Shanghai Takeaway

Shanghai Takeaway is the live brand on the Willington High Street Chinese position — the unit previously known as Lucky Garden — and trades from the central High Street rather than the more concentrated Commercial Street takeaway parade where Pizza Nareno, Rose of India, Top Wok and the Golden Fish Inn cluster together. The Cantonese-format kitchen runs the standard dishes the area trade is built around: sweet-and-sour sections, salt-and-pepper variations (the salt-and-pepper chips are picked out by reviewers as a regular reorder), shredded chicken, chow mein and the special-curry combinations together with the chip-shop crossover sides. Customer feedback consistently picks out the freshness of the cooking, the heat of the dishes on arrival and the speed of the delivery turnaround — three points that aggregate-platform reviewers reliably group together. Trading runs Tuesday through Sunday evenings with Monday closed, and the delivery footprint covers Willington and Crook plus the neighbouring villages running back towards Lanchester and into the Bishop Auckland edge. Food Hygiene rating at the most recent Durham Council inspection came in at 4 (Good). The High Street positioning gives the shop a different trade pattern from the Commercial Street parade Chinese option — drawing more from the residential streets running off High Street and from the through-traffic collection trade on the A690 corridor than from the concentrated foot-traffic of the four-shop parade cluster a short walk away.