Calcutta Chinese Restaurant

2025Dec21(update): Got Beef Pad Thai, Large (Chicken) Manchurian Soup & a Spring roll, and everything is absolutely delicious. We two ppl couldn't finish as quantity was big. Second generation ex-Calcutta Chinese expats runs this little joint. People come from 50 miles to have their Calcutta Chinese food. Never disappointed, always super tasty & unique.

We are originally from Calcutta and we wanted to try this place. We were not disappointed. It’s a take out only place. The taste is not exactly like Kolkata’s Tangra Chinese but it’s really good! We ordered lunch special Chilly Chicken and Chicken Manchurian and loved the taste. Will be back soon.

In one word this restaurant is awesome 👌. Although the place might seem like a regular Chinese food outlet, the lady is actually from Tangra, Kolkata and they prepare authentic Indo Chinese food whatever possible to get around this place. The taste of food is very close to Kolkata Chinese food. This is mainly a take away place but you are free to eat there as well.The place is small but clean and well maintained. The lady gave us a very hearty welcome. She is personally taking care of every customer's preference. We are very hopeful to visit the place again.

This is a nice Chinese Indian food. Excellent service, taste good and price is right.

“ok place, not so great...” heard about this Indian-Chinese place from some friends, though it would be worth to go from Morristown to Edison. but this place is not that great. it more like 'to go' place. Taste is good but not like authentic Indian (i heard it is, but not). we tried momos, chicken chilli, egg role, schewzan rice, Hakka noodles, schewzan chicken. Schewzan rice and noodles were good… service was not that good. for to go-definitely recommended.

Really good Halal Chinese delicious food and food fast service too. Neat and clean restaurant but seating area is a bit small . The soups are good and so are the entrees with good size portions for each dish to fulfill all the members of your family

The food here is really tasty and well priced. We usually order dinner combos here. The portion is apt and filling. The owner is very courteous and always talks with a smile on her face. The options are plentiful over here. My wife loves Chinese food and it's tough to find the taste to her liking. I am glad I finally found one!! :)

Heavenly teste of desi Chinese which I was craving for long time. I repeat it's purely Desi Chinese food. Luch combo was value for money . Definitely going back again. During our second visit we tried spicy chicken wings, which was really crispy n spicy (lives up to the name) not the usual vinegary flavoured spicy wings served in some other places. Service was again great with good portion size.

I was craving some good Indo Chinese and I ended up at this restaurant . We ordered the chilli chicken and Manchurian chicken .. it was all made fresh . Loved it . Took me back in time how food was made back home in India .. The lady upfront is so sweet , very welcoming . Highly recommend

Still one of my fav go to places after 15 years I am so glad they are around and have actually upped their prices to be in line with other places. What sets them apart is their taste and food quality and portions still so good.

Best Chinese food around. Every other place has gone down hill. I recommend their chili chicken, Manchurian beef, and Manchurian fried rice.

Solid Chinese food. Great hakka noodles and the Lamb in garlic sauce is awesome, one of the better dishes around ( in comparison to other Chinese spots)

First timer .. it's pretty close to where we live but have never tried it here. From outside it doesn't look that fancy . Even the inside look is average. Very few chairs and mostly take out now . Few parking in the front but many at the rear.. Seeing Calcutta in the name , I really thought it was an undo Chinese restaurant but it ain't. It's a pure Chinese restaurant .. Very quick service 10-15 mins and the dish is ready. Tried spicy wings and they were awesome ! Also ordered chilly chicken with rice . Asked them to make spicy and yeah.. it was spicy:) had soy sauce and Chinese flavor but was spicy. Rice was sumptuous. They give a little bit of hot sauce. All for 12$.. not bad .. For food and service , I can surely give it a 4 star. It sure about the taste of veggie stuff here. Will try some day !

Love this place! General tso and noodles are great. Just only thing is portion size for the chicken is kinda small. For the price expect a little bit more. Love it! Thank you so much.

I was really disappointed thi stime. Every time we pass through New Jersey, I get excited to get some Calcutta Chinese. We hardly go through NJ, so last weekend I was super excited. I ordered CHicken hakka chowmein which was 3 out of 5. The manchurian chicken wasn't good. Too much dough. No taste.

Worst customer service EVER!!! The lady in the front is super rude and makes her own decisions on how you can get the food. She doesn't care how you feel and chargers extra and still give very little amount!!! Don't go here smh. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

One and only Halal chinese food in my area. I love this place. I tried their Kung Pao chicken, General Tsos and Schezwan.... Always hits the spot... Price is low (Takeout), service is excellent. I call in for my order and it is always ready in 15-20 mins... Quality is good as well. No complaints so far...

