Chinese House

Chinese House holds the Chinese takeaway position on Mere Lane in Armthorpe, the ex-mining village on the eastern edge of Doncaster that still carries the strong working-class identity built around the Markham Main colliery — the pit that opened in 1924, ran 2,700 workers at its peak in the 1980s and closed in 1996 with substantial reserves still in the ground. The colliery site is now housing next to Sandall Beat Wood, and the residential expansion gives the surrounding streets the takeaway demand Chinese House and its neighbours trade into. The menu runs the long-established Cantonese-leaning UK Chinese repertoire — chow mein and curry-sauce dishes, the salt-and-pepper variations, sweet-and-sour and the chicken-and-side combinations — with house specials, Cantonese spring rolls and salt-and-pepper ribs the dishes reviewers most often pick out. Vegetarian options also draw positive feedback. Customer write-ups across Restaurantji and the directory aggregators cluster around the higher end of the village-takeaway range, with fast delivery and friendly service the recurring positives — several Armthorpe customers describe Chinese House as the best Chinese takeaway in Doncaster, which is a strong call given the city's competitive Chinese-takeaway field.