During one recent evening aboard a large Titanic esque pirate ship, a crew of high tech slaves were crunching away into the night to deliver some sorely needed major cannonball shots for a sorely needed victory.Cap'n Jack, not Cap'n Crunch (but he should be one because he does kick ass), decided to kick things up a notch and ordered Hunan Chili for those keeping the ship afloat.The meal was delivered promptly and although the food was mostly shall we say Panda-ized, it brought a sense of sorely needed relief and energized the crew into the night.Some sort of orange beef - thinly sliced crispy beef. Almost to the consistency of jerky, with an orange sauce like concoction. Who can say no to deep fried beef?! Got rice? You can be so set. There's some other crispy deep fried meat, can't recall if it was chicken or pork, but even if unrecognizeable, it's damn delicious.Hot and Sour Soup - one of the best renditions to date in the area. Beyond the typical white pepper hot, and signature sour, the contents were carefully prepared and cut. Maybe the crew were delirious from the tech, but this soup woke everybody up. Maybe it was the delicious addition of pork strips in there.Some eggplant dish - more fried goodness....that's how you make Chinese style eggplant tasty...it's all in the oil and then next times the fragrance from the spices (whether "fish sauce"/yu hsiang) or garlic, or if Cantonese style...nothing escapes the mighty salted fish (cured threadfin sail in salt for example). More food meant to make you eat more rice, create muffin tops and beer/rice bellies.Mapo Tofu - having had a just-ok version of a lunch special, the delivery version must have been made by the killer Sichuan chef who must have been on duty that night. It was total ass kickery, and easily the best item out of the entire lot. This should satisfy the vegetarian and vegan pirates in the crew easily, for those of you working onboard other Silicon Valley pirate vessels and need to cater to a wide range of pirates/high tech slave appetites. Appropriately seasoned and not so much on a heavy reliance of Sichuan peppercorn/huaqiao. Despite the redness and bloody mass murder looking chili oil content, it did not feel like greasefest. Perfect during cold wintry foggy nights. It does make a difference who makes this dish at this restaurant...perhaps inquire before you go...It is sad to learn this place is closing end of the month. Please read up on Local S's updates/reviews to get a better idea.

Having eaten at Chef Chu's I have a pretty high bar for Chinese restaurants in Silicon Valley. Hunan Chili was about the same price point and decidedly lower quality in both atmosphere and food. The service was slow, which wasn't a bad thing in this particular case but if you're expecting them to be prompt with the check go somewhere else.I will say it's a shame the place is going out of business, they seem like good people. That said, for downtown mountain view you have to be better than just good to succeed as a restaurant.

GoodVery good spicy food I love Hunan chicken and kum paoGood choice of veggies choices very fresh.Portions are very good.ConsFood can be very oily at times ask chef for les oily options.

I always come here whenever I'm in the area. Their spicy dishes are delicious (and well ... pretty spicy). We always get the fish fillet in hot sauce whenever we come here. Each dish on average is around ~$9-$10, service can be pretty slow on busy days, and parking can be hard to find on those days too. Not authentic chinese, obviously, but definitely one of the closest places that comes to it.And oh, they have free strawberry/vanilla ice cream for you after your meals (:

day prior to visit, i saw an eager little Asian boy excitedly pull on the door of this restaurant with the rest of his family in tow and i said this must be a good restaurant. ..+ : nice attentive servers. .. brown rice. .. complimentary fortune cookies and ice cream after dinner. .. reading the awesome awful reviews for this place, post dinner. .. so far, no one is sick. ..Shanghai Dumplings were steaming hot upon arrival but was okay with very little to droplets of soupy stuff inside. .. sauce could use more ginger strips. ..Pot Stickers were ok, lots of meat filling - now, i wonder what it was filled with. .. hm. ..Orange Peel Chicken is quite a let down if you are looking to have some chicken. .. if you are in it for the batter and heavy syrup, then here's your chicken dish. .. otherwise, one might have to make a separate order for some chicken. ..Mapu Tofu ok, full of chunky tofu. ..-- : it was just bad. .. i left hungry. .. :( either that or ingest all the heavily syruped batter from the Orange Peel Chicken. ..thank G-d for the life-saving brown rice. ..eh. ..

