Bath’s Chinese restaurants cluster around Southgate Street and the lanes just south of the Abbey, running from long-standing family takeaways to newer noodle-focused openings. Styles lean towards Cantonese and Sichuan cooking, with a scattering of Hong Kong-style noodle shops serving the city’s students and after-work crowd. Here are eight worth seeking out.

East Meets West has been serving Southgate Street for years, with a menu that runs from Cantonese and Sichuan standards through to Northern Chinese dishes – crispy aromatic duck and a proper wonton soup are the usual way in, before moving on to dim sum, buns, and a long list of stir-fries.

Chongqing beef noodles and mapo tofu are the dishes regulars point newcomers towards, alongside a run of salt and chilli plates and satay noodle soups that suit the takeaway side of the business as well as the sit-down room.

East Meets West — 33 Southgate St, Bath BA1 1TP, UK | eastmeetswestbath.com

Chilli Family Noodles sits right by Bath Spa bus station on Dorchester Street, a cash-only noodle shop built around Szechuan-leaning soups and rice bowls rather than a full Cantonese menu.

The crispy duck hot and sour noodle soup and the crispy duck fried udon are the two dishes most often recommended, with Szechuan sweet potato noodles and a handful of vegetarian and vegan options rounding out a short, focused menu.

Chilli Family Noodles — 1 Dorchester St, Bath BA1 1SS, UK | see Google Maps for booking

Noodle Bath is a small, no-reservations noodle shop on Monmouth Street built around Hong Kong-style cooking – a short menu of noodle soups, rice plates, and a handful of classic Chinese specialities rather than an exhaustive Cantonese banquet list.

Seafood noodles, pan-fried garlic prawns, and a roast duck noodle soup are the dishes that come up most in reviews, alongside a spicy tofu noodle soup for anyone after something lighter.

Noodle Bath — 39 Monmouth St, Bath BA1 1EN, UK | see Google Maps for booking

Peking Chinese is a long-running takeaway and restaurant on New Street, one of the more established names among Bath’s Chinese kitchens, covering the usual run of Cantonese-style dishes for dine-in or collection.

With a 4.2-star average across 468 reviews, it’s a dependable, neighbourhood option rather than a destination restaurant – exactly the role it’s played in this part of the city for years.

Peking Chinese — 1-2 New St, Bath BA1 2AF, UK | pekingrestaurantbath.co.uk

Hong Kong Chef serves the Larkhall area from Larkhall Buildings, a straightforward Cantonese-style takeaway menu aimed squarely at the local residential crowd rather than visitors to the city centre.

It’s a smaller, lower-key operation than the Southgate Street names, with a 3.7-star average across 173 reviews reflecting a mixed but generally positive local reputation.

Hong Kong Chef — 5 Larkhall Buildings, Bath BA1 6SA, UK | hongkongchefbath.uk

Peking Chef serves Oldfield Park from St Kilda’s Road, a residential-area Chinese takeaway offering delivery as well as collection – distinct from the similarly-named Peking Chinese on New Street despite the shared naming convention.

At a 3.3-star average across 154 reviews, it’s a lower-profile, purely local option rather than one that draws from across the city.

Peking Chef — 84 St Kilda’s Rd, Bath BA2 3QJ, UK | pekingchefbath.com

Happy Garden is a Chinese takeaway in Twerton, on the western edge of Bath, serving the local community away from the tourist-heavy streets around the Abbey and Pulteney Bridge.

A 4.1-star average across reviews makes it a solidly-regarded option for anyone in this part of the city after a straightforward Chinese takeaway.

Happy Garden — 32A Coronation Ave, Bath BA2 2JW, UK | see Google Maps for booking

No.23 Chinese Kitchen is a newer, smaller-scale addition to Bath’s Chinese food scene, operating from Bathwick Street on the eastern side of the city near the river.

With a 4.8-star average – the highest of any Chinese kitchen in this guide, albeit from a smaller review base of 49 – it’s earned a strong early reputation among the people who’ve found it.

No.23 Chinese Kitchen — 23 Bathwick St, Bath BA2 6NY, UK | no23chinesekitchen.com