MB The Place To Be in North York

3434 Bathurst St, North York, ON M6A 2C3, Canada

★★★★☆
(155 reviews)
Categories: Restaurant Bar Comedy club

About

Coolest resto bar and lounge which offers great food, entertainment and customer service located at the Little Manila District

Website
mbtheplacetobe.com
Address
3434 Bathurst St, North York, ON M6A 2C3, Canada
Plus Code
PHG9+W6 North York, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
8 AM–1 PM
Tuesday
8 AM–1 PM
Wednesday
8 AM–1 PM – 6–10 PM
Thursday
8 AM–1 PM – 6–10 PM
Friday
8 AM–4 AM
Saturday
8 AM–4 AM
Sunday
9 AM–8 PM

Services

Service options
Outdoor seating No-contact delivery Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Fireplace Great cocktails Live music
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Cocktails Coffee Happy-hour food Late-night food Small plates Spirits Wine
Dining options
Breakfast Brunch Lunch Dinner Catering Dessert Seating
Amenities
Bar on site Gender-neutral toilets Toilets Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids

Photos

Reviews

4.0
★★★★☆
155 reviews

Most Mentioned

seafood (18) kamayan (15) filipino food (14) pares (7) leche flan (7) sisig (5) party (5) delivery (5) eds (3) lechon kawali (2)
5 stars
98
4 stars
17
3 stars
6
2 stars
6
1 stars
28
October 16, 2024

Lechon Kawali has too much fat. You can only eat about 10% of the meat, and it tastes like spoiled frozen pork that's been in the freezer for too long before being cooked. Never again.

★★★★★
June 14, 2024

We celebrated my husband’s birthday here and was blessed enough to have the place by ourselves! So we owned it, sing our hearts out on their videoke (the sound system was awesome btw) and enjoyed the food! We ordered their seafood kamayan and it was amazing, as well as their pork sisig. Thanks to kuya Mike (owner) who was humble enough to be our host. He is so accommodating.

★★★
May 4, 2024

Place looks old, battered door, i dont know how they will bring the food outside to the patio. Service was ok, very friendly, since there weren't many customers we were taken care of well. Rice: Rice was too moist. They must have used too much water, which made the garlic rice lower quality. Seafood: good spice with lots of flavor, must be their specialty. Pares: sweet and doesn't suit my taste, combination of yummy beef and lechon kawali(pork), overall good, but i dont like it sweet. Soup: It's really good soup. It makes me just wanna have that and rice only. I dont care about any meat. Dessert: too firm, not creamy jiggle like fresh leche flan. But still taste... good

January 27, 2024

Look at the food that we had from this place, Both crispy pata and sisig were obviously a left over from yesterdays menu!! re-heated and sold to ubereats. DO NOT ORDER, Food is gross.

★★★★★
January 27, 2024

The Ambiance is so relaxing, chill and clean, Good quality customer service❤️ also their Kamayan Seafood is sooooooo goooood😍 everything is perfect from soup (the best💯) dessert (leche flan) and the seafood itself🤩🦞 This is the best filipino resto i've been tried so far💯 I must recommend this place—Great accommodation & they always take care of the customer needs🤗 My mom and I really enjoyed the Kamayan Seafood! A MUST TRY and you'll never regret❤️ I will surely come back to this place for sure since i just live nearby and for the quality foods (chef kiss) ❤️ This place deserves a thousands of customers! Kudos to the staffs & management!🤗💯

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Went today to try the seafood kamayan. It was amazing, the seafood were fresh with a very flavorful sauce. Rice was unlimited, we also ordered pork sisig which was very good as well. I highly recommend this place . Great value for your money.

★★★★★
January 11, 2024

Went here for Seafood Kamayan and it was excellent and worth the price! Plus the unli rice and the perfect rich, creamy, and smooth leche flan! Ate Edz also served us hot Bulalo. Also, she made the whole experience very customer focused while sharing with us other amazing menu to try. Great experience!!! 😊

September 9, 2023

Very DISAPPOINTED because plastic container of Gulaman DARK/black drink spilled. It was not securely packed and is inside the same bag with rest of order. DARK drink spilled on the carpet of front of our door. My husband had to get a plate to receive the spilling bag from the delivery man. When I opened the bag, the container of noodles was also soaked with that black gulaman drink so it was NOT eatable. Tapioca in Gulaman drink NOT cooked well - still hard. The lugaw taste bitter and does not at all look like its picture on the menu. The lumpia were cut pieces from a whole piece - very poor presentation. I have pictures to prove the spilled gulaman. Money spent on waste - never again!!

