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| - I'm in Phoenix for three weeks, hanging with friends. One friend, a resident, was flying back in from a business trip, so I picked up her roommate M and we picked up A, and fell back to the age-old question: 'Where are we eating?' After some back and forthing, we decided on The Parlor. I'd been here before with my wife, A had been here before with her mom. My wife loved it, but she's at home. A's mom didn't like it, which greatly pleased A. And M's boyfriend wasn't there, so we all got to indulge in stuff that our other halves, in whatever form they took, didn't like.
We started with the Frito Misto, a very nice fried calamari with rock shrimp and a Romesco sauce. Wonderful dish. Very lightly battered and fried, the breading was nicely seasoned and flavorful. I can't say I was thrilled with the sauce.
Then came the pizzas and whatever pasta dish that A had. We got to poke fun at her when she confused pecorino with pepperocinis, she didn't realize she'd confused peppers for cheese. To be fair, she'd had a long trip and was very tired. M had the Yukon potato/leek pizza, substituting the gorgonzola. Me, I fell back on my fav: pepperoni and added extra-crispy bacon.
We were all happy with our food. The Yukon had a wonderful creamy consistency to it that melded flavors quite nicely. I knew Parlor's pepperoni was on the greasy side, but that's pretty much normal for pepperoni pizzas, so I won't ding them on that. I quite liked my pizza, they got the bacon nice and crispy, though I would have liked more of it.
For dessert we split the chocolate cake and the Mixed Berry Zeppole, quite yummy.
No complaints about the food, they do a great job of turning out quality dishes.
One complaint about the noise. You are not going to have a quiet conversation with your table mates if you go at night, maybe lunch is quieter, I dunno. This place hops, I don't know if it ever really slows down. It's an unfortunate trend in restaurant design to go for a cool look with lots of hard, sound-reflective, surfaces, and that can be a problem.
The first time that I ate there was probably a year ago, and one big change has happened: they now have valet parking. Again, dunno if they're there for lunch, maybe it's a dinner-only thing. The parking is still free, but it's going to take a little time to park and get your car. I really appreciated that the valets were in tune with how long the wait was, they told us that for three that it would probably be less than ten minutes if they couldn't take us directly, and they took us pretty much straight away.
Excellent dining experience, highly recommended. Just be ready for the noise.
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