I ordered egg drop soup and got something that looked like toilet water...or mudd water...waste of money. Breaded shrimp was all breading and dry in the center...pork fried rice was dry. Expensive food poor quality. I can make better Chinese food at home with authentic Chinese recipes online that's better and cheaper I'm so disappointed. Who cooks this food? . read more

new ownership.yelp information is very old. new owner new style.food very fresh.open kitchen.friendly people read more

Eight Dragons Take-Out Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Athol, Massachusetts

Fast service but food was way over cooked and tuff as hell and not very much of it use to love there food guess new ownership doesn't have a good handle on the recipes or the help that know how to prepare it sucks well now have to find another place won't be back read more

The food and the staff are GREAT! I have been eating there for years: and the chow is even better now than before. Best Chinse food in the area! read more

It use to be great a couple years ago but now it is awful. Noodle dry no taste, very little meat, the rice dry not good at all. The chicken fingers were ok but must be new owners or cooks...won't be eating here again. I agree with other comments. read more

This would be 0 stars but it won't let me..... I used to order here from previous owner. I just ordered last friday night for the first time which was also my last. The food was horrible rice was dry not fully cooked, crab rangoon over cooked, egg roll not full, chicken chunks overcooked dry sawdust. Chicken fingers some had pink meat some overcooked. Not to mention the tip they automatically added to my bill. Listen, I ordered, you cooked it, packaged it and, I picked it up. No tip is required nor should you be adding one without consent. Especially when my bill was 78 dollars and was charged 96.02 I betting you won't be in business long with these practices. read more

This is always been my family's first choice in Chinese food. It's local and it's not the worst. It's often over salted, but it's still good. Food isn't aesthetically pleasing, but it's edible. The people there who serve us, such as the cashier, are often good listeners, from what I have seen. But it's not very good all the time, hence my rating. read more

Used to really like 8 dragons, good food, descent price. Haven't been since the reopening...what a huge disappointment..the rice was tasteless, almost white, the teriyaki was so-so, the chicken " chunks" were small pieces, but not too bad. The crab rangoons were burnt on the outside and the inside didn't taste the same. The service was the only good thing. Higher prices and lousy food equals never coming back. read more

Burnt noodles, funny tasting meats, stale rice, and oily tasting batter. $74.00 for gross food, no good and never again!!!

Quick & efficient service. Tasty noms. Idk what else to say, the app is forcing me to write more. I'm pithy. read more

This is the BEST EFFING food around. #1 they make their egg rolls - AS THEY SHOULD BE!!!!!!! They make their "duck sauce" - as it should be! I GREW UP in BOSTON eating REAL "Chineese: food." The CRAP they sell today is an abomination. Slowly, the Parents have sold to their children and the children have NOT lived up to the parents' clients' expectation, YONG SHING = YUK - go to 8dragons 8Dragons is awesome read more

Well, that's the last straw. I wanted to give 8 Dragons another try because people have been saying that their food has gotten better. Let me tell you of today's experience; I got porkless, pork fried rice. It was rice with a little soy sauce, maybe one or two pieces of onion, and totally flavorless. I also got crabless, crab rangoon, completely tasteless. The chicken teriyaki had an off-flavor that I really didn't like. It was like cinnamon, and not even remotely teriyaki flavor. The boneless ribs were dried out like jerky, and maybe I'm wrong, but I sort of expect that Vegetable Lo-mein will have some vegetables in it. It was noodles, soy sauce and one or two pieces of onion. I also asked for extra soy sauce and hot mustard, and got NONE at all. So I'm done, truly done, this time. Their prices are going up at the first of the year, but I won't notice because I'm never going there again. I don't think that they will last very long. read more

It took me a long time to finally try this place and I cannot wait to go back! The prices are reasonable and they give you lots of food. The crab rangoons are the best of Athol by far! read more

A small take out place. Busy brown paper bags adorn the shelf awaiting massive orders nightly. This is the most popular eatery in my opinion in town. Best value is lunch menu. Prices keep rising on their dishes. Seems each time I go in or check online at the menu it states "price change". I can't quite figure out what is costing so much. They run out of a quite out dated building with no sit down service. The bells and whistles are not at this joint. The food! Yes they serve a decent mix usually. Now over the years it's been amazing, so-so, good and meh. Depends on the chef when you go I think. Since I had 8 dragon at its "amazing". I'd say 1995. Now it's so-so or good. Solid three stars. Food quality isn't as great and the price increases are disenchanting to me. read more

Not the best Chinese but the only good one in that area. They deliver also which is a plus.

