Danielle Crawford
I’ll start with information about the food. My colleagues and I ordered the tuna Crudo to start. The night before we had the tuna Crudo at persona, which is right around the corner from Parma. So we had to compare the two. We all agreed that the cut of the tuna was better at Parma. However, the seasoning was better at persona. Not to say that the Crudo was bad. We just chose the other one as the better one. I Ordered the orata Which is a dish of Seabass, shrimp clams and muscles. It comes with some leaks. I understand that sides come separate, but I still feel like there should’ve been some more greenery on the plate. Once again comparing to persona. I had fish at persona the night before, and the skin was not very crispy. The skin at Parma was wonderfully crispy. I definitely think the Fish dish that I had from Parma was better than the one from persona. The only negative I have is that a few of my bites were a little bit gritty so perhaps the seafood was not cleaned as well as it could have been. My colleagues mostly ordered pasta, and everybody seemed very pleased with their dishes. We shared the chocolate mousse for dessert. Again, comparing to persona we had the chocolate dessert there the night before. The chocolate dessert at persona was definitely a lot better. The mousse here at Parma could barely be called mousse it was so dense. It was also slightly lacking in flavor. In terms of dessert, I would say it was very middle of the road. The one thing that I would like to point out is that we came into the restaurant just after 7 o’clock. When we were being seated, I did mention that two members of our party were not with us. We sat down and ordered drinks and appetizers and then just before 8 o’clock. Our server came by to tell us that the kitchen was closing, and we had to place our main dish orders. I understand that we had been seated for quite some time already, but there was never mentioned of the kitchen closing, plus the other two members of our party had still not arrived. If there was a closing time of the kitchen close to guests being seated, they should be notified so that they can tell their colleagues to hurry up. Or even place orders for their colleagues so that everything didn’t feel so rushed. We were only given about 10 minutes notice. The ambience in here is very nice. I loved our oversize booth. My only negative about the interior is the bathrooms. It’s a little bit of a trek down a weird corridor, and it doesn’t seem to match the vibe of the rest of the restaurant, but it’s not a huge setback. They do have a bathroom on the main level for wheelchair access which I appreciate.
