Great Boba tea, coffee, and donut shop on the east side. This is my favorite go to donut place…read more They always have tons of donuts available so many different varieties and every one of them great my favorite is the Cronut. A light and flaky combination croissant and doughnut. With a glazed outer layer. The coffee is also very good, pretty strong but good. The people behind the counter are always super friendly and helpful. They are not very crowded at this store, which makes it better in the mornings to just grab and go. For a donut shop these days, the prices are great. Highly recommend.

Always great customer service. I was greeted when I walked in. They didnt have much today but I was…read moreable to grab a few donuts. Hands down my favorite donut shop in the city.

Best donuts in Indy! Wish Pana would open a location in the Zionsville area as we only have the…read moreoption for stale donuts from Dunkin donuts and we all know kids love a donut treat sometimes.

Kinda average donut. Nice place to stop by but nothing special at least with the one I tried…read more Pretty good service with quick service!

Nostalgia is a heck of a drug. It clouds your judgement. And when it comes to food, it makes you…read moreattach feelings and memories to that food, and makes you think that whack food is actually dope. Like, for instance, a cannoli filled with frosting. That's not acceptable, full stop. But it might be acceptable to you if you've been eating whack cannoli all of your life. (More like CAN'Tnoli, am I right? Thank you -- I actually stole that piece of comedy gold.) If you've been eating whack cannoli for decades because that's what grandma's been buying and bringing to get-togethers, and you love grandma, then you associate grandma-things with love, and they taste good to you. Again, nostalgia is a heck of a drug, and much like other drugs, it makes food taste way better in our minds than it actually does in real life. I feel like that is what is in play here at Hart Bakery & Gifts. Hart Bakery has been around a long time. It's the third oldest bakery in Indianapolis! So, people have been buying baked goods from this place for generations. People have their favorites, obviously, and have their memories. But I have no such allegiance to Hart Bakery. I've only lived in Indiana for 10 years, and I only recently heard about this place, so I went in with a clean slate. Grandma be danged. I visited to get some donuts. Most of the donuts were gone by the time I arrived (11 o'clock-ish), but I did snag a glazed twist and two sprinkle cake donuts. Because I wanted to taste a little bit of everything, I also got a peanut butter cup cookie and a cannoli. The women behind the counter also offered samples of their cinnamon-sugar donut holes, and their most popular pecan thumbprint cookies. So I feel like I got to taste the rainbow, so to speak. The pecan thumbprint cookies were indeed the best things I tasted. They are tiny little things: maybe the size of a quarter, and filled with white frosting. I could have done without the frosting, but you have to know that this bakery is very old-fashioned, so of course there's royal icing on an already sweet-enough cookie. My second favorite thing from this bakery was the peanut butter cup cookie. Actually, all of the cookies looked really good, and I think a cookie is a good bet here. My cookie was quite large and was more than enough to satisfy two people. The cinnamon-sugar donut holes came in third. The donut holes at Hart are not yeasted donuts like you'd find in other places. They're cake donut holes, so they are denser and more chewy. They were good, but one was more than enough for me. The other donuts that I got were just OK. I am a glazed twist lover, and I love them because they are light, but the glazed twist here were very dense. I brought home cake donuts for my kids, and they didn't finish them, which is not a good sign! My children always finish donuts. The cannoli was my least favorite. In this case, I think you'd need to take the gun and leave the cannoli, if I'm being honest. No mascarpone was injured in the making of these cannoli, and they really did taste like they were filled with white frosting. (Not even vanilla, but white frosting.) I dunno, man. If you're not going to make a cannoli with mascarpone, then you just need to not even offer it, is my feeling. If you're in the market for Precious Moments figurines, then Hart Bakery & Gifts is your place. Because the "& Gifts" part of the name means two walls full of Precious Moments porcelain collectibles, plus other kinds of knickknacks, signs and displays for the home. Not my home, but someone's home. I'm glad that I visited Hart Bakery, but I'm not sure I'll be returning. (Or, if I did, it would be for a bag of those little pecan cookies. Them's the shiz.)

Hart Bakery made one of the most adorable and delicious cakes I've ever had! I sent an inspiration…read morepicture and it turned out fabulous. I'm convinced they can do it all. ;-)

Driven by this place many times and just thgt it was a business that had closed permanently, then…read moreone day I saw a line. So looked them up on Yelp and saw their hours, 5-11. I got there at 5:05 on a Wednesday, there was a short line. A friend familiar with Tim's said get there early or some items would be sold out. I bought an apple fritter for me; I also had additional fritter options of blueberry and cherry. I also tried a basic yeast donut. The yeast donut was good, definitely just made. Do I prefer longs? Yes. But for the drive I will go to Tim's. The fritter was excellent. It had chunks of Apple. Fried just right. I will go back, I wish they had more donuts so they could stay open longer; but I understand it's a business.

I read a review on here that said "songs have been written about these donuts" and I fully believe…read morethat. Some of the best I've ever had, hands down. Warm and cloud-like, people line up for these donuts and wait patiently for them to come out of the fryer. The folks here are super nice and the selection is great, although I typically go for the classic glazed yeast. As a pro tip: you can call in the night before (before 6pm) and place your order for pick-up. They require this for anything more than 1 (maybe 2) dozen, and you get to skip the line and walk to the register. Same delicious donuts, still warm and cloudlike, but with less of a wait!

