Had a really good takeout experience from Calcutta Chinese in Edison, NJ! We ordered the General Tso's chicken, Gobi Manchurian, and Hakka noodles, and everything was so tasty. The General Tso's chicken was flavorful with the perfect balance of sweet and savory, and the Gobi Manchurian had great flavor and seasoning. The Hakka noodles were also delicious and made the perfect addition to the meal. I also loved that the entrees came with rice, which made everything feel like a complete and satisfying meal. We picked everything up to go, and the food traveled really well--everything was still delicious once we got home. Overall, a great option when you're craving Indo-Chinese food in Edison. Everything we ordered was flavorful, satisfying, and definitely something I'd order again! read more

The closest to true indo Chinese...not like the indo Chinese in India but close. They even have the "American Chopsuey" done the food cart style. Again..not the high sodium msg OD of the OG street foods/Thelas of India...but the closest. Note: the American chopsuey not on the menu but available to order. read more

Still one of my all time favorite places as it is so consistent! Nearly 20 years thank you! For you having amazing food a truly!!! And always great service and wish we could inside again such an awesome space small cozy quaint. read more

Good people Good food Good prices Have been customer for 10 years. Always good Name is deceiving.. read more

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 ! read more

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in i ordered a house special fried rice. The rice was overcooked no taste whatsoever. Container was not full to the top. Very little beef, chicken and seafood the worst food I have ever eaten in my life.. and that's no joke . read more

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 read more

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... read more

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) read more

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 read more

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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. read more

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

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. read more

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. read more

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

Calcutta Chinese Food - Better menu picture page 1: photo taken September 28, 2018 - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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"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. read more

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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. read more

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 read more

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. read more

Calcutta Chinese Food - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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. read more

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. read more

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. read more

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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!!! read more

Calcutta Chinese Food - Crab Rangoon worth the trip!! - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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. read more

Calcutta Chinese Food - Too deep fried chicken wing lunch. Did I order the wrong wings? - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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. read more

Calcutta Chinese Food - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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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! read more

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! read more

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.. read more

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! read more

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. read more

From the outside, this place looks like a typical hole in the wall chinese take out joint. It's only the name that give you any clue that there's something unique going on inside. Calcutta, India (now Kolkata) has its very own Chinatown called Tangra and the owners of Calcutta Chinese are from there so you know its the real deal. Just how Chinese cooking in America has evolved to cater to the taste of the population, Chinese cooking in India took on a more spicy, more bold, more fragrant persona to cater to the Bengalis. The fusion has resulted in one of my favorite cuisine in the world. I stopped in there last week and they did not disappoint. The portions are very generous. The price is very fair and the food is very, very good. We had... Szechuan Lamb (3/5) - It was a little too sweet for my taste, but the lamb was very tender and there was a lot of it Chili Shrimp (4/5) - Simple, but delicious. Battered shrimp smothered with onions and chili peppers Manchurian chicken (4/5) - The flavor and the gravy were both very good! the only complaint I have is that the chicken seemed the slightest bit overcooked. Hakka Noodles (3/5) - The amount and consistency of the noodles were great, but I thought the flavor was just a little bland. This is not the place to impress a date (unless your date only cares about the food), as the interior is very simple and small. You order at the counter and pay and they bring out the food. Nothing fancy, just delicious food. read more

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. read more

Guys ! I am from Calcutta and can vouch for this place to be living up to it's name .... Don't go by the small stature of the joint, the food it serves is just amazingly sumptuous.... I was craving for something Chinese in Calcuttan style which I have grown up eating, those magical spicy and tangy flavors, oozing the Indian aroma mingled with Chinese delicacy... well you have gotta be there for sure.. Would highly recommend this place. read more

I've been coming here for years and they serve up the best Indian Chinese food, hands down, on par with Nanking, but with cheaper prices. The manchurian dishes are my favs, especially the manchurian cauliflower and vegetable balls, un-frikkin believable!!! They recently started making the chicken dishes halal as well. The hot and spicy soup is incredible and loaded with veggies. Call ahead and place an order for pick up. It's a tiny restaurant with a take out vibe but, it's not cramped and they're clean. They're always packed for lunch and dinner. Service is great, the food tastes fresh, it's inexpensive and portions are large. Can't rave about this place enough. read more

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. read more

Calcutta Chinese Food - Mustache with Chicken Yum !! - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

This was one of the WORST food experiences I've had in a very long time. We ordered takeout and had Gobi Manchurian, veg lo mein, chilli paneer, and Kung pao chicken. The Gobi Manchurian was mushy, looked like some weird brown mush, and tasted bad. The chilli paneer was undercooked, and frankly was an apology for a paneer dish. Chicken tasted old and as though it was retried from a few days ago. To top it all, I spent most of the night with stomach troubles, and will now avoid this place at ALL costs. Would strongly encourage you do the same. This place used to have some great dishes, but not anymore. Save your money, and more importantly, save your health. read more

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. read more

Calcutta Chinese Food - Beef Manchurian Dinner Combo w/ Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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

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. read more