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Hunan Homes Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
622 Jackson St(between Kearny St & Cooper Aly)
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 982-2844
- Hours:
Mon-Thu, Sun 11:30 am - 9:30 pm
Fri-Sat 11:30 am - 10 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
399 reviews for Hunan Homes Restaurant
Review Highlights
"The Hot & Sour soup was one of the best we've ever had."
(in 89 reviews)
"The pot stickers and orange peel chicken, awesome."
(in 30 reviews)
"Really great egg rolls and pot stickers."
(in 29 reviews)
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399 reviews in English
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Review from Katie M.
2/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
I had really, really lovely ma-po tofu here the other day. I loved that they used a little bit of vinegar in the dish to brighten it up a bit. It was spicy, but not overpowering at all. Definitely the best ma-po tofu I've had since I came to the States.
I wish it hadn't been just a quick stop, and that we had eaten more items off the menu, but the dish we ate was phenomenal. -
Review from Bert K.
2/1/2012 1 Check-in Here
Like Chinese food with succulent shrimps and a nice place to dine?
Most unusual is that there is no 'free' soup.
Here you can order the soup of the day, for $1.75 . Today it was sweet n' sour, not usually one of my favs, but today... Ok, I'll try it. Nom Nom - Their sweet n' sour kicks butt and then some. A bargain. A must try: it's so complex and tastey. I can't describe it, Japanese would say Umami.
We ordered the Shrimp with Snow peas, baby corn and mushrooms and the chow mein with seafood. We noted the shrimp dish had a red pepper next to the description, so we asked for mild, not too hot. The shrimps are abundant and succulent n' sweet. Snow peas are crisp and fresh.
The chow mein was delicious in a sublime way: you could taste the noodles, taste the tender sweet squid, etc. It's a refreshing dish. Enjoy it slowly =)
All of the food tastes made with care and quality ingredients; so you pay a bit more because you are worth it.
Decor: very nice place for a business lunch.
Music: none. yeah!
Customer service: very good.
Really 3.5 stars -
Review from Brit A.
San Diego, CA
1/25/2012
On the plus side, the wonton soup was delicious. Seriously it was very good. On the negative side, our soy sauce was filled with dead bugs (like fruit flies or something... I counted about a dozen in the 1/2 ounce i poured on my plate), and when we mentioned it our waiter handed us the soy sauce from the next table and walked away without saying a word.
So yea, the soup was great, the other food was ok... But if you go i'd ask for your soy sauce in packets. -
Review from James P.
Los Altos, CA
2/6/2012
Loved it - outstanding food, fast service, fine environment with kids (5 & 7). Had and loved: Spicy Wontons, egg rolls, orange peel chicken, garlic chicken, mongolian beef, hot and sour soup (awesome).
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Review from Alison B.
1/24/2012 1 Check-in Here
Pretty good Chinese food... We asked for everything to be spicy, even the dishes that didn't have the spicy symbol on the menu, and it was the perfect level of spiciness. It was hot but my mouth wasn't on fire.. if I were to go again I would order the same way. I can't really speak about the "authenticness" of the food, but I thought it was good, and step up from a lot of Chinese restaurants I've been too.
A little pricey for Chinese food I thought, but overall I had a good experience. Service was good, the waiters were all welcoming and seemed to actually care whether we were enjoying the meal or not. I'm sure I will be back... -
Review from Amanda W.
1/12/2012
Meh. Was really expecting a lot from a 4-star Yelp restaurant but this was really disappointing. I picked this place to have a special dinner with a family friend who wanted to have Chinese food in Chinatown. Plus she needed it to be wheelchair accessible. Thank god for Yelp for having that as a feature!
The good: service (5-star), hot and sour soup (SOUR!), chicken with cashews
The bad: honey prawns, bathrooms not accessible for a person in a wheelchair, fried wontons (no filling, just fried skins), and the price of what we paid for what we received.
Perhaps we ordered to conservatively. Other reviews call-out some things that sound really delicious... but what we received was just not cutting it. The Mayflower in Milpitas is better... and that doesn't say that much! -
Review from Cecilia S.
