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    Shanghai Buffet

    2.7 (38 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed

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    Great food. It is a buffet. However, it is always clean inside. Good tastes great. The owners are always friendly.

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    I am very critical and will judge a place based on their cashew chicken. This is the best cashew chicken around. Hands down.

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    6 years ago

    Fantastic food the best in the area sweet-and-sour shrimp is fantastic the buffet is wonderful

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    7 years ago

    Absolutely the rudest people I have ever encountered in the service industry. Don't your time or money here!

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    11 years ago

    Drive thru. Lots of food for a reasonable price. A large drink means 32 oz not 20. Will definitely come again and eat inside

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    8 years ago

    Terrible food, went to the drive-through and got it home and didn't even eat my dinner. Better off getting a box pizza.

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    11 years ago

    This is by far my favorite Chinese restaurant around! Food is wonderful, crab Rangoon delicious, and the owners are very friendly.

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    13 years ago

    Ate on a Tuesday night. Food tasted great but wasn't real hot. Mongolian BBQ was good and hot. Saw a live roach near Mongolian bar.

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    Corner 21 Chinese Cuisine

    Corner 21 Chinese Cuisine

    4.5(192 reviews)
    9.7 mi
    $$

    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!

    Greasy food, regular service, generous portions, and noisy ambience…read more We came on a busy Sunday evening. We ordered the sizzling pepper steak and the braised beef noodle. After a 30 min wait the food came out. The sizzling pepper steak came out very hot and sizzling but it was incredibly oily. It was well seasoned, but way too oily. After we finished it, there was a puddle of oil remaining. The braised beef noodle was decent, and it was not special in any way. The restaurant was fairly clean, although the tables were packed tightly to fit the most amount of people. Our server was attentive, refilled our water frequently even though the restaurant was packed, and knew both mandarin and English. Overall I was mostly satisfied with the experience, but I would wish the food was less salty and greasy.

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    Corner 21 Chinese Cuisine - Dry fried intestines

    Dry fried intestines

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    Hong Kong Inn - Orange Chicken

    Hong Kong Inn

    3.1(25 reviews)
    4.5 mi
    $

    Not too bad Chinese joint they give a generous amount of chicken with their meals. Averages around…read more$5 a person. Their crab rangoo is okay but everything else is great My fiancé loves their bourbon chicken. Also only Chinese place open on Sundays in ozark but closed Monday

    Worst Chinese Food I have ever had! Ordered cashew white meat chicken with fried rice and wontons…read more Was take out. When I got home literally only 5 mikes away and started to eat my dinner I was super disappointed! Very tiny portions. Meal had 7 small pieces of chicken, maybe 5 small chunks of cashews at most. The chicken was like eating rubber. The sauce had been watered down and was very thin; terrible! Ordered fried rice but received white rice. 2 super small scoops of rice. The wontons were very tough and chewy. Not crispy at all. Asked for some duck sauce and hot mustard packets. They gave me one of each in small packets. Paid $18.00 for a meal that honestly wasn't even eatable. There are much better Chinese food than this place. I will never eat here again. Go to Yen Chang in Ozark; large quantities, made fresh, and the same price. 4 of us ate at Yen Chang last week and none of us could eat it all due to the large portions they give you. Yen Chang is fantastic! There is also a Chinese Buffet on S. Campbell in Springfield, MO. that is fantastic and even cheaper than Hong Kong Inn, and all you can eat. It's just north of Battlefield on Campbell. Leongs on west republic road in Springfield is fantastic as well. They even have the original Springfield Cashew Chicken and Sweet & Sour Chicken too. So does Yen Chang. Do not eat at Hong Kong Inn! You will be very disappointed! It's a total rip off! Paul Conn 9-5-2026

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    Crab Rangoon 3pc

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    Hunan chicken, yo!

    Hong Kong Inn - To their shame, the "hot" mustard is in packets, but the food is pretty good (really good for SWMO).

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    To their shame, the "hot" mustard is in packets, but the food is pretty good (really good for SWMO).

