Hunan Gate

Excellent lunch special and great atmosphere

Love this place. They have great Dongbei (northeastern Chinese) food. Get the guo bao rou (northeastern sweet and sour pork) and di san xian (a mix of peppers, eggplant, and potatoes).

Used to adore this place, but recently have had a string of quite inedible food - the last time we ordered takeout, we found some questionable charred bits in our fried rice and haven’t been able to bring ourselves go back.

1/29/24: Treated to lunch at Hunan Gate; upon entering I immediately became nostalgic because it reminded me of Mom/Pop restaurants just east of downtown that had several restaurants with placemats featuring the Chinese horoscope, etc. Although there was no buffet at the time, the Vegetarian Delight with brown sauce and steamed rice was very good; served hot and the portion was excellent. My phone was charging...so no photos of the delicious dishes that were ordered by the group . Person that treated us for lunch doubted that they had a to-go menu, but I politely asked anyway. The owner located one for me. Cover and a couple of pages are provided (prices may NOT be correct though- check online). Arlington, you have a gem of a Mop/Pop Chinese restaurant; help them stay in business ...and if Hunan Chef ever has to leave Arlington to locate elsewhere, come to Southeast Texas . Vegetarian options: Nine full options, but if there is a dish viewed that you would like to try veggie, ASK nicely to see if the chefs can prepare it. I'm willing to bet they can....

Terrible flavorless food. Just wasted +$60 on delivery there and threw everything out. Even the rice was bad and it looked and tasted days old.

Food is great! Even if it’s a flavor you don’t like the meat is always fresh. Also the owner and employees are always super friendly.