One of the best Chinese restaurants in town. The orange crispy beef is so unique; so crunchy and delicious. They also cook some of the best Springfield-style chicken+rice dishes around, and they serve everything HOT, steaming off the wok. I recommend the General, but add a little heat to it because they go pretty easy on the spices. Four stars+ for me, and it's still not too intense. We did a full review and explored the history of Bao Bao on our local restaurant podcast here: http://www.springfoodpod.xyz/episode/8d1f1151-908c-4a65-bb3b-cf6272b15ba2 read more

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Awesome place for authentic chinese food!! Its a small restaurant with plenty of flavors. Me and my kids come here most of the time. They have the best wonton soup and steam dumpling. If u like seafood, they have their fried salt and pepper shrimp, which is to die for and stir fry clams with black bean sauce!! Their kung pao chicken and beef with green beans is so good. There are many more so come and try Bao Bao, u won't be disappointed!! read more

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Order the duck! Try the beef and green bean. Pot stickers. Dumplings. So many dishes that make us happy and returning every week or two. The team there is great and the food is consistent. Love Bao Bao read more

found a cockroach. the server was nice and the food was okay, what freaked us out was finding a bug.

I went to this restaurant again, unfortunately the chef may change, see the eggplant tasty was terrible, the photo 3 compared to photo 1 , totally different, please avoid order this dish! Meatball dish was still good, but don't understand why put green onion head in the soup? Increasing muddy tasty? read more

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Bao Bao is AMAZINNNNNG!!!! The crab rangoon was the best I've had too. I ordered off of the traditional menu and the employees came to me hush-hush and asked if it was really what I wanted because no one other than "traditional" people order that dish. I still chose it and I'd order it again in a heart beat cause that hot pot was delicious! read more

It appears that they have closed the restaurant. They're hours open hasn't been updated since Christmas time.

I was not impressed. Although in fairness to the restaurant no Chinese food from this area impresses me. I am from NYC and believe me the food from NY is way different. There is a better flavor, more ingredients. For instance, the crab Rangoon in this town is hilarious there's no crab in it. Not so in NY. This place got great reviews and for me sadly it didn't hit the mark, none of it has. Chinese is the only food so far that hasn't come close to NY. I guess I'll have Chinese when i go home because this is NOT Chinese food as I know it. Bad? I can't say that. But I can and will say it is very underwhelming read more

I ordered delivery and it came through GrubHub (which was awesome delivery although the charge was $8.99.) I ordered the egg roll, hot and sour soup, steamed pork dumplings, and the traditional Kung Pao beef with rice. So.. here we go.. Egg roll: it was tasty. It was crunchy and had a good tangy flavor. I wasn't blown away but I did enjoy it ! Hot and sour soup: I read reviews that it was the best in town but I know that not to be true. It was good but had a distinct chili flavor that was outside the norm for hot and sour soup. It was good to eat but I don't know that I'd get this again. Steamed pork dumplings: the sauce was delicious! It was sweet, salty, a little tangy. The dumplings were good but I'm pretty sure they are frozen, company made dumplings. They were good either way but I could buy them in the frozen aisle at Walmart. Kung Pao Beef: SO GOOD. This dish was so great- the beef was tender and thin cut with a tangy, spicy sauce and peanuts. Absolutely would get again! read more

This was my first time trying Bao Bao. We had 5 people and we all wanted Chinese food and decided we would try Bao Bao. I love the location, it's such a nice area. We went inside, we were pleasantly greeted, and were seated with menus. The prices were very reasonable. All of our dinners came out really hot and in good time. We all enjoyed our dinner, the food was delicious and we all had something different. I had General chicken, fried rice, and Crabrangoon, I loved everything. The Crabrangoon was very good, crispy, and fried to perfection. My General Chicken was great, you can choose your spice level, I like spicy and it had a great kick. My rice was good, perfectly cooked. Even though Springfield is the home of "Cashew Chicken", good Chinese Restaurants are few and far between, this is definitely a good one. I look forward to our next visit! read more

this place is amazing not only for food before it's amazing atmosphere. The people that work here are very nice and treat you with respect and the food is set at good prices so you get more for less I highly recommend coming here and eating. read more

Let me start off with WOW. I got the crispy orange glazed beef with potstickers and it was absolutely excellent.

My favorite Chinese place in town. The combination fried rice and the salt and pepper flounder are my favorite. The owner is really nice and makes you feel welcomed. The food is amazing. I have become a regular there. Totally recommended. read more

I love Bao Bao. When my family and I decide to eat Chinese, this is where we go. The food is yummy, affordable, and the staff is respectful. read more

This place was great! High quality food and good service. I would definitely go here again. I got the shrimp lomein and my bf got the general chicken. He loved his too :) read more

This is our favorite place in town for General Tso's. We usually order with veggies added and it's hard to beat.