4.5 stars- manchurian cauliflower : lightly floured fried cauliflowers in light fragrant sauce. Not too salty, spicy or saucy. Veg is soft in aromatic brown sauce. 4 stars- ginger chicken( normally fried). I requested steamed chicken. It was delicious slices of chicken in sauce flavored with ginger. Again, a winner, not loaded with heavy sauce or onions, 5 stars- manchurian fried rice- ordered w shrimps Like the cauliflower, the rice is not too salty or oily at all. Has great taste from spices and aromatic herbs. And not from soy sauce 2 stars:!Lemon chicken , will not order again. Too much dough, deep fried, tasteless chicken. Yellow sauce on the side- artificial yellow Food coloring, no lemon , no tartness . 2.5 stars. Pad thai vegetarian - generous amount of noodles on the bland side with scanty veggies. Can't find the veg 3.5 basil shrimps- jumbo shrimps, no taste in liquidy brown sauce

Manchurian fried rice is very good. I got it with beef. Owners seem nice. Minimum credit card charge is $10.

"ok place, not so great..." heard about this Indian-Chinese place from some friends, though it would be worth to go from Morristown to Edison. but this place is not that great. it more like 'to go' place. Taste is good but not like authentic Indian (i heard it is, but not). we tried momos, chicken chilli, egg role, schewzan rice, Hakka noodles, schewzan chicken. Schewzan rice and noodles were good... service was not that good. for to go-definitely recommended.

Fast casual at a great price. The lunch specials fill you up and then some. Definitely go for the more Indo-chinese dishes rather than you're usual. They're familiar but not exactly like you expect in the best kind of way. Getting in and out of the strip mall is awkward, but there is plenty of parking in the back and a few spots out front.

Tried the lunch specials. I ordered chilli chicken and my partner ordered chicken munchurian. Lunch specials come with soup/ soda and fried rice. You can substitute fried rice for lo mein at 1.50$ extra. Food is good for the price. 7$ for lunch special. Also the staff confirmed that its HALAL

Oh man, Calcutta. For above-average quality Indo-Chinese food at way, way below-average prices, this is the go-to. There are definitely better Indo-Chinese restaurants around with a fancier ambiance, but none of them can beat a $5-6 lunch special with an entree, rice, and soup. Each time I now come back to Edison from the city, I can't believe that deals at that good of a price point can still exist. The service is excellent. I'll frequently order from here with a quoted wait time of 10-15 minutes. In other words, your food is ready by the time you drive here to pick it up (and yes, they deliver too). When dining in-house, the staff are friendly and responsive. The venue itself is not super trendy or upscale at all, obviously, but it's clean, homey, and well-maintained, with ample parking. It's hard to go wrong with any of the food options here; I've yet to have something I haven't liked. That being said, if you're into spicier food, the baseline heat here is already pretty good, and (at request) they're happy to add on even more to suit your preferences. Calcutta is a definite 3 for quality, +0.5 for a high quality-to-cost ratio, and another +0.5 for the nostalgia of all the times we cut 12th period in high school to pig out here. For cheap, good eats, this is your spot.

Drove past this place without really noticing it was there until a friends recommended this little hole in the wall. She says this is where she go if she wants home cooked indo-chinese good. Overall fantastic food! Loved the Manchurian cauliflower! We also got the chicken pakora, corn soup, chilli chicken, some kind of fried rice, and stir fried noodles with beef. All super delicious. The owner was super nice and friendly. Very accommodating to our group. Your can sit there and eat but it's more a take out place. Price is extremely reasonable. I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to give indo-chinese a try. I will definitely go back.

Drove 40 minutes just to eat the crab Rangoon and all the other fresh dishes made here! This is a family owned restaurant that serves delicious, reasonably priced food. They have a large variety of food that isn't super greasy. The mix of Indian and Chinese cuisine is so different from typical restarautns in the area. Plus I don't love Chinese food because loaded salt but this place doesn't do that at all. It's perfectly seasoned. Servers are very nice. Atmosphere is great for a quiet meal out. Definitely recommend crab rangoon, Chile chicken, fried rice (full of flavor)... and basically everything on the menu. We have ordered catering from here too. The food always satisfies our guest. Love this place, give it a try! You won't regret it!!!

Horrible food! I am writing this as I sit in front of my plate. This is suppose to be fried rice and it's literally brown rice with no flavor. Wings are a weird color. I will just give my food to homeless person on my way home.

