Lucky Inn

Lucky Inn is one of the busier Chinese takeaways at the central Erith end of West Street — a few doors up from Hong Kong Palace and trading on the same strip of takeaways and convenience stores between the railway station and the pier. It's a phone-and-collect unit with its own website and online ordering, and the operational profile is squarely set up for high-volume evening trade.

The kitchen runs the standard British-Cantonese repertoire — sweet and sour, kung-po, salt and pepper, chow mein, ho fun, set meals for one through four — alongside a strong supporting cast of Chinese-style curries, satay dishes and the kind of chips-and-curry-sauce that closes the order out for the late-night crowd. Just Eat reviews settle in the 4.4 range, with regulars naming chow mein, egg fried rice and pancake rolls as the consistent picks; Restaurantji aggregates over 50 customer notes in the same broadly positive register.

Trade comes from the central Erith and Slade Green residential streets and from passing footfall on West Street itself. The shop opens through the afternoon as well as the evening — sources have it from early afternoon to late — which makes it one of the few places on this stretch that can fill a lunchtime order rather than waiting for the dinner rush. For households across the postcode, it is one of the default Chinese options on the Erith side.