Hunan Cafe

Check your carry out order! Found a large mystery bug in the food that was in plain sight when opening the carton — unsanitary and poor quality control.

Szechuan chicken = a bowl of diced carrots. Good luck finding the chicken. Are you kidding me?! Terrible.

If you live or work nearby, it is definitely a good fair-​priced option for your basic Chinese lunch specials. I had the Sesame Chicken and the taste was on-​point and the portion size was acceptable. The chicken was white meat and not chewy like at some other places. Rice had good flavor. Walked in and ordered, it took about 7 minutes for my food to come out. I’m sure I’ll be back.

The fried rice and egg rolls were perfect. When I think of a five star Chinese place, a shopping mall in Herndon, Va is not where I would imagine it would be. It was moist, the vegetables were tender.
The atmosphere was nice, though the soundtrack on the stereo was the same each time I went into the place.

Been here a couple times for there lunch specials. Good portion sizes and the food comes out in 5 minutes or less. The food is pretty good for the price and you can get free green tea if you eat in. A good place for a quick lunch.

It’s just ok. the waitress recommended us fried scallops. The dough was twice the size of the scallops.

Fast delivery. They were at my door in 20 minutes from the time I placed the order. Large portions. I ordered the sweet and sour chicken, general tso chicken, pork Lo Mien and won ton soup. We opted for fried rice for a $ 1 extra with our chicken instead of white rice. Everything was pretty tasty. I could have easily fed 5 – 6 people. The best Chinese Take out I’ve had in the Herndon area in the 4 years I’ve been here. Happy i finally found a Chinese take out that isn’t flavorless.

really poor food. general tso’s barely had any flavor, no heat at all, just a little sweet, very watery sauce. The egg rolls were tiny and overpriced. fried rice was frankly pathetic, had no vegetables mixed in at all, the tiniest bit of egg, and way too much soy sauce.
friends crab rangoon was overall bad, stuffed poorly, tasted strange, and undercooked.
not going to be returning, far better options for chinese food in the area. I don’t have high expectations for chinese, but this really had no redeeming qualities.

Pretty good. I don’t usually like lo mein, but read another reviewers comments and tried their combo lo mein but without chicken. It was pretty good. The shrimp was pretty big and tender. I can’t stand big chunks of carrots and this didn’t have that — the carrots were finely shredded. The beef was nice and tender. Overall, very good lo mein. I also got the crab rangoon which is almost always pretty good here. I think there was one time when they were not good at all. It must depend on the person that is preparing them. On another occasion, I tried the fried chicken wings, which were pretty terrible.

Great food. I even dare to say that they are better than some of the expensive Chinese restaurants in the area!

The food was good but customer service needs a lot work. When I was ordering on the phone I felt like they were charging me extra I asked the woman to repeat the order but when I got my food I noticed they added spring rolls to my order and then charged me for that. The woman wasn’t that pleasant either & I had a hard time communicating with her. Then when the delivery guy came along, he was so annoyed I gave him 1 dollar as a tip– the bill wasn’t high (less than $ 10), & he was driving less than 2miles & I already got charged for delivery fee which goes to him. He was being rude and kept making annoyed faces and shooting me dirty looks. This was my first time eating from here I’ll probably never eat here again, I do not recommend.

Ordered the General Tsaos chicken the other day and it was OK. Could’ve been better if I got it somewhere else.
Today, I ordered Kung Pao Chicken and it was just plain GROSS. Had to throw it away after the first bite. It looks and smells like cat food.
However, the only good thing I’ve gotten from this place is their wonton and hot & sour soup. Other than that, never again.

Had a shrimp dish. shrimp not cleaned of that disgusting black poop shoot. thats the shrimps intestinal vein loaded with waste. don’t order any shrimp! chicken noodle soup is lame compared to decent phở soups.

This is the closest thing we have found to a «English» Chinese. The BBQ spare ribs are tasty, I just wish they were in more sauce. In fact I just want a pot of that sauce, separate to pour over my rice. I also have the Chicken Fried rice, really tasty and lots of it! The only shocker was the price. I had those, my hubby got a Chicken dish and total was $ 28. Ouch! So it’s not a treat we have very often, but it is our go-​to Chinese! any tips for a better place with BBq ribs, fries and curry sauce would be greatly received!