The best Chinese food in Springfield. Try it out and be adventurous. I like the pork and eggplant. My 8 year old likes the pork steamed dumplings. (Bonus because there's some veggies hidden in there) read more

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One of the few Chinese places to deliver through Grub Hub. I ordered the Combination Lo mein, Wonton soup and an egg roll. Best item...the egg roll. Crunchy, flavorful and they provided the hot mustard I asked for. Moving right along to the soup. Wonton soup is a hearty broth and filled wontons, . There were wonton pieces and vegetables. Yes you read that right. Vegetables. NOT what the Dr ordered. The combo lo-mein? Well, very bland noodles with chicken, beef and 1 shrimp. I guess it was a combination of items. Honestly I wish I was done. $5.24 delivery fee in addition to a tip for this? And...AND...no utensils or chopsticks. OK. Now, I'm done. Have a Yelptastic day :) read more

Been going here for years. Enjoy their authentic menu and the service here is just perfect. Good date place! Will continue going until I no longer live in Springfield! read more

Best Chinese food in Springfield. Definitely a hidden gem. They have both American Chinese and more traditional options. The prices are great and you get a lot for them. You can get a soup for just over a buck! The chicken is always fresh, juicy and in big pieces. Most things come with an egg roll and crab rangoon and those are always tasty as well. The only thing I wish was different is that I lived closer so I could get over there more often! read more

Fast service and food was great. It is a small location dining wise so we always pick up or have delivered.

We have been back several times. The food is very good. I recommend the meatball hot pot, the kung poa beef or chicken, the steamed dumplings are great and did not come off the back of a Sysco truck. The salt and pepper squid is not to be missed! Lucy is one of the great waitresses in Springfield and will is a gladly help you with the traditional menu. Much better than Spfd Chinese chicken. This is a great restaurant and does have carryout. read more

Bao Bao Chinese Bistro - New seating. Very nice. - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

This has been our go-to Chinese restaurant for the last few years. We've never dined in, but we've always had great luck with take out and delivery. Their cashew chicken and egg rolls are the best we've had in Springfield. Prices are low, the food is delicious, and the portion sizes are excellent. read more

I got the duck and it was good but it was way too rich and just needed something like vegetables to balance it out. It would've been good as maybe an appetizer with fried wonton chips. I couldn't eat more than a few bites, I think they should cut the amount of duck in half and add vegetables to it and I would still pay the same amount. Egg rolls, crab and rice were alright, I think the fried rice should have at least onions in it to give it a crunch. My husband had the fried orange beef and nothing special about it. read more

Best wonton soup I've had hear in Springfield! Also order the beef and broccoli and the fried pork. Very tasty. Will order more food!

It is rare for me to give a restaurant a five star rating, but let me validate that point. I have been eating Chinese cuisine since 1978. I had the Hunan Beef, Green Beans, Sesame Chicken Egg Drop Soup and Rice. It was amazingly flavorful and properly cooked. We have been living in Springfield since January and have been disappointed until tonight at every attempt to find anything compared to what we are accustomed to in Mississippi or Houston, Texas. This has not only surpassed Springfield, but exceeded them all. Well done, we are your new regular patrons! read more

I was traveling and my flight arrived earlier than hotel check in so I decided to stop in Bao Bao for some steamed dumplings and hot and sour soup. (This is my Chinese Restaurant Flavor Test to see if I will return). This drop-in was based on others positive reviews of steamed dumplings, not the soup. As a point of awareness, I grew up in the NY/NJ area on Chinese Food and that is my baseline / standard for taste. My subjective opinion. The Steamed Dumplings - Upon opening my takeout box, I knew I would be disappointed. They were flat, not crescent shaped. The hand pinched pleats were just as flat as the overall dumpling. The flavor was not present. I really like a good pork dumpling with hints of soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil and scallion. These dumplings were lacking flavor. The dipping sauce was okay, but lacked oils that stick to the dumpling. The Hot and Sour Soup - The color and consistency were good but the flavor was lacking as well. I enjoy a good balance of hot (white pepper & red pepper) and good sour (vinegar) mixed with good soy sauce. This was light on all three. The veggies were fine, the soy cubes were fine, but the overall flavor was missing. I want Chinese food to be bold and tell you its different than other cuisines, but unfortunately these two items pander to the masses and don't represent who they could really be. I cant tell you if you would like this establishment, I don't know your food bias, but if you like bold flavorfull foods, these items, which can be wonderful, don't tell me the rest of the menu should be explored. read more

Absolutely my favorite place to get Chinese anywhere. A well-loved place with warm, wonderful service.

If you're going to Chinese restaurant for the first time in Springfield and you want to eat somewhere then I recommend this place! Great service from the staff who are very friendly. The food is delicious. I ordered the Sweet chicken and the Shrimp fried rice, and just the environment makes you feel welcome. The food has always been top of the line and with the option to dine in back again. It brings back so many memories. read more

First time and won't go back. Happy Family WAY too salty. The place needs a good deep cleaning. I could scrape my initials into the built-up grease and whatever that was around the edges of the table top and 2-5 inches wide. It was scary to even rest my forearm on the table. read more

