Hunan Star — Restaurant in Houston

This used to be a great Chinese Restaurant that for as long as I can remember enjoyed eating there or taken out. Both of my parents have passed but I can remember meeting them there to have dinner back in the 90's. Now the past several times I love gone there the food has been so bad I just left without eating. I didn't argue with the bill even though they agreed something didn't taste right. Then just over the Thanksgiving Holiday we decided to give it another shot knowing every place can have a bad day. This is what happened before we ordered our food we told the waitress that my son was highly allergic to both Chicken and Turkey meats and broth. My son ordered a son ton soup & we asked the waitress and Manager to please ask the cook if he used chicken broth. They said no chicken or Turkey but within 20minutes my son found himself violently throwing up from chicken broth. Here is the real kicker, the meal with the soup was $35.00 and they still charged us the full amount even though they agreed that they made a massive mistake by lying to me about asking the Cook if he used Chicken broth. I paid the bill and my son stayed sick for several hours after and really never got to eat. This is a restaurant I remember being so good and now the customer service and management are horrible. This is a restaurant I will never go or spend...

We tested our “go to” evening dishes to compare with other local restaurants and it was premium. The sweet n sour chicken was tender (not tough or stringy) with a lightly seasoned tempura batter and well balanced sweet n sour sauce. The generals chicken had a delightful crispy batter and a rich savory sauce with mild heat from jalapeño instead of red chilis. Steamed rice was perfect, not gummed nor dry with each grain fluffy. We also tested appetizers; His favorite was the fried wontons, ample cheese puffs with plenty of filling in a full sized crispy wonton. I liked their unique shrimp toast on a crustini bread with a tender spread of shrimp mixture and broiled to crisp the top. The egg rolls were cabbage and pork with stand-alone flavor though the hot mustard and sweet n sour sauce brought it all together. We also had the hot n sour soup and it had a great balance of heat for the mushrooms and vegetables. The wonton soup was our favorite with big tender beef wontons in a light vegetable broth. Everyone was polite and our server Joyce greeted us and was very accommodating and attentive throughout our dinner. We are going back again before 3pm to try more items at the...

Apart from sticky tables and stained cups, the food wad inedible. The protein I had ordered was so old and rancid that it made me sick after the first bite. None of the ingredients were fresh i.g. imitation garlic, frozen soggy veggies, etc. My tea was made with tap water and the plain steamed rice was so salty, it was as if they’d cooked it in a brine. We didn’t bother complaining as we planned on just not coming back, but when they asked why we didn’t want a to-go box (several times) we told them it was too salty and they just shrugged it off. Nothing was comped and no apology given. The taste of that pork is still with me and I feel the bathroom calling my name.TLDR, not clean, rancid food, salt and imitation garlic are the only flavors, rude staff, and impending diarrheal doom. Don’t recommend...