Tip Top
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About Tip Top
On Provost Rd in Dundee, Tip Top is a Chinese takeaway serving the surrounding streets on a walk-in basis. The menu includes curry, with chicken and mushroom curry among the options and a curry sauce that stays old school rather than spiced up. Chicken chow mein is a regular order alongside it. Orders are placed at the counter, with no reservation process involved. The shop sits at 23-25 Provost Rd.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- ParkingFree street parking
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken and mushroom curry, chicken chow mein, chicken fu yung and flavourless curry.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken and mushroom curry, chicken chow mein, chicken fu yung and flavourless curry.
Customer Review Summary
Curry emerges as the recurring centerpiece here, with reviewers split sharply: some praise a chicken and mushroom curry served in containers filled to the top and call the curry sauce old school and unspiced compared to other takeaways, with several longtime customers saying it's the best Chinese in Dundee. Close behind, diners single out chicken chow mein, a chicken fu yung stacked with large pieces of meat, fresh fried rice, and whole unbroken prawn crackers. But other visits describe the curry coming back with no flavour, prompting some to say they won't return. Complaints also recur around consistency: one reviewer's set menu arrived so poor that half of it went straight in the bin, another found chips hard and the chow mein with barely any soy sauce, and a further visitor found a crispy shredded chicken dish tough alongside a springroll that tasted of curry. One long standing customer reports the business changing hands to family who, in that reviewer's account, don't know what they're doing.
Customer Review Summary
Curry emerges as the recurring centerpiece here, with reviewers split sharply: some praise a chicken and mushroom curry served in containers filled to the top and call the curry sauce old school and unspiced compared to other takeaways, with several longtime customers saying it's the best Chinese in Dundee. Close behind, diners single out chicken chow mein, a chicken fu yung stacked with large pieces of meat, fresh fried rice, and whole unbroken prawn crackers. But other visits describe the curry coming back with no flavour, prompting some to say they won't return. Complaints also recur around consistency: one reviewer's set menu arrived so poor that half of it went straight in the bin, another found chips hard and the chow mein with barely any soy sauce, and a further visitor found a crispy shredded chicken dish tough alongside a springroll that tasted of curry. One long standing customer reports the business changing hands to family who, in that reviewer's account, don't know what they're doing.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“My partner swears by Tip top, she will not use any other Chinese in Dundee. I got chips a chicken fu yung and it was stacked with massive pieces of chicken and full of flavour. I can now see why this Chinese person is so popular”
- Google user
“Used to be the best Chinese in dundee No one could tell me otherwise Unfortunately the owner SAM has passed this place on to his family,and they have know clue what there doing. Running the place into the ground. 2 years and shutdown from now”
- Google user
“Chips hard and crispy and chow main had no taste at all,there was practically no soy sauce through the noodles”
- Google user
“Best Chinese in Dundee!! We have been going here for 15+ years!”
- Google user
“Usually enjoy the food from here but ordered the set menu last month and it was dreadful. Literally could not eat half of the meals given and so it went in the bin. Won't be back.”
Highlights
- Popular for dinner
Amenities
- Free street parking
- Delivery
- Takeout
- Casual
- Late-night food
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- Offerings· 1
- Quick bite
- Dining options· 1
- Dinner
Location
Chinese Restaurants near Tip Top
- 1 mi£20–30
chicken and cashew, mongolian chicken, prawn chow mein
- Mandarin Garden3.92801.2 mi
prawn toast, peking duck, crispy duck
- Jade Palace2.9811.5 mi
salt and pepper chicken, munch box, chicken chow mein
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tip Top | 4.5235 | — | £1–10 | chicken and mushroom curry, chicken chow mein, chicken fu yung |
| The Manchurian | Dim Sum Restaurant 翠竹軒 | 4.3619 | 1 mi | £20–30 | chicken and cashew, mongolian chicken, prawn chow mein |
| Mandarin Garden | 3.9280 | 1.2 mi | — | prawn toast, peking duck, crispy duck |
| Jade Palace | 2.981 | 1.5 mi | — | salt and pepper chicken, munch box, chicken chow mein |
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