Chen's Garden — Restaurant in West Plains

Food was not old, at least.

Very high level of sweetness to all sauces, some intolerably so. Breaded meats were soggy, but non-breaded beef dishes were delicious. Fried sides (egg rolls, dumplings) were overly greasy, but at least not soggy. Soup good, did not sample rices.

The other person with me did not want buffet, and this caused a problem.

Hostess assumed and didn't ask. Server was halfway across the floor after dropping off beverages (sweet tea was given to diabetic who ordered unsweet and vice versa) before he was able to get through to her that he would like a menu, at which point she scowled and rolled her eyes and generally was grouchy the rest of the time. We were offered refills of our "sodas" so at that point we simply said no thank you rather than risk being charged for more drinks when she realized SHE had gotten them wrong.

Our non-buffet order was ordered "to go" and we were watched like hawks to make sure we didn't slip any buffet food into the to-go container - and note that no return trip to the buffet was made, inly the initial one with one plate of food and a soup bowl, so no excessive food was taken let alone eaten. When he got the food home and ate it once it was cold enough (he cannot eat warm food) he ended up having to put everything into a pan, cook the vegetables since they were almost raw, and having to add pretty much every Asian sauce we had in our pantry to make enough sauce to cover the noodles and to have any sort of flavor other than oil. Had we wanted to cook stir fry noodles ourselves, we wouldn't have ordered from a restaurant. But he ended up having to wait for it to cool down again once he finished cooking the veggies, so our late lunch turned into a late dinner for him instead, and an unsatisfying one not worth the price at that.

Will not return. Do not recommend due to few tasty items and very...

I love this place I stopped here on the way back from visiting relatives out of state this is in West plains Missouri it is take out only but it's well worth it it's not Americanized they make everything just right yum I drive all the way from Mountain Grove Missouri sometimes to get this if the weather is permitting. I pray they never close their doors and they don't change Cooks cuz if they do they just lost my business. If you want it more Americanized where it's bland or whatever go to the other place but I think this place is better that's my personal opinion I wish we had one in Mountain Grove Missouri because what we have in Mountain Grove Missouri is the same old boring stuff they only make two things beef and chicken end of story no sea food or wong tong soupand they make their egg drop soup the right way not thick like stew. So this is my personal...

I eat here very very very often. Today I decided to bring an individual with special needs here to eat lunch. It took quit sometime to be seated then when asked what drinks I said sweet tea with lemon for myself and an empty cup for the individual. They gave me a cup of water. Understandable that’s an honest mistake due to it being an odd request. Well upon asking a second time I was given attitude and overheard the hostess and waitress saying “empty cup empty cup” over and over and laughing along with other words in their language of origin. I’m not sure if I took it wrong but judging by how they acted I felt they were making fun of I and the individual. They have lost my business and I’m very disappointed in the staff as a whole. Also the food was decently good if you like being critiqued the entire visit. Would...