PARA

PARA reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   William VIP

   Richmond6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 11, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was really good. Got the spicy rigatoni and my friend got the salmon. Music was on point! Server was very nice and always checked on us.
   

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   Melanie

   Washington DC3 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on April 6, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Went here on a Saturday night for an 8:00 dinner and was promptly seated and received our food quickly. After that things went down hill. 1. Drinks took forever to arrive. 2. Our server was hard to find or get her attention. 3. You have to order hookah through your server which was an issue (see #2). 4. Hookah was overpriced. 5. Took forever to close out tab (see #2) and had to chase our server down to pay the bill. 6. Large undeserved gratuity was on the bill (see # 2). 7. In my haste to leave after waiting to close out for 20 minutes didn’t realize I was charged twice for one drink. 8. There are a lot of great places in this area with better service and prices. Go Elsewhere!
   

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   Shemika

   Charlotte1 review

   3.0

   Dined on April 5, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   The waitress made sure our waters were filled. On a side note we don’t drink tap water. My food was cold and bland and I had the lamb chops and truffle fries. Everyone’s else’s food was hot. I ordered some sort of melon drink which she suggested. I would’ve loved another but she never asked nor looked my way. It was my daughter’s birthday so basically I sucked up the experience and just paid.
   

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   Nia

   Raleigh5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 19, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Service was great. I ordered the Caesar salad to start and it was perfect. Then I ordered a rigatoni with salmon. I think it was a bit over seasoned, but still delicious. Large portion size so I had a good amount of leftovers for another full meal
   

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   Katherine VIP

   Charlotte8 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 15, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The server was nice and provided the perfect amount of attention. We ordered several appetizers, and the food was excellent. We had the brussels, jerk bites, and crab rangoon bund. All superb! The drinks left much to be desired. The old fashioned was the worse one I’ve ever had. I wouldn’t order any drinks if I returned.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Charlotte1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 14, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The service was good and the overall was a great time
   

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   Trinidy VIP

   Atlanta1 review

   3.0

   Dined on March 9, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was great seasoned well. Although if you order a side, be sure to relay that you would want It come out with your entree. Also gratuity is already added in to the bill, which is not an issue but we only saw our server 2 max 3 times while there and she was not very friendly in the beginning. When paying It ended up being a mixup with the tickets. Atmosphere was great overall. I would return here but would hope for better service!
   

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   Anais

   New York City4 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Para was my worst dining experience, it actually felt like a practical joke. I had a 10 pm reservation, I arrived at 10:06 and wasn’t greeted until 10:20. Staff kept walking past us at the hostess stand and didn’t say a word. Once we were seated no one came to us, i flagged someone down and they still never came. For thirty minutes we sat at an empty table without even water so finally at 10:50 we decided to leave. We sat at a table for thirty minutes without so much as a “I’ll be right with you” i would never return. If i could give zero stars i would. We went to Fahrenheit and had a great dinner. Para is a waste of time. Don’t go!!!!
   

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   Faith

   Charlotte1 review

   2.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   We arrived to the space and there was a line for the host check in area all the way back to someone’s dining table. Finally we’re sat after waiting ten minutes in the line. (There were only two parties ahead of us). They sat my party of three down at a shared space of a party of two. So five strangers within arm reach of each other …. Awkward. Overall the male bartender was nice and made great drinks ( we went to sit at bar because we were sitting for 15min and no one came to give us water or anything). I wouldn’t go back the food was not that good and everything took forever to come out. The hookah was nice though and the lady who brought it out. Host was always making excuses at the end of the day figure your job out & DO BETTER
   

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    Alexis

    Charlotte1 review

    1.0

    Dined on March 2, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4

    I don't expect to ever be back to PARA because of the numerous issues. It is very disappointing because they are all over social media like Tik ToK and IG with great reviews but in person does not live up to the hype at all! Para: - [x] Salmon was under cooked and took 15 min to make a new - [x] Shots flight taste liquid Percocet - [x] The French 75 was never order - [x] Food before drinks - [x] Manager Andrew isn’t friendly - [x] Line to check in is super long - [x] Something wrong with the pasta - [x] Another table waited for 30 min and no one came
    

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