12/15/08

Excellent Service, Great Food

by bouncyday

Outstanding waitress, excellent food at a fair price. We dined on a Monday evening and it was lightly occupied so our server didn't have many tables to handle. The rosemary grilled chicken was outstanding. My wife had the orzo/seafood/spinach dish and it was extremely good with generous portions., The only problem was we were too full to try the desserts.

• Pros: Parking, Service, Food
• Cons: Bread was just average

01/07/08

best service

by eboniwalker

my class and i went there and even though we only spent 20 bucks they treated us like we spent a million. i mean you should have seen the waiters wait on us hand and foot. and they did it with kindness. i absloutley love that place. anyone who havent been there you are truley missing out on something truely special

• Pros: the waiters
• Cons: parking-they were sooo booked

09/19/07

Great food, service needs work and it's VERY NOISY

by halfgreen

I was there on a night when they had a rather large wedding party. Service was very slow because of it. The food was wonderful. The waitress failed to ask if we wanted to take our leftovers home and by the time we tracked her down it was too late. We found the place VERY noisy. Not sure they can do anything about the noise level but because of it I don't think I would go back.

• Pros: great food
• Cons: slow service and VERY NOISY

07/06/07

great ambience atmosphere, awesome service, divine food, great wine selection, just a lovely place

by jennifer3

This is a most wonderful and one of my fav places to go. The atmosphere is warm, romantic, calming

and nice for a wonderful dinner out with friends/family. The wait staff are excellant. The menu choices

are the best, wide variety steaks, pastas<fresh, fresh fish etc. The salad items are beautiful and delicious and all entrees are presented in taste. I have never had a bad item there in 15 years. I would highly rec ommend this place to anyone looking for a wonderful night out. A loving date night etc. The dress is nice, or casual. Just about anything goes from relaxed nice to dressy. No coat and tie needed but you can wear one if you are more in a comfy zone with.....they have a nice waiting bar area. The place is absolute beautiful with wonderful jazz music. There is outside dine avail with a wonderful tranquil water fall. I cannot imagine anyone giving this place a bad recommendation.......try it again if you had a bad experience. As far as kids, my kid is 7 he did just fine, it is for kids that are under parental control, not wild! he took a DS and did just fine. Jennifer Bobbitt Wilkins

• Pros: atmosphere, food, wine, prices, kid did fine, took a DS game
• Cons: no complaints,

03/09/07

Fabulous service, menu, price, atmosphere, and FOOD!

by betht1958

This place has been around for years, and there is a good reason for that! The lively, unique decor sets a tone for a fun, yet sophisticated dining experience. Our server(s) were all true professionals, and with only a small snafu with a bottle of wine (he didn't hear me ask for another) our table of 4 was treated well and all of our dishes arrived promptely, the proper temps, and were lovely to the eye and palate. Again, I am beginning to think that the good restaurants are in Durham! Thumbs up!

Owner Georgio Bakatsias brings glam to the area, along with eclectic dishes that evoke the Mediterranean.

by Contributor

In Short
The deco-styled interior has serpentine-shape accents with hammered copper above an exposed cooking area. Low, mood-drenched lighting reveals Tuscan touches and superb paintings. There are two pasta specialties: pappardelle bolognese with provencal sauce, and fresh and smoked salmon fettuccini with red pepper and champagne pepper cream sauce. The pappardelle with its robust ground beef sauce is a comfy, tasty treat and the California BBQ chicken pizza with bean sprouts has a good overall flavor.

06/14/06

BIG $$$ Little else

by ajlenslhal

I get there and the ambiance is great, so I think "hmmmm this place is gonna be OK". WRONG! Just how much is too much to pay for food? Come to Parizade and find out. Nothing spectactular about the food....its cooked, edible and served with little sprigs of this-n-that on the plate to make it look fancy. Bottom line, save your cash and eat out 3 times at other local places for what it costs to eat here once. The service was below average. I have not left such a small tip in a LONG time. It was that bad. How many times do you have to ask for refills, especially in the south? Come to Parizade and find out. There are too many other good restaurants with better prices in this area fo rthis place to be here too much longer. Lesson learned

• Pros: came hungry, left full. Bathrooms were clean!
• Cons: price and service

05/15/06

Excellent Experience

by dmp1110

We had an excellent experience at this restaurant. It contains a very well decorated interior, excellent service, very good starters and entree's, decent wine selection, and some tasty deserts. If you like fine dining, you should not be disappointed.

• Pros: Ambiance, Service, Quality

12/16/05

Gone downhill

by pg4

This used to be my favorite restaurant in the area. I won't even go there anymore. The service and food quality has detoriorated. Though those high prices haven't gone down.

• Cons: Poor service, High Prices, Mediocre food

08/22/04

Wonderful

by letudo

Three of us ate at Cafe Parizade last night. I was bit hesitant because of the somewhat mixed reviews on this site, but a colleague told me I would love it. She was right. We had a 5:30 reservation and so ordered their version of an early-bird special since it included what we were going to order anyway (chicken stuffed with goat cheese, salad with strawberries, and a decadent banana desert). The chicken was absolutely tender and succulent, the salad was divine and the desert was fabulous. As for the ambiance, it reminded us of the Culinary Institute Restaurant in Napa, with an open kitchen area - very nice! We will be back, without a doubt. I highly recommend this one. Oh, and BTW, the service was excellent. Our waitress was a woman from Latvia who was extremely efficient, professional, and curteous.

• Pros: Wonderful food, Wonderful ambiance, Wonderful service