Epic spot. Easily the best lo mein in town. This tiny, 3-meter hole-in-the-wall on River Rd is proof that you don't need a fancy dining room to serve legendary food. Their lo mein is a work of art -- rich, savory, and consistently amazing. It's the ultimate local go-to. If you know, you know. read more

Hunan Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Bethesda, Maryland

Food still mid and the containers have gotten smaller for the main entrees... Less food and more money... Over $100 for my last order. Fast and friendly service, but now that they have changed to smaller packaging, I probably will only get this once every 3-6 months as opposed to once a month treat. read more

The food is absolutely bland. Don't waste your money here!!! Fried rice is old. I will order from here again read more

Hunan Kitchen - Wonton Soup. This was a big wonton wrapper with a tiny amount of filling. - Chinese Near Me - Bethesda, Maryland

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I've been getting Chinese takeout from Hunan Kitchen on and off for over 15 years. It's always been my go-to for delicious, reliable, and affordable Chinese food in Bethesda. Every time I'd return after a break, I'd be reminded why I kept coming back: great flavors without breaking the bank. And to be fair, outside of the Sweet & Sour Chicken being a bit "mushy" on my last visit, everything else in my past orders has always been spot-on. But, after my most recent experience? I can honestly say I am never, ever going back. After seeing their usual menu online (the same link I've used for years), I put together an order for my family: roughly $60.00 worth of food based on what their prices had always been. I called to request delivery, only to be told I lived "too far," which..well, I've lived in this exact part of Bethesda my entire life, and they've delivered to me many times before. Totally fine. It was a nice day, and I didn't mind picking it up. When I called back to place the carry-out order, they didn't give me a total, didn't ask for a name, and just said, "Okay, done soon," before hanging up. Odd, but okay. My son and I drove over, only to find out they hadn't even started the order - something that has never once happened in the 15+ years I've been a customer. I was told it would be another 20-25 minutes. Again, strange - but I waited. Then came the total: $88.78. Yes, you read that right. At first, I laughed because I genuinely thought it had to be a mistake. It wasn't. Somehow, in the span of a few weeks, their prices jumped by what felt like a full third. When I politely asked about the sudden increase, the woman at the counter smiled, giggled, and looked at me like my irritation was the best entertainment she'd had all day. Her tone, her expression - the entire interaction felt intentionally mocking. Later on, another younger woman even joined in! I kept my cool, waited for the food, grabbed the sauces I needed, and left. But, I left furious: not just because of the price, but because of how I was treated after being a loyal customer for more than a decade. Bottom line? Great food for many years, no doubt! But after this experience of price hikes, rudeness, and being openly mocked by the staff? 0/10: I won't ever be returning to Hunan Kichen again. read more

I ordered the fried rice with shrimp, and it was honestly terrible. $15 for this is not worth it at all. The rice was overly greasy and completely lacking in flavor. On top of that, it was full of huge chunks of onion that overwhelmed the dish and made it unpleasant to eat. Overall, it felt poorly prepared and careless. I would not come back. read more

It's ok if you in a rush, don't let the lack of decor scare you off as it did me a few times until I finally got the courage to order shrimp fried rice, I can see the cook whipping it up and that's the only reason I tried it. Oh and no surprise it's zero heat in the winter time like majority Carryout Chinese food read more

Reasonably priced Americanized Chinese comfort food The veggie spring rolls were surprisingly good read more

Excellent food. Reliable delivery. We've been using Hunan Kitchen for many years. It's our first choice for Chinese cuisine.

The sweet and sour chicken was the normal fast food Chinese variety with a reasonable portion size for the lunch price. Strangely the Vegetable egg roll appears to have ground pork in it. Not a problem for omnivores, but peculiar given the name. The fried rice was really just rice with a little egg mixed in. read more

Hunan Kitchen - Sweet & Sour Chicken lunch portion - Chinese Near Me - Bethesda, Maryland

