Calcutta16 Worthing in Worthing - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Great Indian restaurant. I went with a group of friends for a lovely evening meal after a jolly get together for a game. The food there was delicious, the owner and staff are lovely, despite the large number of us (9 people) there was no issue with a table accommodation and the service was that of lightening speed - I mean what's not to love. Definitely 5 star experience in my eyes.

I had chicken korma it was yummy and delicious and I had chicken tikka dosa it was wonderful and I had peshawari naan it was delicious

Well this place was lucky to get two star rating from me. I went here with a friend for dinner, probably the worst curry I have ever had! The Lamb Samosas we had for starters were clearly from a trade cash & carry supplier and cooked from frozen, most definitely not worth the £4.50 price tag! As for the Lamb Curry which distinctively lacked pieces of lamb, I think there was around five small pieces. The madras sauce was dreadful, again this tasted like it was out of a tin and definitely not made in house by chef. My friend’s experience with his curry was even worse, ordering a prawn curry and was served up a shrimp curry. They changed it for a supposedly prawn curry which had three pieces of something but definitely appeared not be prawns! Seriously I have had better frozen curries from the well known frozen retailer. This restaurant’s quality of food has gone down hill rapidly! Maybe it’s time for a new chef Calcutta 16….

I had chicken tikka dosa it was yummy and the biryani was very good and I tried lamb shanks it’s very chattaindu flavour in it

I had chicken tikka bhuna it was yummy and i have tandoori mix grill and i had peshwari naan it was delicious and dosa was good

Food ordered via Uber eats. Wasn't hot. Chicken dansak had only 4 pieces of chicken. Not much for nearly £13!!

Lovely Anglo-Indian curries. Set price dinner is a bargain.

I had chicken tk dosa it was very delicious

Ordered a delivery.. it took 1 hour and 30 minutes to arrive. When it did come it was cold with small portions and very little meat !

Our favourite Indian restaurant ever! Calcutta 16 serves exceptional Indian food. Excellent service and we always receive such a warm welcome. The restaurant is always very busy at the weekends year round. Our family favourite dishes are King prawn korma- HUGE prawns and gorgeous thick smooth sauce, Chicken tikka masala- all white breast meat and a delicious fragrant sauce, the chef’s special Lamb shaktari is amazing too (with a spicy kick). The naan breads are the best! Excellent value for money too. Highly recommend. Calcutta 16 is a must visit in Worthing!

Lovely little restaurant. Clean and decorated with lovely pictures. The food was very tasty. We ordered a chicken biryani and a masala dosa. A big thank you to Kumar our waiter who was very good and made our visits special. His service and recommendations were spot on.

Food was excellent and the service was friendly and attentive. I recommend it

Delicious food and excellent service from Kumar!

I have biryani and chicken Tikka dosa I feel like I have in India

I have lamb shank it's very nice and the biryani was yummy and masala dosa it's very delicious

We have ordered a take away from this place based on good reviews but unfortunately the food wasn't edible. It was warmish, split and overall off tasting and ended up in the bin. We have contacted this establishment but they have decided to ignore us and not issue a refund. Disgraceful customer service. Never again.

Overall a nice time. But I found the food was hit and miss. Nothing stood out. A few dishes were disappointing but not bad. Service was a bit rushed. I won't be rushing back there. But also wouldn't refuse if friends wanted to return. Just average.

Frauds- Not an Indian restaurant. Avoid.

We had a great time here on Friday. The curry was excellent rice was lovely. Poppadoms served quickly. We asked the waiter to recommend us some dishes and he come up with some really delicious food for us. Friendly staff and draft beer. All in all a good Indian restaurant

Welcome was warm and friendly. Seated quickly on a quiet Wednesday evening. Waiting staff could not have been more attentive. Restaurant is comfortable and clean with a modern feel. The food was outstanding and up there with some of the best I’ve eaten. I’ll be going back in a Heartbeat. 3 mains with pilau, keema and mushroom rice, onion bhaji’s, keema naan, poppadoms, 3 cobras and 3 diet cokes £79 and great value for money.

