T.C. Hunan

I’ll be honest. I am a sucker for Chinese Buffet. Especially when it is actually good. This place did not disappoint. The Ragoons were really good. The chicken on a stick was great, and really everything I had was pretty tasty.
I went there and ate at this place because I didn’t have a lot of time to go to a restaurant, and order something and wait for it. I had about 15 minutes, and I went in and rocked this place. I had 2 plates stuffed pretty full of a wide assortment of items, and it was all great. When in the area, and crunched for time, I will be back at this restaurant!

I had gone with some co-​workers there at lunch before for the buffet, it is so-​so, you get what you pay for I guess. The inside is not nice, and could use a serious cleaning. I called in a takeout order for the first time, 15 minutes they said. I showed up 15 minutes later for my order. 25 minutes AFTER that they finally came out with a bag of food. The staff apologized and they were nice enough, but I have no idea what the holdup was all about. There was hardly anyone there and no one else stopped in for takeout the entire time I sat there. Food was again just so-​so, seemed like a lot of oil and sugar goes into their ingredients rather than quality ingredients. I won’t be back. TC desperately needs a reasonably priced Asian food option (with friendly service).

For Chinese the food is kind of sweet, not spicy. We don’t try Buffet though the price is really nice. Typical AmericanChinese food

Food is decent. No dessert. Only two sushi items. Best thing is the peanut butter chicken. Their actual sushi menu is expensive and doesn’t really taste that great. No true sushi, they use fake crab for everything. There isn’t much of a selection but it’s kind of decent for the price which Is a little high.

I had some beef with snowpea here that I especially liked. Staff was nice and I would definitely come back next time I am in town. I came in at around 1:30, had a few other things from the buffet that all tasted very fresh.

Good lord, never again.
Scraps in heavy sauce, that’s all this is.

Poor selection, greasy, cold

It’s amazing for a Chinese buffet! The chicken curry is the best here in my opinion.

I’d give it 3.5. It was a little better than just 3. The people were really nice. And after we were done with a plate, it was promptly whisked away so we didn’t have a pile up. I’m not a huge buffet person in the first place, but we wanted chinese and were hungry so we decided to try it. It’s kinda tucked away, we passed it a few times. Some of my chicken dishes tasted a bit shrimpy, and I’m not a seafood person (I know, I’m the worst asian ever). The taste was alright.

Fresh and delicious. Very good service, attentive, and friendly. Pepper chicken and honey chicken is addicting. Always love a visit to Hunan.

I’d probably give it a 3 ½ if that was an option. I had the buffet with some friends who were in from out of town. They’d been working at camp and needed ethnic food in a bad way (that and to visit civilization).
We all had the buffet.
Onto the food, dishes I tried as follows:
Green beans, looked ick but tasted good.
Sesame chicken– yum.
Teriyaki chicken– too tough
fried donut– a win
crabmeat and cream cheese wontons w/​sweet & sour sauce, that’s a hell yeah.
salad– ah, uninspiring iceberg but suitable given the environment.
Some sort of shrimp dish– not bad.
Curry dish w/​chicken– highly recommend.
Fried rice & reg. rice were good. Didn’t try any noodles this trip.
Bring your appetite, a pretty good deal at about 12.45 p/​p with non-​alcoholic beverage of some kind (soda, lemonade etc).
Please note: I know people who are deathly afraid of buffet & others who swear by it. I think this one was probably about average, but generally I am more pro-​made to order chinese. I will need to sample the other chinese offerings in T.C., I’ve just been wary and pretty much visited this one because my friends were in from out of town and it’s what they had been craving.

After a long first day at the nearby Great Wolf Lodge, our family was worn out and a bit undecided on what to do for dinner. The general consensus was split between Chinese food and sushi. We found this place did both and away we went!
There is a very large Chinese buffet and I contemplated going with that for dinner. That is, until I saw one of the servers douse each tray on the buffet with hot water — an old buffet trick to keep things looking «lively» and not dried out. So, after that not so subtle maneuver, I went with the menu.
I went with the honey chicken — don’t ask me why as I hardly ever order a deep fried Chinese entrée. But, it looked like a mostly Americanized Chinese restaurant and this was the best I could come up with. My father-​in-​law went with the sushi menu and went with gyoza to start and California roll. That came out quickly compared to the Chinese entrees that were ordered for our table which included pork lo mein and chicken chow mein.
Each entrée came with a choice of soup (egg drop or hot and sour) and crab rangoon or egg roll — each came straight from the buffet. You can try to run from the buffet, but you cannot hide! The hot and sour soup was OK, the crab rangoon had a hint of crab to it so there was that in Hunan’s favor. My wife went with the egg roll and it was basically limp cabbage deep fried in the thickest wrapper I’ve ever seen.
For the most part, our appetites were sated and we were refreshed for more waterpark fun. The price was right and we were in and out in pretty good time. This would not be a return trip when we get to Traverse City again.

I’m tempted to give them less stars due to poor service but the food was decent. If nothing else, very large portions. I highly recommend sharing an order with someone if you get supper carry out.
The young Asian gal who took our order was borderline rude and impatient. Even though the menu clearly stated that smaller portions of each item were available, we were told that you could only do that at lunch time. So we ended up with more food (and expense) than we wanted.
The almond chicken was much different than we’ve had elsewhere but the fried and battered chicken «strips» in the meal worked. The Hunan chicken was loaded with vegetables; especially generous chunks of fresh broccolli.

Hunan Traverse City is the best ! Hands down the best around! The Shrimp Fried Rice is the best! Awesome Kung Pau Chicken. Very reasonable price! They only thing is that they do not deliver unless you order $ 45.00, Which is not to bad if you have about 5 to 10 people ! I highly recommend Hunan in Traverse City!

A chinese buffet that is clean, isn’t entirely full of breaded and fried food (actually a nice variety of chinese food), and includes some sushi that is fresh. It’s not a sushi restaurant, so don’t expect Red Ginger, but I think Hunan does a nice job.
Don’t confuse Hunan with the two other Chinese restaurants nearby, which I wouldn’t touch with a ten-​foot pole.
Has a loyal following of «regulars» who live here. That says a lot.

Not a place for me… for sushi I would prefer Panda North over Hunan.
Well most of people go to this place for buffet these days anyway.
It took almost 20mins for sushi to come out and waitress was totally not in a mood to care for her customers. She took my plate Right after I finished my last piece of sushi and I am not a slow eater to say at least. :(Perhaps she had a bad day but anyhow Hunan is an okay chinese food but I would not return for bad service [already tried twice… better move on to other restaurants]

I went here with a good friend, while I had a sore throat, and I just wanted some soup.
And soup did I get!
The hot and sour soup is delicious, has lots of big chunks of tofu, a great flavor, and just enough kick.
I also had a mexican roll from their sushi menu, it was fresh and flavorful with a spice that sneaks up from behind and tickles your throat.
And an order of my staple food at any asian place, Edamame. The Edamame was just ok, it was overcooked, so the pods were smooshy and not firm, they weren’t salted, but whatever. Two outta three ain’t bad.
The tea was hot and plentiful, and my dining companion had the buffet, and smuggled me back a piece of bacon wrapped pineapple on a stick, which was incredible, even though he had dredged it in satay sauce.
I’d definitely go back!

Best chinese buffet in town.
Always a variety of chicken, whether sesame, honey or peppered. Also the crab rangoon are really good and they make them by hand-​you often see them doing it.
It’s set back from the street and the address on the map is incorrect, it’s just behind taco bell near south airport road and barlow.
I’m not a huge soup fan, but others like the egg-​drop.