Stopped here for the first time in years. This was a great experience. Great customer service, excellent food. Quick service. Food was hot and fresh and by far some of the best cream of crab soup anywhere. Definitely try this place if you are near and hungry. read more

I came in for lunch and was immediately seated by the host. They put me in the dining room where there were only two other tables. Several waitresses in that room looked at me several times, but just purposely ignored me and never came to get my order - never even acknowledged my existence. I sat there by myself for 15 minutes completely ignored, intentionally. Then I decided to get up and walk out. There were around 5 employees and wait staff just screwing around in the entryway - no one doing their jobs. Very rare I have to actually walk out due to no service. read more

Always Great food, prices and service. What else do you need? I've been going here since the new ownership for years.

On the way back to Baltimore, we stopped at the New Freedom Restaurant for lunch. It had been years since we had been here. Lisa, our server, was a delight. She was so attentive and friendly. My husband and I decided to have the Chicken Fried Steak that was with a homemade, rich country gravy. He had his with mashed potatoes, and I had mine with French fries. The fried steak was a generous portion which was too large for me - I took half home to enjoy for lunch the next day. Our Aunt enjoyed a large dish of macaroni and cheese with stewed tomatoes and pickled beets. She also had enough for another meal. read more

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This is my girlfriend and my go to in the area, food is good and wholesome, and quite affordable. Service is always prompt and friendly. The ambiance is homey and classic. It gives a very "small town America" feel. Highly recommend. read more

A typical family restaurant with a large menu, we opted the New Freedom for its location and familiarity. Service was adequate, as were the portions, but I can't recommend the salmon as, to put it discreetly, it didn't agree with my digestive system. read more

Breakfast is awesome gotta get their eggs and pork chops wow. Service great girls with a smile always enjoy

The meat lovers omelet was delicious, scrapple was bland, bacon extra crispy, portion sizes were equal to cost. Was quickly seated, order taken and wait on food was within 15 minute. At the time they were very busy so service was great for how busy they were. Restaurant was clean with adequate seating. read more

Sincerely enjoyed the meal and the service! Met an old Army buddy there to catch up and had good coffee, delicious chili, a great sandwich, smile from a stunningly beautiful young woman working there, and great service from a very patient server. Will return on my next trip. Expectations exceeded! read more

Not enough sauce on pasta and refused to give more. Only as an upgrade? Wasn't even covered.

Three stars because this is the tale of two experiences. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"....... First off, the staff is friendly and courteous, no issues there. Secondly, my fiancée and I go there every Sunday morning, usually getting French toast, pancakes or an omelette. The breakfast is stellar. 99.9% of the time. Then today.....decided to get a late lunch there, and we were both hungry; I ordered shrimp Parmesan, my fiancée ordered the sampler for us both. Man, it wasn't just borderline tasteless, nearly everything had an odd taste, like an after taste. Though maybe the oil was old in the dryer, but my pasta was awful tasting; thought maybe the sauce, but the potato skins had a weird gumminess and aftertaste that was just off. Either one of us wanted to complain as we frequent the restaurant in the AM and maybe thought it was an off day, but both meals? I don't know that I'll go back for anything other than breakfast (which we will be there tomorrow!), because a $50 experiment these days is tough to swallow. So breakfast: YAY!, lunch / dinner: Nay read more

Food: Hot and delish chicken corn soup as well as the St Louis Blackened Chicken Sandwich with grilled mushrooms and onions was spiced just right. Service is impressive . Ambiance is very laid back and relaxing . My wife's chicken salad sandwich was very good. The soup stayed pipping hot to the last spoonful. Impressive pricing as well. 2nd visit and will be back! read more

Seated right away. Fast service. Very friendly and attentive waitress. Food was outstanding. Fish and chips presentation was unexpected creative and absolutely delicious. read more

The price is wrong it's $2..99 with one refill not $2.59, both times it 's filled with ice. The size of tumbler is 12 ounces, with ice you might get 4 or 5 ounces in each. After that it's 2.99 again, you might get 20 ounces total in 4 tumbler servings for 6.98. Resturante cost is not even fifty cents a tumbler (syrup cost). After spending close to $100, the soda was 20% of bill, was 7 times 2.99=20.93, 7 time if 5 ounces = 35 ounces, 2 liter (68 ounces) bottle cost $.99 cents. Kid size is the same price, separate from the kids meal ( 3 chicken tenders, 1 side and soda 10.99). So if you get soda get it with out ice. this way you'll get 20 to 24 ounces for 2.99, not 35 ounces for $20.93! After not able to explain or explanation: "I'LL GO SOMEPLACE ELSE!" read more

Service and food were okay. My friend told me blueberry pancakes taste chew. Coffee was water down server was wearing dirty bandage. Don't recommend or /and will not go back read more

Best chipped beef on rye toast anywhere. Great breakfast overall with nice sized portions. Excellent staff. read more

The chicken was 2 star at best. My party of three adults and one child had both roasted and "broasted" chicken. We weren't impressed. I ordered white meat and was presented, after some wait, with legs and thighs. Please train your staff. Other than that snafu, the waitress was sweet and attentive. Desert was delicious. I didn't enjoy my meal but I did see a gyro at the next table that looked promising. If I go back, I'm trying the gyro. read more

I've only been there once but was not impressed. It was dinner time, and I ordered their meatloaf meal. The mashed potatoes tasted bland (like something that came out of a huge metal can), but the slices of meatloaf were the worst I've had in a very long time. They tasted terrible - maybe like what you'd expect at a school cafeteria or a kids summer camp. Whatever they served me, it was NOT meatloaf (especially when compared to homemade or at least what you get at Cracker Barrel). It was all I could do to eat one slice; I left the other slice to meet the garbage fate they both deserved. Whenever we drive by the restaurant (which is frequently), all I can think about is the nasty meatloaf. I haven't given the restaurant a chance since. Someone who went with me ordered a different meal (some sandwich with sauerkraut), and they really enjoyed their meal. Others have encouraged me to give the restaurant one more try - and to go at breakfast, which is allegedly their best meal. The main thing going for this restaurant from my initial visit was I was very impressed with the friendly waitress. She was outstanding and friendly - definitely better than most I've run into around New Freedom/Shrewsbury. read more

Nice old fashioned restaurant. Plenty of hearty options available. Parking is no issue. Service was good and the restaurant was clean.

Great family restaurant with large menu. Not fancy, but clean with good food and great service. All meals so far have been great. Best gyro's around. read more

My family loves New Freedom diner! It's everything a small town diner should be, right down to the old school coffee bar top where you can grab a seat if you're lucky. Our meals never disappoint, the service and food are consistently good. My favorite is the chicken tender wrap. Lots of good family memories made here. read more

Took forever to get our food , and half the orders were wrong . Food was mediocre at best , decor is out dated , and dirty .

The SALMON is SPECTACULAR!!! Best around ! Friendly service , huge portions, will definitely be going back ! read more

New Freedom Restaurant - Salmon stuffed with crab meat ! Spectacular!! - New American Near Me - New Freedom, Pennsylvania

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Love love LOVE this place!! It's the best kept secret out there for sure. Food has always been amazing, the steaks are huge and delicious and the prices are excellent. I can't recommend this place enough.. Oh, and I have no words for their amazing dessert selection but that chocolate mouse cake... to die for! read more

My Dad loves this place and brought me along for a meal. The menu is very ambitious and they deliver on all fronts. I couldn't believe the size and quantity of the starter salad. Soo good. The Broasted chicken was amazing. My Dad had the oysters and was very happy. I can't say enough how good a value this place was. Check it out! read more

We had a major change in our Thankgiving celebration this year due to the Covid thing. We were supposed to all have a family get together in Maryland at relatives house but all was canceled at almost the last second. My wife and I decided to order from New Freedom restaurant. We got Turkey dinner with all the trimmings for 4 and we were amazed at how good everything was. Since it was just the 2 of us we had plenty for dinners the subsequent nights through the weekend. We would recommend having a diner set up for a party or family gathering and we no doubt will bgg e doing this again soon. Thanks to New Freedom for making our Holiday still very special. read more

They made my bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich as a chopped bacon omelette on toast. I wanted actual eggs, bacon, and cheese stacked. Told server I would be ok with them just putting a couple pieces of actual bacon on top. Another server came by and said that's how they make breakfast sandwiches and they could remake it the way I asked but if I wanted 2 pieces of bacon to put on the omelette sandwich I would be charged for a side of bacon. I told them to remake the sandwich then but then changed my mind and canceled the whole thing because my wife was almost done her steak. Seems ridiculous to be willing to toss the current sandwich to make a whole new one and make me wait then just bring two pieces of bacon. Would have been faster, cheaper, and made the customer happy but apparently that was not the goal. read more

As always, this is just a great place to eat. We love it. Prices, service, quality of food is all really good. read more

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NFR was recommended for crab cakes. So glad we took the recommendation. Really good crab cakes full of crab and seasoned well. $15 for one huge cc and two sides. I opted for the garden salad with fantastic blue cheese dressing and a sweet potato. For $0.75 you can get a small cup of soup. The Hubs and I both tried the Tomato Crab Soup which was really rich and yummy. Service was friendly and efficient from start to finish. We will be back for sure! read more

Hubs and I went In here two weeks ago. Burger was good, Mushroom Swiss, but wasn't as big as the bun and perfectly round. So either it's a frozen burger or they cook it in a round burger cooker that keep the meat formed. Texture made me think frozen. Anywho, hubs got the gyro and it was good. Sweet tea isn't brewed sweet tea. Tastes like Lipton bottle which is gross. Overall though it's a good place to get a home cooked type meal. read more

Wonderful breakfast! I have never been disappointed in the food or service! Very friendly and happy waitresses even when busy! We are repeat customers and enjoy it. read more

New Freedom Restaurant We haven't been to New Freedom Restaurant for at least six months because of a series of unfortunate experiences. I know it sounds incredible especially since this was one of our favorite go-to restaurants in the area, but it's true. I am not going to surface the issues that stopped us from visiting the restaurant on a weekly basis, but I am going to review our latest last-ditch effort to give the restaurant one more chance to redeem itself. A few days ago, we were in the mood for crab cakes and thought of New Freedom Restaurant since the crab cakes we had there previously consisted of almost entirely jumbo lump crabmeat. When we arrived, our favorite server, Hanah, had returned after quitting. She was just as surprised to see us as we were her. She knew our beverage order and went to get it while we perused the redesigned menu. I decided to get a new entree from the Specials Menu, the Jumbo Fried Oysters, a salad, and coleslaw, instead of crab cakes. My mother decided to get a new entree from the regular menu, the East Coast Basket; a Crab Cake, two pieces of fried chicken, and a salad. The restaurant stopped carrying the most popular salad dressing, the parmesan cracked pepper. So, we opted for other salad dressings. Nothing changed about the salads other than the dressings. They still offered a free beer with dinner. When the Jumbo Fried Oysters arrived at the table, I was utterly disgusted and disappointed. There were approximately seven-to-eight oysters on a bare, white plate with a wedge of lemon and two plastic containers of cocktail sauce. The oysters were small-to-medium in size. After putting some cocktail sauce on one of the oysters and eating it, it tasted like a fried potato pancake, not an oyster. There was absolutely no flavor of oyster whatsoever. And, the oysters were definitely not freshly hand-shucked although they varied in size. Not only was the presentation pathetic, but the taste was dour, too. My mother's crab cake was not jumbo lump crabmeat either. It was regular backfin crabmeat, not a lot of filler, mostly crabmeat, but not the usual jumbo lump crabmeat. Her wing and thigh were fried lightly crisp, and she enjoyed it. She ordered a baked potato with sour cream and butter with her entree. The potato was acceptable. I got my usual dessert, the chocolate eclair that comes from Yia Yia's Bakery. I usually rave about the eclairs, but the eclair tasted old. The chocolate was mottled, the Filo dough was stale, and the cream filling was bland. I complained about the oysters, but in the tradition of New Freedom Restaurant, they did nothing about it. I no longer support the once great place to eat at incredibly low prices. We will never return nor recommend the restaurant. I did not take pictures of the food this time because the food was not worthy of a photograph. read more

