Kentish Fried Chicken

Kentish Fried Chicken trades on the southern Bexley Road parade of Erith, a few doors along from the Sun Chop Suey Bar in the same small residential parade. The name is the playful local twist on a much better-known brand, and the shop runs in the standard British-style fried-chicken-and-chips territory — bone-in southern fried pieces, wings, fillet burgers, popcorn chicken, all sold by the box and the meal deal.

The board sits alongside the inevitable supporting cast — quarter-pounder beef burgers, kebab-style wraps, chips with cheese or gravy, mozzarella sticks, the kids meal-deal with a soft drink — and prices are pitched at the lower end of the central Erith fast-food market. Trade is built on the immediate residential catchment along the southern Bexley Road and the surrounding terraced streets, as well as the passing footfall from the bus stops on this stretch.

The Erith side of the Bexley Road parade is a quieter commercial strip than West Street, and the shop trades in a different way — fewer aggregator listings, more cash-and-walk-in business, faster turnover on individual orders. Reviews are the standard fried-chicken-takeaway register: chips, fillet burgers and wing meals draw the most positive recurring mentions, and the shop has held its corner of this small parade through repeated waves of fried-chicken openings further along Bexley Road.