Hunan Garden

Reviews

• Erin G.

  star star star star star 6 June 2026

  This is by far the most flavorful of all cheap Chinese takeout I have eaten. A note about REAL Chinese food: the meat has bones. The restaurants serve deboned meats for the american palate. I was told by one person "Americans like boneless meat because they are too lazy to eat around the bones". And I agree most Americans are not patient enough to eat meat with tiny bones and pick them out. I did not get any bones in my meal.  Another note that the weird texture someone reviewed about the meat is because the restaurant tenderizes the meat. It does sometimes have a gummy and soft texture, but the meat is perfectly OK to eat. Most cheap Chinese places tenderize the meat and it comes out soft and gummy.
  
  I ordered the hunan chicken lunch with fried rice. I kind of like they don't give you soup with your lunch meal because I don't trust Chinese restaurants that do the "value" meal and load you up with tons of badly made food. The meal seemed to be cooked fresh because I waited at the restaurant for 20 minutes and no one else was there. I could hear the stir frying in the kitchen. There were huge pieces of onion in the fried rice which makes me believe they make homemade fried rice. The rice isn't overly salty. The hunan chicken was surprising. It had tomato seeds in it so it looked like a different type of sauce than the average "oil and soy sauce" stuff I get from other restaurants. The sauce also looked like it had very little oil which was nice because I hate overly oily Chinese food. The sauce was sweet, tangy, spicy, and sour all at once. It was a really great sauce. I asked for it to be extra spicy because I know Chinese restaurants make mild food for Americans. Asking for extra spicy made the dish come out with a good amount of spice, but I definitely wouldn't call it "spicy". Overall, I'm excited to try other foods here and am happy it's close to my house. I never came here before because I was scared some old white people would be running it because there is NO ethnic food in about a 15-mile radius of this area. The food caters to the demographic which in this area of NJ is old white people.

• Jennifer T.

  star star star star_border star_border 6 June 2026

  I'm really sad that the food here isn't better, because the people have always been really sweet. We have tried it several times and found each time the food to be strangely sweet and under seasoned. They don't deliver, which is a bummer as well. The food isn't terrible and the shop is well lit and clean, it's just ... Ok.

• Nay S.

  star star star star star_border 23 May 2026

  The food tasted good .. probably the best general Tsos shrimp I've ever had..... Since there is a dine-in option I wish there was hot tea available . Wasn't a fan of all of the baby stuff all around the floor and tables. Make it neat. We weren't getting properly taken care of because the lady was so focused on that child who was crying the entire time . That's not a good dining experience to me. I have a child which I also had with me so I understand ..... just not what I want from owners of the place . Wouldn't have eaten in if I knew that .. but now I know .

• Nancy R.

  star star star star star 22 May 2026

  We popped in tonight on our ride home and were not disappointed! Fried dumplings, wonton soup, egg rolls (yum!),  lo mein (not our fav), sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken (yum!) and fortune cookies. Very casual but all was served on platters. Very friendly staff. If you live nearby, try their take-out!

• Gerald S.

  star star star star star_border 16 May 2026

  While not exactly in the neighborhood, Hunan Garden in Allentown, NJ, is a worthwhile trip if better than average Chinese/American cuisine is what you have a yen for.  I drove there for lunch this week and had a pleasant late lunch is a very clean house.  The owner (Jerry) was affable and happy to engage in conversation, especially since I was the only customer.  
  
  I asked why he chose this name, and he explained that although he and his wife were from Fuzhou, he thought he needed to appeal to a broader audience than the traditional Canton styled dishes.  Add some heat to the menu and they will come.  
  
  He suggested adding spice to the General Tso's Chicken, and I agreed.  The platter arrived about 10 minutes later looking like the sauce was a deeper red than normal, and indeed I could see that chili sauce had been added to the mix.  I liked the flavor and the quantity of the chicken used, but the breading was a bit thick and hid the texture and freshness of the fowl.  The Fried Rice was pretty good.
  
  Jerry admitted that he could not focus on authentic native dishes due to the demographics around this ex-urban scene.  But, given advanced notice, he was more than willing to prepare whatever anyone wanted.  
  
  Hunan Garden is certainly a positive surprise to  be found in a mini strip center on the outskirts of Allentown.
  
  I will return.