Tip Top

Tip Top is a Cantonese takeaway on Provost Road, in the inner residential streets running between the Hilltown and the city centre on the lower edge of the Coldside area. The shop trades as a small carry-out — counter, kitchen behind, no seating — set up for collection from the immediate closes alongside a delivery feed across the central north Dundee streets. Despite the name, the menu is Chinese rather than chippy, and the shop has been the parade's default Chinese option for many years.

The card covers the full standard Cantonese range: chicken curry, chow mein, fried rice, sweet and sour, salt and pepper, foo yung, chop suey, set meals for two or more, plus a separate run of European-style burger and chicken options. Reviews on Restaurantji, Tripadvisor and Yelp run to several hundred entries and sit in the mid-range, with the chow mein and the special fried rice picked out most often by regulars. For a small unit on a quiet inner-residential parade the shop's presence on the main aggregator platforms is steady, and the night-rhythm of the trade — evenings only, no daytime opening — matches the residential closes it serves.