This place has been around for years, but I never go to this place much ever. Well, I should add it to list, as it's really pretty good. A Big Plus: They have a free soup bar with an entree purchase. The hit and sour is pretty darn good. Egg drop is ok, but not the best egg drop version by any means. But hey, it's free! Cashew chicken: A bit different version, but was pretty good stuff. The chicken coating has hints of a KFC taste. Not full on KFC seasoning....but has much more flavor than other places chicken coating. The sauce is darker and richer tasting. All and all...it was good and the chicken used is very good quality. Crab Rangoon: These had sat around a little. But they go more on the sweet side and were decent enough. Egg Roll: Again, a good rendition of an egg roll. All and all...a neat and clean place. The food came quick. Did I mention it was clean - it was very clean! read more

Chinese Chef - Cashew chicken combo - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

This place was a pretty good chines restaurant in Springfield Missouri...I know when I left there I was certainly full!

We arrived at 8:30. They close at 9 PM. The dining room was open but the young woman was very rude and told us we would have to take food to go or go through drive thru. We have been loyal customers for over 20 years. We will not be back. read more

Everytime we go here the food and customer service is always amazing! Would highly recommend for anyone wanting some good food.

I used to like it here because they made things to order last 2times I went through the drive- thru they gave me Chicken cooked hours before sitting on the buffet why wouldn't people realize I ordered food for a reason because I didn't want buffet food it's dangerous anyways read more

Food tastes good, but they messed up my order. I ordered a Happy Family with Lo mein noodles, fried rice, crab rangoon, and pot stickers for pick up. Instead I received the Happy Family with fried rice, an extra fried rice, and crab rangoon. I even waited an extra twenty minutes after my order was "ready for pick up" to receive it due to their dinning space being closed. Not cool. read more

Chinese Chef - Happy Family with fried rice, extra fried rice, and crab rangoon. - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

There was no protein in my order. I ordered the happy family so that I would get lots of protein and instead I got lots of cabbage and broccoli. I guess that's a way to save money. read more

We recently were in town and had to stop by some of our old favorites. We often will order the Springfield style cashew chicken when ordering takeout here. This time we were surprised by how few cashews (and green onions) were on our meals. Maybe 3-5 cashew pieces?? I did see where you can order a side of cashews/onions but didn't think it would be necessary. The service is otherwise fine, but we were a little disappointed by our "cashew chicken" entrees. read more

Chinese Chef has amazing fresh made to order food with all fresh ingredients! The owner and the staff are friendly and professional! Joe, the owner has had this restaurant for 40 years! It is one of the best Chinese restaurants in Springfield! You are always guaranteed to get a fresh, quick and affordable & meal! If you want Springfield, famous cashew chicken, this is the place to come! if you want some authentic Chinese dishes, this is also the place to come! You can dine-in or pick up through the drive-through! It's conveniently located in the center of town! Thank you Chinese Chef for the great food and great service always!! read more

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The food was amazing as always! They have never disappointed me! Quality service as well!

I needed a dose of cashew chicken before leaving Springfield. This was my final stop before leaving town. Chinese Chef definitely offers an elevated experience but still at a great price point. The sauce isn't overly salty and the chicken is perfectly cooked. You're even given the option of choosing between white or dark meat. Wow!! read more

Chinese Chef - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Worst chinese food I have ever had,only thing good was the water.Bad soup,rice,entree and egg roll

I've always had really good food here. The crab rangoons are very good and if you eat them right away they are hot and crispy. I usually get Kung Pau Chicken (white meat) and they do charge extra. I would recommend this restaurant read more

The food is delicious! I love their chicken and the sauce. The service is fast, they even have a drive through. This is my favorite place to stop for Chinese food when I am in Springfield! read more

Chinese Chef - Top: General Tso chicken combo. Bottom: Sesame Chicken Combo. - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Very clean restaurant with fast service. Well decorated. Friendly. Had to get my Springfield Cashew Chicken while passing through. Will definitely return. read more

Chinese Chef - Springfield Style Cashew Chicken Combo - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

I got Sesame chicken (white meat), noodles, and crab Rangoon. I then asked for potstickers (6) and sweet n sour sauce. The sesame chicken sauce tasted like barbecue sauce with extra vinegar. The sauce was also very dark in color (see image). The chicken was extremely dry, chicken strip like, and tough. 2/10 The noodles tasted a bit overdone. 5/10 the crab Rangoons were great! 8/10 Pot stickers were good, but I didn't get sweet n sour sauce. I received extra of the sesame chicken (possibly teriyaki?) sauce. Without sweet n sour: 5/10 read more

Chinese Chef - Chinese, Sesame Chicken Combo, Sesame Chicken, Lo Mein Noodle, Pot Sticker, Crab Rangoon, Sesame Chicken, Extra Sauce - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

