Pretty surprised by the great overall rating. It was because of that that I decided to get some takeout from D'Parma, but everything was sort of disappointing. Nothing tasted homemade and I got the sense that everything came directly from Sysco and was reheated/fried and then served. I got an eggplant parm sub, which didn't seem like more than premade, frozen, then fried eggplant. Meatballs were lackluster and also didn't taste particularly flavorful. Their soup was standard. Nothing blew me away and while the food was edible, I just felt like I would've been happier ordering from anywhere else. Friendly enough folks but definitely never returning. There are just too many restaurants in the world for me to spend my money on an "eh" experience. read more

Mixture of high tops and low top seating. Somewhat small dining space. Visited on a Monday and had no trouble gettin seated without a reservation. Variety in the menu and fresh ingredients. I enjoyed the bread and salad offered before the meal-- I should have asked for olive oil vs butter. Ordered the lobster ravioli and it's some of the best I've ever had! read more

I close my eyes and I think about the shrimp and lobster ravioli every so often since I had it! I truly loved D'Parma. It has a cute interior, delicious food, and excellent service. A truly underrated italian spot in Boston! Love that they have lavazza coffee read more

D'Parma Restaurant - lobster and shrimp ravioli (special menu dish) - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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Friendly service that is consistent. An east Boston go to for us before a flight or after the tall ship. Food is fresh and generous. The decor feels like an old family restaurant in the north end. read more

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Last minutes decision to eat locally and so glad we did. This place is cozy and warm with very friendly staff. We had mozzarella with spinach salad and Zuppa di Pesche soup. Main dishes were spinach ravioli, gnocchi and tortellini with mushrooms. All very tasty and priced right. Such a nice place to eat. read more

D'Parma Restaurant - Tortellini with Mushrooms - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

My husband and I had lunch at D'Parma after a huge snow storm when the majority of restaurants were closed. We enjoyed this local place which was simple but a cozy place. The food was very good read more

D'Parma Restaurant - Trout in lemon butter sauce with fettuccine. Swordfish puttanesca. Both dishes came with a side salad The dishes were delicious - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I stopped here before a flight and was underwhelmed by the food. The salad was really basic and the service was slow. I got a pasta dish, but couldn't finish it as my experience wasn't that great. The ambiance was cozy and definitely packed. read more

Marcella, Anderson and the team offer the best service, experience and value. Food is consistent with generous portions. Marcella makes excellent martinis and offers service with a smile. read more

D'Parma Restaurant - Espresso Martini - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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Overall disappointed after hearing great things. The steak and risotto was really just steak on a huge bed of rice. The steak porcini sauce tasted like straight up wine..wasn't terrible just overwhelmingly wine flavored. We both ordered our steaks medium rare but they more tough and well done. Some of my pasta was burnt. The bread is good, the salads and stuffed mushrooms were good. Restaurant itself is cute, staff was friendly. When we arrived, we were the only table of people, and two more tables arrived after us..it took a little too long to get the food out and all three tables food came out at the same time. I haven't written them off completely but was hoping it lived up the the good word since we live so close! read more

The food was ok, acceptable. The mussels were drowned in the bitter tomato sauce. The service was so so: I've waited for pepper and salt forever and needed to go inside to get it myself; instead of asking us if we'd like to see the dessert menu, the waiter gave us the check right after taking away the plates. We still ordered coffee and tiramisu as dessert. All the above was not something bothered us, actually. What we didn't feel happy was we were forced to tip. Usually, it happens when the party is over six and restaurants would charge 18% as service fee. However, we only had two people, and it never happened to us before. We've lived in Boston more than twenty years. They just added 20% as tip automatically without asking. It's not about money because we always tip at least 20% anyway, but we didn't like the feeling that we were "forced" to do it. We asked our waiter, and he said that's the way they did it. What's worse was they tried to trick you to tip (at least 18%) again if you paid with credit card. They used the amount with 20% tip included as the sub total and leave the tip column empty, and expected the customers to tip again. If I didn't pay attention, it's possible that our food plus tax was $102.3, but we ended up paying at $143.92, which meant we would tip 38% !! I attached the receipts as the evidence. The receipts explain everything. Please pay attention if you don't want to be fooled. read more

D'Parma Restaurant - They try to trick people to tip more than 20% without telling them!!!!!!!! - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Planned on going here after my plane landed to get dinner but arrived and they said they had closed the kitchen (an hour earlier than they advertised online). read more

Service was great and we were seated quickly, the restaurant was nice and clean. The food was good I was just expecting the parm to be a little better considering the restaurants name but it was still good. read more

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Great portions and a fair price! 10 of us are and had cocktails for $732 including gratuity. It's not a big space so it's best to plan ahead if possible. The wait staff was very friendly, treating us like family. Try the Cajun sausage stuffed mushrooms. The chicken park never disappoints!give this place a shot! You'll be happy you did! read more