I typically don't think there is much differentiation between donut shops. A donut is a donut. Why…read morespend more when they all basically taste the same? Having said that, Parlor Doughnuts is darn good though. Someone brought some samples to work so I don't know which donut I had, but it was chocolate and cinnamon with what might have been Bavarian cream inside. It was excellent and it was huge - the size of a cinnamon roll. Looking at their online menu, it might have been their churro donut.

Who doesn't love a donut!? This was a fun treat this am and even though many donuts had run out…read morethey still had enough to satisfy our sweet tooth. I enjoyed the pistachio and raspberry donut. It had a lot of crisp layers but enough glaze and tang to keep me going without being dry. We didn't have time to stop and eat, but would do so in the future as they are a fun environment and calm for a cup of coffee with a donut. A great spot!

Drive thru available. FYI- No gluten free or dairy free…read moreoptions. I got Boston cream filled donut. Very soft and airy... if that's a word. The staff was very friendly. I went thru the drive thru so only interacted with one staff but she was very nice.

Pana Donuts is the greatest donut chain of all time in central Indiana. That's all. Don't come at…read moreme with those other donut joints around town that start with an L or a J. Get out of here with that mess. The donuts at Pana are donuts-donuts. They are no-nonsense: yeasted glazed, round cake, custard-filled Boston Cream Long Johns, stodgy old-fashioneds, apple fritters. I've written about this in other reviews about other Pana locations around Indy, but the Pana people are from Southern California, a magical place where there are more donut shops per person than any place on Earth. So, these guys know donuts. They have brought the great donuts of SoCal to Indy, for everyone to enjoy. And oh, I enjoy Pana donuts. My standard order at Pana is a glazed twist. I've never been anything but completely enraptured by a Pana glazed twist donut, and the one at this location was the same. It's sweet and sticky and chewy and slightly crisp at the ends. The proper way to eat a twist is to pull the twist parts apart with your fingers, and eat them like you're eating cotton candy -- licking the cottony bits of donut from your fingers and letting them dissolve in your mouth. If that makes sense. I guess you could just bite into a twist, but if you want a bite-into-able donut, maybe get something else. The twists are for the sensory lovers. The coffee at Pana is great, too. Is there nothing they can't do well? Anyway, this Pana Donuts has a few tables at which to sit, which is nice! Good for hanging out. But, of course, you can also get your donuts to go, which is what I imagine most people do.

This little hole in the wall has a huge fan base. They are only open in the morning and I believe…read morethey close when the donuts run out. I'm here on a Saturday a little after 8:30 and they are down to slim pickings. It's fine with me because they still had jelly donuts and big caramel frosed. It was great to see folks who pre-ordered boxes & often multiple big boxes) and take them to go. The ladies working were very efficient. I give them 4 because they don't stay open long enough (a product of not making enough donuts ) and the somewhat curt service with less change than expected tho' it was a busy day (not related to pennies).

What a blast from the past! Sweet Shop is the no-nonsense, vintage donut shop of my dreams. They…read morestart making donuts in the wee hours of the morning, put their delicious baked goods in the display case, open their doors, and then sell their donuts until they're all gone, or until noon, whichever comes first. I was told that if they sell out before noon, they will put a sign in the window to let everyone know. Luckily, there was no such sign in the window when I visited at around 10:45 a.m. So I popped in to grab a donut or several. I think I had just slunk in at the nick of time. There was one tray of donuts left! So I got a few: a sprinkle donut, a blueberry cake donut, a glazed round donut, and a glazed twist. I'm a firm believer in keeping it simple when you visit a new donut shop. The glazed twist is my litmus test donut, so that's what I ate, but I also couldn't help eating the blueberry cake, which was a good decision because it was amazing. Sweet Shop keeps it delightfully simple. They sell coffee, but it's literally just black coffee for a buck if you want a medium size, or a buck and a quarter if you want a bigger cup. You can doctor your coffee with some creamer and sugar, but this place ain't making you no fancy lattes. Do you drink coffee or don't you? If you actually drink coffee, then the coffee they offer at Sweet Shop should be more than enough for you. They also sell orange juice and milk (regular, chocolate and strawberry) in plastic bottles, which you'll find in the refrigerated case. Other than that and a couple of little tables, that's all she wrote for Sweet Shop. This place is simple but great. Visit early for the best selection.

