I have eaten at this restaurant many many times. I've always loved it. However I ate here yesterday for the first time in a few months and it wasn't great. It's very expensive and my food wasn't fresh. The family who owns it is very nice. They always have their young kids in the restaurant playing video games or sitting doing homework with their siblings. Anyways, food is usually amazing. Everyone has an off day every once in a while huh? :) read more

I asked for orange chicken and fried rice. Idk wtf I got but the rice was steamed white rice but a neon yellow color. The orange chicken was also not that good at all read more

My favorite Chinese restaurant and one of the few that actually know how to make fried rice.

Pretty disappointed with this chicken. It looks good but taste is awful. I'm not even sure there was even chicken inside the heavily breaded sauce soaked dish. The wantons were actually good. I won't be back. read more

7-13-2020 @ 7:45pm Sesame Chicken: Really Amazing!!! Coconut Chicken: Very Good. Honey Chicken: Ok. Crab Rangoon's: Hold My Hand, Good!!! One of the Best!!! White Rice: Good. Wow I'm Very surprised... read more

Happy China came highly recommended to us by a hotel we were staying at close by. We called and ordered around 8pm for delivery. Our order was: House Special Soup Wonton Soup Orange Chicken combination plate with pork fried rice and egg roll Sweet & Sour Chicken combination plate with pork fried rice and egg roll Chicken Lo Mein The woman on the phone was very friendly and told us our order would be delivered in 45mins. About half hour later, our order was already at our hotel and the nicest man ever delivered it! Great service. I couldn't try the house special soup as I'm allergic to shrimp, but I was told it was amazing. There was tons of meat in there - chicken, pork, shrimp and a ton of veggies. Definitely a meal within itself. The wonton soup was delicious. The broth was so, so good and the wontons themselves were huge. It came piping hot and the portion was enough for two meals. The orange chicken was yummy, but it was so spicy! While it had a hot pepper beside the description, I didn't realize it would be THAT hot. Regardless I ate it because it was just that good. The sweet and sour chicken was fantastic as well. It was cooked perfectly and had lots of sauce. 10/10 would get again. The pork fried rice was also delicious. Lots of veggies, meat and flavour. I loved the egg rolls. They were perfectly crispy and packed full of goodness. I just want to say that these portions were HUGE! The containers were packed full of food. They were so full the lids barely fit! I was blown away how much food we got for the price we paid. All of the food fed us for six meals! Overall the food was delicious, fresh and the prices were even better. If I'm ever in Springfield, MO again I will definitely be ordering from Happy China! read more

Had the Singapore Fun Mei Special today and it was great! A good curry flavor, but not too strong and good heat level. Will definitely be back! read more

I ordered the appetizer sampler, the deep fried fake crab was thrown away, gross. The shrimp and everything else was ok. My main dish was the egg foo young which was ok, needed more vegetables in it. I would not order either of these items again. read more

Great place with great food. Am never disappointed with my food and the service and people are very nice.

Best Chinese food around! They are fast and always pleasant and helpful! When in the mood for Chinese and in Springfield this is the best!

Highly recommend the crab Rangoon and General Chicken. Cashew a chicken was good too! It is literally right next to the gas station so if you're not looking for it, you will miss it. Great value and friendly family and staff as well. When I come home to visit, cashew chicken is always something that I get bc no other city does cashew chicken like Springfield! read more

Awesome food delivered. We've tried this place now 4 times since I just moved into the area and each time great food. I usually get pork fried rice, Mongolian beef, spring rolls, egg rolls and I've tried several of their vegetarian dishes, all delicious. Highly recommend! read more

Ordered via DoorDash while in Springfield for work, had the Hot Pepper Chicken with white rice and Hot & Sour soup. Strangely, they did not include a fortune cookie--may have been an oversight, but I think this was the first Chinese place that I've had that left it out. No big deal. Hot & Sour soup was decent--a little one-deminsional, but I've definitely had a LOT worse. They included plenty of fried wonton strips to put in it. I was expecting the Hot Pepper Chicken to have the red Thai chiles in it, but it actually turned out to be "black pepper chicken," like the breaded kind often found at the mall. It was still pretty good, a little sweet and not too spicy. The white rice was a bit overcooked, but not bad. For me this was more like 3 1/2 stars, but since I can't do that, I gave it 4 stars, mainly because it was much better than some of the "DoorDash Surprise" Chinese food I've gotten in random towns. This one is decent. read more

The one star rating is for the fried rice that came with my dinner combo. The rice was old, broken, rancid tasting and very greasy. I hate to have an update and give it only 1 star but the fried rice was terrible! It used to also come with pork but now it seems like they skip the meat. Sadly nowhere as good as it once was. read more