★★★★
June 21, 2024

The place is okay. The services is good. Price quite expensive. But if you are looking for Pares with good taste this is the place. Parking: I parked far away we walk to the restaurant.

★★★
Local Guide
June 21, 2024

The portion was too small for the price and they doesnt have proper washroom.

★★★★★
June 21, 2024

Love the kamayan seafood! Enjoyed so much. It was lunch time so not that much customer and service was fast. The place have a different smell maybe because its cramped or the door of the kitchen is open so the smell from kitchen goes to the dining area. Hope they can put more decoration to make the place abit lively.

June 21, 2024

Pares is not that good.I do love Pares but their Pares is not for me.Very sweet and the meat is like cold inside.Hope it taste good soon

★★
May 21, 2024

Disappointing portion for the seafood kamayan. They were also understaff resulting to slow service and ordering. We ordered the beef pares overload with unli rice and free ice tea but couldnt get to order the extra rice anymore and the drink due to the other customers need to be taken care of. The restaurant has so much potential if improve in terms of staff and portion of food. The food is good just some improvements needed.

May 21, 2024

The first thing I noticed when I came in from the front door is the smell and ambiance of the store. I was really excited to try the food because of the good reviews, but the restaurant doesn t smell good, so I lose my appetite.. It was also too dark.. I wanna order my food but the workers look like they don t want to entertain more customers at night to order, they were all inside the kitchen nobody will be in front to check the customers. I ordered Chicken Inasal, I didn t like the taste and quality of it. It s not authentic. All in all, in my opinion the place is not clean enough and as welcoming/appetizing as the other people had experienced. I don t think I will come back to try their food. Quite disappointed with what I ve experienced. Hopefully there will be changes and improvements.

May 21, 2024

Tried their Pares Overload , price is good. Taste is mehhh but the service NEGATIVE. We wait for almost 40mins-1hour to get our order. and their rice is not fully cook! very malata! I think they are not ready for their new menu Pares. I also heard the other customer waiting for their sisig order for almost an hour! will not recommend to eat there!! Very frustrating!

★★★★★
May 21, 2024

Food is great, customer service is nice

Local Guide
May 21, 2024

When we went in, no one greeted us and we waited to be seated for 10 mins and it wasn t even busy. We left and went to a Filipino restaurant nearby.

★★★★★
May 21, 2024

The best Pares

★★★
Local Guide
May 21, 2024

pares tasted ok I just wished it was hot because it was just warmed

★★
May 21, 2024

We went here yestersay for Mothers Day celebration. We were excited about the Seafood Kamayan but upon enteriing the restaurant, oh man! The smell terrible inside! but we went with the flow. The food are just like re-heated to be honest. Like werent cooked the spot before served. The seafood is also ok i guess, but As i saw the other persons review about the crabs, i thought maybe it was only that time. But seriously! It really taste bad! you guys need to check about that. Servers were nice and kind. The only concern we had is about the seafood and smell of the place.

★★★★★
April 21, 2024

Good food, good accommodation. A must visit place to get full and relax

★★★★★
April 21, 2024

Food is the best. Love the taste and even the after taste. Approachable & good staffs. Very convenient location.

★★★★★
April 21, 2024

Amazing place had a good evening there great atmosphere and food is delicious

★★★★★
April 21, 2024

Delicious!! their Seafood Kamayan is the best! I love it!!

★★★★★
March 21, 2024

It was worth our 1 hour trip to get here. Because Im craving seafood. Its delicious promise, Unli rice and soup. Then with free Leche flan, dessert. We will come back here again.

★★★★★
March 21, 2024

Thank you MB, the place to be really to celebrate the event. Its my first time to have a birthday here in Canada and it was worth it because you made my birthday memorable. Highly recommend to my friends that they can visit the restaurant and taste the delicious Kamayan seafood . The staff are attentive from the reservation to the departure. Their singer and guitarist are good at singing. You will be emo

★★★★
Local Guide
March 21, 2024

Was there for traditional Philippino Kamayan, a bit oily but taste really good, especially the crab. Live band starts after 8:30pm.

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 21, 2024

An absolute revelation. Some of the best Filipino food Ive ever had from a very unassuming place. Great atmosphere, friendly staff. What more could you want. Vegetarian options: Very good selection of vegetarian options. Veggie platter, vegetarian stews, veggie noodle dishes, shareables with meat on side. All delicious

March 21, 2024

Upgrade your music audio pls!! Lol I cant feel the music!!!! Lol

★★★★★
March 21, 2024

Super delicious seafood kamayan 100% recommended to visit and we will definitely come back.

