Big Hunan — Restaurant in Town of Cortlandville

I'm a bus driver in town for a tournament. My group was a banquet for dinner, they invited me but I couldn't leave the bus near enough to attend so I was on my own for dinner.

I come from downstate and Chinese food is a very popular in my area and family (I'm Italian and only Italian food is bigger than Chinese with us). So I gave this place a shot. There is a huge difference between downstate and upstate when it comes to foods, especially Chinese and Pizza, so I honestly was expecting much.

I order a Garlic Chicken Combo and Fried Dumplings. OK first the Dumplings: They did not taste at all like the FD I'm used to, however, that does not mean they were bad. In fact I found them to be quite good and enjoyed the difference. Next the chicken: OUTSTANDING! Very tasty and a very generous portion. And the egg rolls were very good as well. And for what would easily cost over $20 downstate I paid $16 and some change.

Also as noted by some other reviewers, some of the staff was said to be rude, but I found the 2 ladies working to be very friendly. Food was ready in under 20 minutes and was piping hot and fresh.

While I'm not a regular to the Cortland area I would come back here if I visited again and would recommend this...

For lack of a better way of putting it, this is the most different Chinese food in Cortland.

Most of the other Chinese places seem to all be pulling from the exact same recipes with very little difference from one restaurant to another. Hunan has more or less the same menu as everyone else, but their recipes seem to be either homegrown, or based on some different footprint.

The result of this is that there are some things I feel they're the absolute best in town for, like the hot and sour soup, while other things aren't my favorite like the Sesame Chicken, and still others are just a nice change of pace, like the boneless ribs (which seem to use a different cut than any other place, which is neither better nor worse IMO.)

I guess if you're eating at other Chinese places in Crotland and feel like some specific menu item is lacking, it can't hurt to try this place.

Also, I did hear that delivery can be slow with this restaurant, but can't confirm this since I always pick...

Ordered with their website and I made a typo, which they called me about a couple minutes after I placed the order. They asked for my correct address which I gave them and they said it would be about a half hour. Two hours later and 2 more phone calls and my order had yet to get to my house. The first time I called back after an hour and a half, they had to "look for" my order as it had been misplaced. They then told me it would be just a couple minutes and that it would be the first out the door. An hour later after 2.5 hours total I called and just cancelled. I did not get any explanation only a...