Mileena D.
Yelp
This place for sure has potential. New competition for the only other mochi donut place in town (fat straws I'm looking at you!). Soft opening, so I expect it to be a learning process for the employees. There are 3 different options for the donut amount - 3 pack, half dozen, or dozen. Obviously the more you get, the cheaper they become. But if I were really going down to it, I'd say it's on the pricey side especially if I were to compare it to what I know/had. They also carry an assortment of milk teas that come in a cute soda can, but alas they were out of boba so we passed on it. Price points of those are pricey as well, and there is a boba store next door. The inside is nice, clean, and Instagram worthy. There are plenty of workers there so I appreciate that they prepared for the crowd. Few things I noticed that made me chuckle - the workers were grabbing one singular donut at a time which made the wait a tad long. Another thing I saw was a huge mass of workers left the one cashier at the front while there was a full house so the cashier looked frazzled since orders were coming in. They also have this weird payment system that has 2 areas to pay which can be confusing possibly leading to a double charge (happened to the girl in front of me but they took care of it right away and refunded her). I'm sure there will be no issues with service when they actually open regularly, they were having a special which is why the wait was long. One particular issue I have is that with the doors opening, flies are suspected to come in. I was worried they would land on the donuts and sure enough they did, but not the ones I got (I hope).
Let's move on to the flavors. Right away I could tell they are a lot more sweet than Fat Straws which can be good or bad. Some I preferred more at Fat Straws, some I preferred at Mochinut. For example, their chocolate has a more rich, sweet flavor than Fat Straws. However, the Cocoa Pebbles were stale/chewy and not crunchy like Fat Straws. The huge pro they have against their competition is how fresh the donuts are. They make the donuts fresh around the clock, where Fat Straws makes it at one location and delivers it to the rest of their locations. Also - I just noticed I'm the span of 3 days, they already hiked their prices! 3 piece used to be 8.50, now it's 9. Half dozen was 16, now 16.50.
In total - the donuts are good and the workers are very kind. Value is questionable as their competition is 10% less in terms of cost. I'd love to try their other flavors though, so I'll definitely be back.