Inconsistent, they must have several different people doing the cooking on certain days. Like the egg rolls but the Kung Pao chicken is disgusting, sticky with cornstarch, fatty, and flavorless. Moo shu chicken is okay, as is beef with broccoli. Sometimes it's good, sometimes awful. So disappointing. Need to drive to Rockville, I guess! read more

we order from here frequently. The food is consistently good. It is delivered very quickly and is always hot when we get it. just good, solid, consistent experience. yes, you can order directly from them. their drivers are pleasant and quick. read more

Unfortunately, as with most Americanized Asian places, they are not competing with other Asian restaurants/carry-outs, so they give the formula fast food ethnic "cuisine". The sauce in the Spicy Eight Treasures cannot be cherished, with too much sugar, some chemical tasting flavor, and limited spiciness, thinned out with water and stretched in texture with corn starch that probably came from a jar. I was glad to see they had a fresh button mushroom, but I would have been thrilled if they gave me 4. I'm sure they don't bring the leftovers home. NOTE: Back in the day, Chinese food was considered some of the healthiest ethnic cuisines out there (except for the MSG), even the Americanized version. With America's obsession of larger portions and sweetenings of foods, it is a shame Chinese carryouts followed it, instead of staying to their cultural and culinary standards and simply saying, "hey, this is how we eat, and if you wish to enjoy it, we're happy you will join us." But they, or their suppliers followed the bend to nutritional hell for us and said, "it's America". read more

First time ordering from this place on Uber eats. Boy did I wish I knew I could order direct. Best Chinese food in Bethesda! Easy delivery, perfect egg rolls. The chicken and broccoli was absolutely perfect excited to order again from them soon!!! read more

Love this place! We go a couple times a month and the food is consistently good. The service is quick and friendly. The have a whole vegan section in their menu which is pretty amazing. Our family has been vegan a long time and the kids love the vegetarian (really means vegan) sesame chicken, veggie orange , veggie general tso's chicken. We get the veggie fried rice without egg. They've never mistaken an order and we've been ordering for years. It's always a good, quick option when we don't feel like cooking. Which is often read more

Needs updating inside. The food was all bland. I got the steamed dumplings and had zero flavor. The chicken with black bean sauce was disgusting and it did not look like black bean sauce. It had a handful of black beans in it. Very disappointed and will not be returning. read more

Hunan Kitchen - Chicken with Black Bean Sauce - Chinese Near Me - Bethesda, Maryland

I've ordered before but this time, something went wrong. 4 people wouldn't eat this, it wasn't just me. Disappointed, waste of money read more

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They increase the price of fried rice and start to use a smaller bowl with less amount, assuming no one will note, it's not worth it anymore, time to find another Chinese food this one is overpriced. The white bowl is much smaller than the previous black bowl for $11; no thank you. read more

I have been coming here for about 7 years and it's always hit or miss. I usually stick to beef entrees and sometimes it's very tender and tasty and others inedible. I don't know why but I assume it's the quality of meat they use. I love their appetizers and could make a meal of them and sometimes do when the entree is poor. I am admittedly a picky eater and would pay more for higher quality meat. read more

We order here once or twice a month. Their chicken dishes use thigh meat for those who care as chicken breast can be very dry. Delivery is quick too but we generally pick up and hit up whole foods next door. Most places will take close to an hr for delivery but they've always been in under 30 min. Always polite and very busy. need to know what you're ordering beforehand as u can hear all that's going on in the background with other ppl calling in and ordering in person. It's not super healthy but decent for a quick weekday lunch. i stick to the veggies and tofu dishes. Most are not spicy even if they say spicy. My one year old can handle it so it's definitely not spicy. The place is always packed with people when i go pick up but never had to wait more than 5 min. The whole foods parking lot of a pain all the time but it's something you learn to live with. read more

The service was really good! The food was amazing good price for 2dishes and two apps! I got the lomain and moo shu pork it was so good! I can't wait to have a great meal again from this restaurant read more

We live close enough (less 2 miles) so the food is always piping hot. Lo Mein, chicken cashew, chow fun, fried rice are all good but jumbo shrimp with honey sauce and sesame chicken are the best. read more

