Now, I'd give the place 5 stars, for the overall food and the Springfield style clashes chicken. But: The lunch special...and we had (2) separate lunch specials: They each only had (5) pieces of chicken in the meal. At $11....hardly any value being provided. A side is cashew sauce: $2.25. That's certainly enough for extra sauce....which isn't some big container of sauce. read more

Shanghai Star Oriental Restaurant - Lunch cashew chicken combo - Chinese Near Me - Branson West, Missouri

First time we ate there it was good so went back a second time and it was awful. I got Cashew Chicken. It was frozen chicken chunks with a tasteless brown gravy and the fried rice was colored white rice. Thankfully I had a mint in my purse. Definitely will never go back read more

Horrible Wont go back. Dumplings were dried out, no vegetables Disappointing Years ago, I remember this place being much better read more

What a delicious place to eat for Chinese food!! Their chicken is always white meat!! And you don't pay extra for this. Cashew chicken and sweet and sour chicken are to die for!! Excellent service!! Have a drive thru if you want to take it home!! The owners are very hard working and so very friendly!! Never have to worry about a bad meal!! read more

I tried this restaurant a year ago and again this week, had the same experience. I ordered Combo LoMein and 2 egg rolls which cost me twenty dollars. The LoMein was over cooked and mushy without a good taste. Egg rolls were good. The LoMein was so bad, I tossed it in the trash. It's too bad because Branson West doesn't have a lot of restaurants. It would be nice to have good Chinese food. read more

Chicken fried rice was good but the rest of the food we ordered like kung pao shrimp and Mongolian beef were too spicy.

The food portions have improved but the quality is OKAY and its not way too expensive for the area. Roughly $17 per person for takeout food. If you sit and eat, the atmosphere isn't super clean or even moderately updated but they charge the same as a higher end restaurant for this area. Friendly staff/service. read more

Have not been here in several months, but just had to have some Chinese food today. Not sure but they must be under new management/owners. The Daily combos no longer include a drink, read a $3 increase on each meal (already $12). The General chicken was not cooked all the way and was rubbery, hence we checked into it. The pan fried noodles were not pan fried noodles, but chow mein noodles buried underneath, not the same thing. They were not busy at all, so I cannot be the only one that noticed. Service inside was still good,though. read more

Fast service, take out available. Nothing fancy but good food. Not open on weekends!Chow Mein General chicken etc. They will make dishes as spicy as you like, or not spicy! read more

A teeny tiny little building and the 'dining room' is big enough only for booths along the north and south walls, with a central aisle between the two rows. The atmosphere is fast food, and I'd say, a little rundown. You aren't going to impress anyone by bringing them to Shanghai Star; I believe most of their business is takeout via the drive through window. HOWEVER: The food is cheap and good and they give you a lot of it. They have a varied selection of items, (standard mid western Chinese fare) and my meal was served with an accompanying egg roll without having to order it separately. Despite the fast food atmosphere, the server does wait on you at table, service is minimal, fast, and the place is clean. Everything we ordered was extremely fresh and the food was made to order, not waiting around in a warming pan in the back. If I didn't live an hour away, I'd be here routinely. Edit: This place is in Branson West, on the north side of hwy 76, near the junction; not Reeds Spring. read more

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I found vegetables in Branson!! This place has a drive thru and the food is delish! The employees are nice and we didn't have to wait long..

No complaints. We are in from out of town, constantly looking for decent Asian food. The outside isn't much to look at and might scare some away. Also, when you walk in, don't be alarmed there are no Asians working there. Food is good, flavor is good, lots of veggies (almost too much- chicken and broccoli is supposed to be just that), food is HOT, vegetables are fresh, decent sized portions. Only complaint is the fried rice. If you want pork fried rice, you have to pay for a full batch, another $8-$9 on top of this $8.50 for the dinner sizes entree. Fried rice that comes with dinner is ok... Food isn't knock your socks off, but I'm leaving this review for anyone staying near Silver Dollar City. It's good enough to leave a positive review!! read more