Best chinese food in the area. Been twice and the food is AMAZINGGGG! Only thing i dislike is how long it takes for delivery (1hr 45min) around dinner time. Crab ragoons are my all time favorite! Picking up is only 20 minutes so it coupd be worse. Been twice and i have to say The combination plates are pretty cheap and you get a decent amount of food. Not much seating though and its cramped if you plan on eating there read more

Very good there's just one problem when you go in there for a split second it smells pretty bad but the food in there is amazing and it's definitely worth the price read more

I wish I could comment on their food but I couldn't even get that far. I went to order for the first time from here. I was told she has to see if the driver will come here due to a problem w my neighbor when she finally said he would come here I said my order. I asked to get veggie lo mein instead of rice and I was willing to pay extra. I was told I couldn't do that. I even stayed ill pay for the lo mein. I just didn't want the rice. Terrible customer service. i won't be trying their food anytime soon. read more

I had a hair in my rice back in the early winter around November, needless to say I haven't went back and one star! on all counts for this. I loved the food here and was loyal to this place for over 20 years. I can't complain on the food too much. Hit or miss. Honestly had seen better years ages ago. Kind of turned into a money mill each year jacking up their prices and printing new menus. You used to be able to get lunch deals and now there really isn't any "deal". Well, with finding a hair that doesn't matter to me anyhow. Cheers to that! read more

This place is lucky enough to get one star. Horrible service for starters,and the guy at the counter told me i had to wait 20 minutes before they would cook my food because the cooks were eating. The rice was reheated and greasy. They also had a pile of pork sitting out in the open uncovered in what seemed like a 120 degree atmosphere. Stay away. read more

Overall pretty good Chinese food for this area. Sides are not greasy and very good portions for the price. read more

Eight Dragons Take-Out Restaurant - Chicken lomein, egg roll, crab rangoons and chicken chunks - Chinese Near Me - Athol, Massachusetts

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Food is consistently good and we haven't had an issue. We frequent this place instead of the tea house, because of there consistency. Keep up the good work. read more

I called 3 times and was asked to hold which I did and was hung up on. The next time I called again was asked to hold I say this is the 4th time I've been asked to hold and I will order somewhere else. Her response "Good CHOICE" never order from this place again. Hire more people to work or lose business! Disgusting, Prices also continue to go up and up?????? read more

If this is the best in town, I will drive to another town. The pork fried rice had extremely little pork in it, very bland, and was worse than average. The chicken wings tasted rubbery, as if they were sitting around all day (or two) waiting to be reheated. The crab rangoon were sloppy, with a little cream cheese and what appeared to be scallions and minimal imitation crab meat in it, and honestly one of the worst I have ever had. . This is a run down take out place, and the appearance of the building matches the quality of food that you will find here. Don't get me wrong, the food is edible, but it is a 2:00 a.m. after last call, nothing else open kind of place would go to to clog up my arteries. I ordered $25 worth of chinese food, they gave me about an ounce of duck sauce. Had I known that they gave me so little for a good amount of food, I would have asked for extra. But then they hit for for another dollar on top of your order. Pathetic. If you are dying for take out Chinese food, live in Athol, where there is only one other place in town (that I have not tried), and don't feel like driving to Orange, the food is edible, but it would be a last choice. And I certainly would not drive from anywhere just to eat here. I am not overly critical of food, and have had my share of very good, and very bad Chinese food places. This place is close, if not the worst I have encountered. read more

Quick and consistent service. I personally love the food, but have noticed that people who complain a lot in general don't like it. Delivery is expensive, and they expect a tip. read more

One of the items we ordered was missing. We call and the they say they will bring it over but there is only the sauce in the bag when they come back. We call back and they say now we will have to pay for it if we want it after having already waited 2 hours and had them come twice and failed to deliver it. The guys attitude was like... Oh well to bad. read more

We ordered 2 beef and broccoli's, general gao's, a pupu for two, beef lo mein, and chicken fingers. Chicken fingers are a favorite in our house. They were inedible, as we're the shrimp in the pupu. The batter was thick, undercooked (doughy on the inside) and tasteless. The chicken inside was dried out. The rest of food was edible but seemed less than fresh. Like it had made a day or two before and reheated. We will not be returning. read more

This is the ONLY Chinese restaurant that delivers in the Orange MA area. Tonight my wife called for a delivery at 7:45pm. She was told it would be an hour. It's now 9:33pm. No food yet. WTF? This will probably be last time we order from them. If and when the food does finally get here it will more than likely be cold, as they only have one delivery driver. They're only 5 miles from my house! And the quality of the food is hit or miss. This place really sucks! Update...Our food finally arrived at 10pm. A full 2 hours and 15 minutes after the order was placed. 5 miles away. SMH. read more

