Golden Cockerel

Golden Cockerel is a long-standing Chinese takeaway on Brothock Bridge — the bridge over the Brothock Burn that connects the western end of Arbroath High Street with the streets running in toward the abbey. The shop sits on a short parade with high passing trade for walk-up collection orders, and has held the same name and trading position for many years, making it one of the established Chinese carry-outs in the central Arbroath belt.

The kitchen runs to the established Cantonese-with-curry-section format that defines east-coast Scottish Chinese takeaways: chow mein, sweet-and-sour, salt-and-pepper plates, chicken-curry-on-chips and a banquet menu for shared orders. Trade is phone-and-collect with a delivery option via the established takeaway platforms, and the shop opens through the evening rather than at lunchtimes. The location on the bridge means walk-up trade is steady — particularly from the High Street end of town and the residential terraces on the abbey side.

Brothock Bridge itself takes its name from the Brothock Burn, the small river that runs through Arbroath out to the sea at the harbour — historically the working spine of the burgh's mills and tanneries before it became the central crossing it is today.