I have lamb shatakari is special dish is very tasty i enjoy the flavor of dish and l have dosa with my family they enjoyed the food

I have chicken tk dosa i enjoyed the flavour the biryani every dish has good taste and i have chi bhuna with chapathi is very good taste

Came with work friends for a birthday celebration. I have not eaten curry in a while so I do not really remember what I liked, but I know I do enjoy it. My friend recommended the biryani and I am so glad I listened to her (I had chicken dual biriyani for my main). It was delicious! Plain naan and a Cobra beer were great accompaniments too The appetizer of poppadoms with pickles was nice, I enjoyed the mango chutney. We then had a starter from the menu, I had the lamb kebab, not exactly sure what I was expecting but it came as a bit of a surprise, a lot spicier than I thought it would be too, but it was tasty. Desert was a mango sorbet, quite hard at first and not overly flavoursome as it was so frozen, but as it softened up the flavour became more apparent. In all a very nice meal and definitely one to be repeated! Highly reccomend Calcutta 16

I have dosa it was good and delicious and I have lamb shank it's very good

This is traditional Indian restaurant.the taste of the food is very delicious. I visit here once in every week. I recommend to all of you visit here and enjoy indian food or meal.

The food was very good and very natural taste and the dosa I haven eaten it’s very good I feel like I eaten in india and unique taste

I would like to share the horrible experience I had with the place. I would like to specify this is definitely not an Indian restaurant so, none of the dishes I ordered had any Indian taste. First of all, it is mandatory in an Indian restaurant to serve water, or given the option of what water we would prefer. So, when I asked before leaving why we weren't served any water the server/owner (I think due to the attitude), he said customers get angry when they serve water without them asking and he also asked us if we like anything else and we didn't ask for water. Not only did he fail to admit that he forgot, he blames the customers. In India, customers are considered as God and water is always served first without being asked. Now, speaking of the food. We ordered masala dosa which is a popular South Indian meal. The dosa we were served was thinner than a tissue paper all the way, uncooked. It looks so big but, you can roll it into the size smaller than a golf ball. The potato filling was dry as if it was taken out of the freezer and stir fried. As for the so called chutneys, they looked more like sauces but, tasted mush worse. There was mustard seeds in the mint sauce, so the combination of the ingredients were all mixed. They have no idea what a proper Dosa chutney is. Next, I ordered an erachi fry which is a kerala beef fry dish. When I got home and opened it to have with my home made Parathas, the tin box had some pieces of meat which looked like it was soaked in a gravy and left to marinate, no aroma as there were hardly masala, probably some garam masala. I had to wash off the meat pieces and recook it. The aroma, colour and flavour was so much better. My friend who had joined me, also a South Indian had the same opinion of the dosa, so I'm sure it is not an individual view. She had ordered a Fish mulakkiyathu which I again a South Indian fish curry which is full of red chili flavour and lots of oil. But, what she got was a basic Bengali fish curry. I wish I could post pictures of what it looked like and how it should actually look let alone taste. But, I shall see if I can post them on a website that will accept pictures. All I would like to say is that if you are going to serve food that is not your delicacy atleast have the decency to learn how to prepare the dish correctly before you humiliate the dish. The people who are unaware of what the dish actually tastes will misunderstand our flavours forever.

I would like to share the horrible experience I had with the place. I would like to keep it short. First, we were not served water and when asked I was told that customers got angry for being served water and I didn't ask at the time I placed my order. Not an Indian custom. We ordered Masala Dosa which is a South Indian savoury pancake. It is usually thin and crispy but, the dosa we got were thinner than a tissue and not cooked. The potato filling looked like it was taken out of freezer and stir fried. Sauces were served as chutney and the ingredients were mixed. Chutneys served with dosas are mainly made with cocunut, mint and coriander for the green chutney, coconut, red chilies, mustard and curry leaves for the red chutney, coconut with dry roasted chickpea dal some coriander leaves for the white chutney. Takeaway erachi fry is a popular beef fry dish from Kerala. What I got was just meat pieces in a gravy which I had to wash off and recook. I have posted pics of both before and after. Beef fry is actually darker as it is well fried. My friend ordered fish mulakkiyathu which is a kerala fish curry steeped in red chili paste and oil. But, she got a basic Bengali fish curry. Please don't serve food as such as this is not how those dishes actually are. People deserve to experience the authentic dishes in its true flavour. So, please improvise the dishes and I will be grateful for that.

