Online ordering for Chinese takeaways in Wakefield

Updated 13 November 2026. Figures come from the Food Standards Agency register as pulled on 13 November 2026. The page covers the Wakefield council area, which includes Wakefield, Castleford and Pontefract, and no business is named. The whole-area picture is on our Wakefield page.

In short: The FSA register lists 33 premises in Wakefield with Chinese, wok or noodle in the name, most in WF1 and WF2. A Wakefield Chinese takeaway can keep regulars ordering direct on its own Chefzi page: £9 to £49 a month per location, excluding VAT, 0% commission ever, and a free first month, no card needed.

The register lists 33 premises in Wakefield with "Chinese", "China", "wok", "noodle", "Canton", "Szechuan", "Sichuan", "Peking", "Beijing", "Shanghai", "Hong Kong", "dim sum" or "chow" in the business name, 30 of them registered as takeaways and 3 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in WF1 (7), WF2 (4), WF9 (4), WF10 (4). That is 3.2% of the area's 1,029 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 2.5% across the UK, so the word is more common here than in the UK as a whole.

Customers who search for a Chinese takeaway in Wakefield 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 Wakefield Chinese names

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It only finds premises whose registered name includes one of those words, so it misses Chinese takeaways with other names, and it counts anything with the word in it, whatever it sells. We look at takeaway and sandwich shop premises and at restaurant, café and canteen premises only, and we do not name any business.

Of the 32 with a numeric rating, 20 (62%) are rated 5 and 2 (6%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 67.6% of all rated takeaways in Wakefield that hold a 5. A further 1 are awaiting inspection, awaiting publication or exempt. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

The districts where they sit

WF1 holds the most, 7 of the 33 (21%), and the premises sit across 8 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 WF1 do not set the terms for everywhere else.

How Wakefield 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:

2 of the five neighbours have more of these names than Wakefield, and 3 have fewer, so the field here is mid-sized.

Wakefield in the wider picture

Wakefield has 465 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 564 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 17 of 363 UK council areas, and 6 of 16 in Yorkshire and the Humber. Across all rated takeaways in Wakefield, 67.6% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 3.6% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Wakefield is part of West Yorkshire, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts. Places in the council area include Wakefield, Castleford and Pontefract, so a delivery zone set by postcode district can follow the towns a kitchen really serves.

Wakefield against the UK: the numbers

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.89, against 0.73 for the UK as a whole, which is above the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 369,450 for the council area. By raw count, Wakefield is 21st of the 363 UK council areas for these names and 5th of 16 in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Across the area 3.2% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry one of these words. In WF9 that rises to 4%, while in WF10 it is 2%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 33 premises on this list with an inspection date, 52% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 50% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 12 months against 12.

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 Wakefield kitchens

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in WF1 and WF2, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Wakefield fits the spread.
• 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.
• 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 Wakefield: 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. Wakefield's council publishes its process here: Wakefield council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

Our late night refreshment licence guide sets out the England and Wales rules. In Chefzi, collection hours and delivery hours are separate settings, so you can match whatever your licence allows. This is general information and not legal advice.

How to start

1. Send us your menu on a short call. We build it into Chefzi with you, and you should be 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. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code to every bag (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 Wakefield location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Wakefield Chinese takeaway

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Wakefield. We have no published average order value for Wakefield Chinese takeaways, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 40 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Move 40 weekly orders (roughly 173 a month at £25, £4,325 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 £727 at 14% (£606 plus £121 VAT) or £1,557 at 30% (£1,298 plus £260 VAT).

On Chefzi the same 173 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

• 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 Wakefield, 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.
• Wakefield council licensing page linked above: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/business/licensing-and-trading/alcohol-late-night-food-and-regulated-entertainment/premises-and-club-premises-licences (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.