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Address: 216 N Franklin St, Kirksville, MO 63501
Phone: (660) 627-8888
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Chen’s Palace – Authentic Chinese Cuisine in Kirksville, MO
Opening time Hours · Monday : Closed · Tuesday : 11:00 AM – 09:00 PM · Wednesday : 11:00 AM – 09:00 PM · Thursday : 11:00 AM – 09:00 PM · Friday : 11:00 AM – 09:00 …
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A Sato
Chen’s is the best restaurant in kirksville. Make sure to order from the Chinese menu, not from the regular menu, and you’ll get great food. I’ve probably ordered every item on the Chinese menu, so I promise they’re good! I live in Chicago, but honestly Chen’s is better than a lot of places including big cities. Everytime I come back to Missouri, I stop by Chen’s. My favorite is their spicy chicken and Chinese vegetables.
… moreKimberly Valentine
Excellent food! Quick Carry Out Service! Nice Portions for the Price!
… moreSydney Vice
Come here all the time especially after covid and china palace closed. Best food in kirksville really I get the same thing every time and it never fails to disappoint and it’s served by the same sweetest women every time. Could t recommend it more
… moreCollin Vickers
TLDR: Takeout only. Bland. Bare bones recipes. Go to Great Wall on Baltimore instead.
MENU: It’s your typical beef/pork/chicken/shrimp with (insert vegetable here) in a cornstarch sauce type of Americanized Chinese food. If you want, you can get the dinner special during lunch hours – the difference is it comes with your choice of egg rolls or crab rangoon. All of the online menus I have seen are outdated. The actual menu is much more limited than the online stuff would lead you to believe, and the prices are marginally higher.
FOOD QUALITY: IMO, the recipes they use at Chen’s are austere and sparing. Overall, the food is bland. Portions are a decent size. They have very definite ideas about which vegetable goes with which meat, for some of the dishes. Celery goes in the cashew chicken, to the exclusion of any other vegetables. Onions go in the Mongolian beef, to the exclusion of any other vegetables. Case closed. The result of this philosophy is that some of the dishes are extremely bland. One of the first items I tried on the menu here was cashew chicken, and I say, without exaggeration, that the meal was about 50% celery. It’s not that I don’t like celery, it’s fine, I just don’t want so much of it. And it’s also not the case that they were skimpy on the chicken or the cashews – I would say the quantity given of each was more than fair, for the price. My problem was with the lack in variety in vegetables and seasonings, which I know they include in some of the other dishes, so I’m confused as to why they are so strict in applying limitations in some specific cases. It seems to me that these restrictive dishes would be improved with a mixture of onions, celery, and carrots as a baseline. Beyond that, I would say the sauces are generally tasteless. When it comes to Chinese food, I expect bold spices and flavorings – garlic, ginger, chilis, soy sauce, oyster sauce, fermented bean pastes, black vinegar, etc. Here the sauces tend to be little more than water, salt, sugar, and cornstarch. I recommend passing on any of the dishes that involve fried nuggets of meat. On one occasion, for example, I got the sweet and sour pork, and found the nuggets to be so hard as to be borderline inedible. I don’t mean crunchy, I mean rock hard. The meat was also dry and stringy.
MENU FAVORITES: Go for the dinner combo, no matter the time of day. Both the egg rolls and the crab rangoon make for a nice little fried treat. Personally, I recommend the beef and bell peppers, or beef and broccoli.
MENU FAILS: Don’t bother with the fried rice. It’s over-salted and greasy. No wok hey. (Same is true of the noodles.) The plain steamed rice is much more pleasant to eat.
FRONT OF HOUSE SERVICE: Every time I have visited Chen’s, it has ALWAYS been the same lady working the cash register. I wouldn’t be surprised if she runs the show six days a week. (Can my girl please have a couple weeks off?!) She’s very polite and cordial; friendly, but also efficient. If she isn’t standing at the front, just ring the little bell and she’ll come up. The restaurant is currently takeout only. (Looks like it used to be a buffet in the past, but I suppose that was shut down during Covid, and they haven’t brought it back.)
KITCHEN SERVICE: Aside from that time I got the sweet and sour pork, I would say the quality of cooking is good, overall. Vegetables are tender but retain an al dente texture. Most fried items are golden and crispy.
ATMOSPHERE: Take out only. The building tends to be dark. Cold in the winter. Hot in the summer. (Gotta save on utility costs, I get it.) On one occasion, I was waiting for my food and an Asian customer came in to pick up her order; I got to overhear the two of them speaking in their language, which I thought was cool – a rare experience for me, in Kirksville.