I need everyone to stop what they’re reading and pay attention to this statement I’m about to make: BEST. LO MEIN. EVER!!! …and I normally don’t even like lo mein!
I wasn’t feeling great a few weeks ago and opted for something simple and chose the combination lo mein, not expecting anything. As I said, I normally don’t like it but this is hands down the best I’ve ever come across. And the shrimp? I thought it was going to be the little fake looking guys that normally come with all chinese food places, but this has REAL, BIG ACTUAL SHRIMP!!! and you don’t even need to add soy sauce to it! I swear on my life you HAVE TO TRY IT!
Thank me later.

Lunch specials are a good price here — $ 7 for kung pao chicken, fried rice and an egg roll. Food is nothing special and didn’t have much flavor. Carry-​out service is fast.

Very average Chinese food– but it is always average– never a «bad experience» and I go a lot. I normally ask for Extra spicy general tso or pan fried dumplings or lo mein.
This location gets more of my business now that Charlie Chang’s /​wok n roll closed in worldgate. (They had the best general tso) If the prices dropped about 2 bucks on average I would have awarded 4 stars in regards to the dinner menu. And where is the lunch menu on Sunday?! Lunch prices are great.

I hope this place isn’t slipping!
Sorry to say their Kung Pao Chicken is no longer good. Had it today and it was gross. It was more like some of the other local joints that like to fry the crap out of the chicken so it is crispy and then just put sauce on it. It was crunchy and oily and didn’t have a lot of flavor. Also it was about 90% chicken and very little tiny cut up pieces of zucchini and bamboo. That may be what some people are looking for… but to me it made the dish boring because every bite was the same; crispy, flavorless, greasy chicken.
I would rate this dish I got today 1 star… but I know everything else I have had from there has made me happy… so I’m only knocking off 1 star.
I’m sad.
From now on I’ll probably stick with their Double Cook Pork, Hunan entrees, and their yummy Beef Noodle Soups.
Also to note… I haven’t been there in awhile, but I swear their spring roll that came with their lunch special got smaller and worse. It was just cabbage filler.

We’ve gotten food here five times now — four times either pick up or delivery — and once eat in.
We’ve had the General Tso’s Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, Chicken & Broccoli, Moo Shu Pork, Hot & Sour Soup, and Egg Rolls. All have been very good!
Food is really good! Highly recommended!

After we got doorhanged with one of their menus, we took a look and liked what we saw. So… we said, «Let’s go tomorrow for dinner». Plus they already had one favorable review.
We got here on a Friday night between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. It’s mostly a take-​out joint and there were a few people waiting for their orders. Since we knew what we wanted to eat, we went up to the counter and told the young woman what we wanted, plus we let her know we would eat there.
There is a counter with silverware (both real and plastic), plates, cups, etc. plus condiments. In addition, there was an urn with free hot Chinese tea — a nice touch.
First, we had hot and sour soup. It had a lot of stock in it but had an unusual undercurrent of sweetness to it. While it did have some heat, it wasn’t apparently obvious, instead it snuck up on you.
For an appetizer, we tried the fried chicken wings. They were brought to our table piping hot. These wings were large and meaty. Yet when it came to flavor, they were rather bland.
My husband got the chicken with garlic sauce. It was spicy though the garlic flavoring was faint. However, the dish was attractive and had plenty of fresh vegetables in it with carrots seemingly being the main vegetable component.
I got the egg foo young. This was a dish I hadn’t had in years. These days, it’s not often seen on Chinese restaurant menus. It took longer to cook than my husband’s chicken dish. Yet it came to the table as soon as it was done cooking. There was much too much food on my plate — three large egg foo young patties. It could have easily fed three people. I got it with chicken and the chicken portion was generous, plus there was a good amount of mixed vegetables. While it was decent, I have had far better.
When things slowed down in the place, the woman behind the counter came out to ask how things were. She also noted that we took pictures. My husband told her that the pictures were going on Unilocal :). Then (I believe) the manager came out to ask how everything was.
So…to sum up — excellent service, friendly staff, decent prices (our dinner for two cost $ 26.05) but so-​so food.