Ordered beef with snow peas but they were out of snow peas. They suggested I try garlic string beans instead so I went with it. Along with an egg drop wonton soup. Food was awesome. Large quantity and reasonably priced. Service was quick and friendly. Place while nobody was in the seating area looked clean. One person was walking out while I was walking and another was walking in while I was walking out. Will definitely revisit when I'm back in the area. read more

Best Chinese place in town. Good-sized portions, I always get at least two meals out of an entree.

TLDR: Get the steamed dumplings. Really high quality food, especially for the price. MENU: They offer an extensive variety of Americanized Chinese; you'll be familiar with most of it. All of the online versions of the menu I have seen are out of date. Go inside and pick up a paper take-home copy. COMPETITION: The closest comparison I can make to Great Wall is Chen's, near the square. Let me give you an example how the two restaurants contrast with each other. Chen's: The first thing I ever got at Chen's was the cashew chicken. The quantity of chicken (chopped dark meat) and cashews were generous for the price. And the rest was celery. I know that sounds like an exaggeration, but I mean it. The dish was about 50% celery. The fried rice is greasy and over-salted. I always get the combo, with an egg roll, which is a factory-made thin and crispy item filled with cabbage. Great Wall: I haven't had the cashew chicken at GW in several years and I don't quite recall what was in it, but I recently got the moo goo gai pan combination, so I'll use that as a point of comparison. Thinly sliced white meat, with a variety of vegetables including: snow peas, carrots, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and mushrooms. The fried rice is light and fluffy, not too greasy. The egg rolls here are also factory made, and more like you normally see in Americanized Chinese spots around the country: thicker wanton wrapper, filled mainly with cabbage and few tidbits of pork thrown in. Which one would you rather have? FOOD QUALITY: The folks at Great Wall clearly take a lot of pride in what they produce. Everything I have ever gotten was fresh and made to order. The quality of the food here makes them one of the best restaurants in Kirksville, if you ask me. MENU FAVORITES: Let's talk about the steamed dumplings. I believe they are homemade (if not, they certainly fooled me). The filling (beef, if I'm not mistaken) is flavorful and tender, and comes with a sharp, sweet and tangy dipping sauce. I would say the wrappers are bit too thick and stodgy, but still good overall. MENU FAILS: The only minor criticism I would offer is with the egg rolls - they always seem to be a little cold in the middle. Go for the crab rangoon instead, if you get a combo meal. FRONT OF HOUSE SERVICE: They do things fast food style, where you go up to the counter and get your food on a tray. It's always the same lady working the register - she's cordial and efficient. Chances are you'll overhear her and the cook talking together in their native language, which I think is cool. KITCHEN SERVICE: The kitchen is open, and you can watch the cook work if you want to. From what I've seen, it's always clean. ATMOSPHERE: The interior is bright and cheerful. Like a lot of restaurants in Kirksville, the building has some history. (Go check out the mural on the east wall of the building Nurhachi was in, if you've never seen it.) Based on the furniture in the dining room, it must have started life as a fast food joint. Next, judging by the saltillo tile around the front counter, it was a Mexican spot. Now it's Chinese. Each phase in the building's life shows through in some of the remaining artifacts. The exterior is noteworthy, too. The gray-green color of the brick is unique and unmistakable at a distance, and I really like all of the vines growing on the face of the north wall. I'd say it's beautiful, in a quaint sort of way. read more

Overall, the food is pretty good when compared with other restaurants that Kirksville has to offer. The fried rice is so-so. The entrees are good. I would recommend the orange chicken and spring rolls. read more

It appears that most of their business is take out. Food is cooked when ordered. Hot and good.

My first experience here, but I'm an out of towner. My daughter recommended it and it didn't disappoint. Quick service for take out. The food was readily when promised and served hot. I'll be back the next time I am in town. read more

Do not recommend. The fried rice is plain white rice, the Mongolian beef tastes like fish and is inedible. Unsure if the beef is bad or if it was cooked with fish. We will not return. read more

Food is delicious. Owners are friendly and take great pride ensuring their customers have a positive experience. Take out is fast and food is fresh! read more

The Great Wall always prepares their food with care. If you love a lot of vegetables in your food then this is the place to go. Their buffet is only served during lunch and it probably isn't the best in town but if you want to order from the menu it is always delicious. Their orange chicken and vegetable lo mein is my favorite and their spring rolls are never a disappointment. read more

I order here frequently and use quick cuisine to deliever, the food is okay, I have had better but you get what you pay for. I recommend not getting just plain fried rice because it is tasteless. The sweet and sour chicken is decent. The geberal tso's chicken is good but they put these big red peppers in it and ruins it. Also, they charge for soy sauce! read more

it's exactly what you want from a restaurant. food is absolutely fantastic, the employees are hard working, and won't give you any hypocritical bs. best restaurant i've been to in a minute. read more

Best chinese food in adair county for sure my favorite is their black pepper and mushroom chicken family run and always fresh food 10of10 would recommend read more

I tried the beef lo mein and General Tso's chicken. The food was pretty good. The flavors were OK, and the ingredients were pretty fresh. It's not the best Chinese food I've had, but definitely not the worst. The prices are fairly reasonable as well. I wouldn't mind ordering from here every once in a while. read more

Had the buffet for lunch and the food was lukewarm. Otherwise, nothing special and the food looked like it had been sitting there for awhile (and I was in the restaurant at around noon so you would think the food wouldn't look like it had been sitting there all day). The egg drop soup was completely tasteless. Not the worst Chinese I've had but I wouldn't go back unless desperate. read more

We were visiting for two weeks in Kirksville and trying to find something ethnic was a bit difficult. We are from the west coast were Chinese restaurants number in the thousands. Feeling adventurous we tried the Great Wall. (We were told this is a better place than China Palace in downtown Kirksville). We were not expecting a fast food place and were surprised that it looks like it used to be a taco bell. Nevertheless the owners are chinese and it seems they are a husband and wife team with a teen delivery young man who took our orders. We ordered General Tsao's chicken, vegetable chow mein,steamed white rice and beef with vegetables (mushrooms, snow peas, red bell peppers and baby corn). Portions are generous (rice comes with every entree order). As others have said it was by far not the best chinese food but certainly fulfilled the need for a taste of Chinese where little ethnic diversity in food is available. We ate it all without complaints. The chicken was tasty although the chow mein seemed to lack pan fried noodles and had more the consistency of chop suey. This was disappointing. By the way we ordered through the online menu and called in the order. If you go to the restaurant it maybe better as their menu on site is updated and has more to offer. That was an error on our part. For the price point you are getting a very reasonable and acceptable Chinese fast food product. read more

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The food is okay... when they are open. The last couple times we've tried to order they must have been closed. No body answered the phone! We like to order from here because we live close by. It is nice to be able to walk to pick it up. I have always been unimpressed by the food though. China Palace is definitely better, but to be fair the only thing we ever order is Gerneral Tso's chicken. read more

Best chinese in town as it is both pretty good and cheap. Buffet is a great deal. Food is usually always hot and stocked full.

I don't eat the buffet, so I don't know. But if you order to go, they put a lot of water chestnuts into your food, which ruins it.

Disgusting! The egg roles made me gag and spit it out. The rest was tasteless and tough. It was $60 worth of trash.