tonight. All the other reviews recommended the general tso’s chicken so thought I’d give that a try. It did it not disappoint. Best I’ve ever had. The noodle soup and hot & sour soup were delicious as well. I will order from here again on the next rainy day.

This is my to go place, when I want chinese take-​out. Haven’t anything so far which was a dissapointment or not delish at all… On the comical side: on first two orders they made the spicy food extra spicy, since I’m Asian. Had to ask them to tone it down for me, but keep it spicy for my Caucasian hubby… and they always remember ever since *lol
We usually go for their egg foo young, shrimp fried rice, flat (drunken) noodles, moo shu pork, all their chicken dishes, ma po tofu, pad thai and Peking duck… all has been yum and exceptionally good & fresh for Chinese take-​out/​fast food.

Updated review. Ordered a number of vegetable dishes and was not disappointed.

**3.5 stars**
So Hunan Café’s menu showed up in our mail and I was excited to see a new Chinese restaurant in the area. We usually stick to 88 China or Taste of Hong Kong so I wanted to know how this place compares. My dad noticed there was another Hunan Café located in Falls Church, which is one he’s been to so he said it was good there. So what the heck, why not. I ordered and then went to look it up to see if there was a page already set up for them on Unilocal.When I saw that it was the same place as Far East Kitchen, I thought gosh darnit I hope it’s new owners because we just wasted 40 bucks on this place. Good thing… new management!
–Egg drop soup was delicious, and had alot of eggs!
–Hot and sour soup needed some spicyness to it, a bit bland so it was just ok for me.
–Szchuen beef was good, I really wish they would put more beef because it was covered in carrots and celery and I had to look for some beef but it was delicious. The sauce had a good amount of spicyness to it and it was flavorful.
–General Tsos chicken was my favorite dish. It wasn’t ovenrly breaded and it was a generous portion.
–Pad thai chicken was a no for me. It just didn’t taste authentic but we got it because it was free (if you order over $ 35). I would suggest go to a Thai restaurant if you want it.
Overall, prices are affordable for both lunch and dinner. They did change the inside also, it actually has chairs and tables to sit at. The walls have nicer pictures with a nicer menu. It doesn’t look dirty as before or uninviting. They just need to change the name ASAP so people don’t get confused. I would try it again, not sure how long it’s been open but it has been an improvement from the last Chinese restaurant.

I went to this place that replaced the longstanding Far East Kitchen purely by coincidence, not realizing the change in ownership until I arrived (the old Far East Kitchen sign was even still up). Now having eaten at the restaurant a few times I can honestly say that I am completely sold on a couple of their dishes.
I first tried the Moo Shu Chicken and was completely impressed. They charged what seemed like a mint for the couple extra pancakes requested, but still the quality of the dish was quite good.
Ordered next time, and every time thereafter was their General Tso’s Chicken. The taste was spot on perfect, as was the consistency. One of the most impressive aspects to the dish is unlike most Chinese restaurants, they only use white meat, and don’t over-​bread the pieces. The best way to order the dish is through their lunch combo that comes with a generous portion of the chicken, fried rice and a small egg roll (that resembles a spring roll) for $ 7.25 currently.
On the negative side is dinner item pricing is on the high side, and their egg drop soup was completely unmemorable (and served without fried noodles).
All in all, I’ll be back for sure…