First Wok

2016. Haven’t been here in ages so we decided to try again. They keep getting high reviews and it is a nice clean place. I’m curious, do they have anything to drink besides water and hot tea? Beverages aren’t mentioned on the menu or by the waitress. I love egg foo young but not theirs. Everyone else on Earth keeps their eggs and sauce separate. Everyone else on Earth delivers a sauce like gravy with them not a sweet sauce like theirse. I suppose it’s possible they are right and everyone else is wrong. First time in forty years I found egg shell in it. It was bound to happen.

Must say the food here is excellent and the portions were very generous. Where they lose a star is on the service front. When I arrived there was no one around but 2 other customers waiting for their carry out. Took a full 10 minutes before I saw someone who worked there and finally got seated. Then I waited ages to get the check and more waiting to come back to collect my card.

Nice place & very friendly service. They were very attentive and the serving sizes for entrees are great.

Solid lunch specials that offer a variety of favorites. The chicken and garlic with vegetable fried rice was excellent. I had it with a bowl of wonton soup. The server was attentive and friendly. I will surely be back to try other items off their menu.
If you like Chinese food give this place a try.
This review is based off my personal experience and opinion.

Best Chinese food in York. Take out is always extremely fast, and you never have to worry about getting home and saying «dang, they forgot my egg roll,» because they are very careful. They are a little pricey, so I gotta give em 4 stars, but food-​wise they are the tops.

Stop in here frequently for lunch. Very nice sit down Resturant. Inexpensive lunch menu with excellent food. Wait staff is very polite and attentive. Can’t do better for a quiet tasty lunch.

I have eaten lunches & dinners at First Wok and have never been disappointed. Delicious dishes & great service. During each visit my dining companions & I are welcomed and made to feel at home. First Wok offers daily specials and a large variety of tasty meals.

For the York PA area, First Wok is a top choice for Chinese. Enjoy their spring rolls, soups, dumplings and variety of dishes. Have not been disappointed yet in any dish or service and have eaten there many times both dine in and take out. Food and service are continually great.

ABSOLUTELY AWFUL if you are looking to be treated as a human being. My family orders large meals for carry out on a regular basis, and First Wok has completely lost our business due to ridiculously incompetent and offensive «customer service.» I don’t get easily frazzled, and I’m so mad I can’t even eat my order, which happens to be wrong for the third time tonight.
The gal on the phone blamed me for mix-​up, and did not offer a discount, let alone an apology. After getting the manager on the phone, she insulted my (amazingly kind and patient) husband, and threatened to recant what she FINALLY offered, a $ 10 discount on an over $ 70 order, saying, «You’re asking too much! Keep it up and you won’t get any refund at all!» Excuse me? Eat at First Wok, where the customer is always wrong! They seriously have the ability to offend even the most laid-​back of individuals, which, believe it or not, we happen to be. Merry Christmas!

I have never been disappointed with a meal here. Great service and delicious food. This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in York — hands down.

I am a Chinese food addict and my girlfriend is a picky eater. We have had nothing but great service and good food at first wok whether it has been eat in or carry out. She absolutely loves their Kung pao chicken extra spicy and I love the steamed dumplings with ginger soy sauce and the dragon and phoenix that has sweet and sour shrimp and general taos chicken. They always treat us right and always have our carryout in 10 min.

My wife and I just finished eating a carry out meal. We have done this many times before but not in the past 6 months. The meal we had was our usual. It did not taste like I remember it to be. Also, I did not recognize any of the staff at the restaurant when getting our order. I suspect things have changed and not for the better. Too bad I used to like this place a lot.

Used to be one of my favorite Chinese food restaurants but the scallops were bad in my meal and I wasn’t offered another meal choice or given the option to have the meal removed from my bill.

Very good tea.

I’ve lived in York for almost a year now and almost weekly my wife and I enjoy dining here or grabbing carryout. I never thought to Unilocal the place cause it’s your run of the mill chinese food joint. However after seeing the reviews and pics on here I felt compelled to put up some of my own thoughts.
Having grown up in an Asian household and in New York City, you get a bit picky when it comes to Chinese food even if it is Americanized. So for me to keep coming back must say something right?
The staff here is very friendly… English is obviously not their first language but they make the effort to give the customers what they want. When calling in orders they’ve never gotten anything wrong and always give a lot of extra goodies for the carryout orders (tea bags, fried noodles, duck sauce…).
The food is pretty good. I always order different stuff to try depending on my mood, so I’d recommend anything from the basic soups to the specials, which they have posted on a chalkboard as you walk in.
The dining area isn’t too shabby either. A nice little sit down place, with decent décor… Overall a friendly atmosphere.
All in all… If you’re in York and craving Chinese food, this spot is a great choice… It’s right off exit 14 on I83. And if you’re from York… You know they’re aren’t many choices for good food…

Just picked up carryout yesterday. For $ 7 and some change, I received a neatly packed bag of chicken and broccoli, won ton soup, fried noodles, hot chili oil (I requested this), a fortune cookie, sauces, fork and spoon and even a tea bag. So cute!
Food was great and such a bargain.

Best hot & sour soup and chicken with garlic sauce in York!

I’ve been going to First Wok for about 15 years now. The food has always been tasty and consistently prepared. Lunch specials are an excellent deal and the staff have always been extremely friendly and generous.
As for the raw meat I think it’s unfair to assume it was for sale to the public and having two year old pictures up of birds drying probably isn’t the most judicious representation of the restaurant’s quality of food or level of sanitation.

Best Chinese food I have ever had.
Cannot speak to the meat on hooks, let’s hope that is a thing of the past.
I have been going to first wok for 20ish years. Never had a bad experience, staff is always so helpful and willing to food is plentiful and cheap not to mention the best I’ve ever had. Best deal is to go for lunch, you get soup or I usually sub an egg roll and an entrée for a low lunch price.
They say they deliver but every time I call for delivery they say they are not delivering today.

Meat out back on hooks, dangling over a fat bin with feral cats lurking. daily. I worked next to this for 2 years.