We ate here on a Sunday evening. After stopping at Ruby Tuesday and standing in the lobby for several minutes without any attention or service from any of the numerous staff, we turned around and drove across the street to Hunan. There were one or two other families there and it was a nice quiet spot for husband and I to relax.
Our waiter was a rather soft spoken young man who didn't say much other than "yes...no...you're welcome...you guys..," and "I'm sorry." In fact he repeatedly apologized when we made requests for water, an extra to-go box, etc, when he hadn't done anything wrong at all. I thought he was doing a fine job considering he appeared to be the only waiter in the house. I only wish he would have spoken up a bit.
The decor at Hunan is a variety of booths and tables fenced in by the typical brass bar decked half-walls that seem to be popular among Chinese-Restaurant owners. My husband remarked that the framed waterfall mural on one wall was wrinkled badly and had a very obvious seam running down the middle.
The menu is an extensive combination of American Chinese standards and sushi. Some of their sushi rolls sounded delicious, but my husband won't touch them so I abstained.
He ordered the pepper steak and I ordered Dragon and Phoenix (shrimp with vegetables and sesame chicken). We started with a Pu pu platter for two, which contained ribs, crab wontons, egg rolls, beef stick, shrimp tempura and duck legs. The dug legs were wrapped in foil and difficult to unwrap. Mine was so greasy I gave up on it while husband said his was "fine." The beef sticks were tasty but a little tough. I did not try the ribs but husband said they were a lot of work for not much meat. The Egg roll was mostly cabbage and not very flavorful at all. The crab wontons contained a lot of cream cheese and not much crab and the wonton wrappers were a bit hard. The shrimp tempura was nicely crisp.
We were a bit shocked when our meals came. They were HUGE, which was lucky since it meant we'd probably be getting a couple more dinners out of the leftovers. Husband was quite happy with his pepper steak, although he complained that the fried rice was dry and didn't have much flavor.
Having never ordered Dragon and Phoenix before, I had assumed that the shrimp, vegetables and sesame chicken would be all mixed together. On the contrary, they were served side by side on a long rectangular plate, with each of the proteins in a different sauce, all garnished orange slices and a giant flower made of shaved ginger. The shrimp's sauce was a bit salty, but the vegetables were well cooked. The sesame chicken was DELICIOUS, sweet with a tangy citrus twist. I did note that they brought me white rice instead of the fried rice that I ordered, but it actually worked out fine as the nice sticky white rice ended up mixed in with my sesame sauce anyway.
Husband decided that he wanted to try one of their desserts. They offer several flavors of ice cream (including green tea and red bean), fried ice cream, fried cheesecake, fried bananas, and fried bananas with ice cream. Husband went for the fried bananas.
The fried bananas are large chunks of battered and fried banana, drizzled with chocolate sauce and surrounded by whipped cream. Oddly enough, they were set upon a bed of shredded lettuce. That one threw us both for a loop! The taste was so so. I've tasted this particular dessert done better at Tokyo Steakhouse.
Our total cost was about $40 before the tip. The Pu pu platter was about the same price as our entrees. But they did give us a TON of food. We ended up leaving with five little Chinese takeout boxes.
Overall a decent meal and dining experience. We will probably try them again with some friends who like sushi. read more