Chef P's Restaurant — Restaurant in Milpitas

This place is primarily known for its fried crispy calamari which is unique in that it stays crispy literally for days. It's tasty, crunchy and quite addictive. My in-laws would buy a half tray and bring it on a flight to Asia and it would still be crispy after a 14 hour flight. I buy a small box for $26 and we eat it over 4-5 days and it stays crispy the entire time.

Regarding the service, if you've ever watched Seinfeld with the episode featuring the "Soup Nazi", my wife and I jokingly refer to the Chef P's lady as the "Squid Nazi". 😂 Yes, she's gruff. We just accept it knowing she's like that to everyone and it's not you specifically. Just expect that she's like that and it isn't a big deal because I haven't found any place else that can make calamari like they do.

The place is CASH ONLY so bring your greenbacks.

Finally, make sure you seal up your calamari tightly in a zip lock or plastic bag or your car or luggage will smell like fried...

Probably the worst experience I've ever had at an eatery. I've been craving this for a while but walked in to a very fishy odor -figured it was due to their seafood specialties. The lady asked if I was ready to order while my husband got cash from the ATM so I ordered the salt n pepper calamari I couldn't wait to have, to which she replied "no more food just calamar, the cook go home." I say ok no problem, one salt and pepper calamari please... she then starts cleaning and says they are getting ready to close. The ATM withdrew from my husband's account but the machine did not dispense cash. When he tells her, she said, "oh no more money in there" as she runs to the back to further ignore us both at this point, yet she watched him use the machine while taking my order but not really taking my order. Worst customer service I've experienced probably anywhere and I would give no...

First off they do not ever pick up the phone and their customer service IS THE WORST!!! BEWARE. I called multiple times right when they opened to place an order for the fried calamari party tray. Finally a lady rudely answers. After I placed my order and tell her what time I want to pick it up she doesn't ask for my name or number and then just hangs up on my without saying bye.. two hours later my bf arrives to pick up the tray and the rude lady on the phone states that NO ONE called or placed an order for calamari!! He had to wait til they made a new order without even apologizing even though we know for a fact we spoke to her but since she happens to purposely not get your information for your order so she can totally pretend that we are the delusional one and didn't place an order. WORST CUSTOMER...