Oriental Express

Oriental Express occupies a small unit on Lowfield Street, the shopping spine that runs south from Dartford's Market Place towards the Highfield Road residential area. The shop is one of several Chinese takeaways within a short walk of one another on the Lowfield Street and Hythe Street corridor, and it has held the same name and frontage for years. The menu sticks to the well-worn British-Chinese list — sweet-and-sour, kung po, curries, chow mein and a long rice-and-noodle section — with the usual set meals aimed at family ordering. Reviewer feedback is split typical of a long-trading high-street Chinese: regulars praise speed of collection and good portion sizes on the set dinners, while less positive write-ups complain about consistency between visits. It sits in a useful spot for both the residential streets behind the Orchard Theatre and the office trade further up towards the Market Place, and trades evening-only.