Hunan Cottage

Very spotty depending on the dish.
The Peking duck is very good and many restaurants don’t offer it. Make sure to ask them to roll it and ask for an extra sauce. Egg rolls are standard fare at best. The egg foo young is fair bc the sauce is bland and thin.
Their special soups are good. It’s convenient as a take out. Ask for the ‘good’ mustard or you will end up with the packets.

If I could could give no stars, I would. Horrible service. We had called for a specific 12:00PM lunch delivery due to the fact that we only have a 30 minute lunch break. I had made sure to inform the owner of this. However, they had forgotten ALL 13 sodas that had come with our food and were 40 minutes late to the delivery. AND to top it off, we found a hair in one of the plates. When we had called to let them know of the situation, nobody had apologized. The worker would not even let me contact the owner for he was out for delivery. THANKS FOR RUINING OUR FRIDAY LUNCH GUYS!!! NEVER ORDER FROM HERE.

No start for this place!!! found hair inside of food we order 13plates but they forgot soda and little sauce. Even its lunch order still its really small amount of food! rice is more than actual food. When I called place they are not even saying SORRY and keep cant say anything. WTF!

This used to be the best Chinese Food in the Plainview area, but with a change in management comes a very big change in the quality of food. What a shame as it was the only Chinese Restaurant one could sit down and enjoy a meal. Now, you can still sit down, but the enjoyment is long gone. Sesame Chicken was dry and flavorless, low mein, again no flavor, hot and sour soup very disappointing. I could go on, but really no point as everything was just bland and low quality

This place used to have the best food, but they changed ownership last summer and it is not nearly as good. The quality of food just isn’t what it used to be and the service is so so. It’s not awful, but considering how great it used to be, it is really disappointing.

The food remains very good if not better from my last review. They now have a website and online ordering. I have used it twice now and it is a very easy interface. You can order to be delivered or pick up and it shows the exact amount with tip if delivered. Added bonus is when you order each dish there are checkboxes to order your degree of spiciness for that dish. Worked well.

Excellent! Unilocal showed me it was .08 miles away from my job. The only reason I am giving it 3 stars is because of the time it takes to give them my address. Spend about 3 mins spelling out «Ames Court». The guy just couldn’t seem to understand.

Excellent «normal» east coast Chinese food (unlike «weird» western, Utah Chinese food!) which was a pleasure to dine on! My celiac companion was very pleased with the many gluten free offerings and enjoyed her food. Service was great. This place is a long time family staple of a friend of mine who lives in the area.

Ever since Green Melody closed in Jericho, I’ve been looking for a place on Long Island to replace it. Hunan Cottage is not it, but it does have a pretty extensive vegetarian menu with numerous mock meat options. It satisfies the craving and it certainly tastes good, it’s just not on the same level as Green Melody was. The owner has been very pleasant in our experience but some of the waiters have a very poor grasp on English and they look at you with that «I don’t really understand what you’re saying» look. For example, we asked for the vegetarian menu last time we were there and when our food arrived, we received the meat versions. Why would we be asking for the meat versions after asking for the vegetarian menu? I also asked for white rice, but received brown rice (a mistake that happens quite frequently when I eat in at Chinese places for some reason). My girlfriend and I haven’t been back in about 9 months, but this place isn’t exactly local and I’m not convinced it’s worth telling anyone to make a special trip out to just for their vegetarian options. I’d recommend VP2 in Greenwich Village over this, but if you’re a Veg in the neighborhood, there’s no reason not to stop in, just make sure you specify you want the vegetarian version of whatever you order.

Came here for Christmas dinner with my family because 1) its Jewish tradition and 2) Im gluten free and the restaurant said they can make almost anything on their menu gluten free. The restaurant was very crowded and they had too few staff working on the holiday, so the service was very slow. But, I have to say my gluten free dish was the best dish on the table that night. At first I thought they must have made a mistake because there was coating on my pineapple chicken (like with sesame chicken), but they assured me that it was GF. My family tried it first and said, «no way, its too good so it must not be gluten free.» The manager saw my hesitation and came to tell me, with pride, exactly how its made… gluten free soy sauce and a cornstarch coating. SO, if you are GF and want chinese, this is the place to go!

One of the busiest nights of the year (that everyone knows about annually) and no one working in this restaurant has even the faintest clue how to operate a business. I’ve never seen so many dismissive, scatter-​brained employees running around like chickens with their heads cut off in my life. Advised 35 minutes wait on a pick-​up order, and then upon arrival waited at least 30 minutes more, without even an apology, a thanks for patronizing them, a bowl of noodles to tide us over… Nothing. Steer clear, folks. This place doesn’t deserve your business.

It is very clear this restaurant is under new ownership. The dishes are very different and the workers are all new plus the photos and the pictures of the family have all been removed including the old Newsday review. I would say this is very run of mill food. Ordinary in every way and not memorable.

I ordered from Hunan Cottage every week. I especially loveeeee their hot and sour soup! Too bad the owner sold their business after 20 years!!! This new owner started last week, I am not sure if they fired the old chef, the food tasted a little different, maybe it was just the day. I will give it one more try and see.

