Mercels Bakeshop — Restaurant in Pinellas Park

This wasn't my first choice, I went to the business down the street solely based on stars, to my Surprise, the stars and service didn't match so we left to go here. Living in a place where there were no Filipino restaurants or stores, my experience started off horribly, I'm glad i came here.

Mercels bakery is your typical two in one store / restaurant. Majority of the space was stocked with Filipino favorites such as swan soy sauce, bario fiesta bagaoon, UBE flavored snacks etc. There was a small selection in the bakery window but we opted to skip it and chose to get done UBE wafer sticks. They offered to door services for boxes sent over seas ( which I ended up helping an elderly mother and her daughter struggling unload her two boxes. ) We were greeted by the Filipino grandma who smiled the whole time. I wished she had a grandson or someone else help her carry the food, not that she couldn't handle it.

We ordered Adobong baboy, beef bistek, pinoy spaghetti, diniguan and (3) pork BBQ skewers. Entrees didn't come with rice but they sold it for 1.25 a side. For the avg person, 1 is plentiful, maybe a little more than 2x more for what you'd normally get. Being pinoy, I ordered two for myself. Food came out quick and was even pre-bused periodically. They didn't offer free water but their bottles water and soda wasn't overpriced.

In my providence, the filipino food is cooked more on the sweeter side but food was still good. Family didn't complain one bit about the food and finished everything. Overall I was glad I came here and wasn't disrespected or judged like the owner at tindihans pinoy...

I am very disappointed with our experience here at their shop and they are also liars. My husband ordered and he was excited because it was mother's day and that was his treat for me and I really missed Filipino food. Then the order we received was less than half of our order. we called when we first said that the order we received was wrong. then I will be asked what to do? then while I heard them talking about who gave the order and who replaced it, the call was suddenly cut off. then I called again to say that it's ok we'll reorder again, the answer to me is that the person who cooks the food has already gone home. that time is only 4:30 pm then when I check on their website they still open until 7pm even in the app they...

We live in Jacksonville and after we went to the Dali Museum, we were craving sinigang. We googled filipino food and this was the closest place we could get to before they closed. It's a little tindahan and reminded me of back in the PI where you can buy your snacks and odds and ends like eskinol, soap, chicharon, shrimp crackers, etc. The sweet lady took our order and it felt like my Lola bringing the food out to us. Even though we ordered a lot, it was very fairly priced and we left so happy. It was delicious and so comforting. She gave me a card saying there was one in Kissimmee too and to this day I still have it in my wallet! I still think about that place and will...