Rowy, I might have just had a bad day, but when I went to Mrs. Parma's last year I wasn't overly impressed, a little disappointed in fact.
Maybe because everyone seems to rave about it I sort of expected an older established place with heaps of atmosphere and big meals. What I found was an ordinary half modern place that in my opinion lacked totally in atmosphere. Purple walls, golden hand rails, shiny tiles and a raised seating area. Disgusting toilets at time of visit.
This is very, very subjective, but I just didn't like it, at all! Ate my meal (which again, I didn't think was that great, if not a little bland, one of those standard Parmas with something else on) and left. Maybe it was the time of the day (around lunch time), I don't know.
YMMVVVM (your mileage may vary very very much)