San Francisco, CA
1/5/2012 1 Check-in Here
Hm, what's the hype?
In all honesty, the food tasted like Panda Express food.. maybe slightly better. For a Chinese restaurant that is right smack in the middle of Chinatown, I was not that impressed. Surprisingly, there are still a decent amount of people that come here during lunch time.
Prices are very decent, but the quality of food.. ehh not so much. The hot and sour soup was anything but..... it was not hot (temperature and spice level wise).. but I guess it was sour?
We also ordered seafood panfried noodles. There was way too much starch in the sauce - totally masked the flavors of the noodles and the seafood.
The Chicken with Orange Peels was really sweet. Totally something you'd find at a Panda Express (I think i actually like Panda Express's more....). Again, wasn't a huge fan.
The Hunan Spiced Garlic Prawns was decent. However, it could use a tad bit more flavor.
According to my aunt, this restaurant used to be THE spot back in the day when she used to work in the area. Apparently, ownership/management has changed since then, and it went down hill from there.Listed in: Yay! It's lunch time in FiDi!
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Review from Colleen W.
Decatur, GA
1/6/2012 1 Check-in Here
I really cannot fathom why Hunan Homes is all the rave on Yelp. Seriously, this was worse than Panda Express.
Hot and Sour Soup- Tasteless. It was like drinking watered-down, lukewarm chicken broth thickened with cornstarch and seasoned with a few specks of stale red chili peppers. Adding a crapload of white pepper wasn't even enough to make up for how much it sucked.
Orange Peel Chicken- Candy sweet and grease works for maple n bacon, but not in this case. The sauce was overpowering with an unpleasantly sharp tang of orange zest, loads of sugar, and day old grease. Not a very nice combo if you ask me. Recipe for heartburn. What were they trying to hide? Low quality meat?
Hunan Spiced Garlic Prawns- Not spicy at all. Slathered in a similarly overpowering sauce as the OPC. Shrimps were tough and chewy, overcooked. Vegetables were limp and mushy, cooked too long as well. They didn't add any texture to the dish.
House Special Crispy Seafood Chow Mein- Worst I'd ever had. The gravy was cold and there was no authentic 'wok fried aroma.'
In addition to all of the dishes being of poor quality, the portion sizes were way too small for what we paid. Hell, why are the prices twice that of similar chinese restaurants in the vicinity? Just because it was rated Best of the Bay? Couldn't be because of the atmosphere nor the service. I'm clueless. -
Review from Aubrey Y.
San Francisco, CA
1/13/2012
In Chinatown, hungry. So here we go Yelp.
They have a pretty extensive menu. There were two of us and we started with the veggie egg rolls and hot and sour soup. Both are very simple and hard to mess up.
We ordered chicken in garlic sauce and kung pao beef for our entrees. They were both very good. The meat was prepared well, and we were particularly intrigued by the chicken dish. There was no breading on the chicken, (which normally I don't like because it's so fattening) and it was all white meat. Usually you can really tell what your eating when you order meat at a Chinese restaurant, but we were definitely eating chicken!
The restaurant is also very clean which I have had a difficult time finding a clean Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.
All around, it was a good experience and I would return. -
Review from Dawn M.
Hackettstown, NJ
Updated - 1/27/2012
Every time I eat in China Town I come here for Orange peel Chicken, Bean Sauce Noodles, and their green string beans. The service is excellent, great value for price, great tea and very clean. The locals like to eat here too so you know its good! Always people dining here.
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8/8/2010
Of all of San Francisco, this is one of my favorite restaurants, great food, good service,… Read more »
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Review from Toru K.
Cupertino, CA
12/11/2011 1 Check-in Here
We had "Hot and Sour Soup", "Pot Stickers", "Xiao Long Bao", "Crab with Spicy Salt", "Mapo Tofu" and "Prawns & Scallops Over Fried Rice". Bit too much.
All of those tasted great, and the price was decent.
Their "spicy food" is not such spicy, although it is said that the "Hunan cuisine" is the spiciest and hottest among all of Chinese cuisine including Szechwan. And it suits my palate. I guess yours, too. -
Review from Steve M.
