i have ordered from this china king on national for over 13 years . they are always really nice & everything is made fresh to order. this is the only chinese restaurant i can find locally that makes peanut butter chicken. it is cooked to perfection & is so crisp & then its topped with a peanut butter sauce. the lunch meal has rice and a ragoon, egg roll or egg drop soup their egg drop soup is so thick, flavorful & rich. the same couple has always worked there. in store they are probably the owners. the lady is always so nice & when i order by phone itv it's always ready within the 15 or so minutes they tell me i have recently started ordering the beef mei fun. it is so good i could eat it by the gallons. lol . it has a fair amount of beef & it is so tender & flavorful. i could eat that every day for the rest of my life probsbly ! read more

TrIed this restaurant about a year ago it wasn't real pleased, but decided to give it a second chance because it's convenient. Should've stuck with my initial impression. Stopped tonight and ordered cashew chicken with extra green onions. The chicken was fried rock hard, so it was also tough, no extra green onions, but most of all there were no cashews in my cashew chicken. So I won't be trying this restaurant ever again. read more

The food and service is always spot on. Not too loud and feels comfortable. A gem of the Ozarks! read more

China King - General Tso Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

I ordered sweet and sour chicken for delivery. The sauce they sent with it was neon pink and there were no vegetables. Just this neon pink gel like substance. And the chicken looked so perfect that it looked frozen like it came out of a box from a grocery store. The coating of the chicken reminded me of the smooth coating of onion rings from a fast food restaurant. I feel like l got mediocre food. Ripoff. Oh--and not one pkg of soy sauce. Nothing. read more

I watched the cook handle raw meat over and over, no gloves, then go and cook food touching the wok, spatulas, etc. And then right back to cutting raw meat. Also the crab Rangoon was super old and chewy. The rest of the food was decent but so gross to know I'm risking getting super sick over someone mishandling food. read more

China king has been around for years and their good is consistently good. It's a casual restaurant located in a strip mall off of south national. Most people get takeout. You can also call ahead and pick up your order. You place your order at the counter and they cal it out when it's ready. In recent years, they have changed and improved the way they prepare their chicken! Now it's more of a traditional and delicious chicken. The crab rangoons are some of the best in town! Great value and great prices. read more

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Worst Chinese I've ever eaten. Chicken tasted like it was made a week ago. Everything soggy as can be. Do yourself a favor and avoid at ALL COSTS read more

Food was DISGUSTING. Shows their crab Rangoon look like pot stickers and we're filled with cream cheese, but they were the normal kind except so hard that you could throw it on the floor and it wouldn't break. Barely any cream cheese in them. I ordered the hickory bourbon chicken and the sauce was so runny and had no flavor. read more

I ordered from the other Springfield location with Grub Hub and it was amazing, combo dinner chicken lo mein with pork fried rice and egg roll, everything was juicy and fresh and tasty. I was passing by this location and ordered the same combo, however everything was on the dry, less sauced, less seasoned side. Disappointing that there is such variation between the 2 stores. Don't get me wrong, it was ok, but I'd hands down prefer the other location on W Republic. read more

Prices were raised. I was fine with that. Ordered Orange chicken, crab Rangoon , & egg roll. The only thing hot & fresh was the Orange chicken. Everything else wasn't warm & tasted old, even the fortune cookie was stale. Very disappointed & will never go back. read more

Great Chinese food! My favorite in Springfield and one of the few that can actually make fried rice.

Great portion sizes, good quality. Avoid the stereotypical americanized "chinese" dishes, eg general chicken, orange chicken, crab rangoons, etc. I recommend the Main Fun, MooShu, steamed dumplings, and bean curd vegetable soup. read more

Just No. Food was sub-par. Chicken was Not all white meat and I found pork in my sesame chicken order (I don't eat pork) I wouldn't eat here again nor would I recommend it. read more

Food was not good. Chicken tasted like cooked yesterday No onions in cashew chicken. Cashews were more like peanuts. Could taste vinegar in sauce that came with crab Rangoon. They were ok. Egg roll was ok. Normally I give a place 2 tries before a review but I don't want to spend more money there read more

Wow, where will I ever find great Chinese food here. Being from California, Colorado and Arizona, we had the best although the search was a bit harder in Arizona I can't find any good Chinese food here at all. We had lunch there today, the pork fried rice had no flavor and did not taste fresh. The egg drop soup and wonton soup was just weird. The egg drop had a deep yellow almost sweet taste, and the wontons were thick and very chewy. Just really different. The Lomein was okay but definitely not the best I have ever had. Maybe I just need to order something else instead of my favourite, I love cashew chicken but around this area it is really strange. I guess I will continue my search because I love Chinese food and I'm determined to find a good place to have it. read more

