I feel like finding Chinese Buffets is getting more and more rare but Hunan Chef has always been a staple. Soooo many options to choose from and it is all unlimited. From appetizers to dim sum to noodles to meat dishes to sushi to desserts there is just so much and it is all pretty good. The best by far is the unlimited Crab Rangoons I could literally just keep going back for those and not eat anything else. read more

Hunan Chef - Crab Rangoons - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

While the food wasn't amazing, the service was. Food was ok, nothing special and I've had better. The cleanliness was about what'd you expect as well from a buffet, but the service was amazing. So many employees around eager to help, who cleaned tables fast, helping customers fast and nicely, and so so helpful. read more

Hunan Chef - Aquarium located at entrance - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I love trying different buffet spots around Houston and I'm sorry but this has to be the worst buffet I've ever been to. It's expensive and the food selection is limited compared to ur typical buffet; the few items they have are nastyyyy. I know with buffets its quality over quantity but the food here is inedible. Pls don't waste ur money here read more

The food was average; some good and some not good at all. They have a very large variety of chicken dishes which was good. The salmon was good but some dishes were overcooked. The service was very friendly. They were great about clearing the table. Interior was as expected for a buffet. Parking was plentiful because it's in a strip mall read more

Always a good experience and worth the drive for us. The service is good and always packed with people. Every time we go, the food is always fresh and turned over. Highly recommended! read more

My husband wanted to come here for his bday dinner. It was just ok, nothing special. The restaurant was clean and the staff is nice and quick but the food was average. read more

If you enjoy having anyone else's hair in your food, stop by Hunan Chef. After barely starting to eat my first plate of food, I noticed a hair in my pepper steak. I didn't want to make a big deal about it so I went up to "joe" At the register and mentioned that I had barely begun to eat when I found a hair in my food. I asked if we could leave since the two of us had just sat down with a plate and only had a few bites but the dude became defensive and claimed that it wasn't a hair. Another guy in a "chefs" hat pulls up and tries to rationalize the presence of the hair by saying that it was "too straight" to be in the food. They wouldn't have been loosing any money to just let us both walk out without paying since they toss out copious amounts of slop every night. After mentioning that it was utterly disgusting to have another persons hair in your food, they still made me pay for one person out of the two of us. I reiterated to "joe" with the glasses that he's making me pay for one meal even though we both stopped eating immediately after finding the hair. The owners can keep this nasty buffet, there are plenty out there with higher quality food. P.S. "joe" looked stunned and confused as to what to do when I told him about the incident. He said he was looking for a manager (implying he isn't one), but when I asked him to speak to one he said he was a manager. What a joke. read more

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The food was amazing!! I loved the Kung Pao Chicken, Pepper Steak, and the egg rolls the most but almost everything was good. The grilled chicken sticks were very dry but I liked the flavor, same thing with the General Tso's chicken. My boyfriend tried the chicken wings and every type of shrimp they had and he enjoyed it all. They were quick to seat us with maybe a 5 minute wait around lunch time on a Sunday so it wasn't bad. They brought refills very fast and brought the check at an appropriate time. It's a cute place nothing fancy but good enough seating and they're quick to clean up and get more people seated. The price was really good in my opinion and I will be back soon! read more

Hunan Chef - Teriyaki Chicken, Egg Roll, Orange Chicken, Lo Mein Noodles, Kung Pao Chicken, General Tso's Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Wonderful food presentation always keep everything rotated in fresh easy to get in and out of friendly staff

Dinner was excellent. Shrimp prepared 3-4 different ways are my favorites. Those ribs are the best I have had anywhere. General Joes is the best I have had anywhere. I love the beef with onions and bell peppers. Their dumplings are excellent. Too many dishes to name and they are all excellent and freshly made. The service was spot-on and I never had to ask for a refill because she was a great server. The restaurant is so nice and relaxing and the parking lot feels safe too as compared to a lot of the restaurants on Katy Freeway. read more

Great food and service beautiful inside the restaurant and the prices are not bad and the food is always fresh and very tasty

Good food! Great service Very clean and fresh. Been a while since I'd been here and it was so much better than i remembered

Been coming here for over 20 years and it's the best Buffett in the city. Great selection and everything is kept fresh and hot. Obviously best to go during g peak hours. read more

Hunan Chef - Sweet ribs, General Tso's Chicken, Green Beans and Groud Beef. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