Cannot fault anything, Service, quality of food, attentiveness Easily the best curry house in England!! If you are ever in Worthing and want authentic Indian cuisine then do not avoid Calcutta 16

Food was amazing, flavourful and suited to each diners individual taste. Plates came out hot so much so you could feel the heat radiating off the plate as it was passed to you

Reasonably priced, delicious curry. I've had the naan, dhal, papadum, salmon, baltis and prawn puri. All of them taste exquisite and I come here at least once a month. I along with my family enjoy the food and the few times I have come in for take out the staff are very nice. Recommend for you to come here if you want a quick meal to take out or deliver!

Our favourite! Great food, service and prices

Lovely restaurant with charming staff and a diverse menu with some unique authentic dishes. I went for the Gurkha's revenge which was made with loads of Naga chillis. Very hot and flavour was amazing. Mushroom rice with filled with big chunks of mushroom and everything was well priced. Only thing i would change is the quality of the chicken. Would come again, thanks for a great evening!

Rotis and Chapatis have been horrible recently. It's been 2 or 3 times already. They're hard as a rock. My little cousin makes better rotis than this.

The restaurant food is much better then the takeaway service with 2 chefs one for the restaurant very nice 👌 2nd chef for takeaway not very nice the delivery driver lady delivered my food with my drinks inside the food bag on top of the food curry on my drinks mess everywhere

This restaurant is near to beach and the dishes are amazing and delicious which describes the indian food

Large portions, just nothing great. Just a curry. £15 set meal was value, worth checking out. With a drink and service your up to £25 so consider this

It was awesome experience never before I get, to be honest for me highly recommended best and tested food quality.

The dosa was amazing and the food has a unique taste and amazing the idly I had good and nice the service was very good

Seems to be going downhill. Food was ok, not as good as in the past. Service very poor. We were the only diners yesterday but waited too long for our food and drinks. Atmosphere, not really their fault, but there wasn't one, there was no one in there. My biggest issue is the hygiene. It's dirty, especially downstairs in and around the toilet area. The place needs a make over.

The food here is really good, I had a dosa and it was delicious. The only negative is we were forgotten about, someone who came in after us got served before us for just popadoms. I ended up complaining but still not the best service.

We stopped here when we came to Worthing from Southampton to pick up a purchase. We had the midweek deal. It was so good we came back twice more just for the food. Worth the drive. Rah rah ghosht is fantastic.

What a wonderful surprise this restaurant was. It of course had the more traditional dishes on the menu but also had a good selection of dishes that you don’t find at many. I settled for lamb shank Hydrabadi which was delightful, full of flavour. highly recommended.

The food was very good and natural taste the dosa is very natural taste I feel like I eat in India

The food was good and decilious which I eaten food was yummy and I feel like real taste the masala dosa was was very good and the sambar was very good

Four of us visited for the evening and all our meals were delicious obviously freshly cooked to order. Polite and attentive staff. Would highly recommend trying a meal here

Absolutely amazing food. The dosa is incredible. I cannot recommend it enough. I’m totally hooked. The takeaways are great, but I really enjoy the dinning experience. I love the king cobras.

I enjoy the food which I am eat the food was delicious the place is very good the quality of good was unique the dosa I am eaten it was soft and good

We went on a Tuesday evening for a quick vegetarian meal before the cinema. We were so very disappointed. From the Pappadoms to the onions in the salad to the veggies in the curries - all were tired and lacked any distinct flavour. The vegetable special (Kerela vegetable curry) was nothing really special at all! We were so excited about tasting the dhosa which was in fact greasy with a minuscule amount of filling! This is such a shame as we really like the food at the Shoreham branch.