Aubrey, TX
1/25/2012
My wife and I stopped here for dinner one night while on our vacation because a very friendly Chinese-American Muni worker recommended it to us. Well, my first impression when we walked in was that it was a sea of white faces (all anglos) and not a single asian face in there except for the hostess by the door. When I mentioned that to her and asked her if the food was "americanized" she said rather matter of fact-ly "you have to cater to the audience". So I had the Tai Chin Chicken and an assortment of appetizers. The mushrooms in my dish were great but the hot and sour soup and the egg rolls were so-so. The fried tofu appetizer was good though. My wife had the Hunan Spicy Garlic Chicken and she only picked at it.
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Review from Sharon J.
Updated - 11/17/2011
I have a bff who is really a princess. Dinner out for her is never going to be at a little hole in the wall. If there are no crystal chandeliers, she thinks she is slumming and she gets depressed. But like everyone else, she's on a budget. What to do? Well this place fits the bill perfectly. Pretty everything, nice ambiance and yet..good cheap food! Well, in reality about a dollar or so more per dish than places out in my neighborhood, but considering the super fresh food, comfortable atmosphere and service, I didn't feel over charged at all.
Last night we had an absolutely delightful meal consisting of tender pot stickers, prawns with lobster sauce, and house fried rice. Everything was so tasty, and we had plenty of food for 2 people.
This was my second trip back and while it's a little out of the way, Hunan Homes did not disappoint. It's an affordable restaurant where I will always feel comfortable bringing the most discerning of diners.
On a more personal note, I like the fact that the booths provide a lot of privacy from other diners, and the noise level is moderate. A very comfortable and relaxing restaurant.
Just looked at their website and had no idea they validate parking! The parking gods have been good to me fortunately but if you are not so lucky:
Two hours of validated parking Portsmouth Square Garage from 5:00pm - 9:00pm when you spend $30.00 or more.
Now that's what I call a deal!1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/3/2011
A friend and I had dinner here today and I liked the food a lot. We ordered pot stickers that were… Read more »
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Review from Elijah D.
Santa Clara, CA
11/27/2011 1 Check-in Here
Let me start by saying that Hunan Homes is easily the best restaurant in China Town, but can easily be one of the best, if not the best in the city.
As a party of 10 we ordered wonton soup, hot and sour soup, 2 plates of chow fun, 2 plates of special fried rice, walnut shrimp, sweet and sour fish (cod), wonton soup, beef broccoli, and sweet and sour pork. All the dishes were outstanding, the only gripes being the fish was small and the hot tea was a tad strong, but nothing that gives the food anything short of 5 stars. I'd recommend any of the dishes I just mentioned.
The service was outstanding too, I've been to at least 3 other dine in restaurants in China Town and in the other 3, no offense, but the English of the servers were limited. Here they were ALL absolutely fluent in English. They told us many jokes and made us laugh consistently throughout the course of dinner, they were quick in refilling the drinks as well as reheating or refilling the tea. I had a http://Restaurant.com gift certificate and they accepted it right away. We tipped them well above the 18% tip
I absolutely recommend this place for anyone looking for some good Chinese food. -
Review from Lei H.
San Francisco, CA
11/17/2011
It's not the cheapest Chinese restaurant you can find, but whenever someone ask me about a recommended Chinese restaurant - I tell them Hunan Homes (since I am Chinese and pretty picky with Chinese food)
They got spicy and none spicy. They have all kinds of food and pretty much every dish we have there is quality. My favorites are
- hot and sour soup (surprisingly hard to make right - most restaurants suck at it)
- West lake soup
- sizzling fish dish
- beef scallions
- garlic stir fry "doe miao" - chinese bean leave veggie
- sizzling prawns
- salt and pepper prawns
we also get http://restaurant.com coupons to use here which make it more affordable. If you google http://restaurant.com coupons, you can buy a $25 off coupons for $2-4 sometimes. -
Review from Violet K.
