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    3.8 (17 reviews)

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    Sonrisa Donut is a very popular pop up (8/14/22)
    Marie B.

    *NOTE: Saw this was established already on Yelp, but do not about know this Fremont address *Review, photos, and tip are based on my visit to the Sonrisa Donuts pop up location hosted at Santo Coffee on 8/14/22 *Pro tip - Follow via Instagram @sonrisa.donuts for pre-order and pop up schedule Doughnuts are deeply ingrained since childhood. However, doughnuts have truly upped their game with so many family run indies and entrepreneur pop ups in the King, Kitsap and Snohomish County region. However, focusing on brioche style doughnuts, the late Sophie's Donuts on Eastlake first put them on my radar screen and set the benchmark back in the 1990s. This was then followed by General Porpoise in Pioneer Square, and then The Flour Box in Hillman City. Now the supremely popular Sonrisa Donuts via pop up. I was able to finally nail a pre-order back on 8/8/22 despite the glitchy online system. This sunny Sunday morning (8/14/22), the Sonrisa Donuts pop up was hosted at Santo Coffee on 65th. There was a long line for pre-paid/pre-orders and even longer line for walk-ups hoping for à la carte doughnuts or for the mango special crafted onsite. The batch I picked up contained the following flavors: raspberry, mulberry matcha, tropical passionfruit, vanilla, and Milo. The latter is a Nestlé brand popular in Asia and Australia. The tropical passionfruit was top notch for me! Sonrisa Donuts was established at the height of the pandemic in 2020, by Jing, a professionally trained chef from Thailand. Sonrisa is the Spanish word for smile. To paraphrase from her website, she wanted to share "joy that constantly fills my kitchen". Well looks like her crafted creations stirs up a frenzy, including me late to this party! Patience is truly rewarded with a box of gems crafted with dedication and love!

    Angi C.

    Sonrisa Donuts are hands down the best donuts I've ever had. The donuts they make are brioche style donuts so they are filled with all types of unique flavors she creates. Whenever Sonrisa is at the Ruston Waterfront, I make sure to pre-order a box. Today we pre-ordered and purchased a box with these flavors- strawberry tiramisu, chocolate fudge, passion fruit cream cheese, mulberry matcha and vanilla custard. As always every custard filled donut blows your mind in flavor!! I follow them on Instagram so I know where their next pop up will be!

    thai milk tea, strawberry pistachio, blueberry cheesecake crumble, chocolate fudge, vanilla birthday cake
    Teresa C.

    These donuts are definitely made with love. I love the popup concept of their store. Because of the small batch size, you know the quality will be great. Indeed they are, the dough is bread-like, instead of cake-like, and it is one of the lightest we have tried. The fillings were definitely smooth and very light, not sweet at all, very delicate. They were all equally pleasant. With the chef being super friendly, it added to the enjoyment.

    Chocolate + Strawberry Tiramisu
    Brittany H.

    Incredible donuts! They are so soft and doughy with delicious filling. I hope to try more flavors next time!

    Tejal B.

    This isn't a café or a bakery. They have an "IG" page were they announce were their going to be setting their stall. Their insta page plus vloggers have flooded their page with the pics and video's of visually pleasing donuts. Lets just say that I was one of the ones you got fooled. We visited them when they had set up their stall at "Seattle fish Guys". The time mentioned on their page was from 11:00am, it was a cold rainy day, first they set everything in the store and then they decided to or were told to set it outside, which took 1/2hr standing in that cold breeze. But I was dedicated seeing the pics on gram plus a customer behind me had a pack of donuts pre ordered plus got in the line to get more, I was like ok must be that good. You can only order 5 donuts. So we got their:- 2 Chocolate Abuelita:- Cold Dense donuts with chocolate cream. The chocolate flavor tasted like the ones you get from Asian market. 2 thai Milk Tea:- Cold dense doughnut with awful cream 1 Pandan Kaya:- Cold dense doughnut with Pandan cream. The cream tasted awesome. We paid a total of $30 for 5 small cold dense doughnuts. In a nutshell, overly priced and overly hyped.

    Nutella, Thai milk tea, marionberry pistachio, birthday cake, blueberry cheesecake crumble
    Aviva S.

    I loved my donuts from Sonrisa! I drove all the way from the Eastside to the pop-up in Ballard and arrived around 2:30. There was no line and pick up was super easy once I found the booth tucked in the back of the brewery (I wish there were small signs outside to confirm the location and direction once inside). These donuts were so soft and pillowy, and the cream to dough ratio inside was perfect. Of all the flavors, Thai milk tea was the weakest (still yummy though) and birthday cake was my favorite

    Left to right: Strawberry Chocolate Cake, Mochi Brown Sugar with Sea Salt Crema, and 2 Butterscotch Caramelized Banana

