Ho Wan

Ho Wan is the family-run Chinese takeaway on the Long Lane parade in Bexleyheath, trading from the same unit since around 2000 and standing as one of the more established Chinese operations on this stretch of the borough. The DB has the cuisine wrong — it is a Cantonese kitchen, not an Indian one — and runs the standard British-Cantonese menu through chow mein, sweet-and-sour, curry, foo yung and the long set-meal list typical of an evening takeaway of its vintage.

The shop is closed Mondays and Sundays — a slightly unusual two-day off pattern for an evening Chinese, taking the quieter early-week slot rather than the conventional Tuesday close. Trade is takeaway and delivery only with no dine-in; reviewers on Restaurantji and the directory sites consistently single out the friendliness of the family running the kitchen and the consistency of the cooking week to week. The chefs who run the wok behind the counter have, according to the shop's own website, more than a decade of catering experience between them. A working neighbourhood Chinese with a quietly loyal following.