This is a gem. We have found that in the last 6 months or so, most Indian takeaways have raised their prices dramatically. One example of this is many places charging over £3 for a plain naan. Not so Calcutta 16! Wonderfully reasonable prices, whilst remaining a high quality service. Friendly, humble staff. A warm atmosphere. Excellent food, both in restaurant and takeaway. Although we are in Ferring, this is now our new curry home!

Will only get takeaway from Calcutta 16 . Every time it is superb! Absolutely delicious and would recommend everyone tries it cos you’ll never go anywhere else !

Takeaway amazing value for money! Good on them for not hiking their prices but keeping the same quality of food at affordable prices.

Good India food and all indian food available. Aloo paratha with pickle awesome.

Beautiful indian restaurant and wide menu😍

It is my second time having best food in this place if you visit worthing calcutta 16 is the best Good food very good people's around love it

Excellent freshly made food with lots of flavour.

We had an impromptu visit to Calcutta 16 on Saturday night. After visiting the pub next door we headed over the road to the curry house. This was our first visit. We entered and warmly welcomed. Drinks order taken very swiftly and arrived in a flash. The menu has all the classic with a few of their own specials, that looked and sounded unique to them. One of which, despite not going for it, we saw on an adjacent table, their crispy pancake thing. Can’t remember the traditional Indian name but looked awesome with its filling. The food we enjoyed was very tasty and had their own way of cooking some of the classic dishes, which made it very tasty. The chicken in both curries ordered was the most tender pieces of chicken I’ve ever had a curry house. The curries where all of a high quality. We will be back again!

Superb! One of the best meals i have had in a long time. Set meal - VALUE FOR MONEY, i would challenge anyone who says otherwise. Great service, amazing food . . . . And the music was'nt bad either! 10/10

Booked an early (1730) table for dinner, had a choice of tables as we were the only diners in at the time but was nearly full by the time we left. Service was with a smile and prompt. Food and plates were hot and food was tasty. Dessert menu didn't have the 2 dishes we wa ted ( midnight mint and mango kulfi) but fortunately had our 2nd choice. They were also quite busy with takeaways, so popular with the locals.

Really nice. Plentiful portions. Lots of choices on the midweek set menu. Staff were attentive but not in your face. Will definitely go back again soon.

Popped in for lunch today and was pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome and cozy atmosphere of the restaurant. Quite a large menu with some interesting looking specialities. We both shared poppadoms with an amazing selection of dips, including an amazing lime chutney. The mains were tasty and surprisingly large. I will most definitely return to try more of their dishes...

Food was horrible my curry tasted of just mustard my wife's vegetable korma looked like frozen veg there was no cream and to make things worse they were over 30 mins late and gave my wife a keema naan(meat) she's vegaterian but they still marked it as garlic naan absolutely horrible we won't be going back

Lovely food. Great service. We normally get a delivery and Shami always gives us free poppadoms. Thank you Shami.

Absolutely outstanding ! We sat down New Year's Eve 2022 for a brilliant meal ! Ordered the lamb Phall (not on menu) very hot! and the lamb Vindaloo with a lamb Dosa shared between us as a starter. The staff and service were great ! Will be back !

Worst Indian meal ever! The Kerala vegetarian main course was a plate of frozen mixed vegetable, peas, diced carrot, green beans and sweet corn with the addition of a few flakes of coconut. No sauce, just a sprinkle of spices. Chef's special, authentic South Indian food!! The meat curries my sister-in-law and brother had were also of a poor standard, hence one star.

Fresh &delicious taste ,with better menu & offencable price I enjoyed the taste.....

Great food and service, would definitely recommend

Amazing Food! The Tadka Dhal is to die for, the best Dhal i have ever had. You can drink this as a Soup when you are ill, the throat clears out!

No photos sadly as we were so hungry! But the food was to die for! The meat was succulent and tender and the flavours were as aromatic as they were tasty! Best curry we've had for a while. You won't regret the gamble!

Great takeaway, as usual, super taste and flavor. Lovely, pleasant customer service. Highly recommend.

