# 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 - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhd8b20czayeawvfbsc87v%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhd8b20czayeawvfbsc87v%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhd8b20czayeawvfbsc87v%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhd8b20czayeawvfbsc87v%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtuhd8b20czayeawvfbsc87v%2F4.jpg) ## 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)