Omg! The cronuts here are delicious! I had a cronut from Holey Confections for the first time at…read morethe location in Stittsville. And while it was good, it wasn't soooo delicious. It had multiple layers, but they weren't fluffy and moist like at the Orleans location. The ironic thing is that at the Stittsville location, I bought it mid-day and paid full price. The cronuts I had at the Orleans location were part of the end of day sale, yet they tasted fresher than the ones in Stittsville. So my brother heard that the Orleans location had an end of day sale where after 4:30pm they sell off the remainder of their cronuts for $25 a half dozen. The donuts are $5.80 each regularly. When he arrived at 4:30pm he found out the sale actually starts at 4pm, but it was ok because they still had donuts left. He got a PB&J (Peanut butter and jelly), Raspberry Lemon, Cinnamon Sugar (they call it Sinnerman), Sprinkles, PS no L (Pumpkin Spice no Latte) and Vanilla (they call it Anastasia, which I initially thought was strange, but I think it might be a reference to 50 Shades of Grey, which I never read nor watched but have heard more than enough about it from my friends, lol). The PB&J, Raspberry Lemon and PS no L are all cream filled. The other ones don't have any filling. I had a quarter of each of the filled ones and they were fantastic. My favourite was the Raspberry Lemon one. I loved the tart lemon curd filling. I didn't try the non-filled ones. Cronuts are part croissant and part donut and all delicious, lol. I definitely recommend this Orleans location of Holey Confections. Since my brother bought them, I can't comment on service or ambiance, but I know they are located in a strip mall and there is free parking on site. (2)

Lovely spot for a sweet treat. I enjoyed the Cinnamon Toast Crunch donut with a London fog. Nice…read moreand fluffy donut. There are a few seats available.

Looooooooove these donuts!!! They were amazing…read more The savoury Everything bagel donut was a surprising hit. It's filled with a light cream cheese filling. These yeasty donuts are really light and chewy and MASSIVE. Will definitely grab a box again next time i'm in Ottawa.

Cool spot! Had heard a lot about it. It's in a plaza, lots of parking. Store was cute, clean…read more Selection surprised me. Not a lot, but what was there looked good. Service was kind and informative. I bought a regular donut, double chocolate. It was delicious. Not all of these are made equal. The gent behind me got a mix of the fancier donuts and let me snap a pic! I'll be back for a pick up for a gathering. I'd also like to try their coffee.

These are not just doughnuts: they are ARTWORK! These doughnuts are very fancy; great for special…read moreoccasions :-) OK maybe more often during these COVID times, when you need comfort food! Of course, you can't just sit down in any restaurant these days to enjoy your food, because of COVID. But you CAN get a treat and take it away. You can eat outside, especially when it's sunny out and the weather is nice. Or serve them for desert to your family, while celebrating thanksgiving, or birthday(s). I like to bake, but to be honest, I'm not so good with the fancying up the baked goods - too much like "playing with your food"! We tried a package of 6, and saved 10%, which was very nice. Bear in mind that these are not your average pastries; they are in fact more expensive. You'll pay between $2.50 and $3.50 per doughnut. But they really are beautiful! And I really did need a pick-me-up! And I really enjoyed the goo-ier ones... Lots of sugar rush in these :-) I will remember this place for special occasions!

Holey Confections does it again! This time I ordered two boxes--one for the office and one for my…read morefamily--and let's just say, both were a massive hit. At work, the donuts disappeared within minutes. My coworkers couldn't stop talking about them. A few even admitted they're switching allegiances from SuzyQ to Holey Confections. That's a major WIN. As for us at home... well, we've been converted for a while now. This just confirmed it all over again. From the insanely flaky layers to the unique flavours that hit every sweet spot, these donuts are on a whole other level. Once again, Holey Confections proves why they're the GOAT of donuts. If you haven't tried them yet, what are you waiting for? #HoleyConfections #OfficeWin #DonutConvert #DonutsDoneRight #SweetSuccess #OttawaEats #BestTreatsEver #140LayersOfHeaven #DonutLove #FamilyFavourite

I finally got to try a 140 layer donut at Holey Confections!! Picked up the S'mores Please donut…read more($5.85) and while it was good, I found the price tag a bit hefty. The layers look really cool. It's more of a cronut. The donut/cronut I got wasn't cream filled, it just had a chocolate glaze with graham cracker dust sprinkled on top and a marshmallow cut in half on the top drizzled with caramel. I would have liked it more if there was a generous dollop of marshmallow fluff on top or something like that. It didn't taste particularly S'mores-like to me. I'm glad I tried it, but it's a bit too spendy for me personally. However, if you have the funds and like cronuts, I would recommend Holey Confections. Staff were friendly and efficient. The donut shop is co-located with Honey Cafe. There is seating inside and a few picnic tables out front. There are 2 parking spots in front of the shop/cafe where you can park for free in their private lot. I was lucky to snag one, but if they are occupied, it's street parking only.

