"Hunan Ranch is one of my favorite restaurants in Austin, partly for convenience because it's very close to two relatives' homes, but mostly for the food and the service. We've been eating there for 4+ years. We are a fairly large group (7+ and we always have children. The folks at Hunan Ranch have always been extremely welcoming to us, commenting as the children grow and remembering our favorite dishes even. The restaurant is very clean and kid friendly. (Polished cement floors which I so prefer with kids over carpet that you know is gross no matter how often the vacuum it. There are chairs and booths and the tables pull out for larger people to sit in the booths. The menu features standard Chinese restaurant offerings no surprises here but everything is fresh and well made and generous. The servings are such that we regularly share an entree between two people and we leave full. If it's your first visit, keep this in mind. Some of our favorites are the Orange Beef, the Pan Fried Noodles and the Lo Mein but we have never had a bad dish here. The vegetables are always very fresh and perfectly prepared to retain flavor and slight crunch. The rice, both steamed and fried, is exactly as it should be. Service is attentive without being intrusive. Tea is constantly refilled, steamed rice replenished, dishes unobtrusively removed. Sometimes we linger when the conversation is lively and we have never felt pressure to leave (of course, our tip reflects that extra time. The bathrooms are clean and neat, too. This is our go to Chinese when the family gathers in Austin for all of the above reasons and they deliver!"
