Hunan Taste

Great food. Friendly staff. Good quality and value. Hey. Come on, it's a Chinese restaurant on 4th Street. So it's just like that. Just fine and perfect for lunch or for dinner or picking up food to go

I've been eating at Hunan Taste for 30 years and they never disappoint. They make what I feel is the best Hunan style food in San Jose.

Great food and great service!

My favorite is the hot an sour soup which is filled with lots of stuff - including tons of tofu. Because of newish gut issues I request it half-spicy, But you go for "spicy"!

Outstanding food and service for such a small place! Love their onion cakes (no one makes a lighter, airier one!), garlic chicken (both non-spicy), Hot and sour beef and harvest pork (both spicy). Very friendly staff and owner — always willing to accommodate special requests. Highly recommended!

Best Chinese food ever. We’ve been going here for 30+ years and the quality has remained exceptional. The meat pie and onion cake are so yummy. We’ve tried almost everything and you can’t go wrong with anything you order. Francis, the owner, is kind and welcoming and the service is great. And prices are very reasonable. Also, they have many vegan options, which my daughter and son in law loved! All diets welcome. Must go.

I’m a big fan of Chinese cuisine. Everything was incredibly delicious.

When they spicy, they mean it. Everything here is wonderful, been eating here for 29 years.

Cydney George-Abatecola

Great food and great service!

rone

When they spicy, they mean it. Everything here is wonderful, been eating here for 29 years.

Annette Antone

Food and service is always great!

Joanne Hiratsuka Petersen

Outstanding food and service for such a small place! Love their onion cakes (no one makes a lighter, airier one!), garlic chicken (both non-spicy), Hot and sour beef and harvest pork (both spicy). Very friendly staff and owner — always willing to accommodate special requests. Highly recommended!

Penny Polayes

Best Chinese food ever. We’ve been going here for 30+ years and the quality has remained exceptional. The meat pie and onion cake are so yummy. We’ve tried almost everything and you can’t go wrong with anything you order. Francis, the owner, is kind and welcoming and the service is great. And prices are very reasonable. Also, they have many vegan options, which my daughter and son in law loved! All diets welcome. Must go.

Susan Richartz

The onion cake is to die for... I have been going to Hunan Taste since it was on Kearny Street in San Francisco. It is absolutely my favorite restaurant.

Frank Baldevarona

If you want deliciius Chines food in a quaint restaurant, Hunan Taste is for you. We have been going there since 1989 and the food has been consistently great. The food can be served as mild or as spicy as you want and the don’t use MSG.

Paula Burkley-Ibonie

Okay found this place looking foe a coffee spot (BOI, 4 doors down) We had the honey prawns YUM !! also had a spicy tofu w/ prawns YUM. Last but not least Pork (thinly sliced w/ veggies. Shared a beer. Everything was super fresh and spiced perfectly TBIS IS MY NEW GO TO for Chinese. Can't wait to try new dishes . It's looks a bit "dated" but the food is SO GOOD.

Hemant Patel

This is the only place left in the Bay Area that use the original 90's recipes from Hunan in SF. Others in SF are close, but not the original taste. The place doesn't look like much from the outside, but the food is excellent and many celebrities have enjoyed the food here. Check out the wall of fame! I used to work in silicon valley and ate here 3-5 days a week. I now live an hour away but Everytime I'm in the area I will eat here and take a catering tray home.

Kynan Eng

Good, no-nonsense food. Spicy where appropriate. The decor is old, because they spend all their money on what matters - the food. Did you know that Maroon 5 once ate here; they have a picture on the wall.

michael ryan

Great food. Friendly staff. Good quality and value. Hey. Come on, it's a Chinese restaurant on 4th Street. So it's just like that. Just fine and perfect for lunch or for dinner or picking up food to go

R G

I've been eating at Hunan Taste for 30 years and they never disappoint. They make what I feel is the best Hunan style food in San Jose.

Alicia Ouellette

Hunan Taste is an absolute gem. I love the food, the spice and the people so much. The Hunan bean curd and dry sautéed string beans are my go-to’s. They are right. Every. Single. Time. And have been for over 20 years. I am always trying to find comparable dishes in other cities (I’ve lived in SF, Seattle, NYC and now, Paris) and, sadly, nothing even comes close. I’m always chasing that Hunan high! Whenever I’m back in SJ, I always make it a priority to visit the place.

Alex the Mole

My favorite is the hot an sour soup which is filled with lots of stuff - including tons of tofu. Because of newish gut issues I request it half-spicy, But you go for "spicy"!

From the outside, you may not think this little restaurant is open or busy but definitely come in and try it out. They have the typical American Chinese dishes like orange chicken, beef and broccoli, etc, but I recommend getting their hunan dishes. Be warned though, they come out drowning in chili peppers. Eighty percent of the menu is spicy and when they say spicy they mean it. The food comes out quick and piping hot (temperature). Definitely worth trying and braving the spices.

Pretty good food and portions. Ordered the curry vegetables and the sauce was a thinner version of a Japanese curry sauce, but was good. Def going back for take outs- the place is small if you want to dine in.

ssv

Pretty good food and portions. Ordered the curry vegetables and the sauce was a thinner version of a Japanese curry sauce, but was good. Def going back for take outs- the place is small if you want to dine in.

Stephanie Williams

From the outside, you may not think this little restaurant is open or busy but definitely come in and try it out. They have the typical American Chinese dishes like orange chicken, beef and broccoli, etc, but I recommend getting their hunan dishes. Be warned though, they come out drowning in chili peppers. Eighty percent of the menu is spicy and when they say spicy they mean it. The food comes out quick and piping hot (temperature). Definitely worth trying and braving the spices.

Just left the restaurant a little while ago. We ordered P5 (pork) and V1(eggplant). We were disappointed. The pork dish was OK but the vegetable dish was thoroughly disappointing. The dish was luke warm - which is not good - and it gave off burnt taste. I am not really sure how that combination is even possible. San Jose Downtown is probably not known for Chinese food but this was disappointing.

Joung Lee

Just left the restaurant a little while ago. We ordered P5 (pork) and V1(eggplant). We were disappointed. The pork dish was OK but the vegetable dish was thoroughly disappointing. The dish was luke warm - which is not good - and it gave off burnt taste. I am not really sure how that combination is even possible. San Jose Downtown is probably not known for Chinese food but this was disappointing.

The food are simply bad. Sweet and Sour Pork has almost no park, just batter mostly. The Salt and pepper tofu has no salt, and barely tastes the pepper. The fried rice has minimal egg in it. I am not sure where all these good reviews come from.

Cheung Wong

The food are simply bad. Sweet and Sour Pork has almost no park, just batter mostly. The Salt and pepper tofu has no salt, and barely tastes the pepper. The fried rice has minimal egg in it. I am not sure where all these good reviews come from.