Above average Chinese fare. General tso chicken could have been more spicy but it was freshly cooked. Coconut sauce for coconut chicken was cold so it was more like a dipping sauce for the crispy breaded chicken. It is the same battered chicken pieces found in sweet and sour chicken. Chicken fried rice was above average. It was a higher quality white rice and a fresh texture. It consisted of rice, seasoning, chicken, onions and scallions. The crab Rangoon was fresh, large and crispy. The flavor is sweet and has more flecks of imitation crab than other places. No onion or garlic flavors in the crab Rangoon here! For a typical Chinese restaurant this place is recommended over some of the others here in Springfield. :) read more

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I have always loved coming here! As a kid, my mom would bring home food from here after she got off at the hospital, and now that I live in town it's always so tempting to spend all my money here! I have tried lots of things here, but I'd definitely recommend the sesame or garlic chicken, their chicken lo mein, and FOR SURE the crab Rangoons. Best. Crab rangoons. Ever! And really good egg rolls! Maybe it's partially nostalgia, but this place never disappoints! The family that runs it are always super nice and helpful, and I've never had a bad experience here. It does feel a bit pricier, but you get so much food for your money that you can stretch an order into two meals oftentimes! It's definitely nothing fancy, but if you're looking for a good Chinese place for those nights you just crave unhealthy but satisfying takeout, this is the place to break your diet at! read more

!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely terrible. If I could give zero stars I would. Lowest quality chicken I have ever had. The general tao's sauce was disgusting. The rice was old. My wife's cashew chicken was the same story. Worst Chinese I have ever had. Please do not give these people your hard earned money. You deserve better. Wish somebody had given me the warning. Me and my wife don't get to eat out very often. This was a wasted experience. DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!!!!! read more

Wanted to like it... but really, really nasty. Sweet & sour chicken was like McDonalds chicken nuggets. Crab Rangoon was fine.

I absolutely love this place!! The food is prepared with a freshness that other Chinese food is lacking. They will make things anyway you like if you ask them. For vegetarians, this is a dream. They use fresh, (not overcooked) veggies, and will substitute any meat dish with tofu if you like. Ask for a side of their hot chili oil. They make it homemade, and it is amazing. Fresh chili oil is hard to find! Also, there are a few different China Kings in Springfield that just happen to have the same name. Be sure to go to the one on National across the street from Price Cutter, just south of Republic road. read more

China King is, by far, my favorite Chinese place in town, and having moved to the area from the west coast, I consider my standards to be fairly high for this type of food. It's run by a very nice young Chinese couple, and the food is always hot and fresh with crisp veggies. For the Cashew Chicken lovers that reviewed this restaurant previously, Cashew Chicken was invented Springfield MO. It is not authentic Chinese food. (It is on the menu mainly because people constantly ask for it ) Take my advice and ask for a recommendation at the counter. They will cook you up something spectacular, and don't forget the crab Rangoon. It's excellent! read more

I love their fried rice! They have a house special fried rice with a blend of peas, carrots, bbq pork(red bits), and spices that make the rice yellow. If you aren't a fan of a mild curry flavor, stick to the plain white rice instead. I wake up craving their crab rangoon. Sweet fried pieces of heaven stuffed full of diced krab, cream cheese, scallions and honey. No MSG or mayonnaise in their food so it won't be the thick sauce that you are used to. Stay away from the cashew chicken... this is a truly Chinese food joint and they don't know how to do a Springfield classic. But I don't hold that against them. When I have a cold or the flu, I always want a bowl of China King's hot and sour soup brimming full of tofu, mushrooms, veggies, and egg. It always hits the spot. The portions are enough to feed two people so if you are on a budget, you can get away with ordering just an appetizer and one entree to share. Favorites are the Beef with orange peel, general tso chicken, and shrimp with snow peas. They have many lighter fare and vegetarian options too for those of you whom need to watch your waistlines. read more

