New China

New China holds the only Chinese takeaway slot in Barnby Dun, the small riverside village that sits four miles north-east of Doncaster town centre on the bank of the Don. The village — mentioned in the Domesday Book and named for the river that runs through it — still keeps the small-rural character it has held since the railways arrived in the 1840s, and the takeaway parade on Marlowe Road serves both the village itself and the surrounding residential streets running back toward Kirk Sandall. The shop occupies the Marlowe Road unit that earlier traded as Barnby Dun Chinese under different ownership; the current operators have kept the Cantonese-leaning takeaway format the catchment expects. Reviewer feedback is generally favourable on the food — the lemon chicken and crispy beef in honey sauce are the dishes most often picked out in the positive write-ups — and customers note quick delivery and generous portions as the recurring positives. The Food Standards Agency rates the kitchen at 5 — very good — from its June 2023 inspection. The shop is cash-only, with a cash machine in the village; the less-favourable reviews focus on the operational side rather than the food, with occasional incorrect orders the most cited issue.