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New First Dragon in Waterloo offers a welcoming atmosphere to enjoy classic American Chinese cuisine. Known for generous portions and flavorful dishes, customer favorites include the perfectly crisp crab rangoons with their abundant filling and the popular House Special Lo Mein....

New First Dragon

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About New First Dragon

New First Dragon in Waterloo offers a welcoming atmosphere to enjoy classic American Chinese cuisine. Known for generous portions and flavorful dishes, customer favorites include the perfectly crisp crab rangoons with their abundant filling and the popular House Special Lo Mein. The restaurant pride...

New First Dragon in Waterloo offers a welcoming atmosphere to enjoy classic American Chinese cuisine. Known for generous portions and flavorful dishes, customer favorites include the perfectly crisp crab rangoons with their abundant filling and the popular House Special Lo Mein. The restaurant prides itself on its attentive and friendly service. With a convenient lunch special and a wide-ranging menu, New First Dragon is a great choice for both a quick bite and a satisfying dinner. Enjoy a comfortable dining experience with wheelchair accessibility throughout the premises, and a selection of beer and other beverages. Takeout service is also available for those on the go.

What Customers Say About New First Dragon

New First Dragon is a popular spot for American Chinese food, especially lunch specials. Customers rave about the crab rangoons, generous portions, and friendly service. Some reviews mention inconsistency in food quality and a strange smell in the dining area.

Popular Dishes

crab rangoons (3) House Special Lo Mein House Special Fried Rice hot and sour soup fried dumplings (3) shrimp lo mein

Best For

Locals Quick Bite Casual

Tip: The lunch special is reasonably priced and a regular stop for many. Take-out is available, but there is no delivery service.

Features

🅿️ Parking Accessible 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 🤫 Quiet 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 👥 Groups

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Explore the area around New First Dragon

New First Dragon is located in Waterloo, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • First Presbyterian Church (A 168m) — Waterloo, New York, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Saint Paul's Church (A 245m) — historic Episcopal church located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos

Parks & Gardens

  • Lafayette Park (A 361m) — park in Seneca County, New York, United States of America

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Frequently asked questions about New First Dragon

New First Dragon is located at 5 E Main St, Waterloo, NY 13165, Waterloo.
Near New First Dragon you can find points of interest such as First Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul's Church, Lafayette Park.
New First Dragon offers chinese cuisine.
New First Dragon has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
New First Dragon offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at New First Dragon based on customer reviews are: crab rangoons, House Special Lo Mein, House Special Fried Rice, hot and sour soup, fried dumplings.
New First Dragon is ideal for locals, quick bites, casual dining.
New First Dragon is a popular spot for American Chinese food, especially lunch specials. Customers rave about the crab rangoons, generous portions, and friendly service. Some reviews mention inconsistency in food quality and a strange smell in the dining area.
The lunch special is reasonably priced and a regular stop for many. Take-out is available, but there is no delivery service.
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Reviews (22)
Shavel Freeman
Shavel Freeman

Best Chinese food in upstate NY

Joanna Alampi-Gould
Joanna Alampi-Gould

Order and pick promised in 15 minutes very happy with food and service!

GracieMadelyn
GracieMadelyn

ALWAYS the best Chinese food! You can get chicken soup with CHICKEN broth (unlike others that use beef broth for some reason). No matter what we order we always add on the House Special Lo Mein and the House Special Fried Rice - it not only stretches any meal and makes for extra leftovers, but they are so delicious and filling on their own! You won't be disappointed.

Donna Wylie
Donna Wylie

Best Chinese food we've had in a Long time! The crab rangoons were Amazing, crisp shells filled with an abundance of cream cheese and crab. The shrimp lo mein was tasty and there was a generous portion of shrimp. The pork fried rice and egg drop soup were both wonderful as well. The only thing we weren't wowed by was the eggroll, the shell of which seemed a bit thick and chewy. We stopped in to order take out and had our hot, delicious meal ready to go in less than 5 minutes! Very impressive. The cashier was very pleasant also. Our new favorite take out restaurant! EDIT - Ate in the second time and Weren't impressed with the reception or service. Felt more like we were intruding than being welcomed guests. Disappointing, because we had invited my sister and brother in law to eat there with us, knowing they would love the food as much as we did. If that had been Our first impression of the restaurant, I doubt we'd have gone back.

becki jade
becki jade

Hands down some of the best food I have had !!!! The egg rolls were delish!!! They have this sauce that was served along with the meal (a little salty) that was so flavorful!!! They even serve wonton strips while you wait!!!! Their fried dumplings! We're so good!!!

