Red Hot Chilli Pepper

I had never been to an Indo-Chinese fusion restaurant and was excited to try this one out! I came on Valentine's day and was looking forward to the meal. Here are the items my group and I got:Dry Chili Chicken is a great appetizer! It's good for 2-3 people and not too spicy. The chicken is super crispy and full of flavor. 5/5!Chicken Lettuce Cups - These definitely surprised me! They meat was super refreshing and light for the lettuce cups. I recommend and get it again 5/5!Honey Chicken - The sauce is pretty sweet but very tasty. I would recommend this to anyone who doesn't like spice. 4/5 for me.Prawns - These were extremely good! Crispy and had the perfect kick to them 5/5!Chili Garlic Noodles w/ Chicken - The noodles were a lot thinner than I expected but nevertheless there was so much flavor in these and they were slightly spicy but in the best way! 5/5Service was amazing and they even gave a Valentine's dessert to the table. Would recommend checking this place out!

This is the place where appetite meets the taste. Add to that- a great customer service. Located at one of the vibrant streets in San Carlos, this places offers good food in a very quiet environment. If you want to have some down time to enjoy your good, look no further. At Red Hot Chilli Pepper, you get to enjoy amazing combination of Chinese food with the twist of some amazing South Asian herbs and spices. When we got there, the place was pretty much empty. We were the only table at that time. Few other guests walked in later. The wait staff took care of us immediately. They were courteous enough to ask us how long we wanted them to wait between one order and another. They didn't just hand off the food and be done with us like in many other places. They kept checking on us to see how we were liking the food. We had fried rice-which was my favorite from the evening, Pan Fried Paneer, T'Sing Hoi Potatoes, Corn Pepper Salt, Dry Cauliflower Manchurian. They recommended Lava Cake for the dessert which was bomb. Everyone in the group loved everything. Such an outstanding experience. Definitely going back again and I encourage everyone to give this place a try, if you're in the area.

I would've given 3 stars for the price to portion ratio but 4 because I mostly liked the food. Definitely closer to comfort indo chinese and food was fine but not amazing. Service was very nice and so was ambiance, was not crowded on a saturday evening we were able to be seated immediately.Appetizer plates were on the smaller side for sure.Liked:4/5 Chili fish - I do appreciate they filled the plate with fish 4/5 Chili baby corn (fyi same flavor as the chili fish so you don't need to order both)4/5 Hakka noodle - not very special-unique but good, I did feel like it was pretty small portion for the price 3.5/5 Molten banana cake (gluten free and vegan) - honestly not bad but a little small and a little dry, more warm muffin consistency 5/5 Indo chino chicken- I don't eat chicken but crowd sourced from the table Disliked2/5 - Vegetable coins in manchurian sauce - didn't like the sauce it was not flavorful and borderline a bit bitter, the coins are very large like the size of my palm and are a little tough.2/5 - Chili crispy potato - this was french fry like potato with the same chili flavor... I thought it was blander I didn't care for it 2/5 Chili garlic noodles - tastes exactly like chili garlic sauce on noodles... it reminds me of something I'd make for myself at home in college, not my current taste pallete ig I could come back here bc my fiancé loves this place but it's not my first choice.

I ordered through UberEats and the 4 dishes were - Cauliflower Manchurian (Dry) ; Chili Chicken ( Dry) , Chili Fish (Dry) and a Chicken Fried Rice. The Chili Chicken and the Chili Fish were good and the reason for my 3-Star. The Fried Rice was not seasoned properly ( my fried rice at home turns out better !!!) and the dry cauliflower Manchurian was not dry and pretty soggy - Disappointed Customer !

Went with colleagues for a Thu lunch. Not very crowded but made reservations just in case. Ordered Chilli paneer and firecracker chicken for appetizer. Both were excellent. Lychee martini was just ok. For main course we got pot rice , Hakka noodles, Fish in hot garlic sauce and black pepper chicken. Everything was excellent. I wish the waiter had asked us our spice level. They made it not spicy. So had to add hot sauce to make up for it.Overall very authentic Indo-Chinese food. Better than Inchin Bamboo Garden. Also slightly better than the Fremont location.

Poor service, ambiance was ok, food was not good at all. One of the soup was very bad,we did not eat at least they had a courtesy of not charging for that. That was the saving grace. You will get better food , I will not be going here any time.

Chicken in Manchurian sauce - not the best, will try another flavour (3/5) Hopefully other flavours are nicer

I have been to this place a lot of times before the pandemic. Best indo chinese food in the Bay Area.I recommend getting the corn salt pepper as it's the best thing on the menu. You won't regret it. Service is prompt, a lot of seating. The food is quick served within 10 minutes. Only docking a point as this is a bit pricy, but that is the price of indo chinese in the bay area. I rather spend money on the best location in the bay area i.e Red Hot Chilli Pepper, others don't come as close.

My family has walked by this place so many times, but never tried it since my youngest can't handle spice. She happened to be busy so we went out to dinner without her and decided to finally try this place. There is ample street parking in downtown San Carlos. It's also free! After finding parking, we arrived at the restaurant but the Closed sign was showing. I saw a few patrons in the restaurant and inquired if indeed they were closed, and the host said they were open and the sign was just flipped backwards accidentally. Since we had never dined here before and are relatively new to Indo-Chinese cuisine, our server provided helpful suggestions on what to order. We ended up sampling the chilli baby corn, Calcutta chicken, and the chilli garlic noodles with tofu. Each dish was very flavorful and while it was moderately spicy, the spice did not overpower the taste of the dishes. I thought the chili baby corn was very unique as I had never seen just a baby corn dish on a menu before. Baby corn is fried in a light batter then stir fried in a soy based sauce that was savory yet spicy. The Calcutta chicken was delicious as well. The chicken was also lightly fried in a spicy sauce, but the taste was different than the chili baby corn. The noodles were just OK in my opinion. Maybe because I prefer thicker and wider noodles? It was fine, just not as good as the other two dishes. I'd probably wouldn't order the noodles again. I'll definitely come back to try more dishes though...my husband wants to try the ghost pepper dishes that require a waiver. So crazy!

One of the nicest Asian restaurants around Peninsula this is the most place for family and friends to go together and enjoy the time together over there. The service in this place is very good. The team is very active and takes the order very fast and the customize is based on your need sometimes but they're very hospitable. the food is absolutely delicious. It is for the taste of everyone. It's not super spicy. It's delicious sweet sour and spicy at the same time. I highly recommend this place to go and it's a very nice neighborhood but make sure you find the parking spot on the road.