Great food, low prices. Exactly the kind of Chinese food I was looking for. Definitely going back. Staff was super friendly. Orange chicken was a standout, it was absolutely delicious.

We tried Hunan Kitchen for the first time the other day and we loved it! The service was kind and thoughtful, dishes were tasty, portions were big and affordable.

We tried their chicken fried rice, vegetable chow mein, kung pao chicken, mushroom chicken, sesame chicken, broccoli beef, spring rolls, crab rangoons, and the hot and sour soup. Everything was as I hoped it would be, and the hot and sour soup was especially wonderful (likely something I will return to get specifically).

We came at a non-peak time, yet the dishes still held up with this counter service style restaurant. Anyone expecting that counter service will be as fresh as made-to-order dishes is foolish, and I see comments relating to that in a lot of reviews. You do trade freshness for quickness and price, and that trade off worked nicely for us — if you want fresher order off the specialty menu or come at a peak time or order something that has recently been put out, don’t ding a restaurant for giving you what you ordered.

In comment to reviews like Viale M’s, this is a fairly classic American-Chinese restaurant, catering to the community of people who are expecting that in our smaller town. Perhaps being so close to the Bay people get these weird expectations of hyper-unique restaurants. But, go anywhere in the country and you will find restaurants like this with lovely names that cater to communities that expect a “classic” American-Chinese experience.

You can easily see the type of food served here by a glance at the pictures of the food online or looking at the menu — to demand a business to change their name because it was not fitting an imagined experience is ignorant to the common reality of restaurants like this. And taking off stars for a small local business, because of your own willful ignorance, is just mean.

We look forward to returning! Know this place exists means I now have a lovely local alternative to places like Panda Express, as I much rather shop local.

My only request would to have more vegetarian options, but again I have to be reasonable that counter-service style only works for dishes that most people will order, so I cannot really fault the business for this.

I have tried this place a few times, I have heard good things. But for me it’s hit and miss, sometimes pretty good and sometimes it seems old and dry. The rice is ok but usually dry, the orange chicken needs more sauce, the hunan chicken was good and the sesame chicken was on the salty side.