New Hunan Restaurant

It’s not the best Chinese food I’ve ever eaten. In fact, it’s not the best Chinese food I’ve had in Memphis. However, it is the best Chinese buffet for the money that I have found in Memphis, if not the city’s best Chinese buffet, outright.
My personal favorites are the spicy chicken, the steamed vegetables and what my friends and I have nicknamed «THE Best Cat on a Stick in the City» (curried chicken on a skewer). The fact that there is usually 3 – 4 ounces of chicken, if not more, on the skewers helps make it a favorite, as does the fact that they don’t flavor the chicken with teriyaki, like seemingly every other Chinese restaurant in the city does. The spicy chicken has flavor, and is not the cloyingly sweet that so often seems to accompany spicy chicken dishes at other Chinese buffets. That being said, it still possesses a subtle dulcet quality. There’s nothing flashy or spectacular about the steamed vegetables, except that they are consistently crisp and tasty (unless you’re there in the slow times between the major meal times).
The service is ALWAYS friendly and attentive. That NEVER hurts. Here’s an amusing tidbit… One of the waitresses, the kitchen manager’s wife, speaks broken Spanish. Sometimes, she and I converse through the whole meal in our bad/​broken Spanish.
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Disgusting meat. Horrible service and management. The worst Chinese food I have ever tasted. When I told the waitress she laughed. I said that I didn’t know it was so funny. Little English. She just began to walk away. The worst Chinese food in Memphis. Hands down.

I have to confess, I got to the point of «Too hungry too care» and wanted something really quick and Chinese, but I seriously should have taken the advice of other Unilocalers on this establishment!
I went in on a Friday night – around 8pm– for a «to-​go» buffet– $ 11.50! I usually get at least 3 meals out of that little to-​go box. They gave me a square styrofoam box and a 16oz plastic bowl for soup, which I used for sweet & sour sauce.
The Ambiance: Dark, dingy, and a little uninviting.
The Buffet: 5 or 6 little stations with various food selections, appeared clean, but limited in selection.
The Food: I will give the broccoli in the chicken broccoli 2 stars. It was decent, crunchy, and not overcooked.
The egg rolls did not have a taste. They were hot, but they had no flavor.
The pepper steak tasted like a wad of floured mush in my mouth.
The baked fish (which I usually really like on Chinese buffets) tasted like one of the salt cubes my dad used to put out on our farm for cattle. (Yep, I licked it on a dare once!!) It was literally no flavor, but just a piece of salted mush!
The sweet and sour sauce, which I usually drizzle over all of my food, looked good, but it tasted more like red water than sweet or sour!
I would never dine here again – or do «take-​out». I will call another local Chinese place in the area for an actual «to-​go» order before I succumb to filling up another styrofoam container for this place.

Today the meal was the worst-​ever I do not recommend anyone to come here. Food was dry and old sodas had to much carbonation

Not sure how to start this review.
It’s not good. The General Tso’s, Sesame Chicken and other chicken and sauce items all have a similar, sour taste to them. The vegetable items are… okay. Sauces are meh and are either super bland or they don’t taste what you’d expect them to. I would only eat there as a last resort or if I was super hungry. It’s expensive for what you get too.
Location is convenient. It’s sad that this place isn’t better.
That being said, I will probably eat here again. Hopefully it will be better, but I’m not holding my breath.

It’s a Chinese buffet that serves its purpose when I am indulging in excess…

I have been groomed on Asian buffets at Wang’s. But a friend and I were craving Chinese buffet last night, so we decided to give this place a try. While the selection is a lot larger than my normal haunt, the quality is much lower. In addition, several items were just empty. This seems lame.
It is more expensive than the other buffets. I will say the food was filling, and several of the items were tasty, but it was not worth the price.
I probably will not return

Just save your money, go to panda garden on summer ave. It’s not a buffet but it is much better than any thing combined at this place. Worst waste of money.