I just ordered delivery for the second time from Chinese Chef. They've been my go-to for years. However, this experience today has made me want to never go there again. We ordered three combos and an order of crab rangoon. We got everything, including the sauce, not the rangoon. I called them and had to explain my issue twice. The second person I spoke with was a manager or the owner and her tone was condescending and accusatory as when I explained we checked all the (2) bags and they weren't there, she goes "uh-huh". At that point I told her never mind and hung up. I don't mind mistakes, but when you treat me like I'm trying to scam you out of $5 worth of crab rangoon, I'm done. I pay for what I order and I don't pull scammy stuff like that. I felt criminalized by her and I will not be going there again, which is sad as the food is really good, if the portion sizes are small. read more

Everything we order was delicious!!! Everything is made to order, we usually have to add soy sauce to our meal or spicy sauce to it and let me tell you none of our condiments were touched!!! read more

Chinese Chef - The outside is so well taken care! - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

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Went to enterprise location. Out of egg drop soup, no spring rolls, gave me plain rice instead of fried rice, no fortune cookie and no condiments. Went through drive through, when I called was told they must've forgot fortune cookie and you have to ask for condiments. I ordered a combo. How do you forget a fortune cookie??? Very disappointed. read more

Decent spot for a quick lunch. They have really good sides and the lady in the drive thru is nice.

Easily one of the best places to eat basic Chinese food in the Ozark! Everything always on point. Sesame sauce is

Went for the Cashew Chicken. It was good. (See other reviews for comparison). Cannot say anything negative about service. Very attentive. Price seemed a little high, but quantity was good. A little surprised to pay the same price for a veg plate as the chicken, but at least it was a clean establishment. read more

The food here is amazing! And the price is very reasonable. Good portion size for the price too.

I was craving a variety of Chinese specialities and this place delivered. We went for lunch and everything on the buffet was fresh. I had delicious Chinese donuts, crab Rangoons, egg rolls and of course two different kinds of rice with chicken and your choice sauce. For two adult buffet meals with water to drink was $18.59. Staff was very attentive in clearing dirty plates. read more

Chinese Chef - Clean inside - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

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Terrific cashew and sweet and sour chicken combos with hearty, flavorful crab rangoon and egg rolls! A local favorite and rightly so!

Well they do not disappoint! Just returned from Georgia and have been seeking the best Springfield cashew chicken in town and I found it. I drive right past a half a dozen places to pick up my meal from China chef! The food is only surpassed by the atmosphere there is a lovely Asian garden in the front, I haven't been in the lobby but I imagine it is just as pretty as the outside. read more

This place is so good! One of the best in Springfield! I love them. And always very nice people too!

In Springfield there's a Chinese restaurant on every corner, but this one stands out for a reason! Quality food, fast service, and open late. Hot and Spicy Chicken isn't very spicy but I also have a high spice tolerance. Fried rice is good, not greasy. Spring rolls and crab rangoon are wonderful. Highly recommend. read more

What a major disappointment! My daughter took me here for my birthday lunch. I ordered the General Tso's combo with noodles, egg roll, and crab rangoon as my choices. The actual chicken and sauce were good, but the noodles had an odd taste. The egg roll was good but the crab rangoon was NOT. My daughter had chicken lo mein with edamame. It was ok. The edamame wasn't anything like what she expected after getting them in St Louis. They came in the pods and had no flavor. My husband had pork chop suey. The pork was tasteless, he had to search for the vegetables, and the sauce was thin and tasteless. All in all this was not a good lunch and we won't go back. read more

My son and I ate at the Chinese Chef at Sunshine and Enterprise on Saturday, September 10 at 3:00p; My first impression was: This place is amazingly clean!! The floor, the got to give this place a try! read more

This is my favorite fast Chinese food place! The prizing is great for the flavor and portions you are provided. I usually get the orange or honey chicken and both never fail to satisfy. I also LOVE the hot and sour soup and dip the crisp noodles in it like chips and dip almost. The portion is enormous for the fast food pricing you pay and I usually can't finish it all, if I do I am absolutely stuffed afterwards. read more

Everyone's got their opinion on which Chinese restaurant is the BEST Chinese restaurant in Springfield. From to China Star to China King to Dragon Inn II to Triple 8's to Creasian to Hong Kong Inn to the Rickshaw to Shanghai Inn to Peking House to... Okay, I digress, but this one gets my vote. The thing about Springfield is that people will defend their favorite Chinese place to the death, but the reasons I like Chinese Chef are simple: it's fast, it's clean, it's cheap, it's got quality white meat chicken, and I firmly believe (like everyone else does for their respective place) its cashew chicken is the best. Sometimes I order it with the sauce on the side just so I can enjoy the fried chicken by itself. I can also attest to the shrimp fried rice being good, the egg drop soup being great, and the egg rolls being the best I've had for such a seemingly obligatory side. They offer up a pretty tasty lunch buffet as well. The service is hit or miss. It is what it is - I think at this particular restaurant, there's a bit of a communication gap, but generally I've found everyone taking my order to be at least efficient if not friendly. One reviewer made a really good point that no chinese restaurant in Springfield is deserving of five stars, and I'm going to stand behind that because it's pretty much true. There's something slightly and irrevocably mediocre about almost all Chinese dives around here, and we as Springfieldians love them the way we'd love a pet dog suffering from a little bit of mange or a cousin with no life ambition. For me, Chinese Chef is that cousin. read more