    After seeing Sonrisa on Instagram for months, I was excited to finally attend a pop up on a day I had free! I attended at Coffeeholic House in Greenwood and the Menu was: Butterscotch Caramelized Banana, Strawberry Chocolate Cake, Mochi Brown Sugar, and Passion Fruit. Everyone was happy to wait in the line, and the business owner was extremely kind. The donuts were beautiful as they always look online, but I was overall very disappointed. Flavor-wise, the donuts are lacking a lot. The fillings are so subtle that you end up tasting the oil flavor the donuts were fried in, which should never be the case. Since brioche donuts have no frosting, the fillings need to pack a punch and these all fell flat for me (especially the brown sugar mochi donut which had no filling). But worse that that was the donuts were very dry, with the filling not being enough to counteract the amount of dry dough. The Mochi Brown Sugar came with a small pot of sea salt crema to dip in, but even then it was still a lot of overly dry donut without enough moisture. I LOVE brioche donuts, so the issue is not with the type of donut but the amount of frying time and the storage of the donuts. They all seemed stale, which I suspect is because they are stored in open bins throughout the pop up, this may be an easy fix if they changed the storage. Also, the line was not that long (see picture) when I arrived, and I was shocked it took over 20 minutes to get through the line. I get wanting to connect with each customer, but there are a number of things that could have helped this process speed up (signs with the flavors to not repeat them for each customer, prepackaged sets of 4 since it seemed 3/4 people were wanting one of each flavor, etc). Finally, the cost. I fully understand this is a small business, but I was put off by being asked to tip already expensive donuts. Typically tipping is not meant to be for the proprietor of a business, only the staff, so with a 1 women business I found this off-putting. Pricing should be set to include all of your costs including necessary wages. That said, I went ahead and tipped since it seemed to be expected, but was frustrated to see almost $30 for 4 donuts after tip, when the products were subpar. If I'd loved the donuts, this pricing would have been fine as Seattle is expensive. But for dry donuts with too-mild flavors, I will not be revisiting future pop-ups.

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    4.5(125 reviews)
    6.9 kmCapitol Hill
    $$

    The doughnuts here run more on the sweet side, although I'm sure they're great paired with black…read morecoffee! This place is great for people who have allergies or sensitivities since all donuts are egg free, dairy free, and nut free. They also have gluten-free donuts. Very inclusive shop! I got the Poptart - Poptart inspired doughnut with strawberry filling, vanilla icing, and streusel crumble. The strawberry filling has chunks of berries inside. I love how the doughnut is a chunky-looking rectangle very reminiscent of a poptart! Special- Raspberry filled- covered with a generous amount of powdered sugar on top and filled perfectly. And then a coffee doughnut which has coffee-flavored icing. The icing is very sweet and the sugar overpowers the coffee flavor. I think this shop is great for people who want the standard yeast doughnuts but without any allergens. It's not trying to be a fancy or high end doughnut shop with complex ingredients. Really shows how great vegan doughnuts can be!

    My absolute favorite raised donut, coffee establishment!!…read more One thing I've always ended about California is there 24 hour vegan donut joints. It's nice to see dojo located in several locations in greater Seattle Capitol Hill in West Seattle will be one of them opened every day normal hours that go into the evening so if you're wanting donut for breakfast, doughnut for lunch or doughnut for dinner, they got you. Service is always incredibly friendly. There's barstool seating, fun vibrant colors inside a bathroom always clean & always inviting. They always have fun fresh new flavors for donuts and drink specials. I'm on their text messaging promos so I'm always informed about their deals and their closures for better or worse. Anyway, if you're in the area, West Seattle or Capitol Hill highly recommend at least trying one of their raised donuts!!

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    Mighty-O Donuts - Welcome to Mighty-O Capitol Hill.

    Mighty-O Donuts

    4.2(266 reviews)
    7.0 kmCapitol Hill
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    Mighty-O Donuts seems to be one of the few vegan donut shops that actually tries to make yeast…read moredonuts - most places are cake only. We decided to drop by after eating lunch in the area for a sweet treat afterwards, then ended up picking up a whole dozen... Some notes for a couple that I tried: Maple Bar ($4.99) - Hmm.. Not that fluffy or light. Instead or being airy, it's more dense and has a kind of springy chew. The glaze is sweet and gives off a heavy maple fragrance, an indication they use real maple syrup in the glaze. Maple bars from other places are usually disgustingly sweet with basically no maple flavor - this one is sweet but more well balanced. I think the texture is definitely different from a typical yeast donut. I wonder if it's just because it more difficult to make vegan yeast donuts vs cake donuts? It's a different type of yeast donut, but still very good. (4/5) Chocolate Peanut Butter ($4.45) - Good peanut butter flavor in both the topping and glaze. I think the donut base is also peanut butter but it could be contamination from the glaze. The base isn't very sweet and is kind of almost savory in flavor. The donut is dense but not crumbly and instead very moist. Not really crusty, so not too much textural difference. I think it's baked rather than fried. Still very sweet. (4/5) Devils Playground ($4.45) - The donut base is dense with rich chocolate flavor, and coated with a chocolate ganache of just the right thickness. I hate it when donuts just have a smear of topping to make the donut look attractive, but does barely anything flavor wise. This one, on the other hand, is richly flavored. (4/5) Chocolate Raspberry ($3.65) - This is my favorite, same chocolate cake donut base as above but with bright berry notes and specks of seeds. The tangy berries do wonders to temper down some of the sweetness. (5/5) French Toast ($3.65) - My least favorite by far. Covered with peanuts (which is fine), but the cake donut base or perhaps the glaze tastes heavily earthy, like an overload of cinnamon and nutmeg. (2/5) People who expect the exact same texture as a non-vegan donut, both the cake and yeast types, will probably be disappointed. If I just think of these donuts as their own thing, they're actually quite good. There's another donut shop that I prefer down the street, but Mighty-O Donuts certainly isn't a bad choice for a sweet treat.

