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    Drover’s Doughnuts

    4.1 (16 reviews)
    Closed 6:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Champagne Donut
    Jack B.

    Drover's Doughnuts opened up their new Goleta location today, 1/17/26. Arriving a little after opening, There was a moderate line, but no more than 10 minutes to get to the donut case. The place is very clean and modern on the inside, with a couple tables for people to sit down and enjoy their donuts and drinks. The service is quick but friendly here, and my coffee came out within 2 minutes after ordering it, pretty fast for an espresso drink at a busy spot. The Blueberry Fritter uses a mix of dried and fresh blueberry, leaning more on the use of the dry ingredients. I wish it had more prominent blueberry flavor, but the dough was light and perfectly flavored, high quality overall, so it was still a very good donut (just not as fruity as I'd hope). They also had unique donuts in the case like a dark chocolate old-fashioned, champagne, orange creamsicle, and many more, along with traditional flavors. The coffee here is just ok, I'd say Starbucks level; they use a coffee from Groundwork (a speciality coffee roaster) that is a bit too darkly roasted in my opinion, but that is perhaps a personal preference. Overall, Drover's offers a good variety and experience, perhaps the best donut in all of Goleta, beating out Slodoco, Spudnuts, Anna's, and others. Only giving 4 stars because I believe there is still room to grow. It is definitely worth a visit.

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    Emmy C.

    Came here because it was new and wanted to see what they had to offer. The coffee here is strong! Doesn't have a smoky flavor or the coco notes like Starbuck's cold brew but the cold brew was strong and had a neutral flavor. I ordered the sea salt Carmel foam cold brew with no sea salt and the Carmel wasn't strong enough for me ... I personally prefer old towns Irish cold brew. I will say the neutral coffee flavors went well with th donuts and the caffeine was strong for me. The donuts were ok. Just as someone mentioned with the blue berry fritter, not enough blue berry flavor. The glaze was lacking the glaze! The triple berry had the flavor in the frosting and whipped cream in the middle. I liked the triple berry the best. Compared to other places, these donuts are not too sweet. The texture of the doughnuts were not too bad. It wasn't pillowy soft nor super cakey to me but was in the middle.

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    Wonderful, wonderful doughnut!! Taste is more like a cake than a doughnut. they are really scrumptious! Prices are really reasonable! What a wonderful edition to the area to the Calle Real side of Golita! They are Next to Trader Joe's. No sign on the building yet Just in the window. I can't wait to go back!!!

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    Sandra L.

    Donuts are reasonably priced and the flavor is so good. I like how they have monthly donut selections. Also I appreciate how they open @ 6 am during the weekdays.

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