A new restaurant in New York City, featured on a list of highly recommended places for 2026.
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ItalianSteakhouseFrenchSeafoodUpscaleDinner
Last updated: 5/30/2026, 3:07:38 AM
Key Information
Parkside Restaurant is a classic, long-standing, high-end Italian restaurant in Queens-County, known for its beautiful, traditional ambiance and a rumored 30-year history. It's a popular spot for celebrations, attracting multiple generations with its cozy charm and delicious food.
Customer Perception
Customers generally praise the excellent food quality, generous portions, and attentive service, often highlighting specific servers like Chris (Christian). The atmosphere is consistently described as beautiful, high-end, and perfect for special occasions. However, there have been isolated complaints regarding rude reservation staff and inconsistent waiter service, though the owner is noted for being apologetic when issues are raised.
The restaurant is frequently visited for dinner and special celebrations, suggesting evenings are popular. Reviews mention Christmas vibes, indicating it's a festive spot during holidays.
5
We absolutely loved our experience at The Parkside! Driving there was a breeze thanks to the super convenient valet service. As for the food—the Italian cuisine here is fantastic. The dining room has a lovely ambiance, and we had several standout dishes:
Eggplant Rollatini: Perfect for sharing if you’re looking for a rich, comforting bite of eggplant, cheese, and sauce.
Mushroom Pasta: Incredible flavor with just the right touch of cream in the sauce.
Shrimp Cocktail: Features truly super-jumbo, fresh shrimp.
Meatballs: Absolutely great. The cheese flavor is beautifully pronounced.
Bolognese: Simply perfect.
Great Classic Italian food with great service and atmosphere. Love their Baked clams, fried calamari, stuffed mushrooms, mussels , veal chops, chicken parm and others. Can never go wrong with their food. Can get crowded at evenings so a reservation is always recommended for the evenings. Also their valet parking lot is a heaven sent cause parking in that neighborhood is a nightmare.
Update on my review as of 12/1/2025:
I have to update my review. I wanted to take my family there to Parkside restaurant tomorrow so I called to make a reservation and again, this gentleman answered and I asked when is Christian working again so I make sure we can have him again. Instead of giving me a direct answer, he acted like it's a joke and said Christian can be assigned to work tomorrow but can take off any day. Really?! Is that really the case? It's unbelievable and this is the SECOND time he said this to me (I have called another time, about two weeks ago and he answered the call too. I believe his name was Mike/Jimmy). Why do they make it so difficult to get the server we want? Even Christian said to ask for him thr next time we plan to dine there.
How can you hire someone like him to take reservations and be so rude? I don't care if he is the owner but wow. Simply unbelievable. Yes, you can be busy now but the way you act and speak, don't cry when guests start realizing his attitude and condescending tone of voice. Does anyone in the restaurant realize he can simply ruin the business by the way he handles these reservations? Unbelievable. I'll take my business elsewhere. Good luck.
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It's been a while since we've been to Parkside restaurant and wow, the service and the food is still as good as we remembered it. We were seated upstairs and our server, Chris (Christian) was attentive, kind, friendly and professional. The food was so delicious. We ordered the baked clams, crab cakes, porterhouse for two and the penne ala vodka. As for desserts, the tiramisu and the cheesecake was perfect. The house red wine was always the highlight of our night.
And special thanks to the runners as well, Alex, Fernando, and Dario. Thank you all again. And we will definitely ask for Chris again! We tried to go yesterday but the reservation host does not know the staff's schedule? We understand it's very busy but it would be nice to have Chris again.
I absolutely loved my experience here! The food was incredible, beautifully plated, and came out quickly. The staff were so kind and attentive, which made everything even better. The restaurant itself is beautiful and very clean , I especially loved our table setup. I’ll definitely be coming back for sure !
I had my daughter’s baby shower there yesterday. Parkside you did not disappoint! The food was over the top!!!! Delicious from antipasto to penne ala vodka to salad to the numerous choices for dinner❤️ the veal chicken salmon all delicious!!! Alfredo, thank you! Xoxoxo and the cake! It was beautiful! All of our parties are yours from now on.