We brought Mom in for Mother’s Day dinner on a friends’ suggestion that this wouldn’t be a crowded place to dine. The place is small and was packed with people. The waiters messed up our orders. I don’t they are accustom to handling large groups of people. The food was nothing special (–1 star), place wasn’t very clean (–1 star), they completely messed up our dinner (wrong dishes and when corrected, the food was a bit burnt and way overcooked, –1 star), and another –1 star for service, they weren’t very friendly or nice. So all I have left is 1 star for Hunan Cottage. As for Mother’s Day, my Mom will definitely remember this was one of her worse dinners for Mothers Day.

Good clean neighborhood Chinese restaurant. Separate vegetarian menu.
Mostly locals, Americanized fair. Very nice staff. Will go back.
Just went back after the new ownership, They still have great service and food.

EEEHHHHHHHHHHHH… Ok, this place is pretty good. I think it would be really good if there weren’t a few other options nearby for more fantastic chinese food.
The generals chicken and meat skewers are great. it’s a really cute little spot but like i said it’s just OK compared to a few other local spots.

First time taking out and the food is sub par. Chicken and broccoli had a slimy taste and fried rice had no flavor. We will not be bak anytime soon!

A step above your average Chinese take out spot. There’s a ‘Chef’s Specialties’ section of the menu that actually makes this place feel like a restaurant with a real chef, rather than a dude that fries things and/​or tosses them in a wok all day. Many of these specialties are $ 12 or less. Interior is straight out of the 70’s, Boogie Nights style, so if you need some atmosphere with your lo mein, go elsewhere. Kudos to Dan for the hot oil tip, it def adds much needed heat to the dishes, even when marked ‘spicy’.

I went here because they say they offer gluten free options. I ordered the roast port mei fun which is my usual at any chinese place since it is GF already; it was great. Lots of flavor. I asked about the gluten free options and the man said they will make any dish GF if asked for in advance. This is not true, they will just tell you what is and is not gf. The fried rice IS NOT gluten Free but the brown rice is. Plus there is no substitutions for the lunch menu. I asked to replace the soup with a drink since I can’t have either the egg roll or soup and I was told no.
It has a nice sit in section and a bar. Overall I liked the food so that is the most important part
I’ll probably go back but I’m now more aware that they do not change any of their menu items just advise you to pick something else. Oh well…

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Hunan Cottage is your basic Chinese restaurant with a selection of mock meats on a separate menu. It’s a bright, cheery place, (unless you take exception with the fish tank), that calls out suburbia. There is acre after acre of floor space between the tables, and this much real estate would never be allowed in NYC. It’s almost lonely but nice to know your conversation isn’t being shared with 6 other people. There was only 1 other table occupied when we went. Our waiter was indeed attentive but not intrusive. Hard to say what a friday night might be like as I’ve seen the line out the door.
One bone to pick is that we were given standard menus. I had to ask for the vegan ones. Once again, I ask, «Why?»
Pickled cabbage, fried noodles and duck sauce are standard. Ask for mustard and hot chili oil.
For our appetizer we ordered the veggie dumplings and mock calamari. They were out of the calamari and the dumplings were the usual doughy, (my speed), wrapping with a mixed greens, bok choy, and mushroom filling. Not overly bursting with flavor but a nice holder for whatever sauce you might fancy.
You can see the thickness of the dough.
We ordered 3 entrees: Sesame mock chicken, Orange flavored mock beef and the Buddah’s Delight.
Both of the mock meats were pretty standard. The chicken was a chunky style and some pieces were a bit chewier than the others. The beef was a sliced style and had a nice chew to it, just a bit softer than jerky. Both sauces were the thick gloppy-​ish (I also like a little bit of glop), syrupy sauces. Both were a bit on the sweet side with the Sesame chicken being a bit less so.
Sesame «chicken».
The Orange Beef had a thick sauce which was more like a glaze. It had a nice hint of orange but I found the dish had none of the usual heat. I mean not one chili pepper.
Orange «beef».
The Buddah’s Delight was also served in a thicker sauce. I have had it a few times previously and it was in an almost light broth. This was the third sweet sauce and was a bit of an overload for me but whose fault is that? The veggies were fresh and cooked perfectly, just to the point of soft yet crisp. Broccoli, mushrooms, water chestnuts, zucchini, peppers and corn.
Buddah’s Delight.
«Chicken»
“Beef“
I think the Hunan Cottage is a restaurant where you’ll find what I sort of call run of the mill suburban Asian food. It’s middle of the road spice profile designed to not offend more than to stimulate. It’s good solid food though and there’s nothing wrong, in my book, with dipping your food in chili oil or mustard. It’s certainly not going to blow my socks off but neither is it going to be less than good food. It’s a solid place to go with mixed diners who aren’t looking for a vegan meal. I did ask and was told that there is no egg or dairy in the mock meats so for my money this place is definitely on the list with an eye towards ordering some of the less sweet dishes.
Not bad for an appetizer, 3 mains, and 2 desserts.