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For two star Chinese, try Hunan Home's Restaurant in Los Altos. It's known for its seafood. This restaurant is very affordable. This restaurant features lunch.
5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been going to this Restaurant for about 15 years. Went their yesterday with wife, had a great meal. Their sizzling prawn are fantastic service is always excellent. Try their Hot and Sour soup,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So I'm from SF and have a very keen palate for chinese food. This place is definitely decent if you are in the area. But compared to SF it's far from being any where close to being in the same...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good people and place the parking is rough and the bathrooms are classically smelly, but yummy food. I like weekend breakfast too.
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Yelpers, you lead me astray. Shame!My friend and I came here. He used to frequent this place a long time ago, and he said things have certainly changed since his last visit. I'm assuming it's a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Given the location of Hunan Home's restaurant, the food is actually quite authentic. This is a family owned restaurant with the brother and sister in laws all working together. For those that don't...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
we used to come here often as college students and i dont think much has changed.the food is pretty good and they give big portions. they do offer a wide variety. on the saturday that we were there...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is actually not that bad and the lunch specials give you a lot of bang for your buck. I don't think I'd go here for Dinner. The lunch special comes with an egg roll, soup, ice cream steamed...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We used to go here a lot when we lived in 'The View.' The service is great and the food is mostly good. My only problem is that the shrimp/prawns are never deveined, which is disgusting. It's really...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's hard to write objectively when there are more cons than pros, but here goes. We ordered the lunch specials for $7.95/dish, which like most Yelpers have already stated, comes with: 1) choice of...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is our favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. The food is well prepared and they offer both authentic Chinese as well as American Chinese. I recommend sticking with more authentic dishes as...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great Chinese food, many veggie options. Nice service. I have been when there were mostly asian familys/groups and other times there are a lot of white seniors. So this place seems to cater to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family has been ordering take-out from Hunan Home's every month or so since sometime in the 90s. I have to admit that we order all the Americanized stuff, but it's darned tasty! I love the shrimp...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say, it's Chinese Food and it's good! I really like it. There might be cheaper places but this is okay. I really like the unfriendly lady when you come into the restaurant, some people...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here for lunch twice now and have felt the same way both times. It's pretty good, but not great. The first time I had the spicy orange peel chicken, the second time I had the snow peas w/...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
As far as local area Chinese food goes, this is the best in Mountain View (that may not be saying a lot)... It's the only place in the town that is relatively authentic. The service though,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I like the food, but the service is absolutely unacceptable. The waiter that served us could not care less. I would not go back to this restaurant again.
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is ok. It tends to be a little too salty and oily for my taste but it is a trend with hunan food. The service here is good and place is pretty nice.
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Chinese lunch my parents like. All ingredients were fresh, but the experience you have will depend on the dish you order. Some dishes are great and some are just so-so. 3.75 stars due to the great...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We had our chinese new year's eve dinner here and I thought the food was pretty good. The service was great and we didn't wait very long for the food to arrive (since it was a very busy night)....
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After reassuring us that we would get a whole peking duck, a half duck arrived at our table. Attempts to fix this were met with stubborn refusal to admit that they'd told us peking duck=whole duck....
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I never had a bad meal at this place and I went there for three straight months while living across the street at Avalon towers 2008. i would say that I never gained weight from this food and I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Let me start by saying that this 5 star review is for my favorite carb items on their menu. I LOVE CARBS. Yea I said it. My new hands-down all-time favorite place to order fried rice is Hunan...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i really like this place for sunday brunch. i like the shao bing and the fan tuan here. the fried taro cake here is way yummy too. some of their noodle dishes are also good though i don't know what...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
By the decor on the outside, I would have driven by this place a million times before stopping in. In fact, that was the case as I live nearby. It was only after one of my colleagues ordered for the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Had dinner here a couple of times over the past two years. Food is decent, and their hot plates are nice and spicy. They serve great crab with "man tou".There's a touch too much salt in their spicy...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
it's hard to get chinese food wrong - i came here for lunch with my cousin and their lunch special is a really good deal. you order one dish and they give you rice, soup and a dessert for around eight...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Everybody I talk to likes this place.I finally had a chance to go there last month, and I now know why.All their food is a bit on the salty side, but their Fujian Fried Rice was delicious. Their...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I did not have a very good experiance at this restaurant. They did not have great food, their service was bad. We had to wait for a very long time for our food.
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've always had good experience at this restaurant.Usually visits this place for company dinner or with customers.Their seafood specialties are formidable, with usually fresh ingredients.I've had...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family loves this place, I love their Fujian Rice. Mmm.. if someone has a good recipe for this type of rice, PLEASE send it to me.