… moreMENU: It’s your typical beef/pork/chicken/shrimp with (insert vegetable here) in a cornstarch sauce type of Americanized Chinese food. If you want, you can get the dinner special during lunch hours – the difference is it comes with your choice of egg rolls or crab rangoon. All of the online menus I have seen are outdated. The actual menu is much more limited than the online stuff would lead you to believe, and the prices are marginally higher.
FOOD QUALITY: IMO, the recipes they use at Chen’s are austere and sparing. Overall, the food is bland. Portions are a decent size. They have very definite ideas about which vegetable goes with which meat, for some of the dishes. Celery goes in the cashew chicken, to the exclusion of any other vegetables. Onions go in the Mongolian beef, to the exclusion of any other vegetables. Case closed. The result of this philosophy is that some of the dishes are extremely bland. One of the first items I tried on the menu here was cashew chicken, and I say, without exaggeration, that the meal was about 50% celery. It’s not that I don’t like celery, it’s fine, I just don’t want so much of it. And it’s also not the case that they were skimpy on the chicken or the cashews – I would say the quantity given of each was more than fair, for the price. My problem was with the lack in variety in vegetables and seasonings, which I know they include in some of the other dishes, so I’m confused as to why they are so strict in applying limitations in some specific cases. It seems to me that these restrictive dishes would be improved with a mixture of onions, celery, and carrots as a baseline. Beyond that, I would say the sauces are generally tasteless. When it comes to Chinese food, I expect bold spices and flavorings – garlic, ginger, chilis, soy sauce, oyster sauce, fermented bean pastes, black vinegar, etc. Here the sauces tend to be little more than water, salt, sugar, and cornstarch. I recommend passing on any of the dishes that involve fried nuggets of meat. On one occasion, for example, I got the sweet and sour pork, and found the nuggets to be so hard as to be borderline inedible. I don’t mean crunchy, I mean rock hard. The meat was also dry and stringy.
MENU FAVORITES: Go for the dinner combo, no matter the time of day. Both the egg rolls and the crab rangoon make for a nice little fried treat. Personally, I recommend the beef and bell peppers, or beef and broccoli.
MENU FAILS: Don’t bother with the fried rice. It’s over-salted and greasy. No wok hey. (Same is true of the noodles.) The plain steamed rice is much more pleasant to eat.
FRONT OF HOUSE SERVICE: Every time I have visited Chen’s, it has ALWAYS been the same lady working the cash register. I wouldn’t be surprised if she runs the show six days a week. (Can my girl please have a couple weeks off?!) She’s very polite and cordial; friendly, but also efficient. If she isn’t standing at the front, just ring the little bell and she’ll come up. The restaurant is currently takeout only. (Looks like it used to be a buffet in the past, but I suppose that was shut down during Covid, and they haven’t brought it back.)
KITCHEN SERVICE: Aside from that time I got the sweet and sour pork, I would say the quality of cooking is good, overall. Vegetables are tender but retain an al dente texture. Most fried items are golden and crispy.
ATMOSPHERE: Take out only. The building tends to be dark. Cold in the winter. Hot in the summer. (Gotta save on utility costs, I get it.) On one occasion, I was waiting for my food and an Asian customer came in to pick up her order; I got to overhear the two of them speaking in their language, which I thought was cool – a rare experience for me, in Kirksville.
Holley Wilcox
Great food…(always fresh). Good customer service. Only downside is finding parking during busy times.
… moreAlex Shields
The food has always been good here and one should never leave feeling hungry if you choose to eat from the buffet. The pricing for the buffet, at least at time of this posting is on par with similar restraints in the area. The building is old and showing its age, some of the seat cushions have seen better days. The wait staff could be more attentive.
… moreJoe Bao
I’m from St. Louis and graduated from Truman in 2019. Haven’t been back since. However, I literally just thought about their shredded pork eggplant and their salted pepper pork dish. 4 years later and I still think fondly about this place from time to time. If that isn’t a testament to its quality then I don’t know what is. By far the best food in Kirksville, let alone Chinese food, and it honestly beats out a lot of Chinese places from bigger cities. Just make sure you order from the Chinese menu (there’s English on the menu, it’s not just all Chinese) and not the American takeout menu.
… moreBenjamin Pettit
I love the food at china palace. The buffet is good, fresh, and you can also ask for a menu if you don’t want the buffet. There are several Chinese restaurants in town, but this is 1 of 2 I visit regularly. Prices are cheap in comparison to the others in town, and food is better. There location is easy to find, being on the square, but it could use renovations and updating, which is why I only gave it 4 stars. It looks like it is family owned, which I think is great.
… moreRowen Conry
It has a certain charm. Food is alright. I like the fact that it’s a buffet. I see some reviewers decrying the “shabbiness” of the establishment, but it’s important to establish small-town atmosphere and I believe the duct-tape on the seats works toward that goal. I eat here relatively regularly and I am, at times, shocked by the consistency of the service and general vibe.
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