As a fan of "hole-in-the-wall" Chinese places, this is one of the better ones around town. I saw the reviews about rude staff, but my experience was quite the opposite. The staff was nice, the wait wasn't very long, and the food was great. Not very much space to sit, but that's typically the case with spots like this. If you like Chinese food, give this place a shot! read more

New 1 China - Sesame Chicken Lunch Combo - Chinese Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

Would have give a 5, the food was great but the staff was RUDE. Hope she is not there next time we go. read more

Yall forget these negative reviews. New 1 China is a cute, little taste friday night dinner. Their food is affordable and yummy. Definitely worth it! read more

New 1 China - Chicken Fried Rice chicken Beef Egg Foo Young - Chinese Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

I thought this place was a real dump. Half of the dining room was closed off and used to store boxes and dead plants The bathroom was dark and smelly They served my lunch on a small paper plate with a cheap plastic fork The food was average. read more

The Chinese food is decent enough for Asheville. The steamed rice is okay, I have found some places serve really overcooked long grain rice that is terrible. The rice here is acceptable. My go to dish is the Lo Mein. What I was brought up calling "Chow Mein". If you order Chow Mein in the South they give you a bunch of cabbage. I don't know why. I tried the Mongolian Beef. It was rather expensive at $14.50 and the meat was the typical cheap, over-tenderized beef you usually find in these places. It had a decent kick of spice. I'd probably go with the Mongolian Chicken in the future. The interior seems clean but could use a little updating. The service was quite friendly though. All in all a decent place for some cheap-ish Chinese food. read more

New 1 China - Chicken Lo Mein - Chinese Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

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Admittedly I have only had one thing here but I can't help ordering them every time I go. It's all about the chicken wings. I just get the regular and I think they are the wings I have ever had. Crisp and juicy with incredible flavor. read more

Food was tepid. Ordered and received food in about 3 minutes. We ordered 4 Seasons and it was flavorless. Doused it in soy and did not improve it much. The Spring Rolls were totally undercooked. It's a dirty restaurant with things stored in part of the seating section. Got a terrible headache right after eating. It was like the heat was on in there. No AC. Server was nice. We will not return. Honestly, this was thee worst Chinese Food we've ever had. Period. Think twice about this one. read more

I used to LOVE this place... Ordered a Veggie dish(because i wanted the extra veggies) of Lo Mien ADD Beef. The, previously NICE, Lady behind the counter CORRECTED me and said, "You want Beef Lo Mien"... I replied, "No I would like Veggie Lo Mien add Beef... She bagged up a Quart of greasy Noodles and 3 pieces of "Beef" Plus, I tipped 20%! read more

The best Chinese food in West Asheville. I don't understand the bad reviews. Its the only place in West Asheville that they don't use the same sauce for everything you order. Its the only place I get Chinese food from. read more

Ordered dinner for family online. Had order number, pick up address confirmation text and it was deducted from my bank account.vthey said they did not have an order and would fill it only if I paid them again. Terrible place. read more

Mediocre to terrible. We were lured in by a $12.99 mail coupon for two dinner special combos. They say you get what you pay for, and New 1 China didn't even get us that far. The rundown: Pork egg roll: flavorless. The ground "pork" is bright pink and has a borderline foul flavor. Tasteless vegetables. Standard crappy carry-out corn-syrup "duck sauce," gloopy Chinese mustard, and salt water "soy sauce" packets were little help. Not worth the calories. Szechuan beef - Total misnomer. It was about 2 onions worth of sliced onion, a few carrot slices, a couple snow peas, and a few strips of gross-tasting, oddly-textured beef in a sickly sweet - no - SWEET sauce lacking any spice or flavor. It almost looked like onions in ketchup. So gross. This seemed to be the same fluorescent red sauce that comes on sweet and sour chicken in crappier establishments. Awful (check out the nasty photos). Nothing Szechuan about that mess! White rice - freshly steamed, just fine Kung pao chicken - one of the better renditions I've had in Asheville, but that's not saying much. Although it was oily, the sauce actually included doubanjiang (spicy bean sauce) rather than the bland brown sauce doled out by so many other local places. Carrots and celery were fresh. Water chestnuts likely canned but OK. Peanuts kept their toasty crunch. The chicken itself was mostly white meat but had an odd springy texture. It could have been trimmed better. Bottled water - .$50 - no tap water available. Dining room: filthy. There are black lines of dirt and oil around the base of the table legs. It hasn't been mopped in months, I'd guess. More crud on the floor near the window. Hate to think what the kitchen looks like if they take so little pride in the area where customers eat. I would like to say I'll never return, but desperation for half-decent kung pao might bring me back for carry-out. AVL - come on! You can do better. read more

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The lunch menu is super reasonable and my pick up order is always hot. This is my go to if I am in a hurry on a weekday work lunch break. The food is fast food Chinese, it is not super fancy authentic or served in a manner which would make me think it should be. If you want Americanized fast food Chinese at a reasonable price, for a good portion, this is your place. I gave 4 stars because while the taste is predictable the speed of service and ratio of side to main dish varies with who is cooking. This is not a complaint but an observation. The dining room is small but it's clean. Drink options are canned, there is no soda dispenser. read more

Some of the best Chinese food I've had in this country in a long time. While the ambiance isn't what most Americans expect, the cook is excellent and the food fresh. The tofu and vegetable dish was not overly sweet or syrupy or salty...crisp tender veg and fried tofu with crispy edges. Delicious! I'll be back. Great take-out option! read more

Wow. So not great. The egg rolls had a bit of cabbage in them, no more. Still, they tasted ok, but come on! I had the Egg Drop Wonton Soup - beyond gelatinous. The flavor was ok. Then the entree, which as supposed to be Vegetable Chow Mein(photo attached): disgusting in the extreme. I had one bite. That's all it takes. Horrific and tasteless. Ordered lo mein as the side. Greasy, but the only thing I actually ate any of. No wok hei, no finesse. Just plain slop all around. I'll pass. read more

New 1 China - Greasy, Sweet & Gummy - Oh My!!! - Chinese Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

My inner-child like greasy take-out Chinese food. New 1 China has that. I like the small (pint) & large (quart) potions. The cooks & the checkout girl cooks & bags my food up in no-time at all. read more

I hate to give bad ratings but this place is terrible. The general Tao 's chicken was flavorless. All around bland food.

