Updating my review from last year: This review below was meant for the location at 1730 E Republic…read moreRd Ste A Springfield, MO 65804. My bad, I reviewed the wrong one, but I'm sure this location is good too! Here's my review from last year on the other location: I could tell by looking at the photos and reviews on Yelp that this place was going to be wonderful. Thankfully, when we finally gave it a shot, we were not disappointed. Talk about made fresh. Everything was so delicious and freshly prepared. Flavors were spot on. The service was fantastic. They always made sure that our drinks were filled and we had everything that we needed. My absolute favorite dish was the fried green beans with minced pork. Get it with extra minced pork and you'll love it. The steamed dumplings and pancake appetizer are also really good. Highly recommend! They also have clean restrooms with an extra large sink outside the restroom area so you can quickly wash your hands if you don't actually need to use the restroom. Pretty cool. We can't wait to go back for more!

Interestingly enough, I gave this place a shot because it was on Yelp's "Top 100" list for Chinese…read morefood in the US.... In Springfield of all places??? I was at once both intrigued and more than a little doubtful. However, I've now been here half a dozen times (every time I visit Springfield) and I can say that most of what I've had has been extremely authentic, especially the spicy stuff! Having lived in LA and also in Asia, I'm pretty strict about what I am willing to call authentic. Corner 21 isn't perfect and a few of the dishes fell flat, but you won't find anything better in town. I'm giving it full marks for being such a pleasant surprise in a seriously unexpected place. edit: Almost forgot to mention that the portions are quite big. Portion sizes were definitely more Springfield size than big city sizes! Recommend - Szechuan Spicy Chicken, Dry Fried Green Beans, Traditional Sweet and Sour Pork, Szechuan Boiling Fish Don't recommend - Yang Zhou Fried Rice (It tasted fine, but it's supposed to use bbq and not spam)

This Chinese cuisine is magical. The whimsical environment and mysticality of this restaurant is…read moretruly beautiful. Don't get me started on the Mongolian beef, the tangy tender meat melting in my mouth was the best part of this experience. And as the cherry on top. I had wonderful service with my food arriving immediately. If I had to recommend one place in Springfield mo... it would be happy China.

Service was fast. Ingredients were very different from conventional recipes. Food was mediocre,…read moreovercooked in general and protein was sparse. In all the many times I've ordered Mongolian Beef in many different cities and states, I have never had it prepared with overcooked mushrooms, carrots, snow peas, a ton of cabbage and hardly any beef but no green onions. Interestingly, the restaurant is located in the same building adjacent to a gas convenience store. Wish it was better.

This place is much more solid than 3.6 stars. Soups are good renditions of the style soups…read more Cashew chicken is a fine example of Spfd style cashew chicken. The portions are ample proportions. The service is fast and efficient. The place is always clean and tables turned. This place is great and been around forever. You're not around as long as they have been....and (not) be darn good.

Absolutely amazing cashew chicken. They are consistent in the quality and presentation of this…read moreiconic dish. Fast and friendly service. Highly recommend!!

Excellent food! I had Sweet n Sour and Cashew Chicken. The sauces were good; especially liked…read morethat they don't skimp on Cashews and Green Onions. Crab Rangoon and an egg roll comes with Combo Meal. Both were tasty ! I look forward to dining here again!

Everything is fresh and made to order-absolutely delicious!! The service is great and friendly as…read morewell! Never have eaten inside so I can't tell you about the ambiance! :(

The food: 5 stars always. Great dishes. The service: 1…read morestar. The atmosphere: ZERO STARS! I can appreciate the owners having kids. But...the small dining room is set up like a daycare. TV: timed in to kids programming and loud at any point and time. Kids: the daughter is quite enough. But the son talks out loud....saying what he's seeing on TV....non-stop....and I mean non-stop. And he is loud, fast talking....and oh, did I say loud? And this is how this place was on this visit. Read my other review, where the owner; which was our waiter one time in the past; never put the daughter down; as he took our order or served us. And the daughter was sick and a snotty nose that was snorting around like all get out! Service: They are never organized or attentive at all to the sit in customers. Tables always sit dirty. And if you eliminate the two tables...the owner's kids dominate...I think that only leaves (4) total tables to manage. And I sit there...and see multiple Door Dash orders get messed up and/or take forever. This last time, a Dasher left after waiting forever. The new owners may be nice or well intended. But...they have ruined this place...for all the wrong reasons.