As I'm from Birmingham we are split with curries. Went to this place and it was really good. As good as a Birmingham curry

Did not disappoint!! Kept walking past this place and the smells were incredible.. I had to try it and I’m so glad I did! Wonderful food full of flavour and great service

Fantastic service, lovely food. The best curry we have had in ages.

Excellent food from an interesting menu. A great atmosphere in the restaurant and we were served by very friendly and easy-going staff. They even gave me a free beer as it was my birthday. Highly recommended.

Had lunch here on a quick trip to Worthing. Food was good. Curry was a bit (sickly) sweet for my taste. Roti was very good. I liked the quick service and friendly staff.

Best Indian meal we have had in a long time. This restaurant was walking distance from our hotel - The Windsor - in Worthing. The food was amazing. My husband loved the masala dosa - you have to try this - it was huge!. My favourite was the prawn purée. The curries were very tasty as were the vegetables. Everything was spot on and the service was very good. We ordered the starters, had a rest and then ordered the mains. We enjoyed wine and beer and the bill was great value. They actually have a fixed 3 course menu for 15 pounds - fantastic! This is a lovely restaurant with amazing food!

Excellent food and service. Very recommended. Only gripe was we went on the hottest day of the year and their air con was broken.

Excellent food and service, very tasty

The only authentic Indian restaurant in Worthing. Calcutta has rare dishes on the menu that you just won’t find anywhere else. It’s mine and my partners favourite restaurant. P.s that’s a masala dosa in the picture!

Terrible experience. Poor service. Two hour wait. Food below average. Toilets are a health hazard. Kitchen looked dirty.

Good restaurant. I have tried their curries few time and they are always up to my expectations.

Just had the most delicious food at Calcutta 16. Smoky dahl, creamy keralan curry and beautiful crunchy bahjis. Lovely atmosphere and great staff, highly recommend this great little Indian.

Outstanding curry, and famous for their dosa.

My partner and I would walk our dog past this restaurant most evenings and always say how lovely it smelt and that we must go there one evening. Well tonight was that evening and it didn't disappoint. The service was friendly, the food was excellent and very reasonably priced and we would definitely return.

Good food, good service and good beer, whats there not to like!

Without a doubt the worst Indian food I have ever eaten. Embarrassingly, I brought 4 friends who were over visiting me in Worthing here as I had heard good things. I’m not gonna go into detail per dish or re the timelines as I don’t think I could honestly justify spending that much time on this place. but please avoid at all costs. I felt sorry for the young staff serving, their apologies seemed genuine, where as the owner/manager barley mumbled an apology whilst reluctantly issuing 20% off the bill after we said we were not paying full price.

We waited over an 90 mins for our main and when they did arrive they were incredibly bland. Very poor customer service. When we complained they did offer a 20% discoun

Great meal and great service thankyou

Went there for dosa as no other resturant serve dosa in worthing. It was simply amazing and will go there again

Great food, and great service. Probably the best onion bhaji's that I've ever tasted, not greasey at all.

Food was ok, service was hilarious tbf. Young lads serving constantly yawning and checking their hair. Asked for water with our meal and received luke warm glasses with no ice or lemon. Toilets are rank to be kind. Carpet is very soiled at best. First and last visit.

Really good traditional curryhouse with quite a few unique specials, all very tasty and not too expensive, service a bit slow but it was a rammed Saturday night.

Had a takeaway from here last night and was excellent. Chicken was perfectly cooked. Everything had a great flavour. Would definitely order again.

Awful food and worse “service” 2 hour wait for delivery, food missing from order and refused to acknowledge me on the phone.

One off the best Indian restaurant I have been too 😋

The food was delicious and the staff were amazing.

We moved here 6 months ago and this was the first Indian takeaway that we have ordered. Very pleased with the whole experience from ordering to delivery to eating.

Been here several times and never disappointed. Food is very tasty and menu different to other Indian restaurants nearby. Prices are reasonable, plenty of vegetarian/vegan. Toilets could be cleaner though.

Excellent Indian, can recommend the Korma and all the starters

They were very welcoming and I enjoyed the food very much.