Lucky’s Doughnuts

Not only is this place super cute, but the doughnuts are soon tasty!!! I love the coconut cream donut, and the green tea varieties. Can’t really go wrong…

Good coffee and donuts but a little bit expensive. The donut and the cookie were quite dry and seemed old. Maybe because it was late in the afternoon but maybe they could replace the items.

Visited here from Dallas, Texas. Loved this place. The outdoor patio was full of energy and fun people. Best of all was the jelly-​filled, peanut butter sandwich donut. The hot chocolate from steamed milk was great, too. Thanks for the wonderful memory!

This donut is by far the best one I have tried yet! The creamy coconut filling is so delectable and rich and the light fluffy marshmallow topping is paired perfectly.

We dropped by for doughnuts on a Saturday morning. Boy, was it busy. Line up to the door and almost all of the tables inside and in the patio were taken. We managed to snap up a table as some other customers left.
The crème brûlée doughnut sounds amazing, but turned out to be very weird. Shards of caramelized sugar mixed with doughy doughnut. Huh? So strange and unappetizing. The vanilla bean cream in the middle was delicious though.
The mango passionfruit doughnut was great. Tropical flavours and bursting with mango passionfruit cream. Yum!
Décor was trendy and the patio seemed like it would be really nice in the summertime. We’ll definitely come back and try that bacon apple fritter that I was eyeing.

Love the doughnuts. Very fresh and tasted great. I liked them a lot better than cartems doughnuts. I also enjoyed the interior a lot more than other coffee shops I’ve been too. If I’m looking for a good doughnut I will come back here. These are top quality nothing like Tim Hortons

We needed sustenance while waiting for Lululemon to open. This place was packed. They have 49^th Parallel coffee to pair with your morning doughnuts/​pastries.
Pistachio Almond Croissant:
Croissant with pistachio and almond paste that you can taste and see… not just a hint but a taste. ⁵⁄₅
Salted Caramel Doughnut:
Old fashioned doughnut dipped in caramel sprinkled with Maldona salt. Simple but perfect! ⁵⁄₅
Cheese Danish:
After tasting the awesome pistachio croissant and salted caramel doughnut, this was a bit of a letdown. Dip it in your cup of coffee to make it more interesting. ³⁄₅
Morning Breakfast Brioche:
Brioche with pepperoni and cheese inside. As much as I’d like to have sweets, I need something savory in the morning and this fits the bill. Light and fluffy brioche, smokey peppery salty pepperoni and soft creamy cheese. ⁴⁄₅
Ham and Cheese Croissant:
The basic. ³⁄₅
We tried the latte and mocha which were hot and delicious.

For those not in the know, Lucky’s Doughnuts is fully part of 49^th Parallel Coffee Roasters, 1 business, 1 till, 2 reviews!
They have a great selection of doughnuts, some of which aren’t always available. Some are seasonal in nature and others just get gobbled up before they can be replaced.
I could provide a long list of doughnuts to try but honestly there are so many.
The staff are very friendly and they’re very good at recognizing their regulars.

Hmmm I would have guessed this place had a better overall rating. Delish coffee and fresh doughnuts, friendly service, nice outdoor café seating.

I’ve always wanted to try these ‘gourmet’ donuts so when I happened to find parking right beside the store, I thought I’d give it a try!
I ordered the plain old fashioned and chocolate old fashioned. I was expecting the donuts to be out of this world but instead, they were heavy and cake like. Was this a muffin, or a cake? If I were blind folded and someone fed this to me, I would not think I was eating a donut. I was expecting something light, airy and moist. Not dry, dense and heavy. Too bad. I so wanted this place to have yummy donuts that I could swing by and pick some up whenever I had a craving. Hope they change their recipe to lighten up and moisten their donuts.

MAPLE BACON FRITTER! Need I elaborate?! Ok… We’re talkin’ crispy bacon, chopped up and sprinkled atop a maple glazed dough, baked to perfection and with bits of apple inside. They have recommendations for which tea pairs well with each doughnut, incroyable! I like. I like a lot.

I preferred the previous location of Parellel 49.
The seating is uncomfortable, and I found the garish faux-​hipster décor an eye-​sore. The drip and espresso coffee are very consistent. Unfortunately, they are consistently sour and astringent (dry, puckering mouth feel). I drink my coffee black, and these flavours are unpleasant. However, if cream is added an attempt to lessen the astringency of the brew, the results are like you’re consuming soured expired milk.
The service was pleasant, and there was unlimited WiFi available.
Not recommended
EDT: Not sure why Parallel 49 has separate Unilocal pages for Lucky Doughnuts, but I’ve posted reviews to both, as they are the same location/​business.

