The best restaurants serving Chinese food in Daventry East Midlands

Another good Chinese takeaway in Daventry. Always a friendly & pleasant greeting with easy parking. I usually collect, so can't comment on the delivery service. The food I sampled below (April-June)... [33a] Mixed Vegetable Chow Mein: Rammed full of Medium egg noodles, half mushrooms, green peppers, baby corns, carrot circles, occasional Beansprout, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts in a light soy glaze , served in a DEEP Container. [41] Special Curry with Fried Rice: Plenty of small pink Prawns, chicken chucks, half mushrooms, soft and succulent sliced Chinese Roast Pork, small ham cubes, onion petals and peas in a thick rich, salty and spicy HOT ginger curry sauce (No beef?). [69a] Beef with Mushroom & Black Bean Sauce: Lovely sliced beef and full to the brim with BIG mushrooms in a Rich, almost bitter salty black bean sauce. Not that spicy, but very aromatic and tasty. [89] King Prawn with Cashew Nuts: Very Plain and ordinary dish. Simply, Stir-fried King prawns, cashew nuts, bamboo shoots & water chestnuts with NO sauce (a bit Disappointing). [124] Chinese Roast Pork Kung Po: Big slices of Chinese roast pork, onions, carrots, baby corns, green peppers, cashew nuts, bamboo shoots & water chestnuts in a thin, sweet and spicy Hot red chilli sauce 🌶 NICE. [128] Chicken with Spring onion & Ginger: Loads of succulent chicken chunks with BIG spring onions & carrots. Awesome ginger hit, without BIG ginger pieces. Simply delicious 😋 [Portion] Egg Fried Rice: A basic light brown rice with a few white clumpy bits, pleasant soy glaze and limited egg content. The meals were always freshly prepared, cooked while waiting (usually within 10 minutes). Orders were always correct, piping hot and reasonably priced. ☆☆☆☆ Gromit Stanley Rating: 70-75% GOOD

Disappointing takeaway so am now unlikely to reorder. Estimated 70 minutes for delivery but it took 3 phone calls and just under 2 hours for my food to arrive. They lied to me on one call that my food was out for delivery (it clearly wasn’t) and when it finally arrived it was disappointing. They explained that they were very busy, which is fine so stop taking orders or advise customers to collect. You pay a premium to use Water Margin as it was always a premium product so it’s sad to have to leave this review of disappointment.

Great Food, Great Service, Great Atmosphere

For over 25 years I have enjoyed Daventry takeaways & The Mancain has never disappointed me. Here are some of the recent dishes sampled in September & October 2024: [8] Spare Ribs Chilli & Salted: Large and small ribs, fall off the bone salty Chinese spiced meat with plenty of sliced onions, spring onions, chopped garlic and spicy sliced red chillies. These are Really VERY GOOD ribs. [54] Chicken with Green Pepper & Black Bean Sauce: Lovely soft chunks of chicken, big chunky mixed peppers and onion petals in a rich, dark, slightly smoky and bitter black bean sauce. LOVELY. [68] Chicken in Oyster Sauce: I really enjoyed the simplicity of flavour with stir-fried big chicken chucks, Chinese leaves, sliced onions & carrot ribbons in a thick, aromatic, garlic & oyster mushroom sauce. [78] Beef in Satay Sauce: Plenty of thinly sliced, perfectly cooked beef, sliced peppers and onions in sweet and spicy hot peanut flavoured sauce. AWESOME. [146] Beef Kung Po: Ample slices of soft beef, onion petals, cashew nuts, peppers, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts in a ferocious hot yet slightly sweet & salty red sauce. Now that's what I Call a KUNG PO! 😋 [9] Curry, Special with Fried Rice: Big chicken chucks, sliced Chinese Roast Pork, King Prawns, ⅓mushrooms & BIG onion petals in a light coloured thick ginger spiced Chinese curry sauce. Simply delicious. 156] Spicy Plain Chow Mein Portion: RAMMED FULL of dry fine egg noodles, occasional Beansprout and big onion slices coated in a fairly dry, very hot and salty curry glaze with a hint of something middle Eastern. AWESOME SPICY DELIGHT. [Portion] Egg Fried Rice: The best egg fried rice. Simply delicious individual grains of golden brown rice without being greasy or clumpy I've ordered online via the website, telephone or just dropped in (Easy Parking). Delivery is charged by a Zone system, is reasonably charged and ON-TIME. I've never had an incorrect order and always freshly prepared, reasonably priced & piping HOT. The staff are always Friendly & Polite. Attention to detail with food quality, aroma and flavour are paramount and the MANCAIN Delivers in spades. Overall EXCELLENT service & food. WELL DONE MANCAIN ☆☆☆☆☆ Gromit Stanley Rating : 95+% HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Unfortunately the food from here was not great. The egg fried rice was clumpy and stodgy with no egg visible and the other dishes tasted a bit old like they’d been left out too long

Canton House is one of Daventry’s best takeaways. The staff are very friendly and always make sure your meal is lovely. A few days ago, I ordered a beef chow mein as fresh as possible and it was the best chow mein I’ve had in 20 years. We’ve been living in Daventry for 7 years and Canton House is quality.

The person who served us were rude and fierce. My family and children got scared from this place . Food were average . We staff were shouting at each other backstage. It was a really noisy and discomfort experience.

Restaurant is under new ownership. Food was lovely, service was very prompt. Overall very impressed with the quality. Would definitely go there again.