This place is horrible. Do not go here. They've messed up our order almost every single time we've come here. The lady on the phone always rushes you and she's so mean. They messed up our order again and my boyfriend was too scared to go in and ask them to correct it because he was afraid of getting yelled at by the lady that works there. We're on a specific diet so we had asked for no rice and extra broccoli but instead they gave us barely any chicken and broccoli and extra rice. When I called to tell them the lady told me to "eat around the rice." We paid $37 for a meal we can only eat half of. Absolutely ridiculous. read more

The cashier is rude and added an extra order I did not want. When I asked why she charged me a little of money she said that she "asked" me if I wanted two when she clearly did not. Angrily, she asked for my credit card back and now I have to wait 3 days. Horrible business practices and rude is what I took away. read more

Hunan Kitchen is my favorite carry out Chinese restaurant. I have been a customer since it first opened. I love the Hunan Kitchen soup for 2. It's healthy and always fresh. I've never been disappointed by any entree I've ordered there. I prefer the food over some in-house dining restaurants. Cheryl M. read more

The one star doesn't have to do with the food. It's tasty, but I won't eat here again. Let me explain: I went online and looked at their lunch menu, called and placed the order. When I arrived at the restaurant to pick it up, the cost was higher than I anticipated. When I asked the woman behind the counter, she said the prices online were out of date and that the manager hasn't updated them. Telling her that isn't my problem and that they need to honor the online price, she refused. I asked to see the manager and she said he wasn't around. I asked for his name so I could contact him later and she refused to give it to me. I told her I hated to give them a bad review but that this was fraud and she wasn't giving good customer service. She said she could care less. No business is worth this kind of shoddy treatment. There are a number of other Chinese restaurants in this area who do value the customer. Mei Wah is a great one right up the road. I will give my business to them going forward. This restaurant clearly doesn't care about its customers. Disgusting. read more

A typical hole-in-the-wall Chinese place, perfect for self-destructive whims. Complete with sun-faded pictures of their food in the windows and above the counter. This is a perfect junk food place, though. Every time I ate here for lunch, I would fall happily into a semi-conscious state for the rest of the afternoon. The interior is less than bare bones, but I still always chose to eat there, at one of their rickety plastic tables. Mmm. Everyone has probably eaten at a place like this before. Hunan Kitchen is a good Plan B for when Ledo's is overcrowded. read more

Three things redeem this place: 1. it is a no frills Chinese restaurant, and if that is what you want, and you are here , then you should be happy. 2. It amuses me greatly when I am coming out of the Whole Foods next door to scream "Noooo - a Human Kitchen! these people are cooking humans - somebody call the cops" When my boys were 9 they loved it, now they are 11 it is just another example of embarrassing sad sack Dad-ness....which makes me do it all the more..... 3. cheap and cheerful Chinese - i have bumped it up an extra star......it is what it is.... read more

This is not a place to go for a fancy meal, but the food is really good, the portions are large, they don't take forever to get it ready (or deliver it if you go that way), and it is not overly expensive. Usually spend about $15 on two meals and an order of crab rangoon (with lots of crab meat) and my wife and I can make two meals out of it easily. The only complaint I can come up with is that it is sometimes much better than others. At times it is incredible, and every once in awhile it will be just pretty good. Never bad though. would recommend for sure. read more

I've gotten take-out from Hunan Kitchen approximately 30,000 times over the years. It's one of the few phone numbers I actually have memorized. For me, it's all about the General Tso's chicken (pretty much goes for orange and sesame chicken as well). After trying the general's chicken all across this great land of ours, I consider myself a General Tso's connoisseur. Without a doubt, Hunan Kitchen does it best. The meat to breading ratio is perfect. It's not too crispy or too soft. The sauce is flavorful but not overly sweet. There are plenty of chilies if you want to spice it up, but the base is pretty mild. There are even chunks of green onion in there. The other items are fair to good, though, to be honest, I normally just have tastes when other people get them. I just can't not get the General Tso's. read more