We had the best little date night here at the Parma restaurant. Highly recommend this spot for good authentic Italian food that's not in the north end. The menu is abundant with a bunch of options to choose from, from pasta dishes to ravioli, chicken, to veal a little bit of everything for everyone. Very affordable too! Everyone at the restaurant is very friendly, and very knowledgeable and love to get recommendations! We will definitely be returning! read more

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We went to D'Parma for dinner a few nights ago. We were originally attracted to the restaurant a few months ago while they had a beautiful set-up for summer out door seating. The food was good, nothing spectacular but still good. We ordered the Arrabiara Ziti and Gnocchi Primavera and a bottle of red wine. 5 stars - The staff was exceptional. Our server was helpful and really polite. read more

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I usually go to the one in Wintrop where you could bring your own booze; However, since my kid is going to camp around the area, we stopped by here. Solid place. inHouse-mate pasta. The linguine and spaghettis were awesome. Sangria was typical sangria. Atmosphere was nice. I feel like every Italian restaurant has some sort of xmas like lighting somewhere... lol The server was nice and awesome. Overall, I would come back to this place. The one gripe I have is with the parking. Maverick Station area was a b*tch to find parking even with a resident sticker! read more

Great service, server was very nice. i ordered the cheese ravioli with meat balls, i enjoy the cheese ravioli but the meatballs were very average. My boyfriend got the Alfredo and he said it was calm. i did really enjoy my pistachio martini though. Overall the place wasn't bad but wasn't the best!! But the employees were great read more

Been in Winthrop for 2 days and we look for a place for dinner on Monday we fined this Italian place Was good we order wine The bread to hard I order lobster ravioli and my friend spaguetty and meatballs was pretty good Also tiramisu Was too much on it chocolate sauce strawberries and whipped cream to much can't really taste the tiramisu Service was ok too read more

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We had such a memorable and delicious meal last night at D'Parma on Sumner St in East Boston. We had chicken piccata and Angel hair with meatballs. Both were excellent. The piccata was Lu fed thin and tender, with lemony sauce the perfect consistency. The Angel hair with it was just right, not and overwhelming portion. Can't wait to return. If you're staying at an airport hotel and you want a great meal, this is a ten minute walk from Embassy Suites. Service was excellent, the food came quickly. Prices were very good. read more

D'Parma Restaurant - Meatballs and Angel hair, chicken piccata - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Amazing service. Lobster ravioli was STUFFED with lobster. Highly recommend. Extremely accommodating, had a flight to catch, gave us the coffees to go. Under priced for the quality read more

Got served Raw food. (Steak). Absolutely disgusting place. I would very much avoid. How hard is it cook a steak properly?

With a spacious and noise free environment and friendly service and excellent option over Rino's where it is extremely noisy and service are sub par Some gentle suggestions to owner: 1. give more pasta as was told owner wants them to actually weight the amount given-against the Italian concept of abusdanze so please change that. Always wonder why there were so little so now I know-please change as pasta is inexpensive and you might get kicked out of Italian club if you don't change 2. Have fresh pasta as a up charge-so those who like fresh fusilli can have the choice-Dave's fresh pasta I know delivers to restaurants so perhaps them or another suppler might work-I tried Dave's Fresh pasta and sauces and pasta are of good quality 3. Salad is a nice free plus with entrée order as Rino's eliminated that 4. Keep your bread supplier as bread is excellent! 5. Eggplant parm sandwich is excellent and as good as Meriden Market or Rino's 6. improve eggplant dinner by copying Meriden Market&Rino's which seem to coat with flour/corn meal before frying which gives a much better flavor-easily done 7. your Frutti D'Mare and excellent only suggestion would to increase caliarimi and mussels which are inexpensive, have fresh pasta like a fusilli as a option and then throw in a few high quality scallops which are expensive to the mix but will Wow people 8. Nice to have can of coke but many restaurants are going for free refills and Rino's is $4 with same charge for second glass. Lot of profit in soda so even with a free refill you will be making a lot of profit and generating good will leading to repeat customers 9. Partner with a quality pastry shop like Modern of North end and have service staff roll out cart with pastry and I think you can increase profits there also as if pole see it they have poor impulse control 10. To increase business perhaps have special one day a moth for EBCBD (60+ employees)and health center workers (200+ workers) nearby. In addition many new people moving in who are stressed out White collar workers so along waterfront, Eddy building introduce a subscription service per month the get delivered a certain number of meals. Will give you locked in monthly cash flow before the month starts. with a few tweaks you should have people lining outside your door instead of Rino's as service , ambiance, staff responds to needs of customer are far superior....food is excellent just a few gentle suggestions so please don't take offence as have no experice or expertise in food so just some ideas for you to consider.... read more

Good food overall, and service was attentive and friendly. Atmosphere was nice but somewhat loud.

