Gary G.
Yelp
Nice addition to the Lowell donut scene. It's on Branch Street just outside the epicenter of Cambodia-town, with very limited street parking (no lot), but the spaces turn over often enough that I've visited a half dozen times without a problem.
Coffee is New England Coffee. Not bad. Not great.
Service is over the counter, with selections viewable in a glass case.
Seating is extremely limited; there's (I'm serious) one and a half booths.
No toilet ("out of order" translates to "not for you," but I'm here for the donuts, not the bathroom).
I'll cut to the chase: This place is good. Better than Donut Shack and Top Donut in my opinion, though I like those places too in varying degrees.
The donut details:
Honey Dipped: Very fresh. VERY fluffy.
Chocolate Honey Dipped: Try the Dunkin' Donuts version of this with your eyes closed, and you'll taste something sweet but never know that it's chocolate. Here, you can really taste the chocolate and there's a bit of fudginess to it, both in flavor and moist texture. Nice shine to the finish.
Boston Cream: There's nothing extraordinary about the chocolate here, but it's solid and they don't skimp on quantity. The rest of the donut is super fresh, with a nice tasting batter and a fluffy texture. The thing I love about the inside is that they fill them to order, so while that means the filling will be chilled from the fridge, the upside is you have the flexibility to have the donut filled with Boston cream (basically vanilla pudding), lemon, or raspberry. Try the raspberry version! You can also get it in a larger eclair format. No matter the selections, it's a donut (or eclair) you're going to like.
Blueberry: This is a cake donut that actually has the consistency of a real cake, and a moist one at that. Most donut shops that do blueberry donuts have blueberry donuts that taste like chemicals. Here, they taste like blueberries. So between that and the wonderful texture, this is a win.
Chocolate Glazed: I'm talking the kind that's a raised/yeast donut with a ring of chocolate, like the emoji. Pretty ordinary with a dry donut (on a 9am visit) under the standard chocolate. Like the Boston Cream, nothing wrong with the chocolate, but not much different from the chains.
Apple Fritter: Different places do these in different styles; here, it's flat like a cookie, but really bumpy, with a generous coating of glaze and nice bits of apple. If you try to bend it, it'll bend along with you, and you can taste and feel the stickiness on the inside too. An excellent treat and better than the donuts in my opinion.
Not perfection, but overall, a place well worth coming back to.