Hunan Village - Oakland

This is our go-to Chinese restaurant and we've never had a bad meal. (And for to go orders, if you can't find parking, you can call in and they'll bring your order out to your car. Today it was sizzling rice soup (my oldest's favorite , salt and pepper fish (my favorite , sesame chicken, beef with string bean, and chicken chow mein. My only mistake was asking for the green beans to not be spicy. My mistake and one that I won't make again.

They were apart of my Chinese Food Christmas Buffet... it was delicious

If you don’t want MSGs added just tell them when you order and they can leave out of all items. I can definitely taste none. I feel like I can trust this restaurant and that means I’d come back. No MSG makes the food a bit blander, but more natural , and better for me than the experience of MSGs where it plays with my satiety, I can’t stop eating, feel like I need to eat more food after I’ve eaten all the food, and just feel sick in my body after the whole experience.

Hunan Village is an institution on Grand Ave. They’ve been serving delicious, generously portioned Chinese food for decades and still manage to keep their quality up. We regularly order too much food and take it to-go to eat for days after. During the pandemic, takeout orders have been simple and made our Chinese food takeout dinners so much easier. Our typical dishes include: fish broccoli, salt n pepper fish or tofu, braised tofu, sizzling rice soup, vegetarian pot stickers, shrimp fried rice or chow mein, crispy noodles, mushu pork, sautéed spinach, and sometimes honey walnut prawns. Definitely do not sleep on the dry fried chicken wings. Best in town.

A cozy little restaurant for tasty food without a long wait (I've eaten here before a movie and still made it on time for the show). I enjoy their oolong teapot tea served with every meal, and I love their variety of shrimp dishes like Sweet Sour Shrimp and Salt Pepper Shrimp with chili pods. It's great having so many tasty and spicy options on the menu. My father also enjoys their beef and noodle dishes. The one thing I'd critique is that you can't order the tea without ordering a meal.