Jamie Damoth
Jamie Damoth

This is a regular lunch stop for me. They have a reasonably priced lunch special. The menu is typical for American Chinese food. Food is quite good and staff is very friendly and attentive for customers. While they offer take-out there is no delivery service

Robert Druker
Robert Druker

I haven't stopped at the First Dragon since I was a little kid stopping after the car auction w my dad and this is my first time at the New First Dragon and I gotta say it's amazing and better then I remembered 🤤🤤🤤 the Crab Rangoon is some of the best I've ever had and the meal was out fast and delicious !

will clark
will clark

Have meant to review this place for a while now. We are long time customers, since before they moved to the larger location next door to the old. It's a little bit of a drive from Seneca Falls but worth it for consistently fresh and darn tasty food. Though we almost always do take out, the restaurant looks really nice. It's a friendly place and very reasonably priced.

wendy halsey
wendy halsey

Yummmm hot and sour soup was perfect, seafood delight, cashew chicken and szechuan beef all on point. Unpretentious exterior, clean, professional and great service.

Stacy Stein
Stacy Stein

Fried dumplings and dipping sauce is excellent. I found a place that makes it the way I like and the correct dipping sauce. I will returning for more.

Gary Larizza
Gary Larizza

Walking in place does have a kind of strange smell to it,maybe just a mixture of the foods cooking I don't know. But it was empty when we went for lunch so I was a bit worried about eating there. Sat down ordered lunch and the food was delicious. Everything was hot and fresh and the veggies were crisp! Service was great, no smiles but ill take fast service and great food! Prices are reasonable for the portions as well!

Gary Wurstner
Gary Wurstner

Started as just a takeout place, that moved into the building nextdoor and added a dining room. They serve both Chinese and Japanese dishes. We have not tried any of the Japanese food yet, but they do a pretty good job with their Chinese options. Their menu is pretty typical with individual dishes and the ever popular combination plates.

Debbie Williams
Debbie Williams

The Food was a little on the greasy side, but was very good. Service was quick and friendly.

Jill D
Jill D

It would have been nice if the menu had more photos of the food but we were still pleased with the food we got, despite not knowing exactly what it would be. The chips-and-salsa vibes were fun and the soup was SCORCHING, so much so that it was still hot after eating our actual food. The dumplings were delicious as was the pork fried rice. The chicken chow mein was a bit different taste wise than other places.

Ronnie Held
Ronnie Held

Pretty good experience! Stopped in on a rainy Sunday and we were the only ones sitting down to eat (plenty of people grabbing to go). The service was prompt and polite! I ordered the bean curd and mixed vegetables and it was truly delicious, the sauce was awesome. Would recommend if you're looking for an american chinese food joint!

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Eric Simpson

I have been fairly disappointed with the quality of food since Covid-19. I am fairly certain they made a significant change in the cooking staff around that time. Wontons have almost no mean inside, the dumplings changed. In general the food has headed down in quality and is cheaply made. On the up side, the food is always ready when they say and handed over by a smiling face.

James Vogt
James Vogt

The fried dumplings are recommended, and dipping sauce was a good compliment. Hot oil had a very good kick!

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Cara-Leigh Battaglia

Very disappointed. Used to be our favorite. Third time in a toe our order was wrong. Ordered a shrimp dish and got a chicken one. And pretty sure the chicken we ordered was pork and we don’t eat pork. The dogs had a nice dinner though.

Sherry J
Sherry J

The beef not fresh, I end up not even finish one piece. Will not go again.

Catherine Mumford
Catherine Mumford

First off all of the egg rolls were more than over done couldn’t even bite into them. Couldn’t eat my sesame chicken at all cause I thought it was just me but everybody tried it and it was sesame fish…totally threw it out. Hot and sour soup is suppose to have a nice kick but this you couldn’t even eat with spice and we like heat but this was unreal…And sweet and sour chicken wasn’t fully cooked batter was still raw on inside which means chicken was too…Disappointing for sure.

Calynn Lee
Calynn Lee

Unfortunately for the price of the food the quality was poor! The carb rangoons we're stale, and the egg roll was cold and tasted off. The crab rangoon and egg roll were unedible. The chicken and broccoli was good but very watery. If I didn't have the extra sauce on the side I would have been all the way around disappointed.

David Derleth
David Derleth

Ordered general tso and another dish .Mine was so disgusting Couldn't even eat Never again Literally threw it out So disappointing

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🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
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🥗 Vegetarian Options
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🕐 Hours Today
11AM-10PM
Rating
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💬 Reviews
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 10 min here
📞 Phone
+1 315-539-8882
🌐 Website
new-first-dragon.net

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