March 21, 2024

Dont get fooled by the good reviews. The food is horrible. We came in and waited 40 mins for our food, food was disgusting and it was all beef bones nothing to eat. Waitress was horrible.

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

the food is good. edelyn is very nice.

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

The food was great and the service of Edz was excellent! Highly recommended!

February 21, 2024

If you think you cant complete an order for online dont confirm it, then cancel at the last minute, food sometimes great mostly not its a hit and miss

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

Rapsa

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

superb seafoods kamayan Highly recommended Thank you ate Edz Food : 5/5

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

The food is delicious .Acoustic night with table for 2(Liezel and Edu) is very entertainment and amazing. Great customer service.

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

If you wanna chill and want some acoustic sounds, this is the place..

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 21, 2024

The best seafood kamayan in town! A really must try.

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

Its so delicious its worth it because the seafood is delicious, especially sister Eds lechon flan

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

Thank you for the great experience on a Friday night! Such a great way to de-stress from work. Edz and Neil were amazing on how they handle the customers on a busy night. Great job, guys! Love the IG acoustic duo, too! Food was amazing! We had pork sisig and the famous kamayan seafood! Will def come back soon!

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

Amazing fresh seafood and yummy sauce for affordable price. It is better if they have a 2XL plastic gloves so no need to use bare hand to eat but overall, amazing customer service as well. They are also friendly. Highly recommended.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 21, 2024

Its a must place to go if you are a seafood lover. The food is really delicious and they serve fast. Its really worth your money and the ambiance is great as well with the music background that makes you enjoy your food more. Ate Edz did a great job with the dessert, its delicious. We enjoyed the food and definitely come back here again. I will recommend this place also to my other friends.

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

a restaurant gives extraordinary service and yummy meals. one of my favourite restaurants in town.. the staff are so accommodating and friendly especially ate Eds. and the meals served rapidly. highly recommended ..

★★★★★
February 21, 2024

The Best place in town. Jimi Wasabe the singer is very good. The food is excellent. Eds is awesome. Beatiful lady Parking: Don t park at the church after 8 pm.

★★★★
February 21, 2024

We had the Seafood Kamayan last Friday , as our bffs post Valentines dinner . The seafood taste great , freshness to its finest & we love that sauce of the Seafood , as one of my bff says sauce pa lang ulam na . Service was good & the ambiance is homey-friendly . God bless you more , MB

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Best recommended place to eat jam and party! Very satisfying filipino food with free leche flan, boodle fight is the best order. This is the place to share with your family and friends. So happy to be here. Thank you for ate Edz for da Best service! Will come back soon again.

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Nice place ..excellent food ,amazing singers Service is good .. Highly recommended Food : 5/5

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Went because of the seafood kamayan promo. Very satisfied with the taste! Bitin nga Best place to eat and jam with friends!

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Accommodating.. Friendly and nice approach. Good food. Very Filipino restaurant ambience. Its just cold inside, but all in all everything is excellent. Definitely coming back again. Wheelchair accessibility: Hopefully they would find a way to provide washroom for someone using wheelchairs.

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Thank you for not having Leche Flan too Eds! Food is very yummy! Swack and swack!

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Delicious dampa flavors, very nice presentation, and attentive service of Ate Edz make this restaurant a standout choice for good food filipino and dampa-like choice. Sisig is also yummy. Highly recommended!

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Great food, great service. Try their Leche flan!

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

The food and service was amazing . Thank you ate Edz for the amazing service

★★★★
January 21, 2024

Staff are very accommodating. Great food, planning to to back again

★★★★
Local Guide
January 21, 2024

Ive ordered a few times from this place and ive had good and not so good experiences. I like this place for their tokwat baboy, its the best tasting I had so far and the sauce mixed in it is amazing. The lauriat is also good and the serving was generous... however, i ordered pork sinigang recently with a side of plain rice and I got really disappointed. The sinigang was bland and it was not sour at all. It could also use a bit more seasoning. The rice came wrapped like how fastfood places do it back in the Philippines but the rice had an odd smell and it was wet. Compared to the fried rice included in the lauriat, however this plain rice was not great. I gave them a 4 considering that there are things I liked in their menu that I really liked.

January 21, 2024

wouldn t recommend the seafood special they have going on. it wasn t enough and the crabs tasted like they were out for a while. the soup was bland, came in a small cup. we thought that it was unli leche flan because of how it s promoted but they served us literally a square that s one bite. very disappointed. on top of that, the server came while we were eating and said i didn t even get to take a picture she then proceeded to come to the table afterwards and take a picture of us telling us picture picture personally im a very private person, i don t appreciate the sudden approach and how she didn t even ask if she could. get your moneys worth and go somewhere else.

