Parma Tavern

In continuing my search for a good pizza in the north side of Georgia, my wife and I had a chance to meet our good friends Paul and Anni for a nice lunch along with my little buddy Augustus! @parmatavern always gets PACKED so we decided to get there right as they opened up at 11AM. For how small the place is they do a good job at making room for plenty of tables without it feeling cramped up. Service was spectacular and all our food came out fairly quickly (my pizza made it out last). I ordered their 8inch small personal Margherita pizza (tomato sauce, mozzarella, oregano, thyme, olive oil, basil) and I think I learned something new about pizzas... don't order smaller personal sized pizzas! It's harder for me to judge and not fair to compare to other full sized pizzas, HOWEVER... this pizza was tasty and delicious. The crust isn't ultra thin so if you prefer pizzas that aren't ultra thin, this is a good spot for you to try. Their mc&cheese is probably a good 7/10 for me, which surprised me because it's hard to find good mc&cheese these days. I would rate it better IF it had more cheese flavor and if it was a bit more creamy, this sauce was a little more on the soft side. That being said, it was still delicious and had a LOT of chicken. Last but not least... garlic knots!!! I love the way these are twisted and fried to perfection, definitely happy with them. My friend @yellowplates saw that they had a DONUT BURGER and decided to go for it 🤣 I've had a hard time finding a donut burger I liked so I was curious to see what she thought. She didn't seem impressed either because the sweetness of the donut AND BBQ sauce were just too much to where it overpowered the cheese, bacon, and burger patty. Maybe without the BBQ sauce it'd be better? Just too much. Tasty food, fun menu, good service.... I'll be back but I'll keep looking for that best 🍕 By the way, park in the back!! #rolieats #goodeats #goodfood #goodcompany #goodfriends #pizzasearch #pizza #parmatavern #buford #mc&cheese #donutburger #garlicknots #allthefood

There are many restaurants in this neighborhood. This is one of the restaurants to try if you are near the Mall of Georgia. We tried the Mojito, Wings, two different kinds of Personal Pizza( Magic Mushroom with Sun dried Tomatoes, BBQ Chicken, and Taco(Buffalo). Taco was excellent and priced really well. I really liked two servers in particular and their excellent services. We were there at 4:15P.m on Saturday(6/4/22) still packed. I don't have pictures of the Taco and wings. I was too hungry and devoured it as soon it arrived. If you visit the place on my recommendation post your picture.

The service and drinks are worth a second visit! Drinks - Very good! Potchos- were ok, lacked a bit of flavor I was expecting loaded potatoes but bar style & on chips BBQ Chicken Pizza - chicken could use more seasoning or salt/pepper Pepperoni Pizza - sadly this fell apart once we sliced it, maybe too much sauce not sure. Would return for drinks

Decent amount of parking available by the resultant, but it does get busy during peak hours. Most staff didn’t wear masks and there mmmmm no social distancing. Calamari: fresh, hot and crispy! It’s not the typically calamari I have had…it’s a bigger chunk of calamari than the typical small more breading ones. Love the tartare sauce. Meatatarian pizza: nice and hot fresh out of the oven. It is more thin, which I like. But the meat was a bit overwhelming for me, after the first piece it was too salty. Mahi tacos: love it! The sauce was amazing and the mahi tasted great. Side Cesar salad: very standard but paired with balsamic vinaigrette. More acidic and compliments the pizza nicely. Overall love the vibe, the food was great (would opt for a different pizza next time), service was good, and well priced alcohol. Can’t beat $2 house draft! Would love to check it out when there is live music playing.

I arrive just before noon and was happy to be sat immediately for Sunday Brunch. Mimosas were great. We also ordered the caprese and the southern breakfast off the brunch menu. My eggs were overcooked, I ordered over medium and the yolks were solid, not runny at all. Biscuits were very tasty. Service was wonderful.

Let me start by saying I was apprehensive about trying Parma again as the last time I got takeout here, my order was missing several items and overall not great. But, my boyfriend wanted to give them another chance. The first problem arises because they allow you to elect for curbside pickup when you place your order, but they NEVER answer the phone for you to get them to bring it to your car. Even when they’re not experiencing a rush or dealing with peak business, they don’t answer the phone. It’ll ring and ring until you hear a beep, and it hangs up. I don’t have a problem going into an establishment to pick up my order, but it’s nice to actually be able to take advantage of curbside when it’s offered. The second problem arises because of the quality of takeout. They have overwhelmingly positive reviews from those that dine-in, so I guess takeout orders aren’t a priority to them. As I mentioned, my first experience here wasn’t great because our order was missing items, and my French dip was dry and tough. This time around, we got pizza to share. We got there at the specified pickup time, but our pizza was still cold when we checked it in the car. How? No idea. Little seasoning, soggy crust. The Oreo cheesecake was broken up in the to-go container and tasted stale. A complete and utter waste of time and money. The third problem. The staff will not acknowledge you AT ALL. They’ll look at you and continue what they’re doing. I wanted to love Parma because the reviews and tons of maskless patrons make it seem great, but I genuinely do not understand why they’re so highly rated. They seem not to know how to balance their desire to be a restaurant with their desire to be a tavern. One set of customers suffers because they’re busy prioritizing the others. I want a refund, but who knows if they’ll even answer the phone for me to get one.

This place was pretty good, but maybe I ordered the wrong thing on my first visit. (Salmon with crab and spinach/mushroom). The food wasn't bad but when the menu states "crab" I expected to be real crab and not imitation meat (Krab shreds). It was "okay", nothing to bother the waitress about, but certainly not as good as I expected. My husband ordered the burger and it actually was pretty good so I'll definitely give this place another chance and try the pizza next time. The service was wonderful and we were seated and served very quickly.