    Golden Dragon - Roast Pork Egg Foo Young, Fried Rice and Egg Roles

    Golden Dragon

    3.3(65 reviews)
    5.4 mi
    $

    I woke up Wednesday morning with a migraine, so I hadn't eaten ALL day. The one thing that sounded…read moregood was Golden Dragon's egg drop soup. It is the best. Loaded with plenty of egg whites, green onions, a deep brothy flavor, and best of all some extra protein with the chicken they add in theirs. I also really enjoy their fried rice. They put in fresh bean sprouts which adds that freshness and crunch. All we ordered was 1 order of beef fried rice, 1 order of chicken egg drop soup, and 2 sprites. Totaling a little over $20. An affordable meal for two, as we can split those two items and still have food leftover. So good sized portions as well. Golden Dragon has been a staple in the Ozark area ever since I was a kid. I was reminiscing that night sitting in the drive through, talking to my son about a time when I remembered when they were dine in and had a buffet! He had no idea that they were a full blown restaurant once upon a time. I say all of this as a prelude to once we got home and opened our order. We DIDN'T order any vegetable spring rolls, but they had thrown in a little bag of them just for us. This may have been a small gesture on their part, but it really made me smile and feel better from a day that was not so great. So THANK YOU to whomever there that threw in that sweet little surprise. Your food is good, but I think it's the small acts of kindness like this that keep such a loyal following to your establishment.

    For the last year or so they haven't had the dining room open and we typically preferred not to eat…read morein the car or take it home and eat it soggy so we bypassed the place completely. For 15+ years it's kind of been a go to an a staple when we're in Ozark area. I just called tonight and they said that the dining room is open and we're gonna go back in and have a meal. Having eaten here 50+ times in the last 10 years, I find the food consistent in the help on par with part-time restaurant help.

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    Golden Dragon - Menu

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    Golden Dragon - Menu

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    Lucys

    Lucys

    2.8(10 reviews)
    4.8 mi

    I don't usually write reviews but this is frustrating!! Half order for $11??!!! A tiny half cup or…read moreless of rice and 5 (4 but one was bigger) chicken? Don't get me started on the kids order...it only had TWO?! My kids were crying and I picked up through drive thru. We will never come back. Total rip off and very deceiving and a bummer because the quality & taste were so good. PLEASE Market your tiny portion control on the kids menu so parents don't get back home with only two little bites for their 7 & 10 year old & not even be able to offer any from my tiny portion. Again we won't ever come back because it truly felt like a rip off and taking advantage of because there's no way a child's order should ONLY get 2? Come on...

    We hadn't been to Lucy's in so long and tried it again as we grew up in the area. We were severely…read moredisappointed. The junior meals came with three tiny pieces of chicken. The large "meals" were not even full. Multiple items were forgotten and we had to go back. To top it all off it was a whopping $60 for barely any food. We were charged extra for sauces and all of the soda was flat. We also waited about 10 minutes in the drive through just to order and had to pull around again to get anyone to answer us. the quality has really suffered. It's disappointing that a Springfield favorite has really gone down hill. Seeing as all Chinese food is expensive these days, If you have to spend a small fortune to get good Chinese food, this isn't the place to go.

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    Lucys - Sweet and sour chicken.

    Sweet and sour chicken.

    Lucys - Sweet & Sour chicken combo

    Sweet & Sour chicken combo

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    Cashew chicken. See the few cashews on top.

    Bao Bao Chinese Bistro - Order area.

    Bao Bao Chinese Bistro

    4.3(187 reviews)
    7.1 mi
    $

    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

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    Bao Bao Chinese Bistro - This is the slow cooked duck and squid with clearly off the chinese menu both delicious!

    This is the slow cooked duck and squid with clearly off the chinese menu both delicious!

    Bao Bao Chinese Bistro - Squid with celery

    Squid with celery

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    Slow roasted duck - comes right off the bone yum yum

    Shanghai Buffet - buffets - Updated September 2026

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