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

MBs seafood Kamayan is so delicious perfect for family and friends who have no time to cook or simply want to go out for dinner. Sauce pa lang, Ulam na. And its very affordable. You can also try MBs other menus like Tokwat baboy, sisig, arroz caldo, crispy pata and a lot more.

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

I was there, we had a great time, food was delicious and Ate Eds she is so friendly. I ll definitely go back there.

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Great Food, Good Service, shout out to Edz our server

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Delicious food

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

The foods are amazing so healthy and delicious. And sis Edz so very friendly and accommodating. I highly recommended this bar and resto woth maching unlimited karaoke.

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Edz is very good .

★★★★★
January 21, 2024

Delicious and good service. Very friendly staff especially Sister Edz

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

I had delicious Filipino cuisine and fantastic service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

This was one of my go to places for decent Filipino food and snacks (finger food) in Toronto. They are also the only place that offers chicharon bulaklak (fried pigs mesentery chicharron or cracklings), among other hard to find Filipino food items. I never had the opportunity to dine in and experience the music and comedy bar, but lve seen a Facebook Live stream where the DJ played 80s disco music, and I think it was good. Whenever I phone in, I get to speak to one of the owner-partner, and he was always nice to answer my questions and to accommodate my requests. He even offered to deliver my food orders one time, as he said he wasnt busy anyway. Keep it up!

December 21, 2023

Their Adobo was all fat! The pork belly pieces had no meat on them, you can see the meat s been sliced off before they were cooked and I n left with the fat and rind of the pork belly in my order. Now I know why it s called Adobo Special - what s makes it unique is how they cheat you on ingredients.

Local Guide
December 21, 2023

It takes 30mins for the staff to just respond to you. Very unprofessional and no passion for cooking and service. Had high hopes but disappointed

Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Its kinda boring they should change the karaoke machine into more upgraded like YouTube and their microphone is so bad they should invest more in their sound system rather than the boring livebond people wanna dance and sing not listening to those boring singer they should remove the stair carpet and clean it really stink and disgusting and pls hired a good cook !!!your food not that good why the management cant see all those For you Mike, What you did last night is unprofessional You got mad at me because of my review which is Im stating only the fact that its up to you if you take it possitive for the better of your so called business but if you have business you must ready for any negative comments not only possitive ..your very very rude guy...I came there last night to support the fundraising of my friends which your friends too but what you did to me is unacceptable....your definitely unprofessional who cant take negative comments to your business you want me to talk to you just to say my comments thats why we have Google review...to all people I dont recommend this place its over price the other owner is really rude ...so beware

December 21, 2023

THIS PLACE NOT ONLY ONCE, TWICE BUT MOST OF THE TME WE COME HERE TO ENJOY THE TIME WITH MY FRIENDS THEY OVERCHARGE THE BILL. IF NOT THE DRINKS THEY CHARGE YOUR BILL EXTRA FOR THE FOOD THEY HAVEN T SERVED YOU. THE WORST THING IS THEY DOUBLE CHARGED US FOR THE DRINKS WE ALREADY PAID IN CASH AND ASKED US TO PAY IT AGAIN. EVEN WE CHALLENGED THE OWNER TO CHECK THE CAMERA AND SEE IF WE RE TELLING THE TRUTH BUT IT JUST WENT TO THE OWNER S DEAF EARS. ONE OF OUR FRIEND END UP OF PAYING IT AGAIN. THE OWNER IS FULL TO HIMSELF AND RUDE .

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

If you want karaoke this is the place to be. Exclusive, usually not busy. Friendly Filipino bar. Features acoustic performers.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Looking for delicious Filipino food. MB is the place to be.keep it up!

December 21, 2022

The isaw is well cooked. It doesn t served a complete meal in what we order. Instead of putting it in proper paper bag they put it in AMERICAN EAGLE BAG!!! you guys are disgusting. Please be professional in your job. We paid everything so do your job properly!!!!!!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Food is great meat so easy to chew..nice place inside

December 21, 2022

I always ordered sarabasab on this place, but now just ordered again but im disappointed because the one that i expect is just like the previous one that i always ordered. Now they give me a meat like a bbq one and its too sweet and old and the taste is not like sarabasab . And its little , not like the previous that i ordered.!!! As a customer im not satisfied and not happy what they did.

December 21, 2022

There s always a missing items/foods in our order and they don t care or even call you back after you report it.

Local Guide
December 21, 2022

This is what they consider grilled liempo. Not only is this an embarassing take for one of the best foods in Philippines, the food is overly salty and soupy, almost like whoever cooked it decided to just cook it in the pan and throw in the soy sauce, and voila, a joke version of liempo. How is this worth $15? The sad thing is I keep ordering from this place hoping they will have better quality and consistency and time and again, I am left appalled at what I am presented. Just absolutely disappointing.

