Ping's Restaurant

Ping's Restaurant sits on Sidwell Street in Exeter, offering both a sit-down dining room and a takeaway counter - unusual for the strip, where most of the Chinese options are collection-only. It's open six days a week, 11.30am to 9.30pm, closing only on Wednesdays, which makes it a reliable option either side of a night out in the city centre.

The menu covers familiar ground done well: char siu roast pork with boiled rice, mini spring rolls and chicken curry are among the dishes that come up most in reviews, alongside the wider run of British-Chinese standards. Ratings sit consistently around 4.0-4.2 across Google, Facebook and Yell, with service and atmosphere scoring particularly well - most reviewers rate it five stars, though a handful mark it down, which is typical for a busy takeaway-and-dine-in operation trying to please everyone at once. With getting on for 85 reviews on Google alone, it has built a solid, if unflashy, reputation as one of the more dependable Chinese restaurants in the city centre.