Hunan Bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in Davis

Hunan is the best, most reliable restaurant in Davis and I'll explain why.

DISCLAIMER: I have eaten at Hunan at least 100 times in my time attending UC Davis and have only tried 2 different meals, the General Tso Chicken lunch special and the Walnut Chicken lunch special.

Allow me to paint a picture for you - you wake up on a Friday morning, probably hungover from whatever college party or bar theme night you graced with your presence last night, wearily trying to connect the dots between blurry memories and drunk texts. Your body hurts and your stomach is screaming to be fed, but cooking seems like a lot of effort without the willpower to back it up.

A thought sparks up in the back of your mind... "Hunan?"

You send out a group text to all of the homies with just that one word.

In about half an hour, everyone who is feeling the exact same way you are stumbles into the restaurant. No need to look at the menu, as soon as you sit down you tell the waiter what your preferred lunch special item is and your food is on the table in less than 5 minutes.

The lunch special: a steaming hot plate of rice, noodles, meat and/or veggies with a soup or salad on the side for about $7. More food than any person should justifiably eat in one sitting unless they are a bodybuilder or perhaps a sumo wrestler. And you get unlimited Chinese tea included on your table. And don't forget about the orange slice, the cheese wonton, and the fortune cookies. In a time where you can always expect to dish out over $10 for any given meal, this is a bargain and a half.

That's what Hunan is. Cheap, fast, reliable, plentiful, delicious.

It's a holy grail for many students on weekday "mornings" from 11am - 3pm.

There are some negatives. I've been charged anywhere from under $7 to over $8 for the same meal various times but I never say anything. I've had more enthusiastic service at the DMV. The bathroom is always dirty. But you don't come here for the atmosphere, you come here to stuff your face with delicious, fatty Chinese food and laugh about the previous night's escapades with the bros.

All in all, I can't give Hunan anything other than a gleaming 5 out of 5 stars. Best...

I wouldn't eat here since i value my health. Read the below article- the owner cannot prevent food poisoning. It's the minimum of food business. $100,000 fine for restaurant accused of poisoning UC Davis students

Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 14, 2020 at 12:15 pm | UPDATED: January 15, 2020 at 4:17 am

An unlicensed restaurant that allegedly sickened its customers has agreed to shut down and pay a fine of more than $100,000, the Yolo County district attorney’s office announced Monday.

Anna’s Kitchen delivered Chinese food, primarily to Chinese students at the University of California, Davis.

After “multiple complaints” from UC students who had become ill after eating Anna’s Kitchen food, Yolo County health inspectors investigated the business and its owner, Xin Jiang.

“The investigation revealed that Mr. Jiang did not have a permit to operate a food facility in Yolo County, and had repeatedly delivered hundreds of meals that had not been kept properly hot or cold for extended periods of time,” the district attorney’s press release said. Such lapses increase the risk of food poisoning

Under a settlement approved last month, Jiang is to pay $106,997 in costs and penalties. An additional penalty of $90,000 will be imposed if he is discovered to be operating any food service without a valid permit.

Jiang had advertised his business on WeChat, a messaging and social media app with more than a billion users, most of them Chinese.

Any former customer who has a balance on an Anna’s Kitchen “VIP card” can get a cash refund or credit at Hunan Bar & Restaurant in Davis, the district attorney’s...

I only order from the American menu, so that’s all I can speak to. I’ve liked every dish I’ve gotten: broccoli beef, general chicken, Kung Pao chicken, pepper beef, cashew chicken, and lots more. All of their appetizers are great, but the crab wontons, egg rolls, and hot and sour soup (my fav!) are our usuals. We’ve tried different take out places during COVID, and Hunan is still our favorite.

The lunch special is only rivaled by Yeti (also in downtown Davis) in term or price, volume of food, and taste. Post-lunch food coma guaranteed, so order at your own risk.

Don’t expect much in terms of table service. They leave a pitcher of water at your table and bring the food. That’s about it. I know that going in and adjust my tip and expectations accordingly. Though, if you go semi-regularly, they will learn who you are and get a little more chatty. One of the gentlemen remembers my order even if I haven’t gone in months and always pokes fun at my husband and tells him he can’t have any...