As you make your way through the doorway, trashy pop music offends the ears. You move forward to the counter through a dinning room that is neither off putting nor exceptional. You will firstly notice a couple dozen or so blown up images of popular dishes lining the wall above the kitchen window. The images, while printed slightly off color, are generally appetizing looking. During my first China King encounter, I was seduced by the image of the cashew chicken. This dish usually doesn't wet my whistle, but the picture looked so promising with it's abundant display of vegetables and dark rich sauce... But appearances are deceiving as hell my friends! The sorry cashew chicken I received had chicken pieces that were breaded like onion rings, and didn't work with other aspects of the dish. The dish was lacking my highly anticipated vegetable heap, and it was served in an offensively thin overly soy saucy pool. This liquid was missing the complexity and density that I have experienced at other Chinese eateries. Probably the biggest let down of the meal was the unappetizing caution-sign-yellow rice that was dotted with red hot like pieces of what I am told was pork. Rice and pork should never come in these colors... To top it off, the rice was room temp at best and the tough little pork niblets were so chewy and cheap tasting that they ruined the rhythm of the rice. I couldn't get past my inadvertent association of the pork bits with canned dog food. Somehow after such a pitiful example of cashew chicken, I came back again after the shock had worn off. I ordered the Moo Goo Gai Pan, which is a dish I normally love when it is prepared at my treasured Chinese Chef. This dish did have a fair amount of vegetables, but they were a little canned and old looking. The sauce was thin, but overall it was acceptable in flavor. Again, the dish was accompanied with a loathsome hill of radiation yellow rice which was flecked with the dog food "pork." But god the worst part of this dish was the hellacious chicken. It was pasty white and so lifeless that it still looked frozen. Despite being thin, it had a grisly texture, and was actually a little stringy. I think this meat must have satisfied the absolute lowest requirement for consumption or even classification as chicken. Somehow these unappetizing bundles of grotesquely oversized chicken wads looked like miniature versions of U.S. states. I shudder now just recounting it... After these two experiences it seems pretty clear that one should avoid the chicken dishes. Also, one should opt for steamed rice instead of their confetti like fried rice version. This is a shame, because fried rice tends to accent the stir-fried dishes so nicely, but here it's just not worth it. I get the impression that China King is excessively cheap with their ingredient purchasing, and the quality of their food is suffering severely. They can clearly prepare things properly, but lets face it, if you polish a turd, it's still a turd! The only thing making me even consider a two star rating is that the beau once had some pretty satisfactory wok friend lo mien noodles here. But I struck out too hard on my first two experiences, and it will take an awful lot to get back inside to try my luck again. read more

China King - Look it's chicken shaped like South Carolina!! The Moo Goo Gai Pan had some of the worst chicken I've ever had. - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

This place isn't much to look at, but they have outstanding food. They also have huge portion sizes for not very expensive! My favorites are the lo mein, fried rice, orange chicken, and crab rangoons. Sometimes my boyfriend and I even split one of the lunch combo meals because there is enough for 2 easily. We usually have leftovers if we don't split a meal. Also, I'm not sure where the reviews about pop music are coming from because I eat here weekly and there's never music playing. There are 2 tvs on usually with no volume. read more

China King is okay, but nothing to crave or write home about. The previous review comments about the offensive pop music are spot-on. Why in the world an Asian family thinks I want to rock out to Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Rhianna, etc. while I wait on some crab rangoon is, quite simply, beyond my comprehension. The food itself is okay. The crab rangoon is actually really good and the pastries come stuffed with the mixture. This is more of the sweet/creamy variety, so if that's not your cup of tea then you might not want them. I know a lot of people prefer them not to have even the slightest hint of sweetness. They use yellow rice, so when you order a rice dish your initial reaction might be "What the... why the heck is my rice yellow?!?" It's okay... the rice dishes are probably the best thing on their menu in my opinion. Yellow rice isn't evil, it's just different. Everything else on the menu which we've ordered (been a few times as we live literally 45 seconds from here) has been hit and miss. One time something will be really good and the next time it will be below average. I'd like to see more consistency and my visits here will slightly decrease (if not disappear altogether) since another Asian place I really like opened up about a mile away. It's not a bad choice but it probably won't knock your socks off either. read more

The General Tso's Chicken, Orange Chicken, and Coconut Chicken are all delicious! The Coconut Chicken is the same style chicken that you get with S&S, but comes with a creamy coconut sauce to dip it in. Amazing Crab Rangoon and the best egg rolls, too! read more

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This is one of your "run-if-the-mill" fast Chinese restaurants that seem to be abundant in every state. The interior isn't much to be desired, but they never are, and the menu is identical to the rest, featuring the most common Chinese-American meals. The crab Rangoon was really good. I had the sesame chicken and it wasn't bad. I'm wasn't a huge fan of the fried rice but it was alright. My wife had the lemon chicken and it was really weird how they cook it. They bread it like a fried steak or something. Anyway, this place is fine if you want some Chinese food for a decent price. read more

Yummy! Love, love, love the mei fun and my husband loves the chicken. Honestly, everything I've had has been good.

