Hunan Manor — Restaurant in Virginia

Growing up in Hollin Hall, Hunan Manor was always a family favorite. They were always so nice, fast, always appeased my childhood requests for extra baby carrots (and later in life extra mushrooms) in my chicken with mixed vegetables — not to mention the food was really good! I didn’t realize how good we had it in Hollin Hall until I moved to NE DC a couple years ago and I’m still in search of a take out Chinese place that compares. So needless to say, I’ve always loved Hunan Manor, but my experience tonight takes the cake and makes me love them more. Tonight my parents and I ordered around 7pm, after an hour or so of waiting for their normally fast service we decided to give a call to get an update. The lady answered the phone and said the driver was on his way. Knowing that many are calling for support of AAPI run businesses this weekend and that Hunan Manor was maybe busy because of that and normal Saturday night craziness, we waited. About 30 minutes later we called again. Turns out, they delivered our food to the wrong address. About 5 minutes after the mishap was discovered, I saw a car pull up outside of the house, I figured out food was here. Nope, turns out that nice lady who normally runs the front counter came and started KNOCKING ON MY NEIGHBOR’S DOOR. Talk about going above and beyond. Shortly after this happened a delivery man arrived with some piping hot food and was super apologetic. The neighbor never answered the door, but the fact that they came to question the neighbor about the food had us all laughing and made me love Hunan Manor even more. Thanks for being a staple for the neighborhood Hunan Manor team and please open a second...

This has been our go to place for years. This afternoon was a bit disappointing but, I believe that is due to my forgetting that the General Tso's hadn't ever been that spicy at this location. Not a bad thing, however, the spicy is what I personally crave.

I will say, this was our first time ordering online. The owner called me because my address was a 20 min drive away and she wanted to make sure I didn't place an order at the wrong place. I appreciated the care she put into her customers to actually ask that question. That alone would give this place 5 stars every time

This afternoon we tried a number of new dishes in preparation for this review:

Lobster lo mein: strong seafood scent and flavor. Wasn't terrible, but would fill a seafood craving: 7/10

Spicy Tangy Dumplings Szechuan Style: just dumplings hanging out in chili oil. Never spicy enough, flavor was good though: 8/10

Pork with Garlic Sauce: garlic...bout it. 6/10

Pork Peking Style: the main reason I took pictures, Google made it seem like the crispy skin was a factor. This is absolutely not the case. Flavor was fine, my own expectations got in the way so I'll...

I honestly don't know how they have 4 stars. I ordered orange chicken and wontons. Both tasted like they were day old and reheated. You know how Chinese food is when reheated, chewy and tasteless. The only thing fresh was my fortune cookie and rice. I also asked to use the bathroom and they told me it was in use... The entire time I sat waiting for my food it apparently was in use. They would have been better off telling me they didn't have a bathroom for public use. The lady however was nice and addressed me by name. That's why I have 4 stars for service, minus one for the bathroom lie. I'm sorry but Chinese food should always be served fresh that day, not from the...