How to restrict taxonomy term reference with certain terms? In a node edit/add form, I need to show a field with dropdown/select list options (Cardinality unlimited). I do not want all the taxonomy terms of that vocabulary to appear. I want to show certain terms. The vocabulary has 2 level hierarchy. First dropdown in the form element shows only parent terms. On selecting parent term from the dropdown, certain child elements should show in the second dropdown.
You seem to be asking 2 questions here: 


Restricting Terms: You can edit the entity reference field's Reference method to use a new custom view that filters only the criteria you're looking for. 
Parent/Child Widget: The Hierarchical Select did have this widget functionality in D7, in D8 there are a few modules out there, like Simple hierarchical select &amp; Client-side hierarchical select, that have similar dual-selection functionality.