New Royal China

New Royal China is one of central Dartford's longer-standing Chinese takeaways, occupying a corner unit on Heath Street within a couple of minutes' walk of the railway station and the bottom of Hythe Street. The shop trades the standard British-Chinese repertoire — sweet-and-sour, curry-sauce, chow mein, set dinners — but reviewers consistently single out the salt-and-pepper dishes and the value on the larger set meals when ordering for two or three. Aggregated review scores sit at the upper end of the local Chinese cluster, with the shop ranked among Dartford's better-regarded takeaways on the directory sites and a 4-plus star average across the major platforms. The site has had the New Royal China name for many years and is one of the few remaining traditional Chinese counters in this part of town rather than a hybrid Chinese-and-chicken-shop format. Evening-only opening keeps the focus on the dinner trade for commuters returning from London Bridge and Charing Cross via Dartford station.