A lot of the great places that made Springfield Cashew Chicken no longer exist. And for the ones that do a lot of them seriously suck when it comes to making anything that comes close to the original Leong's Tea House version. I've had the original many times over and that's what I use as my reference point for the prentenders and contenders. Chinese Chef is the closest place I've found that meets my expectations. White Meat deep fried chicken? Check! Chinese Oyster Sauce with the right appearance and consistency? Check! Whole cashews and not the left over crap from the bottom of the can? Check! And yes, no MSG. Bonus points for that. While many will debate and pontificate over who has the best Cashew Chicken in Springfield, this is where I buy mine, even though I have to drive 3/4 of the way through Springfield just to get to it. Note: While I really like Chinese Chef, I will NEVER, EVER give ANY Springfield Cashew Chicken restaurant more than 4 Stars. Only Leong's would get that coveted 5th Star, and Yelp wasn't around then or else that's the review they would have received. Edit: While I live in Vegas I have family in Missouri and Missouri is always home. And when I'm within an hour of Springfield I will make the drive down by myself just to get cashew chicken and nothing else. This review is for March 2012. read more

Had lunch here today that was pretty good. I like the fact that they don't use MSG in any of their dishes which has become kinda rare among the Chinese restaurants. The place is always really clean and they've won awards 2 years in a row at "Cashew Craze", a local cashew chicken comp. I had the sweet and sour chicken but I think next time I'll try buffet read more

Got to represent for Chinese Chef. Ever in the midwest? Only in Springfield, Missouri will you find Chinese Chef - Chinese fast food! (yes, there is an actual drive through) I had never heard of a chinese food drive through restaurant until i came to missouri. The food is not at all greasy, it is definitely that stereotypical kind of chinese food (none of that weird chicken feet or beef tongue) to cater to the residents of the area.... they've got cashew chicken, egg foo yung, and crab rangoons! Oh my GEE! the crab rangoons are the best ever! i had never heard of them until i came here (i'm sure they have 'em in CA), but i tasted one, and seriously had to go back for more to satisfy my craving. YUM! read more

Not good. Ordered to go because nothing else was open. The chicken is over cooked and the sauce was sweet and no good. Got two different dishes but the sauce was the same for both sesame chicken and general chicken. The egg roll wasn't bad and the crab Rangoon were also not bad. He didn't like the noodles. I got fried rice that was more like steamed. read more

Chinese Chef - Their noodles - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

Had a deal, so I went to check it out. Place was dead, was about 15 minutes before the Superbowl started. Small menu. Very neat and clean - sparkled almost. Cashier was very nice. No take out menus available. My order was totally messed up... Menu didn't have everything w/ the same price on it in different sections. Charged a dime for fortune cookie - didn't get one, though, and I didn't see it on the receipt, I did see her ring it up. I had: Hot N sour soup: very, very good taste, but very thick, would have been the best I'd had around here if it was a more normal consistency. I could have set some on the spoon and flung it at the wall, and it would have stayed a glob and slid down the wall intact. Crispy noodles good. Note the price on this is a bit higher than most places. Egg Roll: Tasty. OK. Pot Stickers: Good, not overly greasy. Kung Pao Chicken: Uh... cooked well, but it was almost like someone used sweet n sour sauce and added hotness, very odd - quality eats and veggies, though. Bizarre. Bleh. Rice was done well. UPDATE: I had only poured 1/3 of it onto my plate, writing this, later I find that the bottom half was sweet n sour pork! A ('retired') feral cat enjoyed the chicken very much, kept stabbing me in arm wanting more, was more than happy to oblige. Feral cat #2 refused to eat it, however.. Not very happy, even though I only paid half price via special deal, wasn't even worth that. Probably would rather goto the HyVee Chinese down the street before I come back. The cashew chicken and sweet n sour crowd will love this place. UPDATE: I called them, they claimed I lie about the food being half of one thing, half of another. I went by, they did at least give me some Kung Pao chicken, it was great, but still one star due to calling me liar, etc. Customer service is zero here. read more

This is the only place to get cashew chicken. I drive to Springfield from Kansas City just to get Chinese Chef cashew chicken. All my out of town nieces and nephews know this dish as "Springfield Chicken" We are so excited to have seen the drive thru will be re-opened before Christmas that we are forgoing our normal tradition (six foot sub from Subway) to eating "Springfield Chicken" as a family. We've got Andy's frozen custard in KC...now we only need a Chinese Chef and this family will be a bunch of happy campers. read more

This is the very best Chinese food in Springfield! Amazing service & the food is always fresh, hot & made to order! I won't eat at any other Chinese restaurant! Keep up the good work! read more

Chinese Chef - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Missouri

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Sub Par service and food. Ordered through the drive thru and had to ask for silverware. Egg roll wasn't crispy, do they steam them? Rice is good. read more