For starters, acceptable customer service. This was the 3rd time I've been here and the food was ok. Strangely enough when you place your order, your food comes out about 1 minute later. I'm not sure if I should be thrilled or worried. I think I would prefer my food to come out just a little bit later! The chicken had an interesting flavor, interesting enough to turn me off. When I looked around to see what others were eating, I discovered we were the only specimens in the laboratory. Well aside from the outdated furniture and the horrible plastic wrapped menu... This will be my final stop at Hunan Chili.

i have no idea how did this place ever got a 3.5 stars on yelp. Went there recently and the food just tasted horrible. I will never return again. It was a Wednesday night, everywhere else seems quite busy around 7pm, this place only have a few table, much empty, and now i know why. Decor was bad, but if the food is good, i really don't care since much of the chinese restaurant don't really have fancy decor. I love spicy food and decided to give my first try. everything deep fried is BURNED. They add Soy sauce to every dish which totally change the taste of it. We ordered 5 dishes total, a chongqin explosive chicken, a duck dish, chilli fillet and a cumin lamb plus a veggie dish. The only thing that is edible the veggie.. =( BAD BAD BAD.... they need serious improvement!!

Came here for Friday lunch - was expecting crazy busy, but since it is the Friday after July 4th, it wasn't that bad. Maybe that should have been a sign?Not cool that they decided not to offer their lunch specials the entire week - not sure what having a holiday in the middle week had to do with not offering the lunch special on a weekday. Especially now that I've seen how cheap their specials are.I ordered House Chili Fish Fillet. When I ordered, the waitress was like "Ooh, wow, yea that is good." Good: crispy coating, good size pieces, pretty big portion (I only finished half). Bad: stir-fried with chilis but not spicy at all. I'm pretty sure the large-ish crystals I saw on the pieces was MSG, especially considering how thirsty I was after eating.Coworkers ordered General Tso's Chicken and some eggplant dish that I didn't try (so I'm not going to review that). Chicken was deep-fried enough that I couldn't tell it was chicken anymore. Sauce was slightly-tangy/savory - I liked that it wasn't super sweet. They asked for extra garlic which was tasty so IF I were to go back and order that, I would do the same.Above average service (refilled our waters fairly often). Standard Chinese restaurant ambiance (better than hole-in-the-wall).Nothing special about this place though. Maybe cheap prices would have bumped the rating up a star, but there's much better Chinese within 15-min drive.

I only had the vegetarian dishes here ... Hot n sour (made veg no egg) - was very good.Onion pancake - I liked it. My friends said they have had better elsewhere..Ma por tofu - was simply awesome .Veg chowmeen - not good .. Stale?I did not try the other dishes so cannot say much.The free ice-cream was nice.Ambiance was good , the lady taking the order seemed in some rush(even when there were hardly more people there) and was super confused (even after explaining twice) on how to divide money with some on cash and partly inmultiple cards .

Holy cow at the portion size of their lunch plates. Came here with 2 friends for lunch and each ordered a plate. There was more than enough food to last two complete meals, if we weren't such pigs. Lunch plate includes an appetizer (egg roll), soup (some vegetarian broth) and ice cream.After 2 visits at this place I feel comfortable giving this a solid 4 stars for being an affordable, satisfying lunch destination. Come earlier than 12pm to beat the crowds.

I would like to think I can handle spicy food. I ordered a noodle dish that had beef. What I got was beef with noodles in a red deathly looking broth. My stomach still churns from the spiciness when I walk by that restaurant. ...?

If you are into spicy chinese food, look no further than Hunan Chili. Of the 11 Szechuan restaurants in the Bay Area, they were our hands down winner in terms of overall quality of food and price. The 'Dou-Hua-Ru-Pien' (Spicy Hot Fish ...?

It is really a nice place. The foods are good and genuine Hunan flavor. It's a little bit spicy but really delicious. The prices is reasonable. The location is good too -- the public transportation there is really convenient, you can take Caltrain or bus. There are a lot of parking lots by the restaurant.?

Far too hot/spicy, not very nice food (and I'ma fan of hot/spicy food). And I got food poisoning afterwards which is not a good sign.?

This is just about the best Chinese restaurant on Castro Street, a street full of Chinese Restaurants! I highly recommend asking for some of the dishes on the "secret" menu that is written in Chinese, took a Chinese colleague along and found ...?

This is a great Chinese food restaurant. I have never eaten there for dinner, but their lunch special is excellent. Their lunch prices are very reasonable and you great dessert too. (Ice Cream). Service is very prompt to satisfy the ...?