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Clear Lake Hunan Restaurant

3.6 (119 reviews)
ModerateChinese
Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Updated over 3 months ago

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Good for kids

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Cashew Chicken with steamed rice and eggroll
Brooke K.

Clear Lake Hunan Restaurant is packed in a business/shopping strip, but parking is not a problem. From the outside, you'd think this place was a hole-in-the-wall, but Hunan is pretty classy inside. The staff are hospitable. They have a vast menu selection with varying prices. However, when I first arrived, I found some hair on the serving plate off my soup. YUCK! Our server took it back, but didn't apologize. I was still charged with that exact soup I originally ordered! Outrageous! You would think after a deplorable incident like that, they would take that off my order as compensation, but NO! I'm not sure if I'll come back here or not.

Hot & Sour Soup
Adam H.

This place is located in a strip mall and is roomy and relatively clean. We visited here on a Saturday afternoon shortly after the lunch hour and were seated next to a table stacked with rolled napkins, sauces, etc. It was odd considering that there was only one other seated table in the joint. I believe there were two people working the restaurant -- the dude in the kitchen and the lady working the front. She was polite but her service was seriously lacking. First, my bottle of Tsing Tao came with a cold mug. That's great, except the bottle wasn't opened. Thankfully, my wife has a contraption on her keychain to open bottles. She brought the second bottle sealed as well. When we asked her to open the bottle, she looked dumbfounded. Polite ... but confused. The hot & sour soup here contains a bevy of ingredients compared with other Chinese joints. That said, mine was on the sweet side, and I had to add chile peppers and a lot of soy sauce. Additionally, it was served lukewarm. (The server put it in the microwave for me.) Egg rolls were served similarly lukewarm and stale. The server acknowledged that they had been under a lamp for a while. Per our request, they dropped a couple more and brought them out hot. While the egg rolls are decent, they definitely aren't rolled in-house. I would not order them again, as they taste similar to the egg rolls in the grocer's freezer section. I ordered beef & snow peas as an entree and was told that the place was out of snow peas. It happens, but it certainly didn't help an already disappointing situation. Instead, I ordered the appetizer salt & pepper calamari and some eggplant in garlic sauce. -- both were delicious. The calamari was fried in a batter (versus the breaded stuff in most other restaurants), while the eggplant was nicely cooked in a sweet-hot garlic sauce. My wife had egg foo yung. It was the first time she'd ordered it in years. Though my sample bite was good, she wasn't overly impressed. I really wanted to like this place more than I did, but the restaurant itself has to make an effort. I really feel like there was no such (effort) during my visit.

Ray S.

Today I had a strong desire for fried rice, so I made my stop. I walked in 11 minutes after they opened (they open at 11a) and sat down immediately. Within a minute my order was taken. I know I said I wanted fried rice but when I walked I changed my mind to MA-LA Chicken. I ordered the Lunch special -Entree, Egg roll, Rice and soup. My wonton soup with the chips came out first. Two minutes after I made my order and it was good. The cup of soup comes with two noodles. FYI I ordered a regular take home of wonton soup and there were at least 8 noodles. My entree arrived to my table on my last three spoons of Soup-that's what I call perfect timing. I started with the egg roll; dipping it ever so harshly into the duck sauce. Why??? Because it was so good. My Ma-la Chicken was the BOMB!!! The chicken was very tender. The flavor was sweet with a nice hint of spiciness.

Peking Duck (we'd already tucked in)..
Cajun Timothy S.

Delicious Peking Duck. So very much appreciate them accommodating us since we'd forgotten to order ahead. Sooo much food! Choice of steamed buns or pancakes. We prefer buns. Julienned spring onions and the carved duck skin really made each bite special! A great surprise was the Peking Duck soup, with broth made from the duck bones rendered from carving. Swimming in the rich broth was ample tofu and cabbage. It's just the two of us so, after eating our fill, we have takeaway for days. Just another reason to return soon to Clear Lake Hunan. Our young server, Bob (as noted on receipt), was courteous, conscientious, and unobtrusive. Great service for a great meal. Thanks, again, Bob!

Combo fried rice!
JoAnna G.

It has been a while since my original review but we had such awesome service today that I felt compelled to update. We have been ordering steadily from this restaurant since my original review and today was the first time we had any sort of issue, in that we were missing a sauce. They remedied it in less than 15 minutes. Food was awesome as it has been. We got a take out menu in the mail that looked suspiciously like the menu from our favorite that had recently closed. Best take out we have had since Fairway went out of business! Hot, fresh and super fast delivery! I had eaten here once about 3 years ago and didn't like it, someone has made some serious changes for the better!

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My local favorite! Staff very welcoming and accommodating. Informative too, never knew they deliver. Great food each time.

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Great Chinese food takeout. Everything was cooked perfectly and quickly. counter service was great as well.

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Service was nice. Food was hot but tasted like old grease. I didn't wind up eating the food and would not return.

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Just ordered takeout, Food was real good and quick . Great little neighborhood place.The service was nice and courteous.

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Update talk with owner problem fixed love this place. Big misunderstanding great local place

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