Bristol Doughnut Company

Lovely little shop with a double decker bus outside and a few tables inside and outside the shop. Donuts were NOT like the sugar grease bombs in other places that was, to me, wonderful. (Which may or may not be your preference). Donuts were a good size. Outstanding cinnamon rolls. Good variety of tea and coffee. A small variety of donuts are available. They do have seasonal or special donuts that are rotated. They do have a chocolate glazed donut, though not an all chocolate donut.

These donuts are delicious! Not as sweet as most places but it’s an acquired taste. Their purple prickly pear donut was perfection. Their fried donuts are also so good! I was looking forward to the cream filled London fog flavor but the cream wasn’t flavorful enough. I tried this place a second time and this time got the vanilla sweet roll and oh my goodness! A+mazing.

You know, I really wanted to like this place, especially after Rebel Donut closed. I’m a vegan and I had heard Bristol sells vegan donuts but in 5 visits, it only had vegan options available twice. $4.50 for a plain cake donut and $3.00 for an 8-ounce coffee is a bit pricey for me. Lastly, they overpackage the takeout orders for my taste: they used a large box for 3 donuts; they wanted to use separate plastic clam shells for each single donut. Yes, I can recycle the packaging, but come on! The donuts are tasty but not enough to justify going out of my way to make Bristol my go-to donut shop. I think I’ll start baking my own donuts at home.

Gluten Free Donuts are AMAZING! Great texture, not dry or too dense, and the perfect amount of sweet. Multiple glazes to pick from unlike most GF donut options! I had the coffee glaze and it was great! The staff were super friendly too!! Also, if you want more icing, I’m sure you could ask and it wouldn’t be a problem. I trusted their judgment & think it’s sweet enough with drizzle. :)

I like coming to Bristol Doughnut Company because it’s off my normal daily commute. I usually order an americano with a flavor they have for that month and a doughnut. The staff has always been friendly and answered any questions I had regarding their menu or flavor for the coffee. I’ll be a returning customer.