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Great spot to grab Chinese! It is on the side of a gas station but don't be deceived! They were very busy which I consider a good sign. I ordered the honey chicken and the portions were HUGE! An entire plate of white rice, a large container of chicken and a side of 2 huge wontons. Also tried the fried dumplings which were pretty good! read more

My boyfriend and I came here for date night because I knew how much he had loved coconut chicken (thank you David H.) from a different Chinese restaurant we'd gone to. So glad that we chose this place! The food... ERMAGHERD! It was so delish! He had the coconut chicken which I had got to try a bite of, and it was yummy. Creamy, tender white meat with a nice glaze to it. I took Matthew B.'s advice and had the honey chicken, which was just as yummy (if not yummier). Not too sweet, either. The fried rice was good, and the crab rangoons were off the chart yummy! I even ate the crispy bits, which I usually leave on the side of the plate anywhere else. The place was clean, and the staff were friendly and prompt. Not to mention they had an adorable maneki-neko (beckoning cat) there at the front to greet you. I might have squeed a little it was so cute. For $18 for the two of us (which included our meals, fried rice, 2 crab rangoons, 1 egg roll, and two medium drinks), we had left full and had to grab a to-go box. Which is nice because we didn't need to gorge ourselves and feel miserable like we normally would at a buffet. Definitely will be coming back again to try out all the other different flavors they offer! I'd dare say that we have found a new favorite. read more

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We were staying in hotel near by it was 9pm not sure if would deliver but they did. The food was excellent we ordered with special request and they did it perfectly. Got the Mongolian beef it's spicy in a good way and chicken broccoli wonderful sauce. We order again if I'm in Springfield Missouri again. read more

When I went or Happy China and got are food it was great some of the best Chinese food I ever had. My only problem was one of my chicken pieces was under cooked but other that it was great! read more

Good price. Convenient location. Clean seating area. Friendly staff. The crab Rangoons were some of the absolutely best in time. My hot pepper chicken entree's chicken was very small, tough and heavily breaded. My husband General Tso's chicken pieces were larger. Neither of us finished our entrees or wanted a to go container to keep what we did not eat. read more

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Overall, I was disappointed with my experience here. We have been here once before years ago and remember enjoying our meal. It started after I called in my family's takeout order during lunch. During pickup, I was surprised by the high price and we realized they had made full size meals and not the lunch sized meal. I realize this was a miscommunication but if you offer a lunch menu, at the very least in my opinion, you should clarify which during the order. Either way, I didn't want them to waste those 5 meals and they graciously offered a 15% discount. The real problem was that the food was...off-tasting. Some items were good (rangoons and shrimp eggroll) while others ranged from ehhh to ughhh. Pepper steak had a chemical taste (possibly from not so fresh ingredients?) and was barely edible. The chicken in the coconut chicken and pineapple chicken dishes was dry and stringy. As we have our usual haunts, we won't be rushing back here anytime soon. read more

Will make a great vegan option for you! Extensive menu to include a lunch menu where l asked for tofu instead of chicken for General Tao's and white rice for the fried rice on one order and General Tao's tofu with fried rice "no egg no meat" on the other. Tofu was crispy and the sauce was the best sauce I have had in a while-the extra spicy one was actually extra spicy. I ordered Spicy garlic sauce on the vegetable dish and that was my only disappointment is that it was not spicy. We also ordered Broccoli Beef with tofu instead of beef-very good (no cholesterol, much lower in calories than meat!!) The food quality is good-the vegetables cooked to perfection and fresh. Better atmosphere than most Chinese restaurants and clean bathroom. Friendly young woman took our order. Adults and teens were all pleased by the dishes. Great place for vegans to dine with omnivores. We'll be back! read more

Great service and quick pick up! The food was really good! I got the chicken and broccoli combo with the crab Rangoon!

My wife and I tried this place for the first time tonight and both of us gave it a thumbs down. I order Cashew Chicken and it was over cooked, chewy and the sauce was runny. The misses had Teriyaki Chicken and it was over cooked, dry, chewy and the sauce was runny and did not taste like Teriyaki. It was 6:30 and I was the only guest in the building. That should have been a hint. I have read several other reviews on this place and can't believe that we were at the same place. On a positive note they do have large selection on their menu. The service was quick on our to go order. read more

Great quick grab for a dinner at home, or even dine in! I usually grab it to go, and have always enjoyed this sauce, crab Rangoon's and etc. I'd send a friend, so I'll send a stranger also! read more

Tasty all white meat chicken, very clean place. I don't live in Springfield any more so I went here twice recently to get my Springfield Chinese chicken fix. Once for sweet and sour chicken and second time for cashew chicken. Then I found out from a friend who went with me, that I could get both at the same time in a child's plate. YUM! read more

I wasn't expecting much because of the location. I really liked the food here! VERY good! Fare prices and good value.