Parlor Doughnuts made me eat them 三 times 一 month(…read more Before this, I had only ever taken one bite of a donut in my entire life, and I had completely forgotten its taste and texture. I don't really like bread, so I had never truly tried a donut. I stumbled upon this store, and it looks like a place that will make girls unable to resist spending moneyso I went in with the mindset of buying it just for its looks. The owner was very welcoming and efficient. Unexpectedly, the donuts had a croissant-like texture, a rich blend of wheat and maple syrup flavors--FAMILY WHO KNOWS?! Donuts are one of the few sweets that don't try to be overly dramatic. Unlike cakes, which need to be presented as special treats, or macarons, which use color as their identity, donuts simply stand there round, coated with a little sugar on the outside and filled with a little filling inside, their unassuming demeanor almost bordering on humility. But one bite reveals that this humility is all an illusion--the icing sugar greets you first, then the cream takes over the negotiations, and the chocolate cleans up the mess. The three parties cooperate seamlessly, and human will is like a ceasefire agreement, signed without resistance. Donuts, with their round shape, seem to smooth out all regrets: the icing is sweet without being frivolous, the filling is rich without being ostentatious, and the dough is soft like after a wonderful dream. They lack the pomp and circumstance of delicacies, yet they possess the ability to leave a lasting impression. One donut satisfies the stomach, but it's the heart that's won over first. Strawberry is the most sociable, winning hearts from the moment it appears; cinnamon is the old-fashioned type, initially seeming stiff, but becoming indispensable over time; chocolate is like a seasoned middle-aged person, quietly commanding attention; and cream filling is the most cunning, appearing unassuming on the surface, but one bite reveals that it has hidden the best of everything inside. The kitten meme is my review of each donuts

The last 4 times I have stopped in Parlor Doughnuts they have been out of Keto Doughnuts. Today is…read moreSaturday February 7th and at 9:38 AM and they don't have any keto doughnuts. At this point I don't know why they are still on the menu because it seems like they do not serve Keto Doughnuts anymore. I wasted my time trudging through the snow that wasn't cleared away from the sidewalk just to find out once again, no keto. Not to mention that our handicap-able friends with disabilities would not be able to make it in this establishment because of their carelessness with cleaning the snow. There was also a terrible sulfur smell that assaulted my nose upon opening the door. Either they were making the world's biggest batch of scrambled eggs or they have a plumbing problem. Very disappointed with this location.

2020 Indy Bucket List: visit an Indy Dough pop-up to score one of the famous, drool-worthy baked…read moregoods that appear in your Instagram. This pop-up happens in Studio C, a creative culinary wonderland that consists of private chef dinners, single daily meal specials, morning coffee and this sweet pop-up. When Amanda took to creating these artisan donuts, the city immediately flocked. Follow her on Instagram (@indydough) to see the different baked goods she cooks up each week. She usually makes donuts: think everything from cherry vanilla crullers to guava cream cheese old fashioned and black sesame glazed donuts. They're truly cooler than any donuts you've ever tried. I saw a post about white cheddar, green onion scones and immediately hopped on it. I messaged Amanda the night before the pop-up and she set one aside, as they usually sell out. This is the kind of place that you will have to arrive incredibly early to even have a chance at scoring a donut. There's a limited amount and they sell out in person within 30 minutes. They'll be a line outside before the place even opens. Go to bed early, get up early, and be ready to wait for the experience! Thank you Amanda! I gobbled up the scone so quickly and it was so, so, so GOOD.

I've been seeing tons and tons of photos on social and so much buzz about this place. This "place"…read morehappens to be a pop up so it might change based on the day. I just so happened to come across them with a Tinker Coffee partnership. They were sadly out of most pastries, but we ended up with a galette-like tomato + cheese tart. It was so damn drool-worthy. It had a variety of colors of tomatoes. It was perfectly creamy from the cheesiness and salty from the buttery pastry. Can't wait to try more of their stuff and hope to see them do more pop ups downtown!

Still the best hands down! I was in haughville and wanted to grab a little smomething somewhere…read more.. then it hit me; Longs! I was hoping it would still be open around 230pm. Well they stay open till 10pm! Hooray! Most other donuts shops and bakeries close early afternoon, so just another reason Longs is 5 star. Small but efficient. People always friendly donuts always fresh and delicious. Fyi- Still cash only.

I came for one free donut... and left with a box full of bad decisions…read more I'm originally from Connecticut and was driving through Indianapolis on my way back to Louisville when someone told me, "Don't leave Indianapolis without stopping at Long's Bakery." Whoever you are... thank you. You changed my life. The sweet woman behind the counter heard where I was from and handed me a complimentary glazed yeast donut. Let me tell you... WHEW! It wasn't even fresh out of the oven, and it still melted in my mouth. Light, soft, perfectly glazed... I knew right then I was in trouble. I ended up buying a box with blueberry cake, applesauce cake, cinnamon sugar, Bavarian cream, glazed yeast, and a few others. Everything was incredibly fresh, and at those prices, I had to double-check the menu because I thought I was reading it wrong! When I got back to my parents' house in Louisville, we warmed a few up for just a few seconds. Game over. They somehow tasted even better. My plan was to take some to church tomorrow to share... but judging by how fast they're disappearing, I may be testifying about them instead. Before I left, the woman smiled and said, "Make sure you come back when you're in town." Oh, I'll be back. I may even create reasons to drive through Indianapolis now. Long's Bakery doesn't need fancy displays or trendy flavors. They simply make outstanding donuts with friendly service and prices that make you wonder if they accidentally forgot inflation. 10/10. Worth every mile of the detour.