THOSE DAMN CURRY CHICKEN STICKS!!!
Ever had a moment where you’re just speechless? Happens to me every time I consider coming here.
The food is not good. They have a sushi nazi making their lukewarm creations. But those damn curry chicken sticks.
First, the good. Location is convenient.
Now, the bad. Take out chinese is five star compared to this place. The servers are terrible and they don’t care. Better bring your boxing gloves if you want a refill. Oh and their «sushi»? Not only is their fish lukewarm and CANNOT be at the right temperature, but they have a VERY strict 2 roll per person rule. So it’s not really all you can eat. They have a threatening sign at the counter that says for every piece of sushi not eaten, they charge $ 1/​piece.
Oh, I’m sorry but if it’s NOT good, I’m not eating it.
I’m actually sitting outside the restaurant in my car writing this and it’s terribly ironic that they have two neon signs that read «Gourmet Buffet» and «All You Can Eat» with «Gourmet» and «All You» not working/​lit up.
So I guess all they offer you is a «Buffet» and you «Can Eat».
But those damn curry chicken sticks make me come back to this eighth circle of hell.

The absolute worst Chinese in town.
Disgusting health code violations.
No flavor.
Everything has been sitting out too long.
Blech.

I was starving and this place hit the spot. Loaded up on sesame chicken, egg drop soup, crab Rangoon, egg rolls, several types of chicken, fried rice, Chinese donuts. I left very happy. Nice selection, pretty fresh for a buffet, $ 9. If you’re starving, this is a great cure-​all.

Ok. This was my first chinese buffet. I wasnt expecting much. I went to order t ake away, but decided to stay back after seeing the buffet.
They had a huge selection of items. Sesame chicken, sweet n sour chicken, spicy chicken, general Tso’s, broccoli chicken, butter shripms, mushrooms, string beans in a spicy sauce, sea food salad, singapore noodles, lo mein, fried rice and a lot more. The hot and sour soup was pretty good. Unlike other reviewers, I think the quality of food ws good and the staff was courteous. They were continuously refilling the buffet with hot food.
i will go there again. I have read some great reviews about Grand pacific Buffet, I am goign to try that too. Then may be I’ll be able to compare and decide.
But for first experience and some 8 $, the buffet was actually good !!

Why oh why did I go here?
I seriously hope this is a local place and this is the only location because dear lord I do not want anyone else to have to suffer this mouth atrocity.
Now lemme go head and break it down to you.
Décor was dirty and outdated, but not charming outdated, I generally look past the … I think I might hurl, yes I just got back from here. but like I was going to say, décor doesn’t phase me, some of the best food can come from the shittiest looking places, and vice versa, this place liberally does not fit into good food shitty place just shitty and shitty and shitty. (I apologize to all the young children who may or may not be reading my heated review.)
So service, standard cold service, again not so off put.
I did want sushi but, there was no one at the tiny station they had, and I am indeed thankful for that because I cannot imagine I will be able to write this review had I had sushi from there. IT WAS LEFT OUT… YOU DO NOT LEAVE FISH OUT UNLESS TO THAW BUT IT SHOULD BE THAWED BY 3… RIGHT??!
Now I can’t attest to the past when it might have had any decent amount of quality (as this was the first time I’ve been) so if there are or were any fans of this place, especially those who haven’t been back in a long time, I urge you to stay away. (I’m hurting local business yadayadayada, these people are hurting my soul and digestive system)
So let’s review what we have learned of this place:
1. Shitty decorum — not too much of a problem, I don’t even dock off points for it.
2. Shitty service — again not too much of a problem in a place like this, no points docked
3. No sushi… thank the lord
Alright back into it.
Food… has it been left out for days? Everything was just lukewarm and definitely old several empty and just plain foul.
If the crab and oysters they had were anything like some of the «cooked» food, I advise you not to get it, lest you wish a painful death… or more hopefully a one day stomach virus and no more. So I had some of the fried fare for starters, egg rolls… I’ve given up really on finding a good tasting eggroll besides the ones I make at home, this thing was soggy… so was the crab ragoon… mostly cream cheese anyway.
The shrimp was a measely little thing, thank goodness too, less in my stomach, I should have just spit it out, mozz sticks bleh, I guess their weird fried corn thing wasn’t too bad.
Chinese fare… sesame meatballs were okay I only had one… one of them had a crunch so I spit it out. Everything else was kinda mushy and unappetizing, bbq chicken was the foulest part and strongly why I’m giving this place such a heated review. Soups are lukewarm, they do not have any covers to keep them at least a little warm. WTF are you doing? Oh and because I was unable to actually eat much of the other stuff I went and for the first time had fried rice and lo mein. Lo mein decent, fried rice wasn’t bad… tasted better with a bit of soy sauce but still pretty shitty.
Desserts… stick with the fruit… well maybe not the melons… the canned fruit at least has the syrup to help keep it sterile so you won’t absolutely die from a serious bacterial infection.
Food health services needs to check this place again. As to you other Unilocalers, you have been warned.
Edit: They have a $ 1 charge on per uneaten piece of sushi, I’m glad not on the other food or I would have left with a $ 50 hole in my pocket