While not bad by any stretch of the imagination, Happy China benefits greatly from lowered expectations due to its location abutting a convenience store. In any other circumstance, that might be a Texas-sized red flag, but this restaurant's reputation among college students (and attendant carryover into adult life) buoys it in the otherwise troubled waters of mid-level Asian dining. With those factors in mind, what would be considered average cuisine by any other measure is elevated slightly, and although the fare here makes no attempt at subtlety in seasoning or sauce, generous portion sizes provide a positive counterbalance. In the end, anyone who's on a budget and nursing a late-night craving for Chinese can probably scratch their itch here. But more discerning diners will probably want to look elsewhere. read more

We were hoping this place would be great, based on the previous reviews. It was just ok. Hot and Sour Soup was excellent, but the crispy wontons served with it were stale and inedible. We order Kung Pao and Hot Pepper Chicken as our entrees. While the flavor was good, the chicken in both dishes was chewy. The vegetables in both dishes were fresh and flavorful. I'm nit sure what method they use to prepare their fried rice, but it was not like any fried rice I've ever had - and not in a good way. We probably won't be back. read more

Love this place. It's in a gas station but it's really good and you get a ton of food for the price.

Every time we have ate here it has been a great experience. The food always seems fresh and crispy when needed. The dishes we have ate and recommend are the pork lo mein which actually has vegetables, unlike other Chinese restaurants around here. Sa Cha beef was excellent. Loaded with both beef and veggies and a version of Chinese BBQ sauce... Sa Cha. Pork fried rice actually has veggies also! Couldn't believe it! I prolly seem crazy but so many places skip the veggies or just offer plain fried rice with soy sauce. Gross. Here is definitely better. The fried rice is yellow colored instead of soy black or brown. Crab rangoons are sweet and filled fully. Cooked to crispy perfection. Spring rolls are heavy on veggies and are not soggy when we have had them. Super crispy outside. Not mushy but tender inside. The moo shu pork is fantastic. Highly recommended. The seasoning is spot on. Take a thin moo shu pancake that comes with the dish, smear a thin layer of the accompanied hoisin sauce on it, place as much moo shu pork on it the pancake and roll it up like a burrito. Fantastic! The hot pepper chicken is cooked perfectly crispy and is kind of sweet and peppery due to the black pepper. It has diced green pepper, onions and carrots in this dish. Ask for some hot oil on the side and mix it into this dish. Tastes fantastic. read more

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Awesome service! Clearly a family business as the young cashier and his parents were all there. Delicious food. We had the Springfield Cashew chicken and the Broccoli over rice. Both were fantastic,. Highly recommended! read more

I ordered delivery through lightning delivery website. The food was incredibly perfect. I had the sweet and sour chicken, won ton soup and crab Rangoon. the food was fresh. I like that they served the sauces on the side. read more

The food isn't fresh and you can tell. The shrimp was over battered and the sweet and sour sauce was watery. I took the batter off the shrimp and the shrimp tasted like plastic. I replaced the shrimp was the lo mein noodles and even that tasted off. Could just be me because my husband thought his orange chicken was good. read more

AVOID!! Cant even do spring rolls right. Too crispy on the outside, mush on the inside. Their entrees are not any better. Over cooked and way too much food coloring in the sauces(stains counter-tops). Do yourself a favor and find somewhere else. read more

Ordered take out. Neat and friendly place. The Springfield cashew chicken was voted best of the dishes by the fam..

I was very disappointed after spending $10 on a single order of coconut chicken to get home to a thimble size of steamed rice and all dark meat chicken...I won't be going back. read more

If you want some good Rice I suggest you order the St Louis style combination rice. Don't hurt your self. Because it's really good.

Delicious! I had curry shrimp with hot and sour soup. I also had steamed dumplings which tasted home made.

Hands down best Chinese food I have had for the price so far. Portions are very generous and staff was very nice. This is not a fancy spot at all I mean its connected to a gas station but the food could be in a 3.5 star hotel maybe even a 4 lmao read more

I don't ever write reviews this is my first one. I ordered chicken fried rice and had it delivered by DoorDash. When I received my order it didn't have any chicken in it. I drove to happy China and showed them my order and asked if they can fix it. The lady dug threw the order and found one tiny sliver of chicken and said there is your chicken. I was beside myself that she thought that was ok. I asked if they could fix it or could I at least get something different if that is what they were calling chicken fried rice. She just kept arguing with me and wouldn't stop or correct the order. When did we go from the customer is always right to now arguing with everyone. I left with no chicken fried rice or refund. So not only did I pay extra to have DoorDash deliver my food so I didn't have to leave my house, but I ended leaving anyway and over paying for food I didn't even eat. I had to go somewhere else for dinner. Do not go to happy China. Worsts experience and food in town and the people there are just plain rude. Business need to remember without paying customers you wouldn't be in business in the first place. read more