The Golden Crown

The unit at the top of Lochee High Street has been a Chinese takeaway and fish-and-chip combination for many years — first as The Golden Crown and now trading as The New Crown under the same long-established family. It sits on the High Street parade that runs through the old jute-mill town of Lochee, with the Stack retail park and the local supermarkets a short walk away and the residential closes of central Lochee feeding the early-evening collection trade.

The double-headed menu is the shop's defining feature: full Cantonese carry-out on one side — chow mein, fried rice, curry sauces, salt and pepper chicken, sweet and sour combinations and set meals — and the full chippy range on the other, from haddock and chips through pies, sausages, scampi and the deep-fried pizza that remains a fixture of west-of-Scotland chippies. Reviewers describe the food on both sides of the counter as fresh and consistent, with the Chinese side picking up the regular praise for portion size and the chippy side singled out for the haddock. For Lochee residents who want either cuisine, The New Crown bundles them under one roof.