My favorite Chinese food! Fresh delicious and never greasy. The owners are incredibly friendly! HIGHLY RECOMMEND !!

Best hakka place around! Get the chili chicken! The manchurian cauliflower was a great veggie dish too. Ask for things spicier and they will oblige! Don't come for the decor come for the food!

Umm... not sure what to make of this place.. Food was ok. This is purely a marketing issue since they promote this restaurant to be "indo-Chinese" but it's really chinese dishes with Indian names (?). The women behind the counter was a bit confused the whole time we were there but she was real nice. All in all ok!

Little family Chinese's food place, food had good flavors , average prices, and a sweet older Chinese lady willing to help at the counter, loved the sweet and sour chicken! The Only DOWNSIDE was, They do not serve pork and I would have loved some pork fried rice... and it was missing that in the egg roll to..so it made it feel incomplete..

I was absolutely disappointed after getting my " Calcutta Chinese" food. The name has nothing too do with the kind of Chinese food they serve, I have had better Chinese in regular neighborhood chinese take out places.Please don't expect Tangra Chinese food there. Plain and simple its bland food. We ordered Chicken lo mein, Chilly Chicken, Chicken Dumpling and Chicken with broccoli. The chicken dumplings tasted like uncooked flour balls, hardly had any chicken, tastes bleh! The chilly chicken was made of thick chicken skin coated in corn flour and fried and put in a gravy from the jarand had no chilly. The broccoli chicken was mediocre same bland sauce from the jar. The chicken lo mein was so so. The only good thing about the take out was the nice lady at the counter, everything else is way below standard. Total waste of $65, I wish I went there for lunch specials rather than after 3:00 pm. Never again!

I had to have ordered the wrong dish because there is no way the chicken wings I had were the ones everyone raves about. I need to study the menu closer to see if there were other wings instead of the greasy fried ones I had for lunch. I also recommend taking out as opposed to eating in.

I went to Calcutta and ordered the lunch special.. I looked at the menu online prior to ordering. When I went to pick up the price was much more than what their online menu said, the lady who is the owner acted like she didn't speak English..then she eventually said to me "we haven't updated that menu in 5 years". Never going back, I'm surprised how they are still running with this kind of attitude. I'd rather go down the street to Ming for Indo-Chinese though it's a bit more expensive, at least it's fresh and the people are nice.

Hidden gem. The fried rice, Manchuria chicken with a hot and sour soup is a perfect combo. I don't know what they put in the sauce, but it's unique and super tasty. No other Chinese restaurant has the flavor of Calcutta.

The quality from this place has significantly dropped. I drove 30 min to pick up food. Get home to find my order not made as ordered and a wonderful stache hair. What a waste of money. No one had an appetite to eat any of the food after the side of mustache.

It's always places like these that you gotta look out for. A little unassuming, but great meals at great prices. I've been a regular here for a minute, but I haven't gotten sick of it yet. The folks here are nice too which is always a plus. Had a few of the dishes here but my go-to is definitely the Beef Manchurian Dinner Combo with fried rice. It's real savory and the flavors are intense. The sauce has a real kick to it, and if you add the soy sauce on top it makes it all sharper. I recommend eating it here because it tastes better when it's fresh. I've put on a few people to this place, and they all loved it. I suggest you don't miss out.

I am very very disappointed. I was soooo looking forward to eating here after I saw a review for it in a food magazine. I couldn't wait to eat their Manchurian chicken and boy was I disappointed. Nothing is worse than eating Chinese food where the chicken is all fatty and breaded and you cant even tell that you are eating Chinese... The brown rice was not good. I love sauce on my Chinese food but this was ridiculous. It was a boat load of sauce and it didn't even look fresh... My friend got the sesame chicken and she said that was alright... I really was shocked that this place had an overall of a 3.5 rating.. There are sooo many better spots than this one.

Good Chinese food with a dash of Indian touch... worth trying their chilly chicken gravy...

This is a hole in the wall joint that will blow you away. I am not a big fan of typical chinese american dishes but once I tried the Beef Manchurian, I was hooked. The broth of the Beef Manchurian is incredible. From ginger to sour to sweet, your mouth explores a beautiful combination of flavor. The beef is tender and chewy almost like candy. Scoop in white rice as needed. The combination is a big hit ! 10/10

When you look at this place from the outside, it looks just like a traditional chinese take out hole in the wall. When you take a look at the menu, it will remind you of a chinese take out hole in the wall. Then you start uncovering this diamond in the dirt. They have some amazing "tangra style" chinese food! They use some great spices and everything here reminds of of entrees that I've had when I visited some of the better indian/chinese restaurants in calcutta. I've been here twice and the food is consistently perfect. I wish they had a location in new york! Pricing here is very good, but it's definitely not a place to go on a first date unless your significant other is very low maintenance :).

