Cantonese House

Cantonese House is a Chinese takeaway on Regent Street in Teignmouth, a short walk from the seafront, specialising in Cantonese-style cooking rather than the more generic Anglo-Chinese menu found at some of its neighbours. It holds a top food hygiene rating and keeps evening-only hours, opening at half past five and running until 10pm most nights, 9.30pm on Sundays, and closing on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Cantonese sauce spare ribs and the chow mein - both the standard and vegetarian versions - are the dishes that come up again and again in reviews, alongside sweet and sour chicken balls, king prawn foo yung and chicken fried rice. Regulars flag the satay as worth ordering and the sweet and sour done Cantonese-style as a step up from the usual batter-heavy version. Portions are generous and reviewers rate the service as friendly and efficient even on a busy Friday night. It is a working takeaway rather than a restaurant with tables, built for phoning ahead or ordering online and picking up on the way home.