I was so disappointed in the take out food from D'Parma's last night. I have lived in Eastie since 2006 and D'Parma's was always a favorite, we'd even had them cater family events for us. We ordered Chicken and Broccoli and Chicken Parm, both with ziti. The Chicken and Broccoli was swimming in the white sauce, which I'd asked for it to be lightly dressed, and the ziti had been cooked way beyond Al dente. The really disappointing dish was the Chicken Parm. The chicken had been pounded out to the point it was less than a 1/2 inch thick and NO cheese whatsoever, ziti again, was totally over cooked. I hate to write off D'Parma's but I am scared off trying again. D'Parma - please tell me this meal was a fluke! MaryEllen, Eastie read more

While the steak tips were good, the lobster ravioli was dry and tasteless. The meat ball and chicken salad subs were horrible! Desert-chocolate cake was delicious. Prices were very reasonable. Customer service was excellent. read more

Customer service was amazing!! I will definitely recommend this place and I need to come back for the raviolis

Food was good. service was very accommodating especially the bartender/server It's a small place make a reservation The aquarium was nasty looking with cloudy water - it doesn't really fit in read more

Terrible food in a nice setting. Seriously. Nice ambience and great service, but the food is totally mediocre. Too salty and possibly gave my wife food poisoning. People say the drinks are good though, so you could just stick with those. read more

Solid delivery option in Eastie, as a tourist I wouldn't make this a destination but I was tired and wanted something delivered, and they were open late - all plusses in their favor. The ziti arrabiata was cooked nicely, I just thought the sauce was too thin and bland. The meatballs were more flavorful and the tomato sauce was nice and thick. Two for just $4, $16 for the pasta, so reasonable prices. read more

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The bartender provided excellent service and was very attentive. The food was decent, but I lost my appetite after noticing that the person in the prep kitchen to the right of the bar wasn't wearing gloves. read more

Steak and frites: It's quite delicious and I am not even a steak guy. Very tender, seasoned well. I've ordered the lobster raviolis a few times and those are pretty good too. Never fear if you have a saucy pasta they will carefully wrap it in not 1 but 12 rolls of cellophane so that it won't leak into the bag. It's an art form to remove. I appreciate the side salad they always throw in the bag, but I don't understand what this pink salad dressing is. I usually throw it out and use my own. read more

best italian spot in boston ever plz dont bother wasting money going to the north end, the food was so good i forgot to take a pic i dont like going to restaurants but d'parmas food and vibe is everything. the staff are extremely kind and its a very calm atmosphere, i dont feel like im in an awkward cramped space with strangers. I LOVE IT HERE! my disney world of italian restaurants D'parma deserves their crown read more

D'Parma Restaurant - Ziti Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Linguine with Mussels - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Stopped here on our way out of Boston...wow! Great food. I had the Swordfish Pizzaiola which was amazing. The red sauce is incredible, one of the best I've had. Wife had the lobster ravioli which were stuffed with real lobster. read more

I was pleasantly surprised with this little hole in the wall! The bread they start with is so yummy and crispy. Then when my martini came out it was unbelievable! There was a thick layer of ice chips on the top it was shaken perfectly. The calamari was delicious as well. Lightly fried, not too heavy. Then the chicken parm was a delight. The pasta wasn't fresh (just tasted like barilla or something) but the chicken was delicious. Huge portions too. And the outdoor seating was a great spot to sit and people watch. read more

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The food is spectacular but the service may be even better! Come for the pasta, stay for the drinks...the type of place where you want to be a regular. read more

D'Parma Restaurant - Negroni - Italian Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I loved this place. Authentic Italian food all the way over in Scotland. I asked the server for a recommendation and ended up having the best chicken parmesan I have ever had in my life. The atmosphere was quiet, but since we were just post-lockdown, I don't know if that was the normal crowd. Service was rather quick. Definitely friendly. The manager even stopped by to see how we were doing and to chat a bit about how things were picking up and how they were adjusting to the ever-changing covid regulations to keep people safe and healthy. read more

Just ate here tonight for the first time and don't know why I waited. You won't find a better Italian dinner for 2 under $100 anywhere in Boston. Food is better than rinos and pazza in my opinion. read more

Soooooo good. Have had great service here and a good place to get great Italian food in Eastie. A favorite!

Love, love, love D'Parma! I've eaten here over a dozen times in the last year and make a a must stop for dinner when I'm in the neighborhood. Food is consistently delicious, I've always had a delectable at D' Parma. Service is always friendly and I love that we alway feel welcomed at D' Parma. Their salad dressing is delightful bright and refreshing with a slight creaminess to it. I was happy to learn you can purchase their salad dressing to go! D'Parma was located in the North End years ago. Absolutely my favorite spot for a Italian meal! read more

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This is actually a little tough giving it a five star review because this place is a hidden gem, I am being selfish. This place was found by accident as the other popular Boston italian restaurant had no tables until really late into the evening. My family had some linguini dishes and I do remember how the pasta was so tender. The meats that came with it, tasted fresh. It's been a few months while since I ate here, and the start of my review, I apologize I cannot get into specifics, I have to say it left a lasting impression. When I arrived, I got seated right away for an early dinner on a Friday, and with the quality food you get here, I was really lucky. There's a lot of great places to eat in Boston, and this is a sure place I will come back to when I am in the area. It's right by the Maverick station so it's conveniently located. read more