So it's the start of Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. To all my brethren out there, 中秋快乐! So yeah I was feeling lazy and everyone kinda had different thoughts on what they wanted. So what better option than a buffet I thought using those critical thinking skills. Well, first let me say that I haven't been to a buffet in ages. I used to get my moneys worth in my youth and then some. I actually some of the chefs feared me as I could really sock it away. But these days I'm but a shell of my former self. And the prices have really gone up making these run-of-the-mill buffers not as much of a bargain as they used to be. There's no real specialty items on the buffet line here. So if you come think quantity over quality if you're looking for a deal. I called in advance to get an idea of the price. It's $15 for most everyone. Kids are by height. They wouldn't say how high a kid needs to be to get charged an adult. And I think it's because there's just an arbitrary number on the wall when you get there. It's pretty low. My kid easily towered it and she's not even a pre-teen yet. I think there's two tiers with the smaller (shorter) kids being $5.95 and the taller ones $7.95. Probably the taller one is 4 foot and the lower one maybe 3 foot. Just a guess. When we got there it was crowded. But not a single Asian customer. And in fact, none came in the whole time we were there. Yeah, kind of a red flag to me. Because if it's good, the first thing us Asians do is tell our Asian friends. So let's start with the sushi. Damn, it was looking so old. You know how the seaweed gets all mushy and all? Well the sushi here had gone beyond that stage. And just tidbits on each plate making it look like leftovers. The food area is tight. Like no space. I was always hitting elbows with folks when getting food. If there's a building code for that I'm sure they didn't meet it. The food is very very very average. No one dish stood out to me as being wow. Again, if you can pack it away go for quantity. Cuz quality ain't there. Everything seemed to kinda have a sweet tinge on it. My kid only has a small plate of 5 items before moving to dessert. I did only slightly better. For desert, the choices were slim. They didn't refill anything while we were there so like the sushi it just looked like a bunch of leftover crumbs. They have an ice cream machine. It came out looking icy but was actually soft. The cones were fresh too. And the fortune cookies were not stale. Service was good. And wait staff attentive. All Chinese folks. One old lady and one young man. Felt kinda sorry for them having to work on a Chinese holiday like this. Immigrant life can suck being far away from home (they has accents so I'm assuming they are immigrants). Nice folks. Tried really hard to please. Sorry for any typos or ramblings. I'm too tired to proof this post. Even though I didn't eat much I'm in a food coma. Old age sucks. Cheng'e viewing of the moon will have to wait until next year. Good night. read more

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Its a wonderful traditional Chinese buffet experience in a lovely accessible facility with nice fresh food and friendly efficient service. Good for families of all ages. Price is 19 bucks and includes your drink. We've gone 3 times and have yet to be disappointed. read more

This is a place we used to go to all the time. The service was great. They always refilled tea and water. But today we went there and we had to ask for ice for our water because the water was room temperature, then they didn't even refill it we had to ask for a refill this time. One waitress was standing and doing absolutely nothing and we were watching standing there with her arms crossed, almost like she was ready to go home for the day, but that was how she was the entire time. Then the other weight staff was busy chatting with other people and doing silverware which I get is something that needs to be done, but there were other people in the restaurant with empty glasses also. Then the water tasted like pool water, it was so chlorinated. It's been an hour and I still have chlorine taste in my mouth. This place was once a really good restaurant but sad to say today. It was definitely a lot less than one star. Food was OK still, but I'm wondering if that's because the chef hasn't been deported yet, not meaning anything bad by it but it was definitely a different experience than what we are accustomed to at this restaurant. It's almost like they're purposely letting it go. Wasn't friendly like it used to be. People were waiting for their glasses to be refilled, I saw them sitting and looking just like we were, like where's the water? I don't know what to say. Other than my mouth taste nasty from the chlorine water that they were serving. The feeling of the place was cold and unfriendly. The weight staff looked very unhappy. When I say cold, I don't mean temperature cold, I mean, cold as in not a very good ambience today. It was very disappointing to say the least. And this is a place we would go to a lot. It's been a little while since we've been here and we're not prepared for how this was today. read more

One of few halfway decent chinese buffets in the Houston area. The selection is average. This buffet doesn't have much seafood (no crawfish, crab) or hibachi but a moderate selection of chicken and beef entrees. They do have sushi, but I generally avoid sushi at chinese buffets. I only give 3 stars for this visit because all the items in the first plate I made were cold. Also, the water had a very awful after taste. I could only drink it when I had a mouth full of food so I couldn't taste it. I recommend the fried rice and orange chicken. Pretty tasty! The dining room is large but not that comfortable for a long visit; no booth seating and not many outlets. Customer service is better than most - frequent visits to the table and my server brought me chopsticks even though they were available at the buffet. read more

Hunan Chef - All of these items were cold and the fist was a bit hard. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I'm a Chinese buffet "maven.". Without a doubt, this is by far the best in the Houston area! Especially the bbq spare ribs! Try it! EBK read more

I've always enjoyed everything about this gem quick pleasant service delicious fresh food and a very clean restaurant. prices are unbelievably reasonable read more

Lots of buffet items to chose from and service is good. Buffets are a little iffy for me, but this one was pretty good. I'm not a germaphobe, but there's something about other people touching the same utensils I touch. Good news, they keep things very clean. The orange chicken was good, love the mushrooms and the eggdrop soup was really good. Restaurant is clean. read more

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The food here is so good. the best buffet Asian restaurant I have had. The sushi is very fresh and my favorite. the only issue I had today was there was a fortune paper in my drink. I actually sipped it through the straw, prior to even having my own fortune. My drink probably had it when they served it or it was stuck in the inside of the cup. regardless it left a bad taste in my mouth. When I brought it up to the waiter, he apologized and simply only brought me a to go cup with fresh Dr. Pepper. read more

