First Wok

Reviews

• Rick K.

  star star star star star_border 27 September 2026

  I've been looking for a great Chinese restaurant in the area, and I finally found it.   First wok looks like a typical storefront type of restaurant.   The environment is best suited for takeout, but that's ok.   Portion sizes are huge, the food is fresh, and prices are reasonable.   We ordered the sweet and sour chicken and the general tsao chicken, and neither disappoints.   The large size guaranteed us leftovers for a lunch (or two).   The Generals chicken was a bit heavy on the pepper, as was the hot and sour soup, but both were still very good.   We also ordered the pork egg roll, and it was delicious.
  
  The heavy pepper keeps them from five stars, but it definitely has become my go to for good Chinese food.

• Matthew L.

  star star star star star_border 19 September 2026

  First Wok is another American Chinese place is Gainesville that I recently went to.  I am making it my mission to visit every American Chinese restaurant in Gainesville so I know which one is my favorite and will then make that one my home base.  
  
  This is located in a very nice plaza off of 34th! It sits next to a liquor store and a Little Cesars pizza and is in a safe area of town.  When I went in the place was popping with lots of people inside and picking up orders.  The place looks like most Chinese places with pictures of the same dishes on the wall.  I love when you call to pick up take out and they say it will be ready in 10 minutes.  It's like they are magic wizards the way they cook so fast.  
  
  On this time I got the Egg Drop soup, two egg rolls, and a large order of Chicken Lo Mein.  All which was very delicious.  Like what others says in their posts on here they get their food from the same places as most of the Chinese places in town so it all should taste right around the same.  It was good, had a lot of flavor and was a fun pace to eat at.  
  
  I would for sure recommend this place and I am sure you will like it!

• Brandon A.

  star star star star star 15 September 2026

  The owners are very nice and the food is great! It hits the spot perfectly. I recommend the Sriracha Cream Chicken, Amazing Chicken, or Broccoli beef.

• Henry W.

  star star star star star 10 September 2026

  Number of Friends recommended so gave it a try. Excellent egg foo young. Two very generous amounts along with soup. Took as carry out. Well packaged. Great value. Place appears very clean and staff were pleasant. Will come again.

• Jon A.

  star star star star star_border 4 September 2026

  OK, this place is your typical fast food chinese restaurant, just like every other fast food chinese restaurant in the country. The menu is the same, with the same pictures of the different menu items plastered across the backlit signage behind the front counter, the same large format single sheet menu that you can either hold in one hand and read entirely, or fold up and take home for later, piled up in a large stack on the front counter. It is the same formula used by every other fast food chinese restaurant stuck in a strip mall in the country.
  
  So... why the four stars, you might ask? Well, for one thing the food is made to order very quickly. I was sitting there for perhaps five minutes after ordering, the person in front of me had ordered a number of dishes for take out, so I was pleasantly surprised to get my order after only five minutes of wait time. Kudos for that! The food itself is what you would expect out of fast food chinese. Tasty, edible, amazing how much they actual food they can pack into such a small take out package, etc.
  
  In addition, the help taking orders and working there were very friendly, and took care of the customers quickly and efficiently.
  
  Usually I consider places like this to be cookie-cutter locations that you can go into anywhere and get exactly what you expect... but I consider First Wok to be a cut above the rest, and will happily return when I am in the area and have a hankering for Chinese food!