diff --git a/tensorflow_io/parquet/kernels/parquet_kernels.cc b/tensorflow_io/parquet/kernels/parquet_kernels.cc
index df40937fb1..5504cda682 100644
--- a/tensorflow_io/parquet/kernels/parquet_kernels.cc
+++ b/tensorflow_io/parquet/kernels/parquet_kernels.cc
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 ==============================================================================*/
 
-#define EIGEN_USE_THREADS
-
-#include "kernels/dataset_ops.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_kernel.h"
 #include "parquet/api/reader.h"
 
@@ -243,6 +240,9 @@ class ReadParquetOp : public OpKernel {
     }
     OP_REQUIRES(context, (column_index < file_metadata->num_columns()), errors::InvalidArgument("unable to find column: ", column));
 
+    if (count < 0) {
+        count = file_metadata->num_rows();
+    }
     if (start + count > file_metadata->num_rows()) {
         count = file_metadata->num_rows() - start;
     }
diff --git a/tensorflow_io/parquet/python/ops/parquet_ops.py b/tensorflow_io/parquet/python/ops/parquet_ops.py
index 1d97f3a210..0800ab12b8 100644
--- a/tensorflow_io/parquet/python/ops/parquet_ops.py
+++ b/tensorflow_io/parquet/python/ops/parquet_ops.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 def list_parquet_columns(filename, **kwargs):
   """list_parquet_columns"""
   if not tf.executing_eagerly():
-    raise NotImplementedError("read_parquet_spect only support eager mode")
+    raise NotImplementedError("list_parquet_columns only support eager mode")
   memory = kwargs.get("memory", "")
   columns, dtypes, shapes = parquet_ops.list_parquet_columns(
       filename, memory=memory)
@@ -33,18 +33,24 @@ def list_parquet_columns(filename, **kwargs):
       shape.numpy(), dtype.numpy().decode(), column.numpy().decode())) for (
           column, dtype, shape) in entries])
 
-def read_parquet(filename, column, start=0, **kwargs):
+def read_parquet(filename, column, **kwargs):
   """read_parquet"""
+  start = kwargs.get("start", 0)
+  count = kwargs.get("start", None)
   memory = kwargs.get("memory", "")
+  if count is None and column.shape[0] is not None:
+    count = column.shape[0] - start
+  if count is None:
+    count = -1
   return parquet_ops.read_parquet(
       filename, column.name,
-      start=start, count=column.shape[0] - start, dtype=column.dtype,
+      start=start, count=-1, dtype=column.dtype,
       memory=memory)
 
 class ParquetDataset(data_ops.BaseDataset):
   """A Parquet Dataset that reads the parquet file."""
 
-  def __init__(self, filename, column, batch=None, **kwargs):
+  def __init__(self, filename, column, **kwargs):
     """Create a `ParquetDataset`.
 
     `ParquetDataset` allows a user to read data from a parquet file.
@@ -62,26 +68,17 @@ def __init__(self, filename, column, batch=None, **kwargs):
       count = columns[column].shape[0]
       dtype = columns[column].dtype
 
-    batch = 0 if batch is None else batch
-    shape = tf.TensorShape([]) if (
-        batch is None or batch == 0) else tf.TensorShape([None])
+    shape = tf.TensorShape([None])
 
     # capacity is the rough count for each chunk in dataset
-    # not directly related to batch, will be padded to batch though
     capacity = kwargs.get("capacity", 65536)
-    if batch is not None and batch != 0 and capacity > batch:
-      capacity = (capacity // batch) * batch
-    entry_start = range(0, count, capacity)
+    entry_start = list(range(0, count, capacity))
     entry_count = [min(capacity, count - start) for start in entry_start]
     dataset = data_ops.BaseDataset.from_tensor_slices(
         (tf.constant(entry_start, tf.int64), tf.constant(entry_count, tf.int64))
     ).map(lambda start, count: parquet_ops.read_parquet(
         filename, column, start, count, dtype=dtype, memory=""))
-    if batch is None or batch == 0:
-      self._dataset = dataset.apply(tf.data.experimental.unbatch())
-    else:
-      # TODO: convert to rebatch for performance
-      self._dataset = dataset.apply(tf.data.experimental.unbatch()).batch(batch)
+    self._dataset = dataset
 
     super(ParquetDataset, self).__init__(
         self._dataset._variant_tensor, [dtype], [shape]) # pylint: disable=protected-access
diff --git a/tests/test_parquet.py b/tests/test_parquet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37090f2497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_parquet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+# ==============================================================================
+"""Tests for ParquetDataset."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import pytest
+import numpy as np
+
+import tensorflow as tf
+tf.compat.v1.disable_eager_execution()
+import tensorflow_io.parquet as parquet_io # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
+
+# Note: The sample file is generated from:
+# `parquet-cpp/examples/low-level-api/reader_writer`
+# This test extracts columns of [0, 1, 2, 4, 5]
+# with column data types of [bool, int32, int64, float, double].
+# Please check `parquet-cpp/examples/low-level-api/reader-writer.cc`
+# to find details of how records are generated:
+# Column 0 (bool): True for even rows and False otherwise.
+# Column 1 (int32): Equal to row_index.
+# Column 2 (int64): Equal to row_index * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000.
+# Column 4 (float): Equal to row_index * 1.1.
+# Column 5 (double): Equal to row_index * 1.1111111.
+def test_parquet():
+  """Test case for ParquetDataset."""
+  filename = os.path.join(
+      os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+      "test_parquet",
+      "parquet_cpp_example.parquet")
+  filename = "file://" + filename
+
+  columns = [
+      'boolean_field',
+      'int32_field',
+      'int64_field',
+      'float_field',
+      'double_field']
+  dtypes = [
+      tf.bool,
+      tf.int32,
+      tf.int64,
+      tf.float32,
+      tf.double]
+
+  dataset = tf.compat.v2.data.Dataset.zip(
+      tuple([parquet_io.ParquetDataset(
+          filename, column, dtype=dtype,
+          start=0, count=500) for (
+              column, dtype) in zip(columns, dtypes)])).apply(
+                  tf.data.experimental.unbatch())
+
+  iterator = tf.compat.v1.data.make_initializable_iterator(dataset)
+  init_op = iterator.initializer
+  get_next = iterator.get_next()
+  with tf.compat.v1.Session() as sess:
+    sess.run(init_op)
+    for i in range(500):
+      v0 = ((i % 2) == 0)
+      v1 = i
+      v2 = i * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000
+      v4 = 1.1 * i
+      v5 = 1.1111111 * i
+      p0, p1, p2, p4, p5 = sess.run(get_next)
+      assert v0 == p0
+      assert v1 == p1
+      assert v2 == p2
+      assert np.isclose(v4, p4)
+      assert np.isclose(v5, p5)
+    with pytest.raises(tf.errors.OutOfRangeError):
+      sess.run(get_next)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  test.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_parquet_eager.py b/tests/test_parquet_eager.py
index ff3e6363ca..d80440a203 100644
--- a/tests/test_parquet_eager.py
+++ b/tests/test_parquet_eager.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def test_parquet():
 
   dataset = tf.compat.v2.data.Dataset.zip(
       tuple(
-          [parquet_io.ParquetDataset(filename, column) for column in columns]))
+          [parquet_io.ParquetDataset(filename, column) for column in columns])
+  ).apply(tf.data.experimental.unbatch())
   i = 0
   for p in dataset:
     v0 = ((i % 2) == 0)