Someone told me, as a first timer in Almonte, to hit up this donut shop. Not far off the main drag,…read moreI came upon it on a Sat with no one around! All mine! The lady staff member was super kind/friendly and told me a bit about what they do here. These donuts have 75% less fat/cholesterol than normal donuts??? 2 please. And then she threw in another one! The freebie I chose was a sour cream glaze. Lordie... it was good. I also chose for later, an apple fritter and a double chocolate cake one. The apple fritter 2 days later kept in the fridge was amazing. The choc will be my victim tomorrow. ;) They are not huge and I kept telling myself I did my exercises today and they're healthier than most! They really tasted like normal donuts. Sweet and melt in the mouth! The famous hamburger donut was sold out but I saw a pic of one. Amazing resemblance! Very reasonable in price. I'll be back!!!

Ok, the secret is out! I know all you people who live in Almonte come to HFT everyday and buy a…read moredoughnut, because that's what I would do if I lived in Almonte, and I'd buy two, or maybe even three on Fridays! LOL. Cue melodramatic music. Voice over: "Never in her life did this city princess ever think that she would be envious of people living in a small town, but as she was stuffing her face with a S'mores doughnut from Healthy Food Technologies, she started to realize that there was more to life than the big cities..." Voice over ends. Seriously though, the doughnuts are amazing! So I had heard of Healthy Food Technologies, which sells doughnuts fried in a machine that the owner invented that contains 50-70% less fat than traditional doughnuts, but hadn't visited until recently because it's in Almonte, which I felt was a bit of a trek from Ottawa for just doughnuts. However, my husband and I took a week off work for a "staycation" and decided to visit some of the small towns around Ottawa that we normally wouldn't visit. We decided to have lunch on Mill Street (their main street), and then wander around like tourists and conclude our visit with a dozen doughnuts from HFT. We even packed a cooler to bring the doughnuts home in the scorching heat. The doughnuts taste like regular full-fat doughnuts. They do not taste low-fat or healthy in any way, haha. Doughnuts are $1.50 each, 6 for $8.50, or 12 for $14. The specialty doughnuts are $2.25 each. We just got a dozen of the regular doughnuts. They do have some whole wheat doughnuts, which we tried and I'd say they are a little less tasty than the white flour doughnuts, but still very good. We got 2 S'mores (because hey, I love all things S'mores), a whole wheat apple fritter, a regular apple fritter, a whole wheat strawberry filled, a whole wheat honey glazed, a mango filled, a blueberry filled, a key lime filled, a Boston cream, a Canadian maple and a Dutchie. They were all tasty, but the S'mores was by far my favourite. It had marshmallow whipped cream filling, chocolate glaze and graham cracker crumbs sprinkled on top. I will be dreaming of this doughnut. There's free parking in the private lot to the side of the shop. There are some tables and couches inside to sit and there's also a picnic table on the front lawn (with a patio umbrella that's not fully functional, one of the spokes was broken). Dear Healthy Food Technologies: Please open a store in Ottawa. Also, can you please make honey crullers/French crullers? Thanks. XOXO, Jennifer :)

This place was very much hyped by friends and family so I was excited to try it! It's a bit pricier…read morethan some of my other donut spots but great flavours & taste came through

Good place for donuts. We tried their only two vegan donuts - one of chocolate and another one (I…read moreguess) was coconut. The donuts were quite good - although quite sugary. We even tried their coffee - definitely avoid it. It doesn't have any seating space inside so you can just take the donuts out and have it somewhere else - plenty of seating space otherwise in the other areas of the market. During the rush hours, it can be crowded but their turnaround time is quite fast (which means you also decide on your donuts fast, not to hold up the line), so not an issue there.

Tucked inside…read more Donuts are made fresh on site. I felt it was standard donuts, nothing worth mentioning. I thoroughly enjoyed the apple fritter, but it's apple fritter - delicious!

A friend of mine told me about this place. I'm always willing to try a new food joint. But, when…read moreit's freshly made donuts on site, I'm willing to drive pretty much anywhere. Fortunately for us Ottawa folk, this wonderful place is only 57 minutes away (if you adhere to the speed limit). Located in a gorgeous heritage building, which only ads to the whole experience. Grab a half dozen, plus one, to eat in the courtyard as you listen to the water fountain do it's thing. As I sat and enjoyed every moist morsel, I noted a chocolate shop, and Fiddleheads Grill, which I heard good things about. Will be returning again, hopefully before they are sold out. I need to try the grilled cheese!