Shanghai Star Oriental Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Branson West, Missouri

As a Branson local, I can assure you this is the best Chinese restaurant in Branson. The chicken and broccoli is my favorite dish, and wonton soup is good. This is the only restaurant in town that has good fried rice! I live on the south east part of Branson and it takes me about 30 minutes to get to this side of town. But it's well worth the drive! Only downside is they are closed on sundays read more

My family had a bad experience here. We ordered several platters of chicken (dinner size) and received very small portions of food, we thought they were an individual lunch size. Each box had about 7-8 pieces of chicken... We expected with the price that it would be plenty of food but it was not. The rice and noddles we ordered were good. Later, I called to inform them we wanted a refund for the chicken and was told they were closing. Experience was disappointing and we will not be eating here again. read more

This is our main place to order Chinese food! We order frequently and have not been disappointed yet!

we wanted to try this restaurant because we saw how busy it was. We went to the drive thru order two meals got to the window. The young lady said "your order is just coming up". Sat in the drive thru for 40 minutes with no one telling us anything just staring at us everytime they past the window. They finally brought the food to the window. "Sorry for the wait but we ran out of rice". When we asked was there anything they could do for the wait. She said"I could ask the cook but he will probably say no". She angrily went to ask and rudely came back " He said he won't do anything everyone needs to get there food". The food was disgusting and the service was horrific. The worst food in Branson West read more

We have come to the conclusion that there is no good chinese food in the area. We recently move to Branson from west coast. And we figured we would probably have a hard time finding good chinese food. We were right. But this place was some of the worst food we ever had. No flavor at all. My husband will usually just finish food even if it isn't that good because he paid for it. But he couldn't even eat this. It went into the trash and we went to Taco Bell. read more

DONT ORDER CRAB RANGOON. THEY GIVE YOU NOTHING. No filling. My wife address it to them that it happen twice before and they said they do the best that can and didnt resolve the issue. We ordered a combo meal and it came with 2 and both empty. Best they can?? Don't serve it then!!! My wife and I eat out a lot and I'm sick of paying for crap food. I don't do reviews much but I'm tired of it. Rest of the food is ok. Make your customers happy and fix the problem not just tell them your doing your best. Yours isn't even average. Panda House in Branson is who you should take after Mr Chinese food of Branson West. read more

Shanghai Star Oriental Restaurant - This is the 3rd time in a row that this has happen. They wouldn't even resolve it. - Chinese Near Me - Branson West, Missouri

For food it was a great place. We tried to find it in a heavy rain storm on Wednesday evening after a show. Had to stop and ask and found it across from McDonald's in a long narrow building. A good reference for finding it. Don't let the outside steer you away as the food is very good. I had asked for pan fried noodles, "chow mein". Not many Chinese restaurants can prepare that but always ask. The waiter suggested the house chow mein which was a ring of deep fired fine noodles and a combination veg and meat 'chow mein' in the middle. Great flavor but not the fired noodles I was looking for, but still very good. Inside is a row of 4 booths on one side and 4 tables and chairs on the other. They do a good business for takeout. Forget the buffets, come here. Good menu, portions and good food.. read more

Excellent food, excellent service , excellent serving size of food, very reasonable prices. Worth the drive from Branson.

The best Chinese in Branson! The portions are BIG, the food is great tasting, and is delivered to your table piping hot in the hands of excellent friendly service! Had leftovers to take back to the hotel. We will definitely be back. read more

Don't eat here I found a rat foot in my pork fried rice., It made me sick as soon as i saw it oh my GOD ! I will never eat out again the rest of my life. They must buy the cheapest rat meat, on the market using. it as pork even the meat was brown and thin weird smell yuck yuck read more

This restaurant is expensive, has small portions and the food we had was not good. The service was ok. We ate inside and two people in the kitchen were having a shouting match. Very unprofessional and annoying. We had sweet and sour chicken and crab Rangoons both of which did not taste good. The sauce was bad and out of a can. I am a local and this business is living off the tourist trade. There are much better choices in the area read more