Red Pepper Express Restaurant

1657 McKee Rd St#60, San Jose
(408) 649-6054

Recent Reviews

Pooja G.

We went here on a Wednesday evening for dinner at around 7pm. The place was empty with just one more customer. The walls were filled with images of tourist attractions around the world. The lady at the counter seemed new as she took some time to process the order and get us our bill. We ordered devil chicken, chicken noodles and chicken lollipop. The lollipop chicken was dry and hard to bite. The other two items were delicious. We will try to place take away next time given the ambiance wasn't really the best for the price point but overall the food was tasty.

Lila Tharu

Good food and ambience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ayush Ghimire

Great food !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sundeep Singh

Really amazing Indo-Chinese at a very reasonable price. The portions were huge and yummy. It's not a fancy place, but they made up with the taste.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Momo, Chili Garlic Noodles

Jayant kumar

We went for a dinner at this restaurant. Someone in the kitchen was singing a random Bollywood song loudly which was very weird. The receptionist couldn’t understand English properly so it was difficult to communicate and order our food. We ordered a soup, noodles and momos. The soup was OK but the momos were horrible, it tasted awful and I couldn’t finish and left the restaurant. I don’t think I would be going back to this restaurant again.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Raina S.

My go to place for Indo-Chinese!! Reminds me of Chinese I ate in India :) Especially the spring rolls are a must must have!

Anjali S.

Visited this restaurant 30mins before closing. Pretty good service and food. The order came in within 10 mins. The person who took our order(Lila) seems to be new and learning, but was super sweet and gave us complimentary chai too :)

Максим Потыщук

Everything very

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Melanie Panergo

At first, I was gonna give this place a 1 star rating but ended up having a delightful overall experience. After picking up meds next door at Walgreens, I was hungry so decided to give it a try. “Indo-Asian” cuisine sounded interesting. I walked in and the place was empty even though it was close to noon. The lights were dimly lit and no one was around so I wasn’t sure if it was even open. I said “hello” to see if anyone from the back would hear me and some guy came out looking at me all confused too. I asked if they were open and if I could sit down but he didn’t understand what I was saying. I sat down anyway. A few minutes later, a scruffy man came out to take my order. He looked like he just woke up, talked really fast, and was a bit grimy looking. I started to regret my decision to eat there. After waiting maybe 25 mins for my food, I’d have to say that it was really flavorful and worth the wait. This pushed them up 2-3 more stars. As I was eating, I watched some teenager walk in to ask for a job. Turns out the grimy waiter was the owner of the place. After a brief conversation, the owner told the kid he could come in the next morning and gave him a job. Witnesses this act of kindness bumped it up another star. After the kid left, the owner came over to sit down and chat with me. We had a lovely conversation about Nepal, how he got into cooking, and he showed me pictures of his beautiful children. This bumped them up another star.This served as a reminder to not be so quick to judge. Kindness goes a long way! Nice little hidden gem on the Eastside, def worth trying!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Amul D.

I had ordered food from here for my kids birthday party and everyone at the party loved the food. It was smooth to work with Sanju and get order done and in timely manner.

Sunny Arora

Love the taste. The Chef and server were awesome. Amazing flavors, great service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Momo

Anirudh Aggarwal

Food is delicious and purely Nepali in taste! The Chef rocks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Dry Gobi Manchurian

Jr Garcia

Great food, people, and atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ajay Dhanapalan

The chili chicken momos are to die for. The only place that has fried momos. You can fry anytime and make it yummy but, when you fry yummy momos and toss it in the chili sauce with bell peppers and spices, it takes things to next level :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Padam Raghav

Best food in San Jose North Bay…I am lucky to have them so close to my houseI can walk for my foodFor best taste ask for Sanju he know his gameI like spicy and he never disappointed meToday we got a Indian style, fish and goat curryIt is awesome Food seems fresh every single time. Last time I tried chicken tikka masala and chow mein. It was off the hook.Just tell them how you like your food and they will customise for youBy the way they make indian garlic non from No scratch you can feel itHope that helpHighly highly highly recommendedVegetarian options: Just let them knowThey will take care of restParking: Walgreens at frontPlenty of parking

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spring Roll, Fried Rice, Egg Masala Curry, Chicken Curry, Dry Gobi Manchurian, Momo, Sweet Corn Soup, Butter Chicken, Lamb Curry, Triple Szechuan Fried Rice, Vegetables Thali, American Chop Suey, Chili Prawn, Szechwan Fried Rice, Coconut Chicken, Fried Ice Cream, Chicken Thali

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