Mayflower

Mayflower is the Chinese takeaway serving The Hill — the steep street climbing out of old Northfleet toward the parade of shops at the top — and the streets immediately around it. The shop has held its position on the parade for years and runs a classical British-Cantonese list: roast and crispy duck (the duck draws consistent specific praise in the reviewer feedback), sweet-and-sour and black-bean mains, beef in oyster sauce, chow mein and various fried-rice dishes, plus a long set-meal section scaled for one through to four that anchors the family-order trade. Pricing sits at the lower end of the local Chinese bracket, which is the other feature that comes up repeatedly in the customer feedback alongside the generous portion sizes. The shop is closed on Tuesdays — a long-standing fixed day — and runs evenings only from 5pm through to around 10 or 10.30, with Friday and Monday pushing slightly later. Service runs primarily on phone orders for collection, and the kitchen has so far stayed off the larger delivery-platform aggregators, which is a deliberate choice keeping the operation small and the cooking turnaround tight.