2.5 stars, actually
A friend told me about their filled chocolate rounds so I decided to bite the bullet--er rather the donut--and give Amy's a try.
And my friend was correct. After asking me what "custard" I would like in my chocolate round (Miss, whipped creme is creme, lemon is lemon, and custard is custard.) I said I would like "custard." And like my friend told me about, she filled it to the max. It was quite heavy, it was so filled with custard.
I didn't even desire to try any of their other cornucopia of flavors of donuts. I am definitely not a fan of over-the-top topping-ed donuts as I feel they are...well...over the top. I don't think that this type of donut is decadent, I think they are excessive. Just give me a good donut that doesn't need all the distraction. It may work for ice cream, but it doesn't work for donuts for me. No, I didn't like Fractured Prune in Gilbert, either. (You can read my review for that one, too.)
Back to the custard filled pastry, which is called a Bismarck.
It was way too much custard. There was more custard now than donut. It was difficult to eat. You have this nearly baseball-size glob of custard to navigate into your mouth. So much custard that it was difficult to get donut with the custard in a bite. Well, I guess that fits right in with their "excessive" theme. It wasn't enjoyable.
Over all flavor was better than OK, but a little south of "Wow!" I mean the custard is a decent custard. Not the best I've ever had, but very decent. The donut itself was also very decent. On the light and fluffy side, not a bad donut. But again, it was the excess that was just way too much. If you like custard--no, if you LOVE custard--then this is the donut for you, by golly. I actually ended up globbing some off of my Bismarck and wiping it in the big styrofoam container she put it in for me to take.
They take Apple Pay and other forms of smart phone payment. You will need it. You will need it because you will definitely need access to your credit card because of the exorbitant prices. Shoot, you may need to take out a loan or a second mortgage on your house to pay for your donuts. This one Bismarck, just ONE, set me back $2.38. I could buy almost three yummy Bismarcks from Donut Wheel, all made with perfect ratios of donut to custard for that price. You will suffer from cardiac arrest as a result of their prices before you do from eating this stuff.
Well, Amy's Donuts will do well, as Americans just love to be excessive.
5* = A top favorite. Mind-blowing good. I will definitely return and I will go out of my way to go here. Worth every dime of my money.
4* = Outstanding. Tucson-top-tier. Some elements not quite as good as it gets, but it still is worthy of my regular business.
3* = Good experience. I might do repeat business if it is convenient, the only option, the only one in its category, or on a whim, but would not be among the first thing to come to mind. Would definitely recommend you trying it to get your own take on it.
2* = Not so good. Would not recommend at all. Waste of money.
1* = How are they still in business? Stay away at all costs! read more