Chopstix

Chopstix on St Andrews Street is a Chinese takeaway and small licensed dine-in tucked between the Seagate and the Cowgate on the eastern edge of the central grid, a short walk from the Wellgate Centre and the Cultural Quarter. It's an independent operation rather than a branch of the UK chain of the same name, and runs the broad Cantonese-influenced standard: fried starters, sweet-and-sour and black-bean mains, chow mein, fried rice and the usual house specials, with set meals on offer to keep the family-meal price competitive. The shop opens long days through to late evening every day of the week and runs both delivery and collection alongside a modest sit-in trade. It carries student and NHS discounts on takeaway orders, which lines the shop up with the university catchment a few minutes up Bell Street. Reviewer scores are workmanlike for the format — regulars give it consistent praise for the salt-and-chilli dishes and quick turnaround, with the usual mixed comment about peak-evening waiting times.