With out a doubt THE BEST Chinese food in town. Pick it up, take it home, dish it out and let the magic happen. No better food around and no better price for the quantity. read more

Fast and Proper Chinese Food If you are looking for the best place for takeout Chinese food on this side of town. Go here. Great Sesame Chicken, Shrimp with Garlic Sauce, everything. read more

Very good food. They have a huge menu, so anyone can find something they would like to eat. They have a healthy menu section, which I like. All the entrees under the healthy menu section are steamed and no oil is used in the cooking process. We also like their soups. My co-workers like the egg drop soup. I like the vegetable and tofu soup. They give you a portion of fried noodles with the soups which are very good. Even if they are not open, you can order ahead on Beyond Menu, and schedule a pick up time. Very convenient. I have used it twice and it works well. read more

Haven't left a BAD review in a while but here goes: Have any of you who rated this ever been to a Chinese restaurant before? If you had you'd be running for the hills. I will NEVER go back here and below is why. Price - comparable but not cheap. Apps: Wantons - Out of all the wantons I have eaten these are by fer the worst. They were chewy not crispy, they were filled with some sort of non descript brown "meat". Ate one, pulled another apart, threw the rest out. Spare ribs: Not too bad, little salty but Way too small Main: Sesame Chicken - ALL breading, hardly any chicken, weird non descript sweet paste like sauce that tasted nothing like sesame. You cant call it sesame chicken just because you throw seeds on it at the end. We ate 3 pieces each if that - threw it away. Orange chicken: EXACTLY the same issue as the sesame chicken - Didn't taste like orange, threw it away. Sides: Fried rice - Hard to mess this up but somehow they did, hard greasy. Threw it Low Mein - Mushy, greasy, all you can taste is garlic. Nothing else. Spent $35 - wasted $34.50 PLEASE PLEASE NEVER GO HERE . read more

Having spent close to 2 weeks in Chinatown, NY, last year eating chinese food every day and trying all types of different places at all times, I believe New 1 China has the potential to become one of those places in the future. It still has a ways to go but the food quality and taste for a takeout joint in the South is very good. The food tastes fresh and even authentic to some degree. I was greeted warmly when I went during Xmas and the place was almost packed with people ordering or picking up their food. Great place along with another Chinese takeout place nearby. Finally we get 2 very good takeout Chinese restaurants in Asheville. I'm close to being a fan of New 1 China. read more

best sesame chicken i've had in AVL. right by the gym and a smoke shop so u can get a workout, get high and get delicious sesame chicken. highly recommend read more

My family and I can ALWAYS count on New China to provide THE best food in town. They have never failed to serve us excellent and price friendly food. I'm absolutely shocked to see any bad reviews. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Typical chinese place with one exception . The food is awesome flavorful. Been coming here for years for my chicken chow mein fix

Their hot and sour soup is THE BEST I've ever had! I love their service. Super nice people and I've never been disappointed by their food! This is the only Chinese I eat in Asheville! read more

This place gets 2 stars for the 2 things it manages not to completely ruin: the lo mein (known as "chow mein" on the west coast) and the fried dumplings. These 2 things are not great, only acceptable. We spent way too much time and money on other courses, constantly searching for something else which is remotely edible. Almost everything on the menu in drowned in a generic, sweet, brown sauce while the other few things seem to be swimming in a tasteless, clear concoction. Also almost all their dishes are loaded with typical american "stir fry" veggies: baby corn, onions, carrots, celery, etc, etc. They have all these dishes with different names but they are basically 2 different dishes. If they could get away with drowning the fried dumplings and lo mein in that awful brown sauce you know they would! read more

Love New China!! Service is fast, food delicioius, staff a pleasure. My "go to" place for ordering Asian food!

If there is a better take out Chinese place in town, please tell me. This is the best I have found. Keep in mind that I don't order the typical Chinese dinner. No General Tso or Sweet and Sour Pork for me. Nothing fried and nothing with sauce on it. Steamed fresh food, sauce on the side. Steamed dumplings were good. I wish I could order shrimp dumplings instead of pork dumplings. Their hot and sour soup is the best I've found in town. The black bean sauce is great. While I think Pavilion used to be the gold standard in town, it has slipped over the last year. This will be a frequent stop for me. read more

The food is always reliably tasty! They are speedy with maximum 15 min wait. Their also really friendly.

The food was alright. I'm pretty picky, honestly. The General Tso was decent, which means I ate it but then tossed the leftovers. I actually prefer Oriental Pavilion down the street. read more

I went here for the first time yesterday (my usual Chinese restaurant was closed). I went with pork fried rice, figuring it would be really difficult to screw up. Boy was I wrong. The pork was gray & smelled really funky. The rice was super mushy & looked & tasted really disgusting. What few vegetables were in it were extremely soggy. Will definitely never go here again!! read more

Chicken came out still raw, they tried to deny it and refused to fix it.

Had terrible fried rice, cashew chicken and lo mein. Also, I have never been charged for dry noodles with an order before, this was a first. {although the noodles were the best part of the meal}. read more