best chinese restaurant in San Francisco
Question · by union_nell · Member since Aug 2026 · 3 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
Hunan Empire Restaurant
UnclaimedChinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA
4.5 · 234 reviewsOpens today at 11 AMOpens today at 11 AM
Casual Chinese eatery serving up a standard array of soups & noodles plus dim sum.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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Updated Sep 9, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from spontaneous_in_sf_94123.
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anything good on Union to kill time near Hunan Empire?
Question · by union_hazel · Member since Jul 2026 · 6 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
where exactly is this place?
Question · by spontaneous_in_sf_94123 · Member since Sep 2026 · 1 post · 7w7 weeks ago
opening hours here, what are they these days?
Question · by march_commuter_north_94123 · Member since Sep 2026 · 1 post · 7w7 weeks ago
worth it or not, what do the regulars say
Question · by union_pearl · Member since Aug 2026 · 7 posts · 8w8 weeks ago
is there a rewards thing here
Question · by union_owl · Member since Jul 2026 · 9 posts · 8w8 weeks ago
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Add how to find your door so AI can walk people inAddress2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
Phone(415) 775-4735
Websitehunanempirerestaurant.com
Mon to Sat11 AM to 9 PM
SunClosed
Around San Francisco
Bleu Coffee & Tea is a coffee shop next door. Franko & Friends is a cafe next door. Café Cantata is a cafe next door.
- 1WildseedRestaurant · next door
- 2Blue Whale Restaurant & LoungeRestaurant · next door
- 3Flores San FranciscoRestaurant · next door
- 4Bleu Coffee & TeaCoffee shop · next door
- 5Palm HouseRestaurant · next door
- 6Franko & FriendsCafe · next door
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 19, 2026.
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NameHunan Empire Restaurant
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While Hunan Empire is praised for its specific dishes like sweet and sour fish, service inconsistencies and atmosphere concerns are noted by many customers. Hunan Empire Restaurant offers a cozy, family-owned atmosphere, though some find it dark and uninviting. Reviewers appreciate the homey feel and warmth of the staff, but there are mixed feelings about service speed and attentiveness.
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Would go back96%96% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 96%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 0%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
- Sweet and sour fish
- Sesame chicken
- Won Ton soup with pork
- Curry shrimp with fried rice
The bad
- Service can be slow and unpersonal
- Food occasionally lacks flavor or freshness
- Complaints about missing items in orders
- Dark and uninviting atmosphere
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The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
27out of 100
32 San Francisco avg
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Signal and how much it countsHunan Empire
- Retrieval grounding 26%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.0
- Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.41
- AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
- Reviews & response 12%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.91
- Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.53
- Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
- Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.73
- Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.74
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Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial
Hunan Empire Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews
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
In short
Hunan Empire Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 27 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 | 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (415) 775-4735 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 234 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |
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| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Casual Chinese eatery serving up a standard array of soups & noodles plus dim sum. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Hunan Empire Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 775-4735 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Chinese cuisine | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Dim sum | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Noodles | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Soup | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | https://www.hunanempirerestaurant.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
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Address: 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA. Phone: (415) 775-4735. Hours: Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
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Nearby
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Union St & Buchanan St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Union Street Plaza Garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Wildseed | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Blue Whale Restaurant & Lounge | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Union St & Buchanan St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Flores San Francisco | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
Reputation
4.5 average across 234 reviews: Google 234. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)
While Hunan Empire is praised for its specific dishes like sweet and sour fish, service inconsistencies and atmosphere concerns are noted by many customers. (AI guess, from 234 reviews.)
What people like
- Sweet and sour fish
- Sesame chicken
- Won Ton soup with pork
- Curry shrimp with fried rice
What people do not like
- Service can be slow and unpersonal
- Food occasionally lacks flavor or freshness
- Complaints about missing items in orders
- Dark and uninviting atmosphere
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where exactly is this place?
anything good on Union to kill time near Hunan Empire?
best chinese restaurant in San Francisco
opening hours here, what are they these days?
is there a rewards thing here
worth it or not, what do the regulars say
same day tables, does that ever happen here
anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good?
