Szechuan Hunan Chinese Restaurant

We have had trouble finding a go-​to Chinese place for a night when you just want take-​out and sweatpants. This place is perfect for what we wanted. Our staples are the general tso’s chicken, fried rice (we’ve had the pork, veggie, and shrimp) and egg rolls. Yum!

Good, traditional chinese food with fast delivery.

Frankly, the only reason I order from Szechuan Hunan Chinese is because it is so close. The pricing is about average but the food is below average. I love hot and sour soup but I have been so disappointed by the quality of the soup here I no longer order the food. I recently ordered Kung Pao chicken and it had way more peanuts than anything else. I felt like I ordered peanuts with a few pieces of chicken mixed in. Typically, I order the general tso’s chicken — which is a standard at American Chinese restaurants. This is also pretty decent with a good amount of chicken. Also, the food is always made very quickly which I think is sometimes obvious given the quality of the food. Other than the hot and sour soup, the food is never bad but never really that great either.

Great spot for Chinese food! They offer online ordering through Eat24 and free delivery.
First of all, my food was at my doorstep in 15 minutes, and the delivery guy showed up on a bicycle in the pouring rain. Great service.
They offer a bunch of entrée combos for less than $ 10.
Chicken with Cashew:
For $ 9.25 it came with pork fried rice and an egg roll. Everything showed up nice and hot with lots of sauces and utensils. Portions were huge. The chicken and cashew was really flavorful with lots of crunchy veggies (although I think they went a little overboard on the celery).
Noodles with Bean Sauce:
I’ve never had this before, and I needed to hit $ 12 for delivery. It was basically lomein noodles with what I assumed to be a bean sauce. There were chunks of meat (prob pork?), but I didn’t see any beans. And it didn’t taste like beans. But, beans or no beans, it was pretty good.

Hit or miss. wok was the same way. when theyre on, theyre good. When theyre off, it knocks ya out the chinese mood for a while. Theyve been good of late tho.

FINALLY a Chinese place in the city i can say i actually love. The food here is on point. You can order online (minimum $ 15 for delivery). I ordered the general tso’s chicken combo (enough for 2 people) and a small beef with vegetables. Everything was delicious. The chicken was crunchy and NOT soggy. The rice was perfect.
I love how they give you complimentary hot oil. I mean who does that? NO ONE! thank you so much! They also give you plenty of sauce packets as well.
Order to door? 25 minutes. From now on they will be my go to spot. YES!

Got some take out and was expecting the food to not be so great based on the reviews but the food was great. Large portions for the cheap price, it’s a great place to get some cheap take out. I was the only one in the restaurant but that didn’t phase me. I got the fried rice and fried pork dumplings. The rice was not greasy, maybe a little too fried but I didn’t mind it. The pork dumplings were delicious and cooked well. Over all, I was impressed and will definitely going to order from here again.

Big fan of these guys — I feel like their food is more flavorful than the comparable dishes I’ve ordered from other local Chinese takeout/​delivery places and they’re almost always open the latest. Otherwise it’s reliable, standard fare. Would recommend.

I ordered two chicken dishes for take out, and one of them had raw chicken — I had to throw it all away, it was horrible.

Mediocre at best, even for cheap chinese food.
The pork fried rice tasted old, if not reheated, and the general tsao’s left me feeling bloated and greasy.

Called in an order for vegetable lo-​mein and a beef/​broccoli entrée. They did a superb job of wrapping up the food in fancy containers, handed to us over their counter with sweet smiles.
Got home, had to slather some Siracha on it and it still tasted mediocre. Although there is something to be said about how generous they are with their portion sizes and ingredients were generous too. In the end however, the taste wasn’t just what I had hoped for.

Not a fan. We were really excited to try a neighborhood chinese takeout– especially since we LOVE Szechuan. Our first and only try was in the form of some late-​night takeout from here– we tried General Tso’s, Chicken in Garlic Sauce, and some Fried Rice.
All of the food was extremely bland, including both chicken dishes which is surprising coming from a Szechuan restaurant (which I guess this isn’t). Greasy, flavorless, bland chinese food just isn’t worth the calories!

This is my favorite place in the city for Chinese take out or delivery. If you are picking up it typically is 15−20min. How the manage to cook it in such a short time scares me but it is always delicious.
When I order from here I get the typical take out. Fried rice, loman, wonton soup. It always comes hot and delicious.

Good, consistent, standard Chinese fare that’s a bit less greasy and salty than usual. Also no MSG which is a nice plus.
They recently changed cooks or recipes. The garlic sauce and the hot and sour soup have gotten a little worse, the lo mein’s gotten significantly better.
I like the deep-​fried chicken wings here too.

I had the sesame chicken and general tso’s and they were both not that good at all. The sesame chicken was worse… it was so dry almost like jerky with this disgusting fried batter. I felt like a dog gnawing on pigs ear, woof! The general tso was better but not by much. The pieces of chicken were basically swimming in the insane amount of sauce it came in. And both orders didn’t have enough veggies. Rice looked like poo; I didn’t even touch it. I would not recommend this place.

