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Hunan House

3.6 (299 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Lunch Specials
Rosmond P.

Really good food at this location. Just like anywhere in San Francisco. It is hard to find a parking spot.

grilled whole fish
Melody L.

The whole fish was a spectacle in all its glory. Not crazy spicy or numbing but full of flavor. Required a bit of patience to let it fully cook on the grill tray, but that just meant more time to enjoy the other dishes. I had never even heard of egg white tofu before, but it was like a soft umami bomb. Great spot in Chinatown for big groups, as there are several large tables as well as private rooms upstairs. 3.9 on google and 3.5 on Yelp, if you know you know

As of 11/25
Austin C.

It was good, one of the few places open late in the area. Kind of a small portion for pork and string bean but the size of combo fried rice was good. Both good flavor. I would go again, mainly cuz open late..

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Walked in on a Sat afternoon 1230p for lunch. Not crowded and we were seated immediately. The 酸菜鱼was tangy and flavorful, hits the spot! The 毛血旺, though with lots of ingredients, was a bit bland and could be spicier, will skip. Will definitely come back to try other dishes.

Shredded Pork Sautéed with Jalapeño / 農家小炒肉

I ordered takeout from this restaurant and found a whole cockroach in my food after I had already eaten about half of it. The cockroach was completely covered in oil and sauce, making it look like it had been mixed in with the food. It was absolutely disgusting. I honestly cannot remember a more revolting dining experience. I called the restaurant immediately. At first, I was only offered a replacement meal. After I returned to the restaurant and requested a refund, they refunded the full amount of my order. That's it. No sorry no other things, just rushed me out the door. It felt like they were afraid I would tell other customers that there was a cockroach in my food. What upset me even more was being told that the building is old, so having cockroaches is unavoidable. Finding a whole cockroach in prepared food is not normal, and it is not something customers should be expected to accept. I had already eaten about half of the meal before discovering it. A refund only brought me back to where I started. It does not change what happened. I am posting the photos so others can see for themselves. Please be careful.

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Melinda L.

Hunan House was a really nice surprise as it was one of the few restaurants that happened to be open after 7pm during a weeknight evening. I thought there would be way more restaurants in the area that would honor my spicy noodle craving, then we found this spot. My friend and I walked into this restaurant and it was pretty loud lol. Once we were seated, we noticed the loud was coming from a middle table of likely friends or old pals, enjoying a good meal and lots of alcohol because they were again...loud! There were other customers at other tables, too, but we just did our best to just focus on our mission for noodles. So this is a spicy-themed Chinese restaurant. Everything here is made spicy, unless you ask for something less spicy. Chili peppers are stamped onto every dish here...and the menu is pretty huge! I had a hard time deciding what to get, but we decided to get the Sliced Spicy Potatoes, the Spicy Chili Chicken, and a clear Spicy Glass Peanut Noodle Soup. Every dish was very flavorful and extra spicy...ran out of drinking solution (the hot tea) after being numbed by the overall spiciness of it all. My favorite was the spicy potatoes and the chili chicken. It was about $27 or so per person for 3 dishes, which was pretty decent, and we had enough to take home. It was definitely a very good meal. Only thing here is the service is quite lacking...they don't refill the teapot, which is odd, but we also didn't ask, but normally it's a given service. The host never came by other than taking our order, dropping off our dishes, and then handling the check...but we had to ask them for things. So that kinda wasn't good for us. But, still glad to have found this place. Definitely would come back if I've got a spicy craving!

Orange chicken
Richard S.

This place IS open - and they're doing pretty good with their dishes. Wonton soup was pretty darn good...really good broth flavor. Pork spare ribs were really good too. Cooked nice and that typical Asian rib flavor you want. Beef noodle: It was ok...not bad by any means...just didn't have a great flavor. The inside of the place was cool...and that newer contemporary look and feel.

Kristie W.

lunch deals are perfect for a quick, inexpensive bite in the city. they have an extensive dinner menu too

Tuesday evening
Pat C.

This is located in Chinatown. Not squeeky clean but not disgusting either. Got to gos here at two separate times. In June 2024, I got barbeque squid which was good. In March 2025, I got the combination fried rice. It did not have a lot of ingredients and was not as flavorful as one would expect. At both times, I sat at one of the tables near the entrance; one could smell cigarette smoke coming from the outside. Service was quick and nice. Though very affordable, given the experience at two different times, would give it a 3/5 and would likely not come back anymore.

Salt & Pepper Beef Ribs, Fish Fillets in Hot Chili Oil by, Sesame Chicken, Mixed mushrooms with tofu,   Dried Scallop Fried Rice
Yongqi L.

Love the crispy salted egg eggplant all the food is delicious, the restaurant is nice and they have a karaoke room for big parties upstairs, servers are nice and helpful.

Kung Po Kung Pao Chicken / 宮保雞

The dish was very tasty & a huge portion! Soup was ok - tea included too Nice staff

Rice dishes was the lunch specials
Kay K.

The food was very tasteful, quick service- we ordered and our food came out shortly, friend staff. We would go back.

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A San Francisco fave when in Chinatown. I always get the walnut prawns and the chow mien noodles were smokey good.

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7 months ago

Loved ! Best chowmein ever . The Mongolian beef melted in my mouth and the general chicken was to die for !! 10/10

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Food was amazing. Small and quaint setting and the service was good but the place was a little busy. Definitely will be back.

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