12/12/2011 1 Check-in Here
We went there for lunch yesterday. It was ok. We had the Hunan chicken which we thought was quite western. We also had the hot and sour soup and it lived up to its reputation.
If you like western Chinese food then it's the place for you. If you are looking for an authentic Chinese meal, go to Hong kong Claypot restaurant on grant ave (corner of Jackson) -
Review from Mike E.
Bedford, NH
1/16/2012
I went with a large group from work (25 people). My boss raves about this place and picked it. I really enjoyed it. One of the better Chinese restaurants I have been to in SF. He pre-ordered a bunch of dishes so there was no ordering. But there was a good choice of different dishes, but I don't remember the names of them. I would go back again.
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Review from Monelle P.
San Francisco, CA
11/8/2011 2 Check-ins Here
I did not take a picture of my favorite dish here for fear that it will scare Yelpers away. Pale, raw-looking chicken covered in ginger and green onions does not make for an aesthetically pleasing dish.
But, if you can get past this unappealing presentation, you will be rewarded with one of the best Chinese dishes you've ever had. Yea, I said it. Bold words, especially in SF Chinatown!
If you're a fan of Hainanese chicken, you will love the steamed chicken at Hunan Homes. The pale, raw-looking pallor of the chicken masks the juiciness and tenderness of the chicken. It's truly surprising and unexpected how flavorful the chicken is. The juicy chicken is an ideal pairing with the topping of crisp, fresh scallions and sharp bite of ginger. The broth of the chicken mixed with a light soy sauce reduction is delicious over steamed white rice.
Due to the grease and MSG, I typically feel heavy and lethargic after eating Chinese food, but this dish is refreshing. -
Review from Earlene C.
East Bay, CA
TOURISTS GALORE!
It's ok tho, I suppose it is fun to play tourist sometimes :)
Hubster and I found this place after getting spa treatments at Tru.
The food was pretty bomb! The Hot & Sour soup was one of the best we've ever had.
Prices were decent and service was quick.
They're open late night! We will be keeping this place in mind after nights out in the City. -
Review from PJ H.
10/28/2011
My sad east coast self has obviously been sheltered from authentic Chinese food. In Philadelphia, any Chinese chicken is covered in some sort of breading? whatever you want to call that. The orange peel chicken at Hunan Homes was awesome. Spicy and delicious, and clean actual chicken meat. We ate that with some chow mein and vegetables.
For the appetizer, we had the spicy wontons which were excellent. I just kept dumping the sauce on my rice. Also the potstickers were pretty good but nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing like a nice Tsingtao to wash it down.
Great place if you are in the Chinatown area. -
Review from Sergei N.
10/17/2011 1 Check-in Here
Its good. Its not mind blowing and i think all the hype for SF chinese food had me expecting more but its still good.
The service was actually really good and we got everything quickly, the waiter rolled the mu shu for us and then left us alone. We had everything we needed and no one was hovering over us which is kind of nice.
The food really seemed pretty typical and i spent a super long time looking for something new and interesting but in the end came up with nothing that really caught my eye. I settled for the peanut chicken (i believe) and it was decent. The mu shu was good. On a sunday at 2 pm there was a chinese family and two white couples. It was actually kind of empty but not in a creepy way.
I think if this was in any other city it could easily be a 4 star place but in SF, which is supposed to be the mecca of chinese food on the west coast, i expected more. -
Review from Alexandra C.
New York, NY
9/18/2011
This was the perfect old school style family Chinese restaurant we used to have back in the day in the NY area.
I found it while in SF through Yelp, of course and am so glad I did.
Friendliest service.
Best hot and sour soup I think I have ever had.
Best moo-shu pork dish and chicken with vegetables.
Seriously you can't get better Chinese food than this.
If only they weren't 3,000 miles away. -
Review from Jean L.
Lubbock, TX
1/27/2012
You have to be very careful with what you eat in this place. We got food poisoning after eating their crab and fish. The service is good, though. Not recommending this place, and especially should avoid their seafood.
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Review from Emilia V.
