Shanghai Inn

Have been eating at Shanghai Inn for years. The food is good, reasonably priced and the portions are huge. Flossie is a sweetheart and always comes out to greet us.

Food poisoning is a never welcome presence, and I dearly wish I’d told the staff this before they served me tainted meat. If you’re ordering cashew chicken, no worries. They sell it quickly enough for it not to go bad. But if you dare venture to the other items on the menu, be wary. They are too cheap to toss out things that are out of date and will unabashedly serve them to any unwitting patron. Sure, the staff is nice enough, but I will never understand this state’s fascination with throwing soy sauce in brown gravy and calling it cashew chicken. It’s disgusting– you know you’re just eating a soy and rice edition of KFC, right?
My husband wanted to go there, so I went through the drive thru for him. Check out the overstuffed wonton I snuck a pic of.

Have been eating here since I was a little girl and it is definitely, I agree, the best Chinese food in Springfield. Love their chicken fried rice and wontons. I don’t get to go as often as I’d like since I live about 45 minutes away, but when I do get to… YAY!

My favorite Chinese place in Springfield. The egg rolls are amazing. The best I have had anywhere. General Chicken is my preferred dish, but chicken fried rice is great as well.

Boom boom boom. Awesome cashew chicken just get spicy brown sauce on the side, one of the only few places here that offer it. Spicy means spiiiiiicy. Egg drop needs work

Not very good Chinese, lots of deep fried stuff with sauce poured over it. I had the sesame chicken combo, which was dry fried chicken with loads of sauce on it.

Good Chinese food. The portions range from healthy to ludicrous (like the fried rice or the soft noodle). It’s not very big, but it’s very affordable and tasty. Try the chicken fried rice, the general chicken, or the cashew chicken.

My favorite Chinese place in Springfield – and considering how many there are, that is saying something. Their portions are plentiful and every sauce I have tried is yummy. They have the BEST egg rolls I have had anywhere. It is on the north side, which isn’t convenient for me, but that is probably good or I would end up eating here all the time. The only thing I think they could improve is to update/​expand the dining area to accommodate more people and groups of more than 4. Also they are closed on Sundays.