New Diamond Chinese Takeaway

New Diamond is one of Burton-upon-Trent's best-reviewed Chinese takeaways, tucked on the corner of South Oak Street on the inner-residential west of the town centre. The shop runs as a pure collection-and-delivery operation rather than a sit-in, with a tightly-run kitchen that turns out the full British-Cantonese roster — chow mein, set meals, sweet-and-sour, curry-sauce dishes, salt-and-pepper builds — plus a handful of slightly more interesting Hunan and Sichuan-leaning options.

The salt-and-chilli box is the regular reviewer obsession — strips of chicken or pork with chilli, peppers and onions on rice or chips — alongside the king prawn chow mein and the special foo yung. Google and Restaurant Guru ratings settle in the 4.5-and-up range across hundreds of reviews, which puts it above almost all of its Burton Chinese competition.

Minimum delivery order is around the £13 mark for the immediate area, scaling up for further out. Service is quick once the food is ready and the shop runs steady evening hours. A genuinely strong neighbourhood Chinese — the sort of place locals stop hopping between rivals and just keep ordering from once they've tried it.