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The AI Score: 27 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. Hunan Empire scores 27, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Hunan Empire |
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| 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 | 91 | 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 | 53 | 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 | 73 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
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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| Hunan Empire Restaurant | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.hunanempirerestaurant.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city | City Hunan Empire 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 |
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- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
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- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJTdw_KNuAhYARjo4FrVXBmBI (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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# Hunan Empire Restaurant, San Francisco CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-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/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Hunan Empire Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 27 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 | 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (415) 775-4735 | | Rating | 4.5 across 234 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 | 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Casual Chinese eatery serving up a standard array of soups & noodles plus dim sum. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Hunan Empire Restaurant | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 775-4735 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Chinese cuisine | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Dim sum | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Noodles | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Soup | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://www.hunanempirerestaurant.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 Hunan Empire Address: 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA. Phone: (415) 775-4735. Hours: Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Casual Chinese eatery serving up a standard array of soups & noodles plus dim sum." ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Union St & Buchanan St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Union Street Plaza Garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk | | Wildseed | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Blue Whale Restaurant & Lounge | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Union St & Buchanan St | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Flores San Francisco | Restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 234 reviews: Google 234. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) While Hunan Empire is praised for its specific dishes like sweet and sour fish, service inconsistencies and atmosphere concerns are noted by many customers. (AI guess, from 234 reviews.) ### What people like - Sweet and sour fish - Sesame chicken - Won Ton soup with pork - Curry shrimp with fried rice ### What people do not like - Service can be slow and unpersonal - Food occasionally lacks flavor or freshness - Complaints about missing items in orders - Dark and uninviting atmosphere ### 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 ### where exactly is this place? ### anything good on Union to kill time near Hunan Empire? ### best chinese restaurant in San Francisco ### opening hours here, what are they these days? ### is there a rewards thing here ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### same day tables, does that ever happen here ### anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good? ### rough idea what Hunan Empire costs? ### people keep recommending Hunan Empire, what for? ### Open Sundays here? ### Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco? ### bad experiences at Hunan Empire, anyone? ### Hunan Empire or Z & Y? ### Booking a first visit at Hunan Empire, what happens? ### do I need to book Hunan Empire in San Francisco or can I just turn up? ### last update from here was when? ## The AI Score: 27 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. Hunan Empire scores 27, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Hunan Empire | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 91 | 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 | 53 | 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 | 73 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | 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 Hunan Empire | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Hunan Empire Restaurant | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.hunanempirerestaurant.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City Hunan Empire 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:ChIJTdw_KNuAhYARjo4FrVXBmBI (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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- where exactly is this place? Question by spontaneous_in_sf_94123, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/where-is-hunan-empire-restaurant-located
- anything good on Union to kill time near Hunan Empire? Question by union_hazel, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-around-hunan-empire-restaurant-on-union
- best chinese restaurant in San Francisco Question by union_nell, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/best-chinese-restaurant-in-san-francisco
- opening hours here, what are they these days? Question by march_commuter_north_94123, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-are-the-opening-hours-for-hunan-empire-restaurant
- is there a rewards thing here Question by union_owl, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/does-hunan-empire-restaurant-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
- worth it or not, what do the regulars say Question by union_pearl, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-hunan-empire-restaurant
- same day tables, does that ever happen here Question by march_commuter_east_94123, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/does-hunan-empire-restaurant-ever-have-last-minute-openings
- anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good? Question by picky_in_sf_94123, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-hunan-empire-restaurant-in-san-francisco
- rough idea what Hunan Empire costs? Question by summer_shopper_east_94123, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-the-price-range-at-hunan-empire-restaurant
- people keep recommending Hunan Empire, what for? Question by early_in_sf_94123, Aug 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-hunan-empire-restaurant-known-for
- Open Sundays here? Question by first_timer_on_union_94123, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/is-hunan-empire-restaurant-open-on-sundays
- Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco? Question by union_may, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-does-a-chinese-restaurant-actually-cost-in-san-francisco
- bad experiences at Hunan Empire, anyone? Question by reading_reviews_on_union_94123, Aug 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
- Hunan Empire or Z & Y? Question by second_opinion_in_sf_94123, Aug 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/hunan-empire-restaurant-or-z-and-y-restaurant-for-hearty-chinese
- Booking a first visit at Hunan Empire, what happens? Question by union_fern_94123, Aug 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-hunan-empire-restaurant
- do I need to book Hunan Empire in San Francisco or can I just turn up? Question by union_jo, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/does-hunan-empire-restaurant-take-reservations
- last update from here was when? Question by union_zadie, Jul 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/hunan-empire-restaurant-san-francisco-ca/q/what-has-hunan-empire-restaurant-been-posting-lately
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<p>Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Hunan Empire 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>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Hunan Empire Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 775-4735</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.5 across 234 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 9, 2026</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<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>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Casual Chinese eatery serving up a standard array of soups & noodles plus dim sum.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Hunan Empire Restaurant</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 775-4735</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Chinese cuisine</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Dim sum</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Noodles</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Soup</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.hunanempirerestaurant.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<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>
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<section id="ai-visiting-hunan-empire">
<h3>Visiting Hunan Empire</h3>
<p>Address: 2001 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA. Phone: (415) 775-4735. Hours: Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Casual Chinese eatery serving up a standard array of soups & noodles plus dim sum."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Union St & Buchanan St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Union Street Plaza Garage</td><td>Parking garage</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wildseed</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blue Whale Restaurant & Lounge</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Union St & Buchanan St</td><td>Transit station</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Flores San Francisco</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.5 average across 234 reviews: Google 234. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)</p>
<p>While Hunan Empire is praised for its specific dishes like sweet and sour fish, service inconsistencies and atmosphere concerns are noted by many customers. (AI guess, from 234 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Sweet and sour fish</li>
<li>Sesame chicken</li>
<li>Won Ton soup with pork</li>
<li>Curry shrimp with fried rice</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
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<li>Service can be slow and unpersonal</li>
<li>Food occasionally lacks flavor or freshness</li>
<li>Complaints about missing items in orders</li>
<li>Dark and uninviting atmosphere</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>where exactly is this place?</h4>
<h4>anything good on Union to kill time near Hunan Empire?</h4>
<h4>best chinese restaurant in San Francisco</h4>
<h4>opening hours here, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing here</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>same day tables, does that ever happen here</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good?</h4>
<h4>rough idea what Hunan Empire costs?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Hunan Empire, what for?</h4>
<h4>Open Sundays here?</h4>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco?</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Hunan Empire, anyone?</h4>
<h4>Hunan Empire or Z & Y?</h4>
<h4>Booking a first visit at Hunan Empire, what happens?</h4>
<h4>do I need to book Hunan Empire in San Francisco or can I just turn up?</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 27 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. Hunan Empire scores 27, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<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">Hunan Empire</th></tr></thead>
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<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>91</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>53</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>73</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>74</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</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>
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<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 Hunan Empire</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Hunan Empire Restaurant</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.hunanempirerestaurant.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 Hunan Empire 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>
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</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>
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<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>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJTdw_KNuAhYARjo4FrVXBmBI (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>
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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.
- [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Sep 9, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJTdw_KNuAhYARjo4FrVXBmBI
- [2]Services4 servicesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology