torn between this place and Z & Y?
Question · by townsend_kit · Member since Sep 2026 · 1 post · 7w7 weeks ago
Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA
3.9 · 211 reviewsOpen today until 8 PMOpen until 8
No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What House Of Hunan offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Town's End Brunch is next door for brunch. Brannan Street Wharf Park is a park a 3 minute walk away. Foodies 365 AYAKO'S KITCHEN, a restaurant, is a 1 minute walk.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 19, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about House Of Hunan.
3.9from 211 reviews on Google
House of Hunan struggles with consistency in food quality and service, particularly after a change in ownership. House of Hunan offers a mixed dining experience, with some customers enjoying the cozy, family-run atmosphere while others express disappointment over the food quality and service. Many reviews highlight a decline in flavor and authenticity under new ownership, with dishes often described as bland or overly salty.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
32 San Francisco avg
Signal and how much it countsHouse Of Hunan
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
House Of Hunan, as AI sees it. Blue signals help House Of Hunan, and red ones hold it back.
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Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.
Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
House Of Hunan Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 11 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 3 AM to 8 PM |
| Phone | (415) 896-2638 |
| Rating | 3.9 across 211 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat to Sun 3:00 to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | House Of Hunan Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 896-2638 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Hunan cuisine | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Traditional chinese dishes | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | http://houseofhunanrestaurant.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Phone: (415) 896-2638. Hours: Mon to Fri 11 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 3 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Town's End Brunch | Brunch restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Foodies 365 AYAKO'S KITCHEN | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| The Embarcadero & Townsend St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| South Beach Cafe | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Embarcadero Fish | Tourist attraction | 2 min walk |
| The Embarcadero & Brannan St | Light rail station | 2 min walk |
3.9 average across 211 reviews: Google 211. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)
House of Hunan struggles with consistency in food quality and service, particularly after a change in ownership. (AI guess, from 211 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco chinese restaurants run 24 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. House Of Hunan scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | House Of Hunan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 74 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 85 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 29 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a chinese restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the chinese restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# House Of Hunan Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/house-of-hunan-restaurant-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/house-of-hunan-restaurant-san-francisco-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short House Of Hunan Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Chinese restaurant | | Address | 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 11 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 3 AM to 8 PM | | Phone | (415) 896-2638 | | Rating | 3.9 across 211 reviews on Google | | Updated | September 9, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat to Sun 3:00 to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | House Of Hunan Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 896-2638 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 3:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Hunan cuisine | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Traditional chinese dishes | AI guess | | | Links | Website | http://houseofhunanrestaurant.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting House Of Hunan Address: 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Phone: (415) 896-2638. Hours: Mon to Fri 11 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 3 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Town's End Brunch | Brunch restaurant | 1 min walk | | Foodies 365 AYAKO'S KITCHEN | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | The Embarcadero & Townsend St | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | South Beach Cafe | Restaurant | 2 min walk | | Embarcadero Fish | Tourist attraction | 2 min walk | | The Embarcadero & Brannan St | Light rail station | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 3.9 average across 211 reviews: Google 211. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) House of Hunan struggles with consistency in food quality and service, particularly after a change in ownership. (AI guess, from 211 reviews.) ### What people like - Fresh and tasty vegetables - Generous portion sizes - Quick carry-out service ### What people do not like - Food lacks flavor and authenticity - Long waits for takeout orders - Rude or unprofessional service ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### torn between this place and Z & Y? ### membership, worth it or not ### are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else ### address for this place, anyone have it? ### best chinese restaurant in San Francisco ### anything I should sort out before a first visit here? ### anywhere cheaper than House Of Hunan in San Francisco that is still good? ### bad experiences at House Of Hunan, anyone? ### rough idea what House Of Hunan costs? ### Coffee near House Of Hunan on Townsend? ### do I need to book House Of Hunan in San Francisco or can I just turn up? ### Worth the hype at House Of Hunan? ### opening hours here, what are they these days? ### last update from here was when? ### Why do people rate House Of Hunan? ### House Of Hunan, any chance to get a table this week? ## The AI Score: 26 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco chinese restaurants run 24 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. House Of Hunan scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | House Of Hunan | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 74 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 85 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 29 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a chinese restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to House Of Hunan | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | House Of Hunan Restaurant | LocalBusiness | #business | http://houseofhunanrestaurant.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City House Of Hunan is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the chinese restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best chinese restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/chinese-restaurant - Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view - /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJlcW9AniAhYARE6mJyp0OXHY (accessed Sep 9, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>House Of Hunan Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>House Of Hunan Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 11 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 3 AM to 8 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 896-2638</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>3.9 across 211 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 9, 2026</td></tr>
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<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat to Sun 3:00 to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>House Of Hunan Restaurant</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 896-2638</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>11:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>11:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>11:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>11:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>11:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>3:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>3:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Dine-in</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Hunan cuisine</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Takeout</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Traditional chinese dishes</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://houseofhunanrestaurant.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-house-of-hunan">
<h3>Visiting House Of Hunan</h3>
<p>Address: 2 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Phone: (415) 896-2638. Hours: Mon to Fri 11 AM to 8 PM · Sat to Sun 3 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "No-frills dining room offering Hunan specialties alongside traditional Chinese dishes."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Town's End Brunch</td><td>Brunch restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foodies 365 AYAKO'S KITCHEN</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Embarcadero & Townsend St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>South Beach Cafe</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Embarcadero Fish</td><td>Tourist attraction</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Embarcadero & Brannan St</td><td>Light rail station</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>3.9 average across 211 reviews: Google 211. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)</p>
<p>House of Hunan struggles with consistency in food quality and service, particularly after a change in ownership. (AI guess, from 211 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fresh and tasty vegetables</li>
<li>Generous portion sizes</li>
<li>Quick carry-out service</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Food lacks flavor and authenticity</li>
<li>Long waits for takeout orders</li>
<li>Rude or unprofessional service</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>torn between this place and Z & Y?</h4>
<h4>membership, worth it or not</h4>
<h4>are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>address for this place, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>best chinese restaurant in San Francisco</h4>
<h4>anything I should sort out before a first visit here?</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than House Of Hunan in San Francisco that is still good?</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at House Of Hunan, anyone?</h4>
<h4>rough idea what House Of Hunan costs?</h4>
<h4>Coffee near House Of Hunan on Townsend?</h4>
<h4>do I need to book House Of Hunan in San Francisco or can I just turn up?</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype at House Of Hunan?</h4>
<h4>opening hours here, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate House Of Hunan?</h4>
<h4>House Of Hunan, any chance to get a table this week?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 26 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco chinese restaurants run 24 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. House Of Hunan scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">House Of Hunan</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>74</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>50</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>85</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>29</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a chinese restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to House Of Hunan</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>House Of Hunan Restaurant</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://houseofhunanrestaurant.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Francisco, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City House Of Hunan is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the chinese restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best chinese restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/chinese-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJlcW9AniAhYARE6mJyp0OXHY (accessed Sep 9, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.