Ordered for takeout and food was ready within 10 min. Indian hot and spicy by default so beware! Food tasted good and decent portions.

I LOVE the food from this place. If any of you love Indo-Chinese food, definitely give this place a try. The food is excellent.

The food taste you never go wrong. Happy meal. Fast service. The owner is friendly lady and they maintain their taste. It's a go to place for decent flavor Cantonese Chinese food.

I love this place. I've lived in Jersey for the past 11 years but nothing makes me feel at home like this place. The owner is such a wonderful lady and I go to this place every time I'm sick because of their hot and sour soup!

Good Indian Chinese food. Note this is Calcutta style so a bit different than what you get in Bombay. Would have loved to love closer to it. The service is friendly. Good for take out. I

I ordered the usual stuff the Chinese in Calcutta is famous for, and it didn't let me down- I ordered the Hakka noodles, the Chilli Chicken Dry and the Lamb curry. They were all spot on, and the lady at the counter is a sweetheart.

Large portioned meals w flavor priced right, ordered Singapore noodles spicy & Manchurian beef w Fried rice for takeout. The Singapore noodles were tasty but not spicy, the Manchurian beef had some kick . Definitely want to try their lamb dishes, they told me Mongolian & Chili were spicest.

Friendly service, I would highly recommend the veg manchurian, I like how they don't make it spicy and put the chili on the side so you can mix it in according to your taste, i wouldn't recommend the chili chicken, other then that it's a nice and quick indo-Chinese place.

The reviews got me. The place is good for a take out. The person understood me very well while taking the order, and sorry my food wasn't mixed up either. Schechwan chicken and noodles were pretty good. A little sweet but not over the top, as Chinese food in a mall. Decent good and moderately priced. I'm going to try other dishes till they stop coming out sweet.

Used to have good food. Was ordering on a regular basis. After tremendous success Quality going down. Declined. Today I ordered take out again Garlic chicken. It was hard and dry and tasted stale. Will not go there for a while and hope meanwhile they'll concentrate on improving their quality. Was sorely disappointed.

We got in from a LONG weekend and just couldn't cook. Man am I happy I bookmarked this place. Everything tasted so fresh, nothing tasted like cooking oil- even the egg rolls. The hakka noodles looked odd, bright yellow, but had a buttery flavor and fresh vegetables that was just great. The chicken in the general tsaos was big and fresh, with a nice crunch. Even though the flavor wasn't 100% what I expect from a general tsao's, it was still really nice. The pakoras were flat discs, which was unexpected but nice and crunchy. The sauce that came with them though- citrus-y and spicy... wow. Really good stuff. Wife loved the pot stickers, I wasn't a huge fan but again, homemade and fresh so a-ok by me. This place just got a repeat customer.

Been there twice now and I loved the food. Their chicken dumplings are really good along with their pakoras. Other entrees I tried were also good. Owners and workers are really nice and prices are great. Definitely going again and would recommend.

We ordered food from here every week maybe twice a week. kids love the food. We like the Chilli chicken, Manchurian Chicken, chicken fried rice. I like the Tomyam soup so much. This is a no frills serious good food place

Calcutta is a small mom and pop place with great food! Chili chicken is my fav dish. Can't go wrong with anything on the menu.

I went there for take out last eve on a friend's recommendation. Took chicken Haka noodles for take out. Portion size was huge but the dish was lacking in flavor -- it was even low on sale. Assuming that this dish is a basic stir fry noodle dish, I'd expect it to be done right atleast. I'll try this place once more just cause it's very convenient.

Indian-Chinese food made by folks from Calcutta. This place was a godsend for me when it opened way back. Still go out of my way for it when I need a good Chili Chicken. Affordable, authentic. Win-win.

Updated review So I think management has changed or reshuffled but luckily the food has not. I love how they still have lunch specials everyday from 11-3pm, including weekends. Food is tasty and they are good about taking special requests and making your food the way you ordered it, which sometimes can get difficult at other take out chinese joints. The interior decor is the same as in my previous review, spacious but not a place to sit and have a relaxing meal- this is definitely a more take out kinda place. For cleanliness, I would rate it as above average compared to similar restaurants. Overall, a solid recommendation especially if you want to add some more flavor and a fusion twist to your normal chinese takeout night.