Parlor donuts has been on my radar for a little while now. So I was super excited when I found out one opened here in Gainesville. Located in the Midpoint Park & Eatery, this Parlor Donuts is a food truck. With that being said, they offer a slightly more abbreviated menu compared to the brick and mortar locations. The Midpoint Eatery is a nice place, there are plenty of places to sit and it is very clean! I will note that there isn't much covered seating and it is completely outdoors. Ordering is super easy and the donuts come out pretty quickly. The service is great as well. The worker this morning was able to help me decide on what to get and offered me insight into the more popular options. The donuts are on the more expensive side ( about $12 for 3), but you are paying for higher quality, larger donuts. I will say, Parlor has a rewards app and I would recommend getting it. You can get a $5 coupon for your first order!
Now onto the goodies I ordered! I ended up getting a cookies & cream donut, a strawberry shortcake donut, and a French toast donut. The donuts are made fresh to order. I've read reviews of the being served warm, that was not the case this time. But nonetheless, they were still very fresh. The donuts are more of "cronuts", and are more like croissants. The texture is super pillowy with nice layers. They are really soft and surprisingly not super dense/heavy. Each of them were lightly coated in a cinnamon sugar mix as well. The cookies & cream donut is topped with a vanilla glaze, crushed cookie crumbs, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream. This was good but didn't have a particularly strong cookies & cream flavor. I still really enjoyed it and didn't think it was too sweet. The strawberry shortcake donut has a strawberry glaze, fresh strawberry slices, topped with whipped cream, and graham cracker crumbs. I really enjoyed this one as it wasn't overly sweet and had a nice strawberry taste. The addition of the fresh strawberries was a nice touch and added a lot to the donut. The French toast donut is topped with a maple glaze, a touch of maple syrup, and cinnamon powdered sugar. This might have been by favorite! The topping just went perfectly with the cinnamon sugar and flaky consistency, would highly recommend this flavor.
Overall, I really loved the donuts I ordered. They were really different from a traditional donut--in the best way! The donuts were super pillowy and fresh, with lots of flaky layers. The cinnamon sugar on the outside was perfection. None of the donuts were "overdone" or too sweet either. The ratio donut to topping ratio was just right. The service was great and the location is really family friendly as well. I would recommend checking this place out and bringing some friends to split donuts with. Can't wait to return and try more yummy flavors! read more