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How much for a Chinese takeaway where you are?

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Donewiththisshit · 15/03/2025 19:08

How much is a typical Chinese takeaway in your area. Rarely get takeaway and fancied a treat tonight. 4 adults- ordered a duck pancake starter, a dish each, a couple of rice dishes and a chow mein plus one packet of prawn crackers. £100!
I’ve cancelled the order and going to get the pair of shoes I’ve had my eyes on.
AIBU to think that’s ridiculous or is £25 per person what we are paying for takeaways these days and I’m out of touch?

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Gundogday · 15/03/2025 20:21

I reckon around £50 for 3-4 adults (young adult dc), which is normally enough for seconds.

crossstitchingnana · 15/03/2025 20:21

That would be about £60 here. That’s why I don’t get take-always very often. Had a Chinese last week, ordered online and had a paper menu that was 5 years old. 50% increase.

mimi14 · 15/03/2025 20:18

We had Chinese last night. 2 adults 2 kids, south east.
Salt and pepper chips
2 portions of sweet and sour chicken balls
Seaweed
Chicken chow mein
Special fried rice
Kung po chicken
King prawns with beansprouts
Prawn toast

£57

Obimumkinobi · 15/03/2025 20:17

South East - roughly £35 for 3 (greedy!) adults. Free prawn crackers - which we throw away because we don't like them (we do ask for them not be included but...)
We've found that compared to pizza or curry, Chinese is still the cheapest takeaway, wherever we buy it from.

SarahAndQuack · 15/03/2025 20:15

Cappuccino5 · 15/03/2025 20:14

Also a single mum with one DD (albeit grown up now!), we’re both leftover haters so one main between us and 2 sides is more than enough. We’re easily pleased! 🤣

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Fair enough!

Cappuccino5 · 15/03/2025 20:14

SarahAndQuack · 15/03/2025 19:25

You have fundamentally misunderstood takeaways.

You order more than one dish each, and then have delicious leftovers.

I hope this enriches your life.

(To be serious, where I am - North East - starters are around 3-5 and mains 6-7; I'm a single mum with one DD, so we obviously don't spend as much as the OP, but I would generally get a couple of starters, a couple of mains, and rice or noodles; I might push the boat out and get three mains so we have a good choice, and I would definitely expect there to be enough for breakfast another meal.)

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Also a single mum with one DD (albeit grown up now!), we’re both leftover haters so one main between us and 2 sides is more than enough. We’re easily pleased! 🤣

christabellax · 15/03/2025 20:12

Usually about £25-30 for a starter to share , two mains and fried rice in north east Scotland , Prawn crackers complimentary …. £ 59
for 2 and I wouldn’t bother either.

FarmGirl78 · 15/03/2025 20:10

Donewiththisshit · 15/03/2025 19:14

We are in the UK and just in the north. Are we ordering more than the average person perhaps?!

Well it depends on whether the "rice dishes" are side dish sized, or full meals like char sui fried rice. If you've ordered full dishes that's basically SEVEN meals for only four adults, so yeah that's probably more than the average!

The expensive Chinese near us (also the North) that would be about £80. The cheapy one would be £60. Neither would include delivery.

Andabottleofrum · 15/03/2025 20:09

2 adults, two small children, enough food (2 starters, 3 mains, 2x rice, prawn crackers) plus leftovers for the next day- £100. But we live in Switzerland.

OP must be ordering lots!

RainbowZebraWarrior · 15/03/2025 20:07

UnimatrixZeroOne · 15/03/2025 20:00

We had this delivered tonight. We're in Bromley.

£6.30 for a portion of egg fried rice is madness. I've just had a new menu delivered from my local Chinese takeaway which is very popular so they have just put their prices up. It's £2.40 for egg fried rice.

I'm in the NE of England. Usually on these threads I find the prices are fairly similar to our area, but I can't get my head around that much for rice.

BansheeOfTheSouth · 15/03/2025 20:07

Scotland. £67/75 here if the rice dishes were just boiled/fried and not chicken/pork fried rice. Then it would be £75/85. Over 5 Chinese takeaways.

However one does a special set menu for 4 for £45 and one does a tea time special (starter, main & rice/chips) for £10. They both include prawn crackers with those orders. Duck is £20 roughly in all.

ChorusOfDisapproval · 15/03/2025 20:06

Just added up what that would come to here - roughly £80 (Cambs)

UraniumArthur · 15/03/2025 20:06

£15-20 per person, depending on how much they want to eat.

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 15/03/2025 20:04

I think it's your duck for 4 that increased the cost.

We would order
1 mixed starter for 2 people ( ribs/chicken satay/seaweed/prawn toast )
2 chicken dishes
1 rice
1 plain noodles i.e. no bean sprouts or onion

£34 ish.

edited for location - South Devon

FTHC · 15/03/2025 20:03

We've just had a "munchie box"
2 x meat dishes
1 x noodles
6 X mini spring rolls
4 x ribs
1 X chips
1 X prawn crackers
£23.50

Think everything is slightly smaller than normal but it was more than enough for 2 people

(Lincs)

MayaPinion · 15/03/2025 20:03

South East - about £75, but if you order it from a Chinese restaurant rather than a takeaway you’ll easily pay £100. The restaurants normally here normally charge full restaurant price (or thereabouts) but of course you don’t pay for drinks.

MJBear · 15/03/2025 20:01

Yeah it is about that where we are for the 4 of us.

it’s a treat!!!

pizza delivery for all of us is more than that.

take away is not cheap. But then niether is labour nor energy and fuel.

UnimatrixZeroOne · 15/03/2025 20:00

We had this delivered tonight. We're in Bromley.

How much for a Chinese takeaway where you are?
Redglitter · 15/03/2025 19:58

We ordered honey ribs, won ton, prawn toast, 2 mains plus 2 fried rice, chicken balls, sauce and it was under £40

ANiceCuppaTeaandBiscuit · 15/03/2025 19:54

It varies a lot around here, we order from a couple of different places depending on which region of Chinese food we fancy. Had our favourite Sichuanese last night, £60 incl fees. The second rice was a mistake, we didn’t need it, and portions were huge so we also had dinner tonight out of it, just cooked fresh rice. Favourite Cantonese is a bit cheaper, probably comes in at about £40 for 2. You can find cheaper but they’re just not as tasty.

How much for a Chinese takeaway where you are?
bugalugs45 · 15/03/2025 19:53

Egg fried rice £4.30
chicken chow mein £6.30

JockTamsonsBairns · 15/03/2025 19:53

DH and I spend about £21 on a Chinese takeaway.
We get 2 main meals, a side of chips, a portion of rice between us, and some spring rolls.
We're in the NE.

bugalugs45 · 15/03/2025 19:51

Duck prob most expensive thing on menu, just checked our local , £10 1/4 duck & £19 1/2 ,
prawn crackers free with £20 order .

Gnarab24 · 15/03/2025 19:49

Three of us tonight, half a duck, a dish each, rice and prawn crackers
£58

OhCalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 15/03/2025 19:48

Two adults I can feed on £28 - £30 from our Chinese.

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