Hunan Bistro

I can't believe I haven't heard of this place before! Everything we got was very delicious: meatballs, chicken, eggplants, and fish with sour vegetables in broth. The fish is traditionally made spicier but this was made milder to accommodate our spice tolerance. They serve tea here too! Owner can speak Mandarin Chinese. They have parking spaces outside.

We came here late on a Sunday for lunch. The interior is cozy and on the smaller side, so there are fewer tables, though they do have a couple of large tables if you're coming with a bigger group.The restaurant feels like a family-run business; the cashier looked quite young, possibly family. The server handed us an iPad with the menu, which was in Chinese, but they were happy to speak English and help us out.We ordered five dishes, and all were very good! We especially enjoyed the appetizer of cold beef slices and beef stomach--it was excellent. The only dish that didn't quite meet our expectations was the spicy fried chicken, which we've had better versions of elsewhere.Overall, a great experience, and we'd definitely come back again!

I went to Hunan Bistro for lunch last week for the first time after meeting a friend who was getting a pedicure next door at Liberty Nails. My friend and I really enjoyed the authentic, flavorful food. We also each left with ample leftovers! Despite there being few people in the place the day we went, we found the ordering process confusing. We had to flag the lady who was there down a few times. She might have been trying to help the cooks in the back too because she would disappear for an unusual amount of time. When we tried to order she gave us a tablet that was in Chinese and told us to look at it. After we told her we couldn't read it or understood what she wanted us to do she switched it to English and gave us better instructions. Despite the confusion at first, we got our delicious food and had a nice time!

Hunan Bistro on Anderson Lane is located in a strip mall with plentiful parking. Entering, there are numerous four tops lining the walls leading towards the kitchen and cashier area. A TV plays news tuned to a local channel. If you choose to dine-in, you'll be seated, and a tablet will be presented to you to order off of. The tablet seems to be a relatively new addition. Their menu contains pictures of the majority of their menu items. You tap items you'd like to order and they will be added to your cart. You'll be able to submit them; the waitress will come by to confirm.For this particular visit, we opted to get Lion Head Meatballs and Lamb skewered with toothpicks with cilantro. Food comes out from the kitchen fairly quickly, along with rice.The Lion Head Meatballs come in a set of 4, are quite large, and come out hot, covered in a tasty, savory sauce. Scrumptious, and comes with some bok choy for color and a lil' fiber.The Lamb was embedded with cumin, and came with each individual bite-sized piece skewered on its own toothpick. A handful of cilantro was on top. As a finger food, the lamb came off the toothpicks pretty easily. Had a slight smokey grilled rendered lamb fat (for the pieces which had fat) sensation, but you know it was prepared jn a wok; cumin flavor was prominent with cilantro in the background.While we opted primarily for comfort food this round, the establishment does has an extensive menu, and provides a plethora of other spicy and numbing dish options on their menu.They offer variants of fish stew/soup (including spicy and sour varieties), roasted eggplant and (spicy) peppers, laziji, and more. The portions are definitely family-style shareable, so it's entirely possible to order too many items to finish in one sitting, so doggie bags are available if you ask.

Ok, this issue part one of two. The food is really, really good. Have only done take out. There are some dishes that while delicious, are super super spicy ( at least for me), I will discuss that further in an update. All that being said, the country service is great and there is a wide number of selections available. I know, not a lot of detail here, bad me, promise to update with details on some of the dishes and photos, but this restaurant, located inn what can politely be called a strip mall, is really really good, and worth a visit.The Spicy Chicken Boneless - found under the Oritental Cuisine (sic) online order tab, is fantastic, but so spicy I fear I may never be able to order it again.The Orange Beef was fantastic as well.More to follow.

This place offers some authentic flavors from the homeland, will be coming back to explore some more

Already quite busy at 5PM, this little hidden gem competes with Three Gorges and other staples of Asian cuisine in northwest Austin. The owner is from Hunan and the head chef from Sichuan and their offerings of both styles are delicious, sharable, and reasonably priced. So far, I've had:Salt Pork Bamboo Shoot and Tofu Skin soup with bok choy: Best shared among 4-6 people. It's a lot of soup for two people. Rich and flavorful with very tender pork. 4.5/5Hunan Stir Fried Pork: Exceptionally flavorful and authentic. Careful, the jalapenos are not de-seeded and really aren't intended to be eaten (I still crunch on some). 4.5/5Mapo Tofu: Might be one of the best Mapo Tofu I've ever had. I was sweating without my body feeling hot, quite an experience. Very flavorful with soft tofu and goes great with rice. 5/5Service will take a while because everything is made to order (20 minutes for our soup, 40ish minutes for the main courses). It's worth it!

It was an unexpected foodie stop for me and my friend after a work out! Authentic Chinese food with menu out of this world! The friendly server (he may be part owner)spoke great English. Clients are mainly Chinese as they speak mandarin! I am not a fan of fusion and being in this place almost felt like I was in a travel warp! Recommended! Price was reasonable---place is clean and dainty! surely a bonus

Heard they have a New ownership so we came to dined in as first time even we always orderedTake out from this place. We absolutely loved the new management which offers much faster service from previous ownership. Food quality always improved and much yummier than before. See pics of what we had tonight. Every dish was delicious! Price is also competitive!

We went before on a random Wed. Sat for over 10 min. No service We left. Came back on Christmas day. Placesd the order online. We were told to show up in 30in, we waited for over 55. Watched Asian people come in and out for that hour. Our order was wrong. Don't spent ,$ unless asain. They hate you! We also had to watch an Asian man pick and eat his bugs for 30 min Nasty!