Upon pulling up, you see the drive-thru so I'm thinking fast food, but in reality, it is fast and it 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!! read more

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The food wasn't very good all fried they add sauce to the nugget like chicken then put it in a box. 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 read more

Food was good just the rice was a little try the staff was very nice and thr place was clean

Foods great Atmosphere Clean Great drinks Free soap bar with dine in Free parking Service is good but can't understand lady as much. read more

We are in there one or two times a week and we are aware of the dining room closing at 7:30 and the drive thru only sign goes up. We got there at 7:13 pm 3/1/26 and the counter girl kept her back to us for 2 plus minutes then came up to counter that we had been standing at to tell us we could only order take out. We have never been told this and we have been eating here for years then the curly redhead said they stop taking orders at 7:15, and the Drive Thru only sign was not up when we walked in. Most of their workers are fantastic but these two not so much. read more

After moving away from Springfield 8 years ago, I found myself in town for a couple days. I had to get some cashew chicken because NOWHERE makes it like Springfield, MO. Chinese Chef on enterprise used to be my go-to. It looks it's changed hands but the food exactly how I remember it. Cashew chicken is delish, crab rangoons are stuffed full and hot and the egg drop soup is still the best. Only downside is I didn't get wonton strips for my soup, so I would just make sure you check your bag before leaving or ask for them specifically if you want them. As a side note, the picture below is a Jr size cashew chicken that comes with 2 sides (egg roll, crab Rangoon or wontons), fried rice and a drink. It's plenty of food if you're looking for a smaller portion size than the main entree combo. read more

Cashew Chef - Drink, egg drop soup, and cashew chicken with a crab rangoon. - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

My favorite cashew chicken place. Reasonably priced, friendly and prompt service, and relaxing atmosphere. Their egg drop soup is delicious also. I am addicted. Lol!! read more

The food at Cashew Chef is comparable to other places in SGF. I look forward to trying more dishes. The place is clean and the staff were all very nice. read more

This is our favorite Chinese restaurant in town! We tried several others when we moved here, and never found the one until we got to Cashew Chef. I've never had a bad experience there. Everything on the menu is delicious! The food is always so hot and freshly made. As a transplant into Springfield, I hadn't enjoyed cashew chicken anywhere else, but LOVE it from here. The drive thru is also super convenient. read more

Amazing. I ate there twice today. Had soup for lunch (mixed hot and sour and egg drop) then more soup for dinner with steamed dumplings. So good. And they are really nice people. Can't recommend enough. Plus, if you dine in and get an entree, the soup is free. Trust me and go. read more

I ordered here and got food poisoning. Not going back. They say your review has to be 85 characters to post. When it's food poisoning it's food poisoning read more

Everything on the menu is so tasty! Plus, they are really fast so I've never had to wait too long after ordering.

Just failed health inspection handling chicken with bare hands and leaving out to room temperature

Service was sort of good. The food we got was decent but didn't get what's on the menu. We ordered a large combo chop suey. The menu said cabbage, broccoli, zucchini, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, carrots. We got a plate full of cabbage, 4 stalks of broccoli, and I'm no kidding 6 slices of a carrot - decoration. It also came with chicken that we didn't order. We wanted vegetables. Now I'm not kidding, the chicken was fabulous but it's not what we wanted. We asked for fried rice instead of white rice. She said no problem- we got white rice with an egg in it. No soy sauce, no green onion, nothing magical like normal fried rice. She informed me that's how we make it. To get fried rice that we expect we have to order just fried rice not in a combo. Had she explained that we would have ordered that. Had they asked if we wanted chicken, beef or shrimp, I would have said no thank you, just veggies. Didn't take it back but when we left, I took a photo of the menu and she ask if she could help me - I said we ordered chop suey and got none of this stuff listed on your menu. She said Ok. That was it. I spent $21 on a sad plate of cabbage with some great chicken. We won't be back - too expensive for white rice and cabbage. Too many other options in Springfield. They did have a free soup bar if you order an entree inside. The trio was great - 2 egg rolls, 2 crab Rangoon and 6 fried dumplings that was pretty good but the entire experience wasn't worth it. I'd pay more to get what I order and I will elsewhere. read more

Cashew Chef - a menu for a restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri