Five Stars Kitchen Chinese Takeaway

Five Stars Kitchen is the Chinese takeaway tucked into the Park Farm shopping parade in Allestree, the leafy north-west residential suburb of Derby that fans out from Duffield Road towards Allestree Park and the country house. It is one of the better-reviewed Cantonese-style operators in this corner of the city, with hundreds of repeat orders logged through Just Eat and Deliveroo and a steady local following among Allestree and Quarndon households.

The menu is a long, classic Anglo-Cantonese sheet — soups, crispy starters, chef specials, salt and pepper dishes, Szechuan and kung po, satay, sweet and sour, plus a sizeable steak section that includes black pepper and ginger-and-spring-onion preparations. Reviewers single out the salt and pepper chicken and chips for portion size, the crispy shredded beef for crunch, and the curry sauce as one of the better Chinese-style curries in this part of Derby.

The shop trades evenings from the parade alongside Royal Raj, Happy Choice and Papa Johns, so collection is straightforward and parking on the centre is generous. Delivery covers Allestree, Darley Abbey and the Park Farm catchment.