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Hunan Chinese Restaurant
- Price Range:
-
$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- None
3 reviews for Hunan Chinese Restaurant
I have to concer with Angela Z's review. It looks like your typical Chinese take-out with the same furniture, paper menus, and set up that about a million other places have. (These places must be sold as a start your own restaurant kit.) One thing I did notice the first time walking in however, was how clean the place was. I've been to about a million take-out places where they usually don't care about the dining area since most of there customers are carry out or delivery. You can tell however, that this place seemed to care a bit more.
The food on the other hand, is excellent. I tried the Shrimp with Lobster Sauce. The shrimps were nice and large, tasted fresh, and were not overcooked. The sauce had the right consistency (not watered down), and the rice was excellent. The egg drop soup and fried won-tons were excellent as well. The portions are large, and the prices are great. The combo platters are especially a great deal.
This is probably not the place to go if you want to impress a date, but if you are hungry and are looking for good food, this place is it.
I am a little bit disappointed that there's not a lot of great Chinese restaurant in Princeton. I mean geez! We have an international crowd here and I think Chinese is what I would say the most common food that you can find anywhere...I think most of the major cities in the world would always have some sort of Chinatown. We used to go to Good Friends in West Windsor NJ which serves a decent meal, We've been to Sunny Garden, PF Changs, Shanghai Park and each of them would present an a-OK Chinese meal.
Hunan as they claim serves Cantonese, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. I guess depending on who's cooking your Pan-Fried Noodles could either be served with a brown sauce or the white lobster sauce, the noodles are not actually the Hong Kong style Angel Hair noodles that's crisp to perfection but the Fried thick Noodles. Not a big fan of that. I think when you place your order you have to specify which type of sauce you want to avoid confusion. The wings was good. When we went there, there was a father and a 3 yr old son waiting for the fried wings. Father claimed that his son is gaga over that wings.
Again you have the typical American Favorite Chicken with Broccoli.
This restaurant is great for Take-out especially if you don't have time to cook. The Tofu was typical nothing really outstanding. So if you need dinner, don't want to cook and want some decent meal for the family Hunan is the place to order.
Though this place doesn't look like much, it serves up some of the best Chinese food I've had anywhere. They offer take-out, delivery, and eat-in dining - and from my experience all three are a good choice depending on your mood.
While the food is amazing, the inside of the restaurant leaves something to be desired. Inside you'll find all the decor you'd expect in a stereotypical Chinese restaurant - the paper lamps, fish tank, and landscape paintings. The tables and booths were new back in 1980, and I've yet to sit on a seat that didn't have a tear in the upholstery. But don't fret - on the upside, they do give you one of those paper place mats with the Chinese zodiac on them. If you're anything like me, this will keep you entertained for at least 10 minutes while you look up yours, your ex's, and all your friends' birth years and decide if the animal and description is spot-on, or way off.
The place is always empty - most of their business is delivery or take-out so the service is quick and you'll have no trouble getting a seat, even on a Saturday night. And since it is so quiet, its a great place for conversation.
The menu is relatively standard - General Tsao's, fried rice, egg rolls, etc - and the prices are quite inexpensive. So after all this, why does this place deserve 5 stars? What sets this place apart is the size of the portions and the quality of the food. Everything tastes fresh and no matter what you get you're sure to enjoy it. If you don't, they'll happily take it back and get you something else - no charge if you're friendly about it. And if that isn't enough, they serve complimentary hot tea and small appetizers so if you're hungry when you first arrive, you don't have to spend the next 15 minutes waiting in agony.
Definitely a place to hit up if you live in or pass through the area.
