Marcelina's Filipino Cuisine and Karaoke Bar

Another restaurant with a sneaky service charge. We usually tip $10-15 but thankfully my friend saw the service charge. NOT A FAN OF IT because i was sneakily robbed $100 service charge before. BECAREFUL WHEN DINNING IN HERE!

Sneaky Service Charge

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to express my disappointment regarding a recent experience at your restaurant. During our visit, I discovered an additional $50 tip added to my bill without my consent. This unauthorized charge increased my total bill from $240 to $290 plus (20$ cash) Unfortunately, this isn't the first instance of such unauthorized tipping at your establishment.Adding tips without customer consent undermines trust and transparency. While I appreciate good service, it's crucial to uphold fair and honest practices.I urge you to address this matter promptly and ensure that tipping remains a voluntary choice for customers.Thank you for your attention to this issue. ‼️‼️‼️

A fun Filipino restaurant where you can sing or enjoy people singing and have good time with your friends and family. Their food surprised me a lot, it was delicious. I was very hesitate to come because i read some bad reviews about the service but to my surprise they were very friendly and caring.

nice place

Edit: Apparently they have an automatic service charge, we were not told that at all so we basically double tipped. How greedy! They overcharge you on the bill ‼️ We ordered the chicharon bituka, beef tapa, bopis, lomi, and a bowl of rice good for 3-4 ppl. According to their online menu that should amount to $104 including tax. When we asked for the bill the server only verbally said how much we had to pay, no actual bill, which should’ve been the first red flag. He said our bill was $115, so we paid that plus tip. Anyway, the food isn’t even good. Bopis was malansa, beef tapa tasted more like bistek tagalog, lomi was meh. There are much better Filipino places to go to around Bathurst, ones that serve great tasting food at reasonable prices and they don’t try to trick you with the bill. Will never go back.