★★★★
December 21, 2022

Good place to go,were planning to have ur year end party hir

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Order to go by walk in but vibe was nice and food was delicious, definately a new go to for Filipino food

Local Guide
December 21, 2022

They came as a food truck to McQuesten Park in Hamilton for a Filipino event. My gf ordered halo halo and was given a very cheap portion of ube ice cream. The girl before her (with a lighter complexion) had received a generous portion closer to the promo picture of the item and thought that we would receive the same. Disappointed, I requested to the man who served her to add more to the cup as it seemed disproportionate. He seemed disgruntled, reluctantly added a little bit more and handed it back to me in silence. I am appalled at the colourism displayed here. EDIT: 10/05/2022 - Definitely close was not for our serving it was for the person in front of us.

December 21, 2022

I ordered the food on Uber Eats before the closing time more than 40 minutes and the order was confirmed preparing since then. However I waited for an hour and 20 minutes til they canceled it because they close the store :) should have told me or just simply cancel it. Lack of professionalism.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Good Filipino food. They have delivery options too.

December 21, 2021

We noticed the menu distinction of a further $2.00 charge if you want your order with meat ($10.99 for vegetarian or $12.99 including meat) However even we chose and ordered the extra with meat, we received the vegetarian, in both the pinak bet and the pancit came vegetarian only???? So what do the birds have to say about MB........ CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!!!! Our second time ordering from MB our first and last time!

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

The best place to buy filipino food... always fresh for so good... price is rite. ... good luck everyone order now and enjoy it.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Awesome place to hangout. From early evening dinner lounge style to late clubbing nights. MB has a variety food in their menu. From Filipino style breakfast choices, lunch menus that you ll love to have the in office to dinner favourites for the whole family. Owners are friendly and approachable. MB boasts of live mixing DJs and festive events like live bands and stand up comedians. Want good food and good company? MB, the place to be.

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

very nice bar where all the friends and family will have fun, food drinks you can even order food in your house, And now pandemic try their different foods and find out how delicious

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Good food and good service.... friendly staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Best variety and family pack Filipino Food in the GTA, great for online, pickup, birthdays, parties, great food selection for all occassions! We totally recommend this place, best customer service and pricing!

Local Guide
December 21, 2021

I happened to see the kitchen of this place, trust me, you do not want to eat here. Filthy. Disgusting. Why are they allowed open, why does health board not close down

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Thanks MB for yummy foods. Please order here from knila

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

The food was fresh and delicious. We enjoyed the food

★★★★
December 21, 2021

Second going there with my friend. Very good atmosphere service was good the lumpia was frozen inside was rushed. Overall a place to chill!

December 21, 2021

The food was incomplete. We ordered the combo with the leche flan but no dessert. The pancit canton was very salty. Not recommended

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Good food and very fair pricing

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Food are great. Staff are friendly. Amazing customer service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Good filipino food. Friendly staff, reasonable prices.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Best congee ( Lugano ) in town , try it.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Cool place to hangout and socialize with friends on a weeknight while listening/grooving to the music

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Great welcoming atmosphere. Fast service. All around great experience. Had a lot of fun my first time.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Yummy foods and friendly crews

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Delicious food! I d definitely order here again!

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Fun place to go with friends! Good Filipino food

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Good food and atmosphere. The sisig is a must try, reminded me of back home!

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

My sister ordered online for delivery on October 8th. She ordered the Chicken Inasal, it looked so good when it arrived. Until we started eating it, it was a raw chicken. It was partially cooked on the sides but the middle was raw and bloody. The photo proves it all. To whoever cooked this chicken make sure that it s cooked and you are not getting anybody sick from your mistakes. I still do recommend this place but just watch out to what you are being served before you eat it.

December 21, 2020

Misleading information and arrogant delivery boy- they ask you to pay Cash so that no tax included. But when they deliver it to you without informing you additional $5 so you have no choice but to pay it. Sarcastic answer you will get.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Good place to hang out with friends

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Nice place to hang out with friends. Have karaoke and acoustic live band.costumer service is great. Owner is friendly...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Great, everyone try it now.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great music awesome place to party and have a good time

★★★
December 21, 2017

Its very small place

★★★★★
December 21, 2016

Best chicken wings!

★★★★★
December 21, 2016

Beautiful place and beautiful people

★★★★★
December 21, 2016

Nice place to party during weekends!! Great food,drinks and nice crowd!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2016

Amazing place great band (night shift band)