A Review of the Hunan Village Chinese Restaurant in Houston, Texas

A Restaurant that Took Advantage of Hurricane Ike Victims

The Hunan Village Chinese restaurant and bar in Houston, Texas was one of the few restaurants open shortly after Hurricane Ike hit the city, but how this restaurant treated their customers during that time was not in the spirit of humanity. Since so many Houstonians were without power, they lined up to eat at a restaurant that was open and could serve fresh food; however, Hunan Village only offered three menu items, charged double the price, and omitted the extras that normally come with the lunch entrees like soup and an egg roll. They were not even serving their usual array of flavored iced tea or fried rice.

The three choices were: beef with vegetables, chicken with vegetables, or General Tsao's chicken - each one cost $10, and no, it was not a family sized portion; it was a portion for one. Vegetarians apparently were discriminated against when the power went off in Houston because normally the Hunan Village Chinese restaurant has a large variety of vegetarian entrees - 41 to be exact.

The line to order the food was out the door, but you would think they could let the customers know before they got up to the counter that they were not serving a full menu; a sign on their window or door perhaps? Of course I let everyone know who walked in the door since I was waiting for almost an hour for my food. If they only were making three dishes, I do not know why it took so long for us to receive ours; and the worst part is they were not serving the food in the order the customers arrived. Customers who came after us were served within 15 minutes; obviously their operation was disorganized that day.