Hunan Chef - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Best buffet in the spring Branch area. Food turns over fast and so food is usually very fresh

Chinese buffets are not my favorite places to eat, generally speaking, because the food is often not fresh, doesn't always taste great, and many are sadly not very clean. That is definitely not the case here. This place gets very crowded at times, and for good reason! It may well be the best Chinese buffet in the Houston area. The only one I think comes close is the King Buffet in Friendswood, and it is about half the size of this one. It's been my experience that the food is fresh - even as closing time approaches - and the selection is always great. Items such as sesame chicken, Mongolian beef, and Singapore noodles are among some of the best dishes they have. Their selection of stir-fried vegetables is also good. read more

Hunan Chef, what happened to you? I used to go to this restaurant all the time but it's been several years. I remembered how good the shrimp egg foo yung and the General Tso's chicken was your specs so I thought I would try them again. Also the shrimp spring rolls which is always been a fave. The general says chicken was okay certainly not as good as it used to be. The chicken was a little tough but at least it still had the flavor. The egg foo young was so lackluster I couldn't believe it. No seasoning no taste at all even with the gravy on it. I was so disappointed because that's what I was really looking forward to. The shrimp spring rolls taste like dirty dish water or something. That might be a little harsh, but something just wasn't quite right. I'm certainly willing to consider that maybe I caught them on a bad evening. If so, then I'm looking forward to one day maybe giving them another chance. read more

Went there for lunch on a weekend one day and food was good and price was respectable. I do recommend this restaurant buffet.

I haven't been here in almost 2 years. The positives? The staff is as friendly as ever, and the restrooms have never been cleaner. The 2-star rating is because the quality of the food has gone waaaay down. I know COVID-19 has been tough on buffet-style restaurants but for a $16 weeknight Adult price -- I would have rather seen less choices -- prepared well. Instead I was presented with an array of low quality, cheap dishes that looked like they'd been sitting on the steam table for hours. I am honestly worried I may be ill tomorrow. I should've trusted my instinct and left. Sorry, but I won't be back. read more

I'm picky about my Chinese food. Hell, I'd even say I like it a Lil Americanized, if ya know what I mean. But honestly, every item my sons and I tried, was spot on. Full of flavor, crispy, hot. My boys tore up the sushi. Staff was super sweet even gave me a wall scroll when we paid out. Idk, but it was nice. Will be back soon. read more

Weekend lunch time is super busy. There are not many choices comparing to other buffet places. Service is fine. read more

Hunan Chef - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The best Chinese buffet in Houston! Food is fresh and delicious! Restaurant is very clean!

I like this spot. It's smaller than the big Chinese buffet places, but they still have so much delicious classics to choose. Attentive staff also make the dining experience excellent. read more

Hunan Chef - It looks small, but it has plenty of variety and flavor here. All the classics are hot and ready. The staff is very attentive. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I love the food here, especially the moo goo gai pan, the sauce with the rice is so good, reason why I keep going back

I always have a really good experience going to Hunan Chef. The food is really good and the staff friendly.

I always enjoy ordering the sesame chicken is delicious, the fried rice is just fried no taste and I like there vegetables egg rolls I wish they sold meat egg rolls. The general Tso chicken is good too I wish it was a little spicy. read more

From the moment to seat you, to getting your drink and seeing the variety of food! It's not big but the food is so delicious ! Also the personnel is attentive and have a clean restaurant . read more

I went there today. The place looks nice not that many food options to eat here. The food wasn't filled with flavored. I recommend china bear near Ella Airtex. It's 10 times bigger and 10 times the flavor. I recommend it because it has a gift shop and many places to take pictures. And even better the price in China bear is cheaper $10 per paint person and I paid $33 in this human chef place and didn't get a great service . This place too small not enough space to get through and the tables were too close. The people kept bumping into me. read more

Don't know yet. I haven't visited since 2019. Getting food to go. They do not allow to go from buffet. Husband has visited recently. He said food and visit was excellent. read more

Sushi I had was spoiled. My bad for not smelling it first. Water isn't filtered. Tasted like chemicals. I may turn into a turtle after drinking it read more

I waited four and a half years before giving Hunan Chef another try. I am glad to say that my previous review has been completely proven wrong. I don't know what they did to increase their quality so much, but I am really glad they did. When I go to buffets, I like to sample a little of everything, so I'll literally grab one piece of every item. My visit here was no different. I can easily say that each bite was perfection. I couldn't stop myself from overindulging. I wouldn't be surprised if they tripled the amount of MSG in everything just because the food was so wonderful. I highly recommend the fried fish and the salt and pepper ribs. Those were my favorite. I think Hunan Chef has just become my new favorite Chinese buffet in Houston! I consider myself a connoisseur of cheap buffets, and I know a superstar when I taste it. Make a visit to Hunan Chef. You won't be disappointed! read more

Kids wanted a Chinese buffet so we went here based on the reviews. I mean a buffet is a buffet. Everything was clean but the real gem here was our waitress. She was so friendly, attentive and quick. read more

Always fresh and tasty, if something isn't they will bring it out to you upon request! Staff is lovely