Hunan Ranch - Austin

Hunan Ranch is one of my favorite restaurants in Austin, partly for convenience because it's very close to two relatives' homes, but mostly for the food and the service. We've been eating there for 4+ years. We are a fairly large group (7+ and we always have children. The folks at Hunan Ranch have always been extremely welcoming to us, commenting as the children grow and remembering our favorite dishes even. The restaurant is very clean and kid friendly. (Polished cement floors which I so prefer with kids over carpet that you know is gross no matter how often the vacuum it. There are chairs and booths and the tables pull out for larger people to sit in the booths. The menu features standard Chinese restaurant offerings no surprises here but everything is fresh and well made and generous. The servings are such that we regularly share an entree between two people and we leave full. If it's your first visit, keep this in mind. Some of our favorites are the Orange Beef, the Pan Fried Noodles and the Lo Mein but we have never had a bad dish here. The vegetables are always very fresh and perfectly prepared to retain flavor and slight crunch. The rice, both steamed and fried, is exactly as it should be. Service is attentive without being intrusive. Tea is constantly refilled, steamed rice replenished, dishes unobtrusively removed. Sometimes we linger when the conversation is lively and we have never felt pressure to leave (of course, our tip reflects that extra time. The bathrooms are clean and neat, too. This is our go to Chinese when the family gathers in Austin for all of the above reasons and they deliver!

We've ordered take out here several times. I've dined inside for lunch once. Comfortable large booths as well as tables inside. I almost always order the hot sour soup. Their hot sour soup is on the spicy side. Sometimes the hot sour soup is spot on. This past weekend, it was waaaay too sour!!! Hunan shrimp was tasty I really like the flavor of its sauce, cauliflower, and zuchinni in the stir fry. Their moo goo gai pan is loaded with veggies too light healthy tasting. With other Chinese restaurants, the veggies are cubed into small bite size pieces; here, veggies are regular size. We got brown rice with our meals instead of steamed rice or fried rice. Brown rice was cooked well. Dinner entrees come with an spring roll fortune cookie. Soup is extra if you want to add it to your order.

All the entrees I have had are very good. Sesame Chicken, Beef Broccoli and Orange Peel Chicken are good but the Firecracker Prawns are delicious. I order take-out about twice a month and one of my favorites is Pan Fried Noodles. The noodles have a slight char and the sauce is very good. The noodles come with shrimp chicken and beef. The vegetables include onion, carrots, mushrooms, Palm/bamboo and baby corn-on-the-cob. The few times I have dined in the service was good.

Came here while visiting Austin. There is free parking , no wait time and service was friendly and prompt. Wife enjoyed the hot and sour soup but the best was the chicken corn soup it was so delicious. We shared a fried egg roll same as others restaurants. Wife had the sesame chicken and got it spicy which is was. The chicken was tender and the fish was delicious. I tried the Mongolian beef, meat was very tender strips with onions and bell peppers which were fresh and crisp and not overly cooked. It was spicy as I kept drinking water lol but addictive. The fried rice was tender and helped with neutralize my palate from the hotness lol. Definitely recommend

We ordered the moo goo gai pan with Hunan sauce instead of white sauce..it was sooo good and fresh! My husband and I split one order and could barely finish it all! We will be back!