Golden Dragon

Golden Dragon is one of the most established Chinese takeaways in Swadlincote, sitting on Alexandra Road on the eastern edge of town near the Pipeworks and the route up toward Newhall. It has been on this site for years and shows up in the local rundowns of "best Chinese in Swadlincote" alongside Fortune Garden and New King Wah.

The kitchen runs a long British-Cantonese menu — egg fried rice, hot and sour soup and fried wontons are the items locals on Restaurantji name as their regular order — alongside the standard sweet-and-sour, chow mein, chop suey, duck pancakes, satay, foo yung and curry-house mains, with chef's-special set meals for two or four. There is a small English section for households mixing chicken-and-chips orders in with the Chinese.

Golden Dragon is phone-and-collect with a short delivery radius, evening only, closing around half past ten. The shop carries 82 reviews on Restaurantji and shows up among the higher-rated Chinese options for the Swadlincote and Woodville cluster — reviews lean positive on portion size and value, with the occasional grumble about delivery timing on busy Fridays.