    I love cake donuts! And Mighty-O has the best cake donuts, ever. Period…read more I love a good fresh warm cake donut, not too dense. Fluffy with a perfect touch of sweetness. Raspberry Riot is our favorite. The perfect balance. Open until 4:00 pm but plus side also sold at PCC (until sold out). Plenty of indoor tables. Coffee & tea sold there too. Great friendly service from the tram. A must try!

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    Doce Donut Co

    4.3(70 reviews)
    6.3 kmDenny Triangle

    I only tried a single donut from Doce Donut Co, but if the rest were like the one I had, this…read more5-star review is certainly well deserved. I tried the passionfruit creme brulee donut, and though a bit pricey ($6), it was worth the money. The top of the donut had that perfect creme brulee torched top, and the passion fruit inside was perfectly tangy, which offset the fattiness from the donut itself. It wasn't very sweet, but I kinda liked that. The other flavors on the menu also looked great. I hear they rotate their menu often. There is nowhere to sit here, so be prepared to take your donuts to go. The shop does sell some beverages, like water or milk, to help you get in the donut mood. The service on my visit was fine. The gentleman working was nice enough, but nothing to write home about. Overall, a good donut shop if you're looking for speciality donuts and don't mind the higher price tag.

    Decided to try Doce again. Their Tres Leche will always be my favorite! The whip cream is light but…read moresweet and I love the hardened chocolate at the bottom of the donut. The crème brûlée with passion-fruit inside was not good to me... There was a weird/bitter aftertaste which I did not enjoy. The tiramisu wasn't great as well. Very strong coffee flavor at the top. I forgot what the pink one was but it was pretty good! Sweet and definitely enjoyable. The ambiance is decent. The art on the walls are nice. The service was good. We had the donuts prepped quickly and our questions answered.

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    Daily Dozen Doughnut

    4.3(1.2k reviews)
    7.2 kmDowntown
    $

    Franks been coming here for at least 25 years for a bag of donuts made to order. Love the way this…read moreplace has not progressed over time. Sure they added the maple donut and maple / bacon donut but that's the only thing different. You have a the options of plain, powdered sugar or the chocolate with seasonal colored sprinkles. As for fresh well let FRANK TELL YOU how fresh they are. Your watching these babies roll off the production line right I front of you while you wait in line... Now you can mix or match a bag of 6 or dozen. Ok folks a dozen is 12 for you wondering cause I don't wanna have you get into a debate with your ordering host.... Now many years ago there use to me a colorful character who loaded up your bag. His colorful way is preparing the bag was an event. First he opened the bag where it exploded with a pop in grand style... Kicked his leg up like Elvis, flung that bag down and bang opened the bag. Quickly filled the bag with treats and handing them to ya. It was always worth giving him a tip... Somehow I always managed an extra one or two donuts. A most memorable experience of Pike Place lore! I wish he was still serving me donuts but good luck wherever you landed... Well, that's my experience of buying donuts at The Market. I hope you get the same experience as I have through my journey at THE DAILY DOZEN DOUGHNUT !

    Really good homemade, fresh donuts while you weight! These minis are delicious! My favorite was the…read morecinnamon and then regular! My husband liked the powdered sugar! Next time we will try maple bacon!

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    Bakery Nouveau

    4.5(1.5k reviews)
    6.4 kmCapitol Hill
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    I love love love this place! My favorite place for exquisite pastries of all time! Anytime that…read moreI'm in Seattle this is a MUST stop for me. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. It smells so wonderful and warm when you enter and it's really a feast for your eyes. Everything looks so delicious and it's hard to choose. The staff was ver patient with me. My "go to" is the most famous twice baked almond croissant. On this visit ordered the "go to" , blueberry ginger scone, ratatouille sandwich, turkey havarti sandwich, banana bread, and some Americanos to go. This is not a sit down cafe so we thoroughly enjoyed them in the parked car. :) Every bite should be savored. Extraordinary!

    I got the twice baked chocolate croissant for 7.25! Might seem pricey but the pastry was genuinely…read moreso big that I think the price was actually a good deal. The croissant was on the crispier side, especially with the almond crumble on top it was a bit too cripsy for me, but I tend to like soft and flakey pastries so it's probably a matter of taste. There was a TON of almond filling in the middle. I enjoyed the taste and texture but it was too much filling for me personally. I would have liked more croissant in my croissant, so to say haha. The chocolate was slightly dark which worked well with the sweet pastry and filling! Overall I enjoyed the croissant but it was a tad too heavy on the filling and cripsy/crunchy for me.

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    Table of goodies!

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    Twice Baked Almond Croissant - IG: @nelson_eats

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