The Penguin Piano Bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in Columbia Township

I used to love Penguin before it was rebought. It is our Mom’s Weekend and we decided to come to enjoy some nice music. We got there right at opening, paid cover and found a table in the back. To preface, this table was COMPLETELY available and had no reserved sign whatsoever. Around 10:30, a worker comes to our table and tell us all that we need to leave the table. This was completely out of the blue, and he said it had been reserved the whole night. We were all confused because our waitress said NOTHING about this and had been taking care of us all night. The manager ended up coming to the table and saying we needed to leave or else they were going to call the cops (for sitting at a table?). Our waitress came over and ended up admitting that she knew the whole night and it wasn’t her job to tell us. The manager ended up comping half of our tab, but when we left we saw him give high fives and hugs to the men who took our table (clearly his friends). This was absolutely ridiculous and my friends and I have lost all respect for...

Fun time, the college kids came to have fun which was a good part of the ambiance. I bit chilly at first but the people warm it up. Upstairs they had a DJ with different type of music, and have another bar overlooking the pianos. The picture with the neon lights was on the ceiling going down the stairs. Oh yea it opened late, I think I believe it was 10pm and not a lot of tables, apparently college students like standing, there was seating an hr later but that was this day, I would still get there when they open if that is...

Really disappointed with the new owners. As a college student who loved the old penguin, the new management is making me not want to continue to come. Workers at the door said the cover charge was $10 plus another $10 for the bottomless cup (throwback Thursday special) however, I got charged $27 after checking my account later in the night. I wish they still accepted cash and didn’t lie to me about the price of...