Online ordering for Chinese takeaways in Liverpool

Updated 13 November 2026. This page reads the Food Standards Agency register as it stood on 13 November 2026. It covers the Liverpool council area and names no business. For the area as a whole, see our Liverpool page.

In short: the register lists 37 premises in Liverpool with "Chinese", "China", "wok", "noodle", "Canton", "Szechuan", "Sichuan", "Peking", "Beijing", "Shanghai", "Hong Kong", "dim sum" or "chow" in the business name, 24 of them registered as takeaways and 13 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in L1 (10), L17 (3), L13 (3), L4 (3). That is 2.1% of the area's 1,761 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.

If you run a Chinese takeaway here, other premises with the same word in their name are likely to be near you, and a customer scrolling a delivery app may see several of you at once. Your own ordering page is the one place where no rival is listed beside you.

What the FSA register shows for Liverpool 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 23 with a numeric rating, 5 (22%) are rated 5 and 4 (17%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 41.7% of all rated takeaways in Liverpool that hold a 5. A further 14 are awaiting inspection, awaiting publication or exempt. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

Which postcode districts have the most

L1 holds the most, 10 of the 37 (27%), and the premises sit across 8 postcode districts in all. Where several Chinese-named kitchens share a district, a short delivery time and a clear minimum order do more to win a repeat customer than a deeper menu.

How Liverpool 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:

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

Liverpool in the wider picture

Liverpool has 733 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 1,028 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 6 of 363 UK council areas, and 2 of 35 in North West. Across all rated takeaways in Liverpool, 41.7% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 13.7% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Liverpool is part of Merseyside, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

Liverpool against the UK: the numbers

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.73, against 0.73 for the UK as a whole, which is close to the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 507,915 for the council area. By raw count, Liverpool is 18th of the 363 UK council areas for these names and 2nd of 35 in the North West.

L17 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (4%); L13 is the lowest of these four at 3%. The area-wide share is 2.1%.

On freshness, 24% of the 37 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 20% across all 1,761 dated takeaway and restaurant premises in Liverpool. The median time since inspection is 43 months for this list and 48 for the whole area.

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 your online ordering

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in L1 and L17, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Liverpool fits the spread.
• 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.
• Keep a long menu easy to browse. Split it into sections (starters, rice, noodles, set meals) so a customer does not scroll past 100 dishes to find the one they know.
• Put your link where customers already look. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code on every bag (QR kit).

Late-night hot food in Liverpool: what to check

Serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am normally needs a late night refreshment licence under the Licensing Act 2003, issued by the local council. Liverpool's council publishes its process here: Liverpool council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

The general rules for England and Wales are in our late night refreshment licence guide. Chefzi lets you set collection and delivery hours separately, so your ordering hours can follow whatever your licence conditions say. This is general information, 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. With their permission, tell regulars about the page by SMS or email (how, Plus and Pro).

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 Liverpool location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

What Chefzi does not do

• It does not set up delivery for you: you run your own drivers, and Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• It has no kiosk and no CRM.
• A pre-order lead time is set for the whole location, not for one dish.
• Orders placed on Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats still pay those apps' commission. Chefzi helps you move regular customers to your own site.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Liverpool, 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.
• Liverpool council licensing page linked above: https://www.liverpool.gov.uk/business/licences-and-permits/entertainment-and-alcohol-licences/ (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.