Online ordering for Chinese takeaways in Coventry

Updated 13 November 2026. Source: the Food Standards Agency register, pulled on 13 November 2026. Coverage is the Coventry council area; we do not name any business. Whole-area figures are on our Coventry page.

In short: Coventry has 21 FSA-registered premises with Chinese, wok or noodle in the name, most in CV6 and CV1. A Coventry Chinese takeaway can take direct orders on its own Chefzi page: plans run from £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), commission is 0% ever, and the first month is free with no card.

The register lists 21 premises in Coventry with "Chinese", "China", "wok", "noodle", "Canton", "Szechuan", "Sichuan", "Peking", "Beijing", "Shanghai", "Hong Kong", "dim sum" or "chow" in the business name, 14 of them registered as takeaways and 7 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in CV6 (7), CV1 (7), CV5 (3), CV4 (2). That is 2.0% of the area's 1,041 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 2.5% across the UK, so the word is about as common here as in the UK as a whole.

Customers who search for a Chinese takeaway in Coventry meet a crowded field. Your own ordering page gives them a direct route to your kitchen without a marketplace between you and the customer.

What the FSA register shows for Coventry Chinese names

Read this as a name-keyword count, not a census. A premises is counted only if its registered name contains one of the words, so Chinese takeaways with other names are missed and any place using the word for something else is included. Only takeaway, sandwich shop, restaurant, café and canteen premises are counted, and no business is named.

Of the 21 with a numeric rating, 16 (76%) are rated 5 and 0 (0%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a higher share than the 67.2% of all rated takeaways in Coventry that hold a 5. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

The districts where they sit

CV6 holds the most, 7 of the 21 (33%), and the premises sit across 5 postcode districts in all. Set a delivery zone for each district you serve with its own fee, minimum order and time, so the busy streets near CV6 do not set the terms for everywhere else.

How Coventry compares with the council areas next to it

The five nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises, with the same name-keyword count:

Coventry has more of these names than any of its five nearest neighbours.

Coventry in the wider picture

Coventry has 474 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 567 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 16 of 363 UK council areas, and 2 of 30 in West Midlands. Across all rated takeaways in Coventry, 67.2% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 3.2% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Coventry is part of West Midlands, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

Coventry against the UK: the numbers

Using the ONS estimate of 364,766 residents, that works out at 0.58 Chinese-named premises per 10,000 people, compared with 0.73 across the UK, so Coventry sits below the national rate. Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Coventry comes 61st nationally and 6th of 30 within the West Midlands.

The word is most concentrated in CV5, where 3% of the district's food premises carry it, and thinnest in CV1 at 2%. Across the whole area the share is 2.0%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 21 premises on this list with an inspection date, 62% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 39% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 9 months against 16.

Population figures are ONS mid-2025 estimates; every other figure comes from the same FSA register pull as the tables above. Small samples move a lot from one inspection to the next, so read the shares as a guide to where the pattern is, not as a verdict on any business.

What this means for Coventry kitchens

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in CV6 and CV1, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Coventry fits the spread.
• Pause ordering when the kitchen is flat out, and mark an item out of stock when it runs out, so nobody orders what you cannot make.
• Sauce and rice or noodles as required choices. Sweet and sour, curry or black bean can be a required choice on each dish, with egg fried rice, boiled rice, noodles or chips as a second, and extras at a surcharge.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are on every plan, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• Sell the set meal as one item. A meal for two or four can be one menu item with a required choice for each course, so a big order is quick to build.

Late-night hot food in Coventry: what to check

If you sell hot food or drink after 11pm and before 5am, the Licensing Act 2003 treats it as late night refreshment, so you normally need the council's licence. Coventry's council publishes its process here: Coventry council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

For the wider England and Wales rules, read our late night refreshment licence guide. You can set collection and delivery hours independently in Chefzi, which lets your online hours follow your licence conditions. Not legal advice.

How to start

1. Put your menu into Chefzi on a short call with us. We set it up with you and aim to have you live in 24 to 48 hours.
2. Set required choices for the way your customers order, and set your delivery zones by postcode district or radius.
3. Point your Google Business Profile at the page (how) and tuck a QR code into every order (QR kit).
4. Text your regulars (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro) with their permission.

For more, see the Chinese takeaway page, the commission calculator and our guide on moving customers from Just Eat to your own site, and the Coventry location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Coventry Chinese takeaway

Treat this as an illustration, not a measurement for Coventry. No published average order value exists for Coventry Chinese takeaways, so we assume £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 35 orders a week. Swap in your own figures.

Move 35 weekly orders (roughly 152 a month at £25, £3,800 of sales) from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link and the maths is this. On Just Eat's published partner rates (read 12 November 2026, details), 14% with your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT, you would pay £638 at 14% (£532 plus £106 VAT) or £1,368 at 30% (£1,140 plus £228 VAT).

On Chefzi the same 152 orders carry 0% commission. You pay the flat plan: Plus, which adds card payments, is £22 a month (£19 billed annually) per location, excluding VAT, and it does not change if the month is busier. Card processing charges depend on your payment provider and are not modelled on either side. Orders customers still place through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; the example only covers the ones you move.

What Chefzi does not do

Delivery stays yours: Chefzi has no courier integrations, so you use your own drivers. There is no kiosk and no CRM, and a pre-order lead time applies to the whole location rather than to a single dish. Orders that still arrive through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; Chefzi's job is to help you move regulars to your own page.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Coventry, business types Takeaway/sandwich shop and Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, name search for "Chinese", "China", "wok", "noodle", "Canton", "Szechuan", "Sichuan", "Peking", "Beijing", "Shanghai", "Hong Kong", "dim sum" or "chow", extract 13 November 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Coventry council licensing page linked above: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/licensing-regulation/alcohol-entertainment-licences (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.