Wellington Chinese Take Away

Wellington Chinese Take Away is the long-standing Chinese takeaway tucked into Wellington Parade, the small run of shops on Blackfen Road that takes its name from the Duke of Wellington pub a few doors along. The shop has held the same site for years, working a delivery-and-collection trade for the residential streets running off Wellington Avenue, Hazel Drive and the southern edge of Falconwood.

The menu is the recognisable British-Cantonese list — crispy aromatic duck, sweet-and-sour chicken or pork in batter, beef chow mein, beef in black pepper, salt-and-pepper ribs and chicken wings, chicken in cashew nuts, foo yung and a long curry section — with set meals priced for one, two, three and four. The dish reviewers most often single out is the black-pepper beef as a chef's special, alongside the beef chow mein at the value end. The shop runs late afternoon through to eleven on weekdays, a touch later on Friday and Saturday, and offers delivery across Blackfen, Falconwood, Welling and the eastern edge of East Wickham. Card and cash accepted at the counter; collection orders are usually ready inside twenty minutes. Customer feedback on the platforms is mixed but leans positive on portion size and value.