So far we have only been to Bao Bao Chinese Bistro once, but it was fantastic and I'm sure it will be the first of many visits. Great service and despite such a tiny dining room in their very small space, it felt comfy and even a bit romantic. Great atmosphere! A word to the wise, as you enter Chesterfield Village there's not a very noticeable sign for Bao Bao but it's just to the right on the same section as Prima's Mexican restaurant. After an unseasonably warm morning of hiking, I was in the mood for something a little lighter than say, kung pao chicken...Bao Bao's Chinese menu offered so many appetizing options but I wound up going with the mushroom and bok choy and it was the perfect entrée. The steamed rice alongside delicate, perfectly cooked vegetables in a glorious not-over-the-top sauce...yes! I'll definitely be back. However, the star of the table was my husband's tofu and celery dish. The tofu was amazing! We loved the versatility of a Chinese menu and American "Springfield style" menu. I plan to eventually explore both! read more

Bao Bao Chinese Bistro - Delicious tofu with celery and mushroom book choy - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

I ordered delivery, and service was quick and well packaged. The chicken used in the Lemon Chicken was about the best I've had from an Asian restaurant. No fat, no gristle or other weirdness. Big white-meat chunks. Eggrolls were great. Crab Rangoon was great. Hot and sour soup was great. However the pork wontons were nothing more that fried wonton sheets. The tiny bit of filling was not recognizable. So I won't ever get those again. But I will order from Bao Bao again. It was good. read more

This place is a gem tucked away in chesterfield village. The must thing to do is order off of the authentic menu. The red braised pork belly and mapo tofu or beef with wok fried green beans is a must order. This Asian bistro is a very affordable and a great place to order family style read more

One of the best tasting Chinese restaurants in town. Reminds me of home (Stl) Restaurant is a little out of place and tucked away behind chesterfield lofts. Kind of small but doesn't affect the food. Price is reasonable. read more

I tried this restaurant today for the first time. It was around 3:30 when my mom and I went in. We were the only patrons. Service was prompt and we were well taken care of. We both really enjoyed our dishes. She had the general chicken and I had the mandarin sweet and spicy. We both chose fried rice with our meals. Also ordered an appetizer of crab Rangoon. Everything was great and made fresh for sure. We will for sure be back to try different dishes. read more

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Visiting Springfield for the weekend. Heard about cashew chicken from this area and looked up several places. This place had great reviews so the wife and I decided to come here. Walked in and the place was smaller than I thought but that didn't bother me. There were only two tables with guest. We were seated around the corner at a table. Waitress walked off and came back a few minutes later asking for our drinks. We ordered drinks. We received those promptly. After a few minutes, we were ready to order. Our waitress was nowhere to be found. You could see the constant food delivery companies coming in constantly and leaving with food. After about 15-20 minutes, we got up and left. We were never waited on after receiving our drinks. They didn't even care we were there. The owner or manager just looked at us and didn't even care. They seemed they only care about their take out service. All we received here was crap service and smelling like nasty grease. We left and went one mile away to Leong's. That place was amazing. As for this place, never again!! read more

Amazing amazing amazing place! This is my favorite restaurant in Springfield - it has both a "Springfield Style" and a "Traditional" Menu, which is fantastic! For my husband's birthday, we pre-ordered the slow cooked duck, which was slow roasted in a marinade of soy sauce and sugar. It was hands down the best I've ever tasted! We also got some homemade steamed dumplings and shredded pork, which was also delicious. The service, food, and clealiness were all wonderful. Bao bao is the best Chinese in Springfield! read more

I am happy to say we found some good Chinese food in Springfield, being from the west coast we seem to have some of the best so being here we have been searching. Today we tried the potstickers, I've had steamed dumplings in San Francisco once but guess I never tried pot stickers, they were so good, I will be dreaming of having them again. My favourite Chinese dish in Arizona was Beef with green beans so tried it here, a bit different but none the less this was good. The Rangoon and egg roll was equally good. Hubby had mushroom chicken which he ordered quite often in Arizona, he liked it here. This restaurant is very small so hoping a return trip they will have room for us because we are definitely coming back. read more

Usually have a good experience here. Ordered take out. I knew the person taking my order over the phone was confused about what I ordered..: so I had them read it back to me. She read what I wanted to order, so I was like okay great they got it. But they still wrote down something else. They were new and weren't familiar with the menu yet, which I understand, but to completely ignore me twice and still instead actually write down what I didn't want...was frustrating. When I called back to explain that I didn't order this...The supervisor didn't seem to interested in fixing it. "Well what do you want me to do about it". I wish she would have said can I make another one or offer a refund, but no, "what do you want me to do about it". I will sum it all up to communication error, the new employee was told to write down what the customer wants and that the two items weren't the same thing, but still a frustrating situation. read more

Lucy aka "Snow Flower" was the best! She chatted with us about what we thought we wanted and she helped us pick out what were three great items! The black bean clams made a great appetizer and the bourbon beef paired with the shrimp and noodles were great. We went here the first time about 2 weeks ago with part of our family and tried several things then as well that were great. The duck sticks out in my memory. Great service with Sam then as well. Family owned restaurant where the whole family is proud of working together and the product they turn out. AWESOME! We have several great restaurants in Springfield. If you want good food that you won't find at the "Cashew Chicken" joints. Then this is the place for you! read more

Bao Bao Chinese Bistro - Snow Flower (Lucy) great waitress - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri