I've been ordering from this restaurant for years. but today all changed. i asked spare ribs and I got rib tips , Chkn fried rice no onions. (oops got onions )mushy also.. diet peps ( regular pepsi). only thing right was egg drop soup. so disappointed (new cooks or owner need help) read more

The amount of food was more than expected. Fast service. It came still steaming hot. The food was tasty! read more

No 1 Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Schenectady, New York

The food is great since the original owner took the restaurant back since January. The egg foo young is delicious and the chicken and broccoli is amazing. The serve is great and also friendly. read more

The quality of this food has gone down and I mean down. I'm so sad, this place is close to my house but it's not worth it, the chicken wings are giving frozen. The rice was kinda hard still, gotta find a new place bc this is not it. read more

Easy to order and service was quick. The food is great! Over the years we've ordered a pretty wide variety.

Disgusting food wanted to throw up. Had to throw out the rest. Ordered hot and spicy beef. And Crab rangoons was just deep fried cream cheese. read more

Literally the best Chinese food I've had in like 15 years !! Mostly got apps everything was so fresh and hot and just perfect. Already plan to make a stop next year on my roadtrip again!! read more

No, I was extremely upset with the food the pork fried rice that I had 95% of the pork was just fat pieces. Wasn't that good? I won't order this food ever again. read more

Do not recommend very unprofessional. Me and my family ordered almost 100 dollars worth of food once I arrived the lady told me she cancelled my order... I never received a call LIKE SHE CLAIMED after driving 30 minutes to the establishment.....I'm new to the area and this was my first time ordering here and I will never go back nor give them a penny of my money!!!! read more

The food is really good and if you're gonna order from there or get something get crab wrang goo

The food was okay. I stopped for lunch takeout at No 1 Chinese Restaurant, which is located near the former Popeye's. This Chinese takeout restaurant with open kitchen has quite an extensive menu including the standard Chinese dishes, as well as chef's specialties and Szechuan specialties. The prices here are pretty good, most dishes are priced under $10. They offer 41 Lunch Specials served with choice of rice and choice of appetizer, soup, or soda ($4.80-$5.30) and 28 Special Combination Platters served with pork egg roll and choice of rice ($5.85-$7.50). Also, 2 Drum Sticks are only $1. I ordered the L12 Roast Pork Lo Mein ($4.80 plus tax) with Pork Fried Rice and Hot & Sour Soup, which was ready in about 10 minutes. The portion of food was generous for the low price. However, the pork lo mein dish was very salty tasting, which had lots of roast pork strips, shredded vegetables, and firm noodles. The lo mein would've tasted pretty good without the excess soy sauce in the dish. The pork fried rice (golden color) was decent and had a firm texture with roast pork cubes and onions. The hot and sour soup resembled a light brown egg drop soup, which had lots of egg, tofu, mushrooms, big pork pieces, vegetables, and bamboo in a mildly spicy broth. Overall, the food was okay, and very filling to eat. I definitely needed a huge ice cold Diet Pepsi with this lunch. (2.75 stars) DELIVERY: $12 minimum order read more

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I got General tso chicken and chicken with green bean combo. It is so tasty!! And their prices very reasonable. read more

No 1 Chinese Restaurant - General Tso chicken combo - Chinese Near Me - Schenectady, New York

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Horrible service, I'm a vegetarian...they send me pork dumplings and the only way I could tell it was pork was because I bit into one....so I give them to my roommate and call for my shrimp dumplings. She sends a guy back with them and wants them exchanged? Now tell me what restaurant would want back eaten food DURING A PANDEMIC. she said that's the policy and refused to let the delivery driver give them to me even when he was outside. Honestly horrible customer service. I wish I could give zero stars and won't be ordering again. read more

I ordered GrubHub from here. Every time, the order has been correct, and the food has been hot. I really like their fried chicken. They also have a good beef and broccoli. There are eggrolls our meh But everything else I have gotten has been good. read more

Nothing special about this Chinese restaurant it was my last resort, it was the only restaurant that was open at the time the food lacked a lot of flavor and it was very oily customer service was okay people there seemed very unhappy and they were not welcoming. read more

Third time ordering. They forget the egg rolls. I usually order once a week over fifty bucks. The second time they argued the rolls were in the bag. Nope. This time they forgot two egg rolls and soda said they'd send them. Forty five minutes later no egg rolls or soda. Food came in fifteen minutes. I will not order from them again. read more

My family used to order from here a lot and we liked the food.We had no problem until the day we came in and ordered a chicken and rice combo dish. You can see the kitchen from the counter. The cook dropped some chicken on the floor, picked it up, looked around a bit then put it back in the pan. I guess while looking around he didn't see the actual people who were waiting for thee food. Needless to say, we will never go back again and left without purchasing anything. read more

Poor customer service, they can't speak properly, yelling at customers... also they give wrong order

At times the lady on the phone is rude and impatient. Food and delivery is always good

I had to order yesterday for delivery even though its less then a mile away. I was stuck at the shop, Was happy they have order online service and it was here within a minute of the online time estimate! The shrimp fried rice was very good and fresh as the egg roll was, And with lots of lunch specials at good price even though im pretty much a bring lunch from home fellow I will order again when caught at work with no lunch read more

Today I ordered using an app. The app uses your location to find spots nearest you. Well, Idk how, but the app read my location wrong and I placed my order. Not even five minutes later I checked the location and called the restaurant right away. The girl that initially took the call verified that I had placed the order and that the call wasn't a prank.She took down my actual address, thanked me and hung up. I then got a call from a woman with a heavy accent yelling at me that her driver couldn't find me and checked two times. She then hung up on me. Next time, actually... There won't be a next time. read more

Attn: Owner of No. 1 Chinese:   The New York State Labor Law generally considers tips to be wages.  If the employer is paying employees below minimum wage while they are either ​not receiving tips and/or the employer continues to allow customers to tip without notifying them that the tips will not go to the workers, the affected employees can file claims with the New York State Department of Labor for said violation. We would need the worker(s) to mail us a signed written statement with the relevant information (e.g., your occupation, number of employees, average amount of tips per day, when the employer started to retain the tips, name/address of the employer's company, your name/address/phone number, etc.).   Our office address is: Division of Labor Standards Building 12. State Office Building Campus. Albany, NY 12240.   Thank you. Division of Labor Standards read more

I always go to this Chinese restaurant and pretty much order the same thing, sweet and sour chicken. The sweet and sour sauce is the best in comparison to other Chinese spots here. Hot and sour soup is good too. I agree with the other reviewer that the wonton is not good, lacks flavor, so I add my own ginger to it. The only complaint that I have is that they NEVER thank me for my business, as a business, I think this is an important aspect to thank your loyal customers. I hope they see this. read more

Poorly run take out Chinese restaurant with little in taste to redeem itself. One time I didn't have cash and tried to get the 5.50 lunch special, they charged me for the dinner combo for 8.50 to make the $8 credit card minimum, but still gave me the lunch portion. One time I ordered online and they forgot about my order and only started preparing it when I arrived 20 mins later. Fried rice should be crisper, egg roll needs more filling, and general tso's (and similar dishes) need less sauce. Rating reflects speed and price. read more

Me and my home girl ordered at 10 pm they close about 1030, everything was amazing, nice and fresh. Just what I wanted. Ty

Best Chinese food in the nation, the cooks really know how to make great Chinese food. You get what you pay for. Great tasting flavorful food. Came to schenectady to visit family and had it three times while we were there. read more

This is are normal place to order from, for the last 20 years. Last night we tried to order from them only to get hung up on while making the order. When I called back the guy told me I needed to hurry up with my order and was extremely rude. due to his rude ness I called back five minutes later and cancelled my order and I hope they already starting making it. this must be a new guy but they have lost my business.. we will be going to china star on Altamont ave for now on. read more

As a lover of Chinese food, going a week without it is tough, however since being in Schenectady I have been without, tonight I gave in and tried this restaurant. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Disclaimer, I am not comparing this to Chinese food from hong kong, Arcadia, flushing, Vancouver, sf, or any other chinese food Mecca, I'm just comparing it to your local Chinese restaurant and in tems of that, it passes. The beef and broccoli, was solid, I have found this is a great staple at most hole in the wall americnized Chinese. The o and sour soup was good as well. Kung pal chicken was fine, I would eat it again, but wouldn't go out of my way to order, one friend got sweet and sour pork, which they said was good, but honestly how can someone really screw that up. The wonton soup was bad, skip it. And of course, even though two dishes would be enough for 5 people, since spersizing is what we do here, they threw in pork fried rice, just cause. Ad of course that was solid, another guarantee at most basic restaurants all in all I would be happy to eat here again and I will, many times. read more