I placed an order Sunday night to help support my niece's cheer team. Pickup options started as…read moreearly as Tuesday at 8 am, so I picked that time. My husband and I selected 4 special donuts: oreo nirvana, boston creme, maple bacon, and lemon ricotta. Pickup was straightforward--the location had plenty of parking at 8 am, and I popped in, gave them my name from the order, and was shortly on my way home with the donuts! The donuts were pretty good but not particularly spectacular. Oreo Nirvana: The cake had a great texture, but it didn't taste as chocolatey as I had expected. Still an enjoyable choice. Boston Creme: My husband said it was good, so I'll take his word! Maple Bacon: My absolute favourite. The balance of maple flavour and bacon was perfect--the flavours harmonized wonderfully, instead of competing. Lemon Ricotta: My husband rated it a 7/10 but noted that the ricotta was a little wet and that he wished the lemon flavour had more punch. Overall, it was a good experience. I would happily support another fundraising event with Maverick's Donuts, though I might otherwise look elsewhere for satiating my personal donut cravings.

I hadn't had Maverick donuts in a long time. Quick recap:…read moreFritter was absolutely epic! Super fresh, still warm and literally melted in my mouth. I also had a cinnamon/sugar donut it was average at best. Very dense and possibly from the day before as I was there very early in the morning. I'll be back for the fritters, not sure if I'll bother on anything else. Enjoy your next meal and keep on eating!!

I had to go back after the amazing treat we had from Yelp Ottawa & Maverick's donuts…read more The lady behind the counter was very friendly. I ordered their oreo's donuts which was a super yum! Me & my daughters enjoyed it very much I paid $12.71 for 3 donuts. Free parking available.

Haven't been inside one of Maverick's donut shops (yet!), but had to review as they supplied guests…read moreat the CHEO For The Kids Gala with donuts last night. The donut was so fresh and incredibly yummy. I have no idea what was used to make the circle logo on the donut but it was so soft and creamy. It made me think of the inside of a marshmallow, minus being sticky. The woman I walked out of the Gala with did not want her donut (to my benefit). So I was able to eat one on my drive home last night and split the second one in half for my children who happily devoured it this morning. My oldest even mentioned how great it was without prompting. Any local business that supports CHEO is always something I want to support. Definitely recommend Maverick's and will be stopping by their shop with the family this weekend to indulge.

It's a cute little trailer and service is super nice.. we stopped by on a beautiful fall weather…read moreday.. few flavours of donuts were available and some ice cream. We tried the caramel donut and cookies and cream.. my kids love it but for me it wasn't the donut texture I'm used to, more caky style!

Rounding up from a 3.5 to 4!…read more We had lunch at Kelly's Landing nearby and wanted to try Mimi's for dessert on the way home. Though they're located on a corner lot of a busy street, it's still a pretty unassuming little building. I definitely spotted the graffiti first before the Mimi's sign. One side of the small building is graffiti for Mimi's and the other side is for the Burgers on Bridge food truck right next door, both by local artist Falldowng. There's really just room for one or two people max to step inside the building to order at the counter, while other people wait outside. It wasn't very busy on a weekday just after lunch, but there weren't too many donuts left. They specialize in gourmet yeast donuts. We ordered cinnamon sugar, cookie monster, lemon meringue, Mexican hot chocolate, cannoli, and explosive chocolate peanut butter. I was expecting more pronounced flavours, more of a pop, especially in the Mexican hot chocolate and "explosive" chocolate peanut butter donuts. I think the lemon meringue was the most flavourful because of the tart lemon filling, but I liked the cannoli the best because of the cannoli filling with mini chocolate chips. They had a notice to customers that said their prices recently went up. Not sure what they were before, since this was my first time visiting, but we paid $20 even for a half a dozen yeast donuts. They also serve ice cream scoops, sundaes, milkshakes, coffees, and DavidsTea. The ice cream is from Central Smith Creamery. I also got a large cookie dough milkshake and a cinnamon sugar donut. You can get a milkshake with any of the ice cream flavours they have available. The cookie dough was good, more tame, which I thought was great for a milkshake, but I wish I had a bit of a bigger straw to suck up the mini chocolate chips. The donut was a classic, not too thick and not too airy. I'm not a big cake person, so we didn't order any of the cake donuts, but they did have a few available (s'mores, double chocolate, chocolate dip, and vanilla dip). They have a few small tables and chairs outside for groups of 2, a large parking lot, and a ramp for accessibility.