This is my very first review on Yelp and I have to say that it is well worth the time. For the past 6 months I struggled finding a decent takeout place in DC, never thinking of my own backyard. I ordered very basic food: the chicken fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, and an egg roll - It was absolutely delicious!! Best takeout I've had in a while. The rice came packed with generous portions of vegetables and chicken, the breaded chicken was tasty, and the sweet and sour sauce was not watered-down but thick and sweet - perfection! Also, it is worth noting that the delivery and phone staff were extremely friendly and polite! I felt bad that I couldn't tip enough on this first order but I will certainly make up for it on my next call. I encourage you to try this place out. Hunan City will be my go-to takeout for the rest of the semester. read more

I was terribly disappointed. I ordered quite a bit. I was excited to be treating myself to Chinese food since it had been awhile. The crab ragoon, the outer part was not fresh, tasted as tho it had been warmed over more than once, added bonus, the sauce that came in the bag was the wrong sauce. Moo Goo Gai Pan it's supposed to be in garlic sauce. There was nothing saucy about it. It was so watery. The portion was good but it was also flavorless. $9.00 for this Lunch special. And $9.00 for my Over cooked shrimp in lobster sauce. Again good amount of shrimp but they were definitely overcooked. I dunno how u can mess up shrimp but apparently it's possible. Gone are the days of any added extras with ur lunch special, not even a choice of rice, no "free" soda, tea, egg roll, nothing. My meal was just shy of $30. FYI. read more

This is one of my most favorite places to get Chinese food. I love hole in the wall type of places because they are often better then big restaurants. While this is not a sit down place, it has food that is better then most fancy restaurants. Very friendly staff that remembers you on your return visit. Excellent foodie choices and my favorite is Singapore Style Noodles. I recommend this place when you simply want to grab some carry out and watch a movie at home. Single orders are so big that 2 to 3 people can share them and With every order you get box of white rice and fortune cookies. I'm yet to be disappointed by this place. read more

Hunan Kitchen - Singapore Style Noodles with Sesame Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Bethesda, Maryland

We just moved to Bethesda and have been trying every single place that delivers. We have tried Mayflower, City Lights, North china, and more. I was so happy to find Hunan Kitchen. They were not rude on the phone like others and they actually listened to what I wanted in my order - SPICE. I asked for extra spicy and I got it. Thank goodness for this restaurant and for their excellent service. Make sure you ask for extra black bean sauce if you ask for the Shrimp with Black Bean. Also, everything was extremely fresh. read more

All of my coworkers live and die for this Chinese restaurant. I'm more on the die side. The people who work there are amazing and the service is great. My issue is with the meat. I've always been fussy about texture and gristle. Chinese food for me can be a battle. If those aren't issues for you, you will probably love the place. Everyone around me can't get enough. So I ordered chicken since chicken is pretty safe but the pieces looked strange, definitely not breast meat. Not sure what kind of meat to be honest. One piece looked like it had tentacles lol! I tried the tofu and it also wasn't my favorite. My tummy felt funny afterwards. Just a warning to all those other fussy people out there. All 6 of us. read more

This place isn't as bad as some of the reviews are stating. I eat here almost every week because I work in the area. It is definitely NOT expensive and the portions are huge. For lunch anyway, the portions are probably too big as I usually want to take a nap after consuming more than I probably should. It's correct that there are different owners, but it seems to be still family run, they are friendly, and all of the main dishes are always made fresh to order. Only a person unfamiliar with Chinese food would make such an absurd statement that the food is not prepared fresh to order. Since the change in ownership, some dishes are better than before and there are a few that aren't quite as good. Consistency in Asian restaurants is always a challenge it seems, but I haven't had anything that has been terrible. All of the changes has not discouraged me from going there with my co-workers every week. read more

There food taste weird . Specially beef taste like old and sitting there for long time.

Love this place. They always get our orders right, service is speedy and courteous, and the food is really good. The sesame chicken, orange chicken, and general tso's chicken are all pretty good. Every entree comes with white rice that you can substitute for fried rice for free. This is gonna sound crazy but their fried rice is delicious. read more

Delicious food, They use authentic noodles! Big shrimps.

Hunan Kitchen is one of my go places because its conveniently near me and they deliver. We ordered the chicken with black bean sauce, which was good as usual, and the vegetarian fried rice, which was a bit underwhelming. read more

Very good food. We ordered the shrimp soup, chicken and broccoli and General Tso's Chicken dishes. Delicious!