Lee's were for many years, only available on Granville Island. I hate long lineups so I didn't bother trying them for many years. Sometime last year however, a good friend of ours delivered a box of Lee's donuts to us and I have to say that they are easily one of my favourite donut places in Vancouver now. After all these years, it seems like they are starting to branch out beyond Granville Island because I managed to snag a box of donuts from a pop-up location at Bentall Centre back in December and now there's Lee's Donuts at Willowbrook Mall in Langley, and it's a permanent location!
Langley's not a place I go to often as it's a bit far out, so when I found myself shopping with a friend at Willowbrook Mall I *had* to buy a box of donuts from Lee's Donuts! There was a lineup, but it wasn't too long and it moved fairly quickly. I bought a half dozen donuts, then found a table in the food court and tried one with my daughter right away. The rest we took home so we could have them for breakfast the next day.
It seemed to me like there was a bigger selection at the Willowbrook location than the Granville Island location. I felt like there were more special flavours with colourful frostings on them than at the Granville Island location. I'm quite sure that's just my ignorance talking though. I never really paid much attention to the location at Granville Island since I always got scared off by the long lineup! Granville Island's the home base...so, there's probably way more flavors over there!
The first donut we tried had a bright blue frosting on it with cookie crumbles sprinkled througout. It was called "Cookie Monster" and while the bright blue frosting looked a bit scary to me, I loved every single bite and would happily buy it again!
Service: Good
Parking: Plentiful and free
Location: Inside Willowbrook Shopping Centre in Langley, BC read more