The food is actually pretty good. It's the service that is awful. The staff seems nice but the waitresses are constantly overly busy with little support staff. I have been there twice and both times food took forever. Literally like 40 minutes after we ordered today and 90 minutes after we sat down. Slow or no refills, burned French toast and my plate of food was cold while it was delivered. The waitress seemed to be running around like a mad woman though. Seems like she was serving 1/2 the restaurant and this place is big. The restaurant is understaffed and likely hires some staff that is unable to preform well in a large restaurant. Last time I was there, the waitress was nice but really slow and forgetful. It seemed like she couldn't manage all the tables she had and she was really struggling. Again, she was very nice but clearly not getting the help she needed. It makes me sad to say this because I wish them the best, but the running of this place needs serious revamping. Management needs to get this figured out. Always help wanted signs out front. Skip it read more

I have rode by this place many times and always said, "I have to try this place one day!", and last Thursday while riding from the York Harley Davidson Open House, we made the stop! Upon walking in I sensed a comfortable and very relaxed family atmosphere. We were seated by our very pleasant server, Lisa, who took our beverage order while we looked over the menu. I ordered off the daily Specials page and had a Crab/corn chowder, Diner Burger w/onion rings and strawberry ice cream for desert. Every bite tasted as delicious as it looked. Also, this was a great value. Thank You Lisa, for a job well done and because of the delicious food and great service, I will return. read more

Be careful we found a strand of stainless steel cleaning brush in the Broasted chicken. When I asked to speak to the manager , I was told he wasn't there. But he would be back soon. 20 mins later we checked out an I asked to speak to the manager again. He finally came out from the back. He did not appear to be sincerely apologetic, he even made a remark about the free food. J guess he means the chicken that was not eaten and was taken away.. will not eat there ever again. And would hope you would consider the same. read more

My husband and I live in Maryland but spend a lot of time in this area of PA. We usually go to a restaurant up the road but decided to try breakfast at the New Freedom Restaurant last Sunday. I was so excited when we walked in, the desserts in the case looked amazing and the food the other patrons had looked good. We were seated promptly. Then, we waited for over fifteen minutes and no one ever came to our table to take our drink order. The worst, we saw the servers pointing at us and talking among themselves two or three times. Sadly, we left and vowed to not come back. Just a few minutes up the road is another restaurant with friendly, prompt service and good food. read more

From the moment we got there things looked bad. Had to hunt down someone to put in our name, very disorganized place. While waiting to be seated we overheard a waitress standing right next to us tell customers she knew about her table of 10 currently there that wouldn't shut up and leave. Finally get seated and sat for 15 minutes, watching people get seated after us getting drinks and taking their food orders. No one ever stopped by our table for so much as to take our drink order, we sat for 15 minutes waiting! Enough was enough and we decided with service so terrible we where better off going somewhere else we walked to the front counter and let the lady up front know we where leaving, she blew us of and said they are busy. Well busy or not, we didn't get even our drink order in while we sat and watched others come in after us and get served right away. There's no excuse for the bad service we received, we've came here before and have also had bad service just not this bad. Needless to say this will be the last time we come to this establishment. read more

Worst meal I have had in a very long time. Went with three others and every one of our orders was not just cold but also incorrect. I ordered a grilled cheese with sweet potato fries. How can you screw that up? The fries were cold, hard and greasy. The grilled cheese, the bread was great but a horrible taste processed cheese. My dad ordered some kinda beef on bread, barely any gravy and cold. Step moms meal was an almost veggie less veggie lasagna and also cold. My husband's eggs weren't cooked well and his pancakes came almost as we were finishing our meal. Waitress was friendly but not proficient and didn't check till she brought the forgotten pancakes. read more

My boyfriend and I frequent New Freedom Family Restaurant a couple of times a month. We primarily come for the breakfast menu, but have had items from the lunch menu. Breakfast is always made quickly and very much consistent. I like the Belgian waffle, bacon, and have been ordering the breakfast sandwich lately. My boyfriend loves the Grande. I feel the prices are good for the quantity of food you get! read more

Came here with my wife and kids. Service was quick and professional. I ordered the chicken pot pie and it was excellent. The filling was well flavored and had a lot of chicken. The puff pastry was crispy and delicious. My wife ordered the crispy chicken blt salad. The greens were crisp and fresh. The amount of chicken was generous and they were perfectly fried. The Italian dressing on the side was sub-par (mostly oil taste). read more