My favorite option for Chinese Takeout. Offering all the traditional American-Chinese Food favorites and more. Have never gone wrong here. Good for eating in or taking the food to go. The Crab Rangoon will make you wish you had more! read more

Lots of choices! I love this place. I eat here about once a week. They have a very large menu, not just the standard "Springfield style" cashew or sweet & sour. Though if you like that kind of thing, they have it. Some of the dishes have dark meat (though you may be able to get it all white - not sure) and some have too much broccoli, but then I don't like broccoli, so that's a personal preference. The egg rolls are so-so, but the crab Rangoons are good and they have great soup, love the hot & sour. Portions are very generous. I've tried a lot of different things here, but still less then half of what's on the menu, and I've liked almost everything I've had. read more

We've never been fond of the "Cashew Chicken" menus at most Chinese Restaurants, and this is where we found the jackpot. The food here is the closest to the restaurants we would go to in Boston's Chinatown, and now it's the only one in Springfield we will eat at. The fried rice is excellent, and the spare ribs are my favorites. Definitely the best in Springfield. read more

Never disappointed here. Always fast. Friendly service and the food is always delicious. I've tried about everything in the menu and love it all. read more

Love their orange chicken and pineapple chicken. The rice is very good and crab rangoons are out of this world good!

So over the holiday weekend I returned home and cashew chicken is always on the list of must-haves when we visit. The Springfield cashew chicken, which is not much more than fried chicken with gravy, cashews and green onions over a bed of rice. Don't judge me. I love it. I grew up here and it's comfort food to me. So I have my favorite spot that I've gone too for as long as I can remember but the trouble is, it's way out of the way. So I thought I would be adventurous and try to find a decent spot on the south side of town. That is what bring me to China King. Honestly, when we arrived I didn't notice the hip hop music at all. Maybe they changed that, or maybe I didn't notice because I secretly like some hip hop, but don't tell anyone. We both ordered the Springfield style cashew chicken. But after looking over the menu, it seems this place may have some really legit Chinese food dishes. I'm not a fan of Cantonese/Chinese cuisine so none of it really looked good to me but there were plenty of people here enjoying a meal that didn't include chicken and gravy. What I liked about this place is you can have crab rangoons with your meal instead of the typical egg roll. Food arrived to our table piping hot. Took one bite of the crab rangoon and was super happy. I just knew this place was going to hit the spot. I think these crab rangoons are better than my typical place which is saying a lot. They were sooo good. We ordered another 8 of those to share. One bite into my cashew chicken and the joy left the building. This is not good. Not good at all. The chicken was extremely overcooked or had been under a heat lamp all day, the "sauce" was nothing more than soy sauce and the rice had little pieces of fuchsia pink meat bits throughout that were super dry. I cannot identify that meat and it was a real turn off for me. The Springfield cashew chicken gets a huge fail from me. I'm sure if you are looking for more traditional Chinese food, this place would probably hit the spot, but for the Springfield comfort food search, skip this place altogether. Unless you stop in to grab an order of crab rangoons. Our total bill was around 25 bucks after we ordered the extra crab rangoons. read more

Great chinese take out. Their non-fried dishes are amazing! The service is quick and food is ready within minutes. Recommend the chicken with broccoli. Egg rolls are tasty. read more

The chicken does not look like any chicken I've ever seen. The food was disgusting I took about three bites and I had to throw it away. They even manage to make the rice taste bad which is really difficult. I will never eat here again. read more

They are very inexpensive and have without a doubt the best crab Rangoon I've ever had in my life. Also the customer service was top notch! Will return aoon! read more

The worst General Chicken I have ever had, it was soggy, mushy and chewy. The sauce had absolutely no taste to it at all!! I gave up on the chicken and decided to try to rice, it tasted terrible as well. I ended up throwing it all out. Waste of money!! read more

The best food I have ever had.. I will drive the fifty miles for it again..food was hot,good flavor,and very good an nice service..

Customer service is horrible I wanted credit because the food was nasty and I wanted to give it another try and I got hung up on absolutely deserves 2 stars read more