Restaurant Review Round-Up: Hunan Empress

On the plate for this week's review round-up is Chinese-American restaurant Hunan Empress. 

Before we get to the reviews, here's a description of the establishment, courtesy of our directory:

"Since 1988, Hunan Empress has been providing Chinese cuisine to Chesterfield residents. Their dishes blend many Chinese styles of cooking and offerings including: soups, seafood, beef, lamb, poultry, pork and vegetable creations. Customers can also try a lo mein, chow mein, chop suey, fried rice or egg foo young. Portions are generous."

The following reviews collected by Patch are a representative sample aimed at giving you a flavor of what local residents are saying. Have an opinion on the best place for dinner in the area yourself? Tell us in the comments or leave a review of your own here on Patch!

From Patch:

Jeff Ngo gave it 5/5 stars: "I am a HUGE fan of krabrangoons and this restaurant has the BEST...without a doubt! They use a good portion of REAL crab meat in combination with their cream cheese. All of their wontons and krabrangoons are hand prepared from scratch and you can taste the difference! Don't forget to try the boneless hot braised chicken, general tso's chicken, black pepper steak, and beef and broccoli!"

From Yelp:

Madison N. gave it 5/5 stars: "I love this place. Their food is high quality and has great flavor. It also isn't super greasy like most Chinese food!! Yum you have to try the crab rangoon. It actually has crab in it rather than every other Chinese place!!! Oh and the Four Musketeers (ask them to make it spicy!) rocks."

Shawn M. gave it 3/5 stars: "I just didn't think the food was very good. The Coke tasted old and flat and the egg drop soup was almost nauseating. I also got sweet and sour chicken, which was fairly decent. I questioned whether or not the chicken was cooked properly, but went ahead and rolled the dice and ate it. I have no complaints about the service, but I can't see myself deciding to go here again."

Steve K gave it 4/5 stars: "This place is cheap, and good. 6.10 for a lunch order of shredded beef in garlic sauce with 1 veggie roll, crg, and won ton soup. For quick, and cheap Chinese lunches this is a hit. I don't think the quality is up there with a Sho Wok, but its pretty damn good, and I don't think there is a Chinese place in STL with a quality/value combo like this."  

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