Best Kung Pao chicken in the area You get crab Rangoon to…read moregot with many of their dinners

Upon pulling up, you see the drive-thru so I'm thinking fast food, but in reality, it is fast and…read moreit is food but the quality is amazing!! We walked inside and placed our order at the counter with the employee who greeted us with such a warm smile! The hubs ordered the cashew chicken combo and I ordered the large beef lo mein because the difference between a regular and large is $2. If you eat in, you get to have their soup bar for free. Your options are egg drop soup and hot and sour. Both are so delicious and some of the best we've ever had. Our food was delivered to our table as if it were a fast casual restaurant, which we totally weren't expecting. The portions are huge and isn't overly salted. We don't normally eat a lot of salt in our meals and are always worried that restaurant food would be salty, but here, it is lightly salted and you can always add more salt if needed. Please note that even though it's not salty, that doesn't mean it lacks flavor. This place totally understands flavor and it's awesome!! Also, the inside of the restaurant is CLEAN! Yes, restaurants are supposed to be clean but this place is super clean. The windowsills, pillars, tops of the booths, every surface is immaculately clean!!

The food wasn't very good all fried they add sauce to the nugget like chicken then put it in a…read morebox. The fried rice was just white rice with a little soy sauce on it. Service was very friendly so they get the 3 stars for that. Went through drive thru looked clean. Will I go back, no

By far favorite pho tai soup I have eaten :) service was great! The ambiance was great and friendly…read more! Rangoon here is golden!!! The food here made me almost tear up how happy I was to eat here GOD BLESS THE SHEFFS AND PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING !!! Thank you for serving such amazing food that filled me with so much JOY:)

My opinion it's one of the best in town food is delicious service is fast and the place was always…read morefull

Honestly, I did not expect to find food like this in Springfield. I came here for work my travel…read morejob. This is my third time in Missouri. The first time I visited St. Louis, I had amazing Chinese food,but I still wasn't expecting this level here in Springfield. I've actually walked past Corner 21 multiple times and kept going to the restaurant across the street... yeah, big mistake. The food here is legit Northeastern Chinese cuisine, super authentic, not watered down, and full of flavor. Everything we ordered was spot on, and the dishes came out pretty quickly too. For context, I grew up in Asia and have lived in California for 25 years, so I'm pretty selective when it comes to Chinese food. This place easily holds up even compared to spots in LA. Service was great. Our server, Allen (天宇), was friendly, attentive, and just easy to talk to. It felt welcoming without being over the top, which I really appreciated. The space itself is clean, nicely set up, and has a comfortable vibe. And I have to say the milk tea was ridiculously good. I've been drinking boba since I was a kid, and this one really stood out. Even my coworkers (who aren't Asian) loved everything, which says a lot. Didn't expect to find something this authentic in the Midwest, but here we are. Definitely coming back.

The best Chinese food in Springfield, and it's not even close. Their fish , pork belly, beef, Lamb,…read morehot pot, noodles, vegis, spice, clean flavor is un matched in the area. Love their new location, as it was the only piece they were missing. Go now! You will love it! Try the Cumin Lamb or beef, the spicy fish, and the pork belly with rice noodles.

The menu is small and limited (as in no soup and minimal use of vegetables). However, I thought…read morethey did a pretty good job with what we tried - General Chicken with fried rice plus the optional combo (2 fried wontons and an egg roll). The batter on the chicken was crispy and the sauce was salty and not too sweet or gloopy. The wontons and egg roll were okay too. This would be a great choice for someone who doesn't like vegetables. As for me, the more vegetables the better so I would probably go elsewhere.

This was a pretty interesting spot. It seems like they deep fried almost all their dishes. The menu…read morewas super limited as well and they didn't offer the basics you will find in most Chinese restaurants, such as Kung Pao Chicken. I mean what Chinese Food place doesn't have Kung Pao Chicken? That's sort of like going to KFC and being told they only offer salads now. The place seemed a might dingy, bordering on dirty. The menu's needed to be wiped down. For a Chinese Food place I was kind of surprised to see the server was a gum snapping Caucasian girl as well. Not a Chinese person in the place. What I had wasn't terrible, but certainly this place did just not ring authentic to me. The best part of the visit was reading the sign across the street at the local church which read 'Route 66 ... One more 6 and we probably wouldn't like it so much. 10:30 Worship here/online'.

Their food is very good. I haven't ordered from them in a while so I don't know if their prices…read morehave changed. Get white meat for just a little money. It's worth trying!

I travel a fair amount for work and on occasion after a long day I just want to order take out and…read morerelax in my hotel room. On my recent trip to Springfield, MO I had a craving for Chinese food. I used Uber Eats to find the highest rated spot in the area and was happy to see they had one of my go to meals, Roast Pork Egg Foo Young. I ordered the combination dinner which comes with Fried Rice and an Egg Roll. I had a sweet tooth and gave their Almond Cookies a try as well. The order arrived fast and fresh, thanks to my delivery driver Jeffery. The portions were very generous, the food was hot and very tasty. I'd say it's one of the better Egg Foo Young's and Sauces I've had from a Chinese restaurant. The Fried Rice was fresh and the Egg Roll was well stuffed, crispy and had a great taste. For dessert I had Almond Cookies, they were the perfect sweetness to top off a good meal. My fortune cookie fortune was fitting for the week of business meetings I was conducting. Overall it was just what I was looking for a stay in dinner. I'd check out China King on West Republic Road again next time I'm craving Chinese in Springfield.