I know they have some good doughnuts but everytime I go in there, only the salted caramel is left and frankly I want to try some of the other flavours. I guess I could camp out and stalk the place or am I asking too much for them to have more variety? The doughnuts are a little heavy but the ingredients are top notch and the staff are always so sweet. I find the location to be small and uncomfortable. The one on Main St really got it right but the one on 4^th ave didn’t, sorry ;(

It’s a cute little place to eat a snack, however it’s very busy and loud so it’s hard to enjoy the moment. I shared the old fashion and the lemon poppyseed donut. The old fashion was OK, but the lemon poppyseed was too sweet. Also the donuts were quite cold as well. And when I was waiting for my drink the baristas were not that friendly

This place was pretty busy this weekend. I tried the «old fashioned» and it was AWESOME. Not excessively sweet, a bit crunchy on top. They have lots of interesting flavours, but the pickings were slim by the time we got there. To be enjoyed with 49^th Parallel coffee in vintage-​y blue cups.

Wow, I was quite surprised by how yummy the Lemon Poppyseed donut was. Not overly sweet, and no gross oily film like other donuts. It was fresh and had great texture.
Quite a cute location with lots of outdoor seating for a nice sunny day. They serve lots of other donuts which I’ll have to go back to try for sure probably with a side of coffee.

Some really exciting flavours (example: root beer donuts, peanut butter & jelly) and the donuts look unconventional in a good way. Unfortunately, the dough in the donuts are just meh.
If I were to come back it would just be for the coffees & teas. But there’s so much foot traffic through the door that it is hardly a relaxing place so I likely won’t be back.
Remember to pay for parking before you go in the store! Lucky’s has a sign posted out front warning: «Did you Park in the Lot? If so, please know that a Parking Enforcement Officer likes to hide in his car in the parking lot. You will likely get a ticket if you don’t pay at the parking station».

Maybe I was just un-​Lucky.
The salted caramel doughnut LOOKED amazing. I didn’t finish it. Now this is a personal preference but I didn’t care for the consistency of the doughnut, that being said if the flavour had been good, I could have overlooked the consistency. However, the doughnut tasted like old oil. I’m talkin’ french-​fry oil. The caramel on top was quite thick and bland.
I tried to salvage it by dipping it into my coffee but all that happened was, I ruined my coffee.
Don’t worry Lucky, I’ll try you again on another day and re-​review.

I am a fan of 49^th Parallel Roasters, which is owned by the owner of Lucky’s, so my expectations were high stepping into their new doughnut venture. And the verdict is … pretty good, but not stellar.
The coffee is very good, as you would expect. The doughnuts (donuts?) are interesting. French crueller is sublime: light and fluffy, sweet and creamy. Salted caramel is delicious but hard to eat as tough, leathery caramel resists your bite while the underlying doughnut yields easily. Lemon poppyseed is a little dry and cakey, but OK.
On the downside, prices are silly. $ 3 or $ 4 is too much for a doughnut. And, as another reviewer stated, the décor is a little cool. Pillars in the middle of the room make the space a little claustrophobic.
Bottom line: a million times better than Hortons, but could have been better still.

The 49^th Parallel and Lucky’s Doughnuts opened 3 days ago. The place was standing room only so it obviously meets a need for the neighbourhood.
I ordered 4 doughnuts to go: a salted caramel, a crème brûlée. a root beer and a peanut butter and jelly.
Crème Brûlée — my all-​time favourite dessert translated into doughnut form! This could potentially be one of the foods that I would request for my last meal! Or not. The baker layered far too much sugar to be bruleed. When I eat crème brûlée in its original form I use the back of my spoon to crack the caramelized sugar. With this doughnut a mallet would be the more appropriate tool of choice. I had to daintily remove some ¼″ thick sugar shards from my mouth when I refused to jeopardize my dental work. The custard was righteous however.
Salted Caramel — The salted caramel was applied to a nice fluffy cake doughnut. Was the salted caramel delicious? Yup, but i was applied with a heavy hand. At the end of the day I think it should be a doughnut with a candy topping not a candy with a doughnut base.
Root Beer — just all kinds of wrong — blech!
Peanut Butter and Jelly — They managed to get the proportions right for a really delicious doughnut. Bonus points for using a nice thick homemade tasting jelly that didn’t squirt out of the doughnut when you bit or cut into it.
For between $ 3-​$ 4 a doughnut, they should be serving a veritable culinary masterpiece. The potential is there but there is still a lot of room for improvement.