10/3/2011
Needless to say, Chinatown has a million and one Chinese restaurants. Some are outstanding (ok haven't found that one yet) and the rest are run of the mill. Hunan Homes is in that "fine but definitely average" category.
We came to eat here with the fam because my parents had eaten here long ago and recalled it being particularly good. We ordered mu-shu chicken, chicken chow mein, sizzling rice soup, Mongolian beef, Hunan chicken, beef and broccoli and steamed rice for five adults. The soup was bland and the entrees were small and nothing special. They were fine, but not like "the best beef and broccoli I have ever had." The only dish that was outstanding was the mu shu chicken, perhaps because the waitress wrapped each pancake for us so thee wasn't the usual dripping of chicken and veggies and plum sauce all over the place.
The plates are very small so order at least one or two more than you regularly would for your group size. Oh, and the fortunes in the cookies are not interesting either. 9 is my lucky number for the week. Grand. -
Review from O. K.
Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2011
Absolutely great meal here at a bargain price. I'm glad R&G Lounge had a long wait, thereby forcing my party to locate this establishment sooner rather than later. The hot and sour soup is at the top of its form, the sizzling hunan bean curd with shredded pork was a real treat as well.
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Review from JoAnn S.
Seattle, WA
9/20/2011
Searched Yelp last night for Chinese Take Out suggestion. We ordered Orange Peel Chicken, Garlic Chicken, Veggie Chow Mein and Hot and Sour Soup. Based on Yelp comments, we were looking forward to our meal but we ended up a little disappointed. There was no orange peel nor flavor in the Orange Peel Chicken.. The soup was very spicey (which we like) but lacked any developed flavor.
On a good note---- THE SERVICE IS FRIENDLY AND VERY ATTENTIVE! CLEAN RESTAURANT. :)
The veggie chow mein was very good. -
Review from Colleen F.
San Francisco, CA
12/21/2011
Great restaurant. Quickly seated and were very nice. Enjoyed the Mongolian beef and orange chicken.
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Review from Tanya H.
San Diego, CA
12/16/2011
I went here two nights in a row because I loved this place so much. The dry sauteed asparagus is amazing! Both nights I went with a group of people and so we ordered a number of dishes and shared them, and I didn't hear anyone say anything bad about any of the dishes we ordered. Service is incredibly fast, and the prices are good. This will definitely become a regular pit stop for me whenever I'm in SF!
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Review from Yen N.
San Francisco, CA
9/23/2011
It's great !
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Review from Vijay M.
Ann Arbor Charter Township, MI
12/19/2011 1 Check-in Here
At first we were a bit skeptical based on the service from the hostess, but this quickly changed. The mushu app was amazing, and so was the Hunan scallops. Our server was super attentive and very funny. Will definitely make a trip back.
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Review from Xiaofeng Z.
San Jose, CA
12/24/2011
Just so-so. Not very authentic Chinese.
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Review from Cindy G.
Gustine, CA
11/1/2011
The place was clean, everyone was very friendly, the food was great! I can't complain.
It was my first time being in Chinatown in San Francisco, and I didn't know where to eat, but I'm glad I came on here to check. -
Review from Jeff N.
Updated - 9/15/2011
Ok, 2nd visit wasn't that bad. Starting my best xlb in San Francisco quest, I came here after being informed that going to Kingdom of Dumpling was just too far. Not to be deterred, we got the xlb, salt and pepper spare ribs, basil fish, and string beans.
The XLBs actually came with a pretty good sauce that was different from your typical black vinegar with ginger. Instead, it looked like it had a little bit of chili and garlic, which went pretty well with the XLB's, though non traditional. As far as the quality itself, the skin was a tiny bit thicker than preferred, the meat tasted a little like wonton meat, and the soup inside the dumpling was low to medium. This really was the only bad part of the meal as the other 3 dishes were really tasty.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/23/2010
Pretty solid Chinese restaurant in Chinatown that doesn't fully cater to the tourists or non Chinese… Read more »
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Review from Clayton S.
San Francisco, CA
9/25/2011
Definitely a solid Chinese food option amid many in this town. While they haven't always been my first Chinese option, depending on where I've lived in SF, I go every once in a while and am never disappointed.
