Parea Restaurant & Lounge

69 Franklin St #5630, Valparaiso
(219) 510-5428

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Shane Frost

Excellent service made the drinks and food that much better. Wonderful upscale casual dining. We'll be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheesecake, Lemon Rice Soup, Greek Salad

Maria Schane

The food was delicious. We had the filet mignon and the salmon.The atmosphere was calm and relaxing. Server was very helpful and knowledgeable. Overall great time out for dinner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Rice Soup

Paul Fusko

Place was good. I went there to branch out, never been to a greek place. May go back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Crab Cakes

Carmen Nowitzki

Good cocktails, food, service, and atmosphere!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Rice Soup

Jennifer Anderson

My boyfriend and I tried this place for the 1st time. Everything was amazing... drinks, apps and dinner. We had scallops for our app, prob best cooked scallops I have ever had. I had the filet and my boyfriend had the Mahi. Our server Tony was great! Great service and food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kelly Griffith

Today was our first and last time at Parea. Unfortunately, it was an unpleasant experience.

Eric Mie

What is wrong with you people

My 5 yr old need to use a restroom during the popcorn fest. He almost peed his pants. You would not allow us in your astonishment. I will never go here again. It was our favorite place ever n date night.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Fat Wally

25 minutes finally got saganaki.
25 minutes later finally got soup.
25 minutes later finally got "scallop risotto." Two burnt scallops on a bed of mushy RICE-A-RONI.
Embarrassing. Shame on everyone from the top down.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Joseph Sircy

Good food, great service. My steak came well instead of medium rare. Other than that it was fabulous. Wait staff was phenomenal

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Cakes

Kelly L Griffith

Our first visit - Our LAST visit. Food was not as advertised. When we addressed the issue with the manager, she was extremely rude. We asked to speak to Jimmy the owner. Our request was refused.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Colonel Jim JAWS Jaworski (JAWS, COL USA Retired)

Fine dining at a very reasonable price. The chicken schnitzel was huge!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Schnitzel

Andrea Stewart

This was our first time at Parea and I was very pleased overall with our experience. I got the Blackened Mahi Mahi with a side salad and it was really quite good; the mango salsa was perfect with the fish and they were able to sub me rice for cous cous which was cooked very well. My boyfriend had the ribeye with the lemon rice soup and was equally as pleased with his dish, although a little disappointed they don't sell the soup by the quart! My only qualm with the meal was my side salad. It wasn't bad, it was just, a little lackluster. But that wasn't what I was there for so I wasn't really that bothered. I will say, they were pretty slow and I was kind of shocked considering how much we enjoyed our meal. Overall, it was a really enjoyable experience and we will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Rice Soup

Cynthia Fish

Went here for a birthday dinner with friends. Service was good and my drink was good as well. Everyone seemed to enjoy their food unless they ordered steak. I had tritips with mushrooms, mashed potatoes and broccoli. It was inedible due to everything being over salted. I even had others try and they said as soon as it touched their tongue it was overly salted; the broccoli was even more overly salted than the steak which left both inedible. (The server hesitated when I ordered, if she knew, I wish she would have said something.) Another person order a steak and said it wasn't good either, but it either wasn't cooked well, or it was a bad cut of meat, not due to salt. There were 9 of us and everyone else had a good meal (fish and chips, ceasar salad, chicken souvlaki, shrimp and grits, lemon rice soup, calamari, saganaki). So, all in all, I think I'd go back and try something else, just not steak. Lastly, it's pretty dark inside, we sat in the bar side, not the restaurant side. Someone used their flashlight to see the menu. Otherwise it is a nice enough place with an extensive menu.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Calamari, Lemon Rice Soup, Fish and Chips, Chicken Schnitzel

Brian Cardwell

Excellent food great service. I definitely suggest dining at Parea. Also appreciate getting our food served hot!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

shelia Demakas

The restaurant is soooo calm and peaceful. Our server was always right on the spot with everything we needed and the food was perfect! Thank you for a great afternoon

Kid-friendliness: My 8 year old granddaughter had a fun time and enjoyed her food. Our server made it a point to include her in conversation

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chops, Lemon Rice Soup

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