Decent. Definitely a takeout restaurant as the dining area is cramped and really ugly. Food is mostly ok. Got the lo mein once and hated it. The important thing is that the pork fried rice is solid. read more

Glad we tried it, but won't be returning. Service was quick. The space was hideous (you need a key from behind the counter to use the bathroom). Some of the food was acceptable, but it was all too greasy. Drinks were out of a cooler case, like a pizza place. read more

Best in town. #! prices Perfect. not really an eat in...mostly take out. HOT HOT food. super good ... very nice people. Just how its supposed to be! read more

1st time. Egg drop soup was the worst I've ever had. Taste like a burn roux and it was brown. Besides the staple in the food the rest was eatable but nothing to brag about. Prices were reasonable and good amount of food, but Over all I've had better frozen read more

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in this area their food is really good and hot love the chicken fingers

This is the worst place in town. I ordered shrimp fried rice and egg rolls. Both tasted of burnt oil and the fried rice was greasy.

If I could give them zero or negative stars I would! WORST experience dealing with a restaurant in my life. New to town, called for a delivery. Girl taking my order was either simple minded or on drugs; had to repeat EVERYTHING over & over again. We waited & waited... they called to ask when we were picking up our order... we said DELIVERY!! The girl LIED & said we said take out. Why did she take my address then??!! The male said they would deliver our order. Then called back & said they canceled it! So... I can't rate their food since we never got to eat it! Don't know how or WHY they're still in business! Needless to say, we won't be a customer of Eight Dragons EVER!! Tea Garden, we're all yours!!!! read more

Absolutely the WORST Chinese food I've ever experienced, I'm still in a state of disbelief. The first time I went there, it was not good, months later I gave them another try. Im regretting not taking pictures of our food. Our meals vaguely resembled the dish you would order from somewhere else. Burned small egg rolls drenched with dripping grease, Chicken Lo Mein noodles hard, dehydrated and crunchy, hard un-chewable chicken chunks and a tiny shrimp fried in a big wad of inedible dough, I am thinking it must have been fried shrimp finger? Their flavors and sauces are off, big time and the dishes do not taste or resemble what they're supposed to. For the life of me I can't understand how anyone could be happy with their food. I'm thinking maybe because this area hasn't Hasn't any decent Asain food, people are stuck or just don't know the difference? My chickens would eat this shit !! Go somewhere else or buy a frozen Asian style meal from the grocety store. read more

First off, the chow mein noodles, both bags, were stale. Then, as I was eating my food I felt a sharp object cut the side of my tongue. I pulled a staple from my mouth! We checked the brown bag and the two little noodle bags. The staples were intact and staple holes matched up. Mystery to us. I immediately called the food establishment. The worker argued with me, as if I was lying, and claimed that it was IMPOSSIBLE that it could have happened! What ever happened to the customer always being right? What happened to, "I'm very sorry ma'am. I'm not sure how that could have happened. Please come back and we'll refund your money, or give you a discount next time you order from us." read more

Service is not great. If toy ate lazy and dint want ti go out to get Chinese, this place will do. The pork fried rice is good, the lo mein is good, the beef and chicken chunks are good. The oil they cook with is old. So everything fried is just ok at best. I really don't like much else and the menu is limited. Only went fir pick up once and it was pretty dusty and dirty right there. For a delivery I had ordered chicken fingers and egg rolls. They did not give me any duck sauce. I called and they insisted they gave me some and wouldn't bring any back. read more

I just received a delivery from 8 Dragons. The food was severely overcooked and there was sand in some of the shrimp. I called to let them know and they don't care. They charged me full price plus a delivery fee and a processing fee in addition to the price of the food and it was just god-awful. Too bad. I highly recommend against this place. read more

Well, it must have changed. This was my first time going. Needed to pick up an order for my mother-in-law who was in rehab. So I stopped by to walk into a very uncomfortable situation between who I assume was a manager and a customer who received an incorrect order of Lo Mein and called ahead for $9.00 refund. They refused to give him a refund because the owner was not there and couldn't authorize a refund without speaking to the owner who is not there but 2 days a week and today was not one of those days. 100% customer satisfaction was not this lady's priority. Customers coming and going out of this place everyone had to witness such poor customer service. I was so uncomfortable I was about to give this gentleman $9.00 just to make the situation go away. I was leaving and he was calling the police. What a shame. To make matters even worse I ordered shrimp and pea pods and when I went to serve it to my mother-in-law I found a crap load if pea pods and 3, yes 3 shrimp. This was my first and most certainly my last visit here. I would go and complain but I already know how that works with this place. If I was the owner u would be ashamed of this behavior. I have to give it 1 star as it won't let me post without one. read more