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Lunch ReviewI've been coming here for about ten years. It is one of the favorite lunch places of my work-friends. To me, most Chinese restaurants around here seem about the same. I don't think the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant has been around for a long, long time (15 years) and it wouldn't be if it were in L.A. Some dishes are OK like the dumplings, and lettuce wraps, but most dishes are on the salty and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I crashed my parents' social club event here--they had ordered a banquet, complete with clam soup, Hunan "you ji" chicken, clay pot crab with vermicelli, xiao long bao, a stir fried choy green, fried...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I heard good things about this restaurant, but I did not like it. The only thing I got that I liked was the potstickers - super juicy and tasty. But the rest:wonton soup - so-so broth, very measly...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Wasn't too impressed. We've had take out a couple times and, to be honest, it's average Chinese take out. The first step in "accepting" this place is getting past the awful turquoise and pink 80's...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I used to frequent this restaurant a lot with my family back in high school. The owner was at the top of his game, every night was bustling and hustling with customers from all over. It was so...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not an expert on Hunanese cuisine. I know that Hunan cuisine is one of the top three cuisines of China (the other two being Cantonese and Sichuanese). But I don't know the characteristic dishes...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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Last night we ordered take out. As I was eating, I found a short, firm strand of hair in my dish. While I threw that out and was disgusted, I packed a lunch for today and found yet another strand of the hair in my meal. Doesn't look like human hair, which is even more troubling. Decent food, but I don't like my Chinese hairy. This is my one and last experience at this place.
openlist - user review - 04/30/2008
4.0 of 5 stars.
came here on a Friday night, but didnt have to wait too long to get seated-- I had heard good stuff about the peking duck. we ordered the Peking duck, xiao long bao (XLBs!) , and the 'wet' fried rice...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good for casual dinner but not great for dim-sum (avoid if you can). I was loyal to its SF location and came here expecting same quality of food. I would have to say that SF one is much better and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
oh man, I used to go here in the college days all the time. Before I knew what good chinese food was - this was it. I grew up in Jersey, can't blame me. Let me just say that this is not good...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Got some takeout from here the other night (orange peel beef, bbq pork chow mein, steamed rice). Fast service, friendly staff, and the food was not bad (the beef had a good amount of flavor and the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
With a limited amount of family-owned restaurants along El Camino Real side of Los Altos, I needed to come here for lunch. This restaurant is located across the street from the San Antonio Shopping...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Very good Chinese food for team dinners, but I don't know if I'd come here on my own. First, the service is rather spotty. They perk up when you speak to them in Mandarin, but otherwise, they're rude,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, I have a confession. I'm Chinese by ethnicity but, Chinese food is, like, #8 or #9 on my Top 10 Cuisines. *Gulp* Mom, Dad - please don't disown me. I love your cookin' but, I'm just not down...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I couldn't really understand what was Hunan about this place at all. When we asked the waitress to recommend some special dishes from the region, she just pointed to the spicy things on the menu...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Consistently a tasty Chinese restaurant. The decor could really use some updating - it hasn't changed since I first came here as a kid in 1988. Yep, that's 20 years! I come for the food - good...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for the first time today for lunch. I came in at 12:30pm and was seated promptly. Hot tea was given along with the menu. There is a full selection of lunch specials, each comes with a choice...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food here tastes pretty good, but is a bit overpriced. Their rice sticks (nian gao) are yummy, but I feel like I could make the same dish, and for much less than $8-$9. Their radish cakes (luo...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really really really solid good yummy yummy lunch... Not like some crappy greasy lunchtime eatery, but real food. With a real soup, real family style dishes, a real dessert and hell.. even the egg...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
one of my favorite chinese place. great mirugay soup, steamed fish, dungeness crab..
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'll tell you what. The owner of this place goes the extra mile to keep live fish, lobster, and giant shrimp alive in those decorative tanks in the main room. Where Hunan Home's shines is in the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'm really not sure how this places gets an average of 4 stars. I would give a zero star if I could. 1. Seaweed and egg flower soup - kind of blan, nothing special.2. Basil chicken - the basil...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
even though I'm half caucasian this does NOT make me like sweet & sour sauce on everything.it seems like some people carry a S&SS super soaker (or S&SSSS if you like acronyms) around to transmogrify...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great place for lunch.. at least this is where I go for lunch...It has good vegi options.
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good, solid chinese food with really fast service. Passed by this place a whole lot of times on El Camino, but never really noticed it until we had a sudden craving for chinese on a Sunday. Hunan...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
With the name and the funky colors and lanterns hanging out front, at first I thought maybe this was a Chinese furniture store. I probably wouldn't have tried it, but a Chinese friend of mine...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place wasn't bad. I went here with some coworkers some years back and it was pretty good. It had that feel of a restaurant that was converted from something else, but works out in passable...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty average Chinese fare. I tried their homestyle tofu, and chow mien,and while both were tasty, they were not interesting enough to pique my appetite to return.