Great for a buffet. Nothing to exciting but great for lunch.

My first negative review with Unilocal.New Hunan used to be a favorite place to go. Their food was fresh and hot, and they used to care about the customer. Over the last year or so, that has changed. The food on the buffet has consistently been stale and tepid at best. I have complained the last three times, and met with the excuse that «they were slow that day» or a casual indifference. On a busy Sunday I decided to give them one last chance. The first three items I took a bite of were just like the last visits. Stale and tepid. I stopped eating at that point and told the manager of the situation. He looked at me like me like he didn’t believe me. I told him I would not be eating my meal and did not want to pay for it. He just stared at me and said nothing. Plenty of other Chinese buffets in the town New Hunan. Don’t continue to take business for granted. Indifference to quality and service is not a good competitive strategy. If you want cheap and plenty, they have it. Anything more, go somewhere else.

It’s not bad. The food is fresh and the variety is good. The location is good in Eastgate Shopping Center, but I advise avoiding this area during rush hour as the traffic surrounding the shopping center is horrific.
The service here is NOT good. We were seated and forgotten. My drink was not refilled even though I had the glass sitting in plain view while several of the staff walked by. Needless to say, I did not leave a tip (It’s a buffet — tips should not be expected anyway).
My only problem with the food is that the sushi is not included. There is an extra charge if you want sushi.

I’ve been to New Hunan several times for the lunch buffet and as far as buffets go, this is a good one. The food is always fresh during the lunch hour and there’s alot of it. I fill my plate with crab rangoons, egg rolls, and various chicken and beef dishes. Oh, and let’s not forget the wonton soup and fried rice.
The thing I like about New Hunan is the kids’ buffet. Chicken nuggets? French fries? Corndogs? At a Chinese restaurant? Brilliant. They have all the bases covered, even an ice cream machine for dessert.
Prices are cheap, and the service is good. A very family friendly place that will fill you up and keep your kids happy.

My lunch companions were in the mood for Chinese. Mine was the lone dissenting vote so off to the New Hunan we go.
I used to go here (or whatever Chinese restaurant was in this location at the time) somewhat regularly when I was younger but can’t remember the last time I had been there.
Well, years later it’s pretty much still the same. Decent buffet with all the Chinese buffet staples. But it was nothing special. The dishes I chose were pretty bland and one tasted alot like the others. They did appear to have a fair selection of desert treats to choose from but there was an odd looking cake that served to steer me away.
Okay, it’s a Chinese buffet so don’t expect anything earth shattering. It’ll fill you up and the service is excellent so it’s tough to knock it.
I was really considering giving a 2 star rating because the food was so bland, but then I remembered that it was a buffet and you really can’t expect much and that our server was very pleasant and helpful. So an extra star. Maybe if I had noticed the sushi area mentioned by another reviewer I might have been motivated to give another star.

Hu-​New? I go here every once in while on Saturdays with a certain Memphis filmmaker & family. Rumor has it (from the certain filmmaker) that this was Sam Phillips’ (the progenitor of Sun Records) favorite Chinese restaurant.
The food is o.k., in the way that Chinese buffets go. The hidden value (G.G.) is the made to order sushi in the back. Try the ‘Rock-​n-​Roll’ sushi roll.