This place is my go-​to Chinese takeout restaurant… not only because its close but because the food is good.
They make some of the best chicken and broccoli I’ve had, but maybe it is more to do with the garlic sauce I smother my food with. Their pad thai isn’t bad, but not as good as some of the local Thai places, which is understandable.
My only issue is that I ordered delivery once and it took a while. I also had to hand over my credit card so that the guy could make a copy of the number even though I already paid online. This seemed a little strange to me, but I don’t order delivery often enough to judge.

AWFUL! This Chinese food was the equivalent of dog food… After trying multiple dishes– nothing was close to edible. Delivery took an hour when they quoted me 30 – 45 minutes. My order was messed up and I was overcharged.
Prices are cheap but not worth it when every dish was either overcooked or under seasoned.
Go somewhere else– I wish I had

Ok, ok, ok, ok… writing a review of a Chinese take-​away restaurant can be a daunting undertaking, much the way writing on McDonald’s can be. I don’t mean that every Chinese food establishment is comprised of mostly horrible food that one only eats when completely starving and needs something familiar with which to calm the fury of missing a meal on an otherwise crappy day. I just mean, many, many, many, many Chinese (I use the term liberally as I understand there is a difference between Cantonese and Szechuan food), offer similar items as found on menus across the country and are of similar quality. In fact, I will go so far as to say most Asian cuisine restaurants serve similarly prepared food stuffs. Like what, you ask? Like: General Tso chicken, beef and broccoli, sweet and sour pork, steamed dumplings, phad thai, phở, won ton soup, etc etc etc.
Very few Asian cuisine restaurants create a lasting memory, for me at least. I’ve eaten mounds of noodles, boiled beef, dumplings, fried chicken, water chestnuts, and and and… like most red blooded Americans. And since most of that food all tasted roughly the same, I’ve created a new metric by which I appraise Asian food establishments. Sushi is a graded system all by itself, though. For Asian restaurants, I look for service, what’s available off menu, fried rice and dumplings.
For Szechuan Hunan, I’m giving a good 4 stars. They are close to my apartment and are the preferred late evening Chinese take away for me and my girl. I give them the extra star for service. Not only are all the employees as friendly as can be, especially when you try and fail miserably to speak some Chinese with them, they are fast and willing to make you anything you want, Chinese style. I went in looking for some type of noodle bowl at lunch. There wasn’t anything on the lunch menu like that, so I asked the waiter and he ran down all the ingredients I could have in the bowl. He asked what kind of noodles, meat, and veggies. The man could have simply said, «Yo, what you sees, is whats I got.» But he didn’t. And I enjoyed the best bowl of noodles in broth I’ve had in an age.
My girl got the vegetable fried rice. Another metric of mine. It did not taste like rice thrown into a wok with soy sauce. Even though that’s what it was. There was no mush or too much crisp and it was not overly soy-​sauce-​y. The vegetables were crisp and fresh. A solid rating for what is usually bland and generic.
Having already written about what makes this place 4 stars in my eyes (great service, food options, great fried rice), I’ll say why it’s not 5 stars. Yes, the interior looks like every other generic Asian restaurant: Oriental decorations, Chinese zodiac on everything, a dragon here, a dragon there, the smell of soy sauce and Lysol, and a television playing some Asian TV show sub-​titled in what I assume to be Chinese. All that considered, it was the dumplings. I’ve had real, fresh, handmade dumplings. They are the ever illusive Beatles «Yesterday and Today» album covers: I know they exist, but I can never seem to find them. Unfortunately, they don’t exist at Szechuan Hunan either.
To end this too long review, I give this place 4 stars. Mostly because I gave them a chance and they delivered.

Staff were really sweet here, bringing us water as we sat and waited. Although they managed not to notice our order sitting on the side for about 5 minutes until we asked about it!
Food was tasty — sesame chicken came with barely cooked broccoli which I love. Side of beans was actually enormous and really yummy. I assume garlic and butter were involved.
Good local joint for Chinese take out, although not worth travelling for. I’d also say it’s a shade on the expensive side, although portions are generous.

FINALLY! After slowly and painfully learning that all chinese take-​out places in Center City basically offer the same sub-​par crap… alas, Szechuan Hunan left me slightly impressed.
I ordered General Tso’s and scallion pancakes. There was wayyy much more chicken than broccoli, and most importantly, it was quality chicken. I didn’t find myself pulling pieces of fat or other stuff I didn’t want to know about out of my mouth. The chicken was notably crispy too– so I could tell it was fresh and wasn’t precooked and sitting out on the counter waiting for a quick re-​heat. As far as the overall size of the portion– going in I was pretty hungry… now I’m stuffed but still have about half left over.
I called in the order, the person spoke English and everyone was friendly when I went to pick it up.
In reality, this meal alone coupled with the dire take-​out scene in Center City kind of warranted 5 stars here… but I’ll leave it at 4.5, though I highly, highly recommend it if you want some great Generals.