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really like this place. The food is really good and the service is great! The servers and hostess are all really polite and accomodating. It's not too crowded which is surprising but i do see a lot...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
love the special Taiwanese dim sum optionsstinky tofu. and other things you can't get elsewhere e.g. Ming'sgreat prices
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. Great seafood dishes. Get the black bean clams, and seafood fried noodles. Yummy! They have great a prix fixe menu as well. They must not load up on the MSG since I don't feel gross...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their crab kicks ass. Also order their Taiwanese fried rice (shrimp & lobster sauce-type sauce over rice), it's tasty. No, really... it's tasty. Peking Duck is excellent. Loved going here with my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here a few times. If you don't think of the restaurant's name or its reference geographical region in China, perhaps in itself it is and can be a decent eatery for simple stir fry stuff. I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You can't miss this place... just look for the colorful pink and blue awning outside. I've been here twice and the food has been good both times. But this review will be for the most recent time...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Perhaps my favorite Chinese food in the area. The place is a bit more expensive than other restaurants you find on Castro, and maybe the portions are a tad bit smaller too. (but it's worth it)When I...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place is superb. we came with my parents who were visiting (originally from new York) who are hard to impress after the chef chu's line was ridiculous. sister is vegetarian, stepfather doesn't...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hunan Homes is my staple Chinese restaurant when I want to go with a larger group. The prices are pretty reasonable, the service is good, and the size of the platters are decent. I've never had a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I want Chinese food take-out Hunan Homes is where I go. The food is way better then the Chef Chu's a few blocks north. They have dishes with snow pea sprouts which I stumbled on accidentally and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent seafood especially the crab! Service is OK and it may be a tad more expensive than its rivals but quality is also better. Tight parking lot so arrive early for lunch
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is good but a shy expensive. The place is easy to miss; I have been missing the place for about 9 years now and thanks to Yelp finally found it; I had to drive around the block to find the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, if you're looking for the same orange chicken, beef broccoli-type of Chinese food, don't come here! I've never been to China, so I don't know what authentic Chinese food really taste like, but...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
***EDIT 12/12/2007***We went back a hand full of times in the past couple of months the food has taken a turn for the worse. Apparently the owners and some of the chefs had a falling out so the chef's...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best Chinese food restaurants. I go here only on special occasions. The restaurant doesn't look that great and the parking is terrible, but if you can get passed those, you will enjoy...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My sister introduced me to this place when she was at Stanford. Soon thereafter I moved to Palo Alto for a couple of years and this place was near my house and my gym so I got take out occasionally....
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ate here a couple times... good food, decently priced, was stuffed when I left.Memorable entries... the Fried Rice with Gravy, the Chow Mein.
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Fantastic, authentic Hunanese cuisine. My first trip was for a birthday dinner and I was able to order a good multi-dish banquet that covered all the bases (fish, noodles, beef, pork, chicken,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Didn't think it was anything special.
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2006
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Okay, if you're looking for the same orange chicken, beef broccoli-type of Chinese food, don't come here! I've never been to China, so I don't know what authentic Chinese food really taste like, but if it...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great Chinese food. Great lunch special! Seriously, it's all about the lunch special--a great entree, rice, hot and sour soup (which is really good), veggie egg roll, fortune cookie, and a slice of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2006
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I searched China for better honey walnut prawns and couldn't find any as good as the ones at Hunan Homes! Hands down the best Chinese food I've had in the area--don't pay more for the lesser food at other...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/08/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Cheap and nothing to write home about. Three of us went to lunch and ordered three different Hunan style dishes: pork / chicken / beef, and they all pretty much tasted the same. I don't know who...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2006
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Hunan is a little known restaurant with a sister location in SF. The decor is not the most impressive, however the food is fantastic and the service is typically good. They will usually serve up a free entry...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/26/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Can't find better Hot and Sour soup anywhere. You also have to try the Crab Baked in Spiced Salt, Crab with Ginger and Green Onion, Hunan Home's Special Pan Fried Noodle, Peking Duck, Hunan Homes...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2006
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Hunan Homes offers the best tasting chinese food. The menu is extensive and we have yet to order somthing that wasn't good. The waiters are not the friendliest but that is not a deterrent. They also offer food...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/06/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Here are the 2 must order dishes for this restaurant: Hot and Sour soup and Fujian Fried Rice.
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is your brain --This is your brain on a stealth whole dried hot red pepper under a forkful of sizzling beef -- Any questions?http://www.hunanhomes.com/
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in the Bay Area. When I was in college, I used to eat here all the time. The food is always good, and the prices are reasonable. (My favorite dishes are the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been several times with my Chinese friends, and when we don't feel like driving to Cupertino or Milpitas, this is our choice for Chinese food. They have excellent fresh seafood dishes, Cantonese...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great food, really friendly staff.
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to Hunan's Home a few times for family style meals. The food is decent and the prices are reasonable, but I have yet to find anything exciting or crave-worthy there. The interior could use...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has really good food and service. I even order takeout from them. Parking is a bit cramped.
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW!!! The Hunan Homes beef is SOOOOO GOOD! The decor could use some work, and the live fish tanks some cleaning, but they have it where it counts, the food! How's that for a run-on sentence? Service...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Food is excellent.
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2005
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I have had a run of bad Chinese food lately and Hunan Homes finally brought me out of my slump. Decent food and worth going to for a cheap eat. Service wasnt all that great, but then again I dont find great...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/20/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simply the best Chinese food; every time.
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2005
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The best I've tried in the Palo Alto area, hands down. Everything I've eaten has been delicious and made with high quality ingredients. I definitely recommend it!
citysearch.com - user review - 01/06/2005
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chinese menu based on the original san francisco location. good value, speedy service. orange peel beef is memorable...
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