Hunan Homes does justice to a number of Chinese food staple dishes. Unlike some places that try to get creative and deviate from the blueprint, this joint knows the formula works and sticks to it.
Just tasty Chinese goodness, up and down the menu... -
Review from Chris T.
Livermore, CA
8/4/2011
I've head SF has good food, and this place validates the reputation. Hunam Homes serves the best Chinese food I've had.
Dining in a booth is a special treat, since you can view their fun fishtank. I love watching the pufferfish while I eat! -
Review from Brett P.
8/29/2011 2 photos
My friend and I were looking for a place in China Town to grab lunch while we were on vacation in San Francisco. I read a lot of really good Yelp reviews about Hunan Homes and after eating there, I definitely agree.
Pros:
Great prices for lunch combos
Good food
Clean as far as Chinese restaurants go
Fast, friendly service
No cons really come to mind.
I had the eggplant with shrimp. It was delicious and included hot and sour tofu soup. The dish was large enough to fill me up, but not so much that it was a gut buster. For desert we got oranges to cleanse the palate(which I thought was cool) and fortune cookies. The total bill including tip and everything was less than $20 for the two of us.
Great place, Yelpers did not lead me astray, and I would love to go back. -
Review from Nick L.
San Francisco, CA
9/13/2011
I think I enjoyed it...
I'm just not sure due to the hot and sour soup. I liked the soup a lot but it was just so "spicy" hot that it meant everything else had a dented taste. I'm sure the food could stand up well but I just couldn't tell.
The potstickers were average and the orange peel chicken had a good amount of zest paired with spice.
The wife had beef stew with wontons and it left us wontin!! The portion size was good but the hor fun was not up to the dish. The wontons were so so and the beef was good.
Service is good for Chinese restaurants and it's clean.
All in all - a solid 3 stars. -
Review from Jo T.
Scottsdale, AZ
Simply. Amazing.
After some yelp research while in Chinatown, we decided on Hunan Homes. It is off of Grant so we were hoping to avoid the crowds and lines at some of the other popular spots. We were seated right away and good thing too... this place fills up quickly at lunch time.
Wanting to sample a little of everything we ordered hot and sour and won-ton soups, xiao long bao, egg rolls and the spicy garlic chicken, to share.
We sipped on green tea while we were waiting... which was not long at all. Service here was fantastic.
We absolutely loved everything! The won-ton soup was so fresh and not overly salty like so many end up being. My boyfriend loved his hot and sour soup, as well. The egg rolls were also delish and not greasy at all. The xiao long bao was a treat, but the real find here was the spicy garlic chicken. I've never had chinese food this well-cooked, flavorful and fresh in my life. My mouth is watering now just thinking about it and I'm a little sad that I will not be trying it again for some time.
We loved it so much, we came back on our last day in the city for another go round. This time we skipped the soup and appetizers and split the mongolian beef (also excellent) and another helping of the garlic chicken. Yum! -
Review from Ivannia D.
San Francisco, CA
7/27/2011 4 Check-ins Here
Hands down my all time favorite place for Chinese food in San Francisco. The food is really delicious --the entrees that are on the top of my list the are Spicy Garlic Chicken (it's actually not that spicy, it takes like Orange Chicken), the Walnut Prawns & Kung Pao Chicken. This is a good place to go with a larger group of people and share the different entrees that you have chosen. All the ingredients are fresh and the meat very tender.
Things to watch out for:
- Parking can be tough - BUT they validate at the Hyatt Hotel -- so park at the Hyatt and ask for the validation so you aren't going in circles for hours
- Since it is a popular spot it can get crowded, so plan to get there earlier or later
- They also offer take out if you don't want to dine out -
Review from Jason B.
Sparks, NV
Updated - 12/3/2011
Best hot and sour soup I ever had. Always good quality Chinese food here. We actually ate here for thanksgiving.
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11/29/2010
Chinese food in Chinatown. Best I've ever had. Go here. We almost tried an AYCE dim sum place up the… Read more »
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