Tantrum Doughnut

I’d heard about this place and decided to take myself along and see what all the hype was about. Was able to get parked outside easily at lunch time on a Sunday!
The shop it’s self is small but cosy and when I was in I could see them making doughnuts in the back (they later updated Facebook to say they had completely run out of doughnuts, but it was Valentine’s Day so that might have had something to do with it!)
I went for a chocolate marshmallow milkshake which had a freshly toasted marshmallow on top. It was amazing I highly recommend it. I also went for a crème brûlée doughnut which had a caramelised sugar topping that cracked when you bit into it. It was also filled with a lovely vanilla creamy custard.
Check this place out, you won’t be disappointed!

Superb little donut shop with great coffee to match.
What surprised me more than anything was the quality of the dough. Very succulent and delicious but not sickening or overly filling. This is definitely a must visit for any donut connoisseur! The shop itself is lovely with friendly staff and a «homemade» but trendy feel. Also the coffee is great which is always a plus!
Will return.

Was in on its first day, was a little disappointed, think they were overwhelmed at how busy it was going to be and they didn’t have much of A selection
I opted for the filled donuts took them home and when I bit in there was no filling, just a jam looking mark as the syringe went in, made a little skid mark of a mess on the sides and left without depositing any of its jammy goodness
Also got a milkshake which was just milk with a very subtle hint of flavouring
I do wish them all the best on their new business but for me it was £15 not well spent

Really nice doughnuts. Interesting flavours, and very nice dough.

I was only in town for a few days but this was deffo on my hitlist of places to try, so on New Year’s Eve with a friend desperate to share some deliciously exciting lovelife chat, the stars aligned for the perfect opportunity to catch up over some tasty donuts (doughnuts?).
It’s a cosy little place with maybe 4 or 5 small tables so if it weren’t for the fact that we were meeting on the eerily quiet lull before Hogmanay, I wouldn’t count on being able to bagsie a seat here.
I see that they do Papercup coffee here. Oooh, good. For some reason, though, my brain went totally blank when I ordered my drink and I ended up with a cappuccino. That’s like my least favourite coffee! Why did I do that? I was thrown by my friend ordering peppermint tea (with a donut? What is wrong with you? Has love made you lose your mind?), so I momentarily forgot that espressos and black Americanos and even flat whites exist, and I found myself with a cappuccino. Whatever. I’m not really here for the coffee, but good to know they sell the good stuff. But oh, the main act, the donuts. Oh! What beauts they are. The candied pistachio looks pretty and bejewelled with green but I wanted the full experience of a donut filled with goo so I went for a PB&J one, and so did my friend. It was very very good. The texture was like a bread/​cake hybrid. Not the light-​as-​air fluff of a Krispy Kreme — this had some satisfying substance to it, with the salty peanut butter on top the perfect counter to the fruity jamminess inside. Yum yum yum. The crème brûlée ones seemed to be a particular favourite with the punters while we were there, so I’ll maybe try one of them next time — particularly as I was able to watch the donut fella blowtorching a batch one-​by-​one in the tiny tiny kitchen area. More attention to detail there, see? I was also impressed to find out that they deliberately make v. small batches of ?5? at a time to minimise waste at the end of the day and to make sure they are super-​fresh. All in all, a very impressive and delicious donutty (doughnutty?) experience.
The only negative points I have are:
1– The peanut butter on top of the PB&J needs to have something else added to it to make it stick better — in a warm shop, it doesn’t take long before it begins to separate and the disc of PB slip slides off in a one-​er, making it tricky to get the full flavour combo experience.
2– it’s a very, very small shop so not the best if you want a more discrete tete a tete, like when your friend has some pretty freakin’ wild stuff to tell you
3– When they decided they wanted to shut up shop the people kind of stared at us from behind the til which was only about 3 ft away and made us feel a bit uncomfortable so we made a sharp exit. But then we noticed on the way out that they weren’t closing for another couple of hours. So what was that about? Were they tired of listening to my friend’s chat and my «whaaaaaaat?“s and just wanted us to leave, maybe? I dunno.
4– it is £2.40 for a donut. £2.40 for one single donut. Two pounds forty for a donut. A bit of me is outraged by that and points to the 6-​for-​a-​quid that you get, still warm and turning the paper bag see-​through with grease at the shows. Another bit of me points out how much better the Tantrum ones are than the 6-​for-​a-​quid donuts. The same bit of me points out that you’d pay 3quid for a slice of cake in one of your fancy Byres rd cake emporia. And indeed that same bit of me just bought a crème brûlée donut and shoved it, whole, in the gub of the bit of me that was whining about the price because in actual fact, when you think about it, £2.40 isn’t thaaaat bad for a donut. Eat up, whiney-​face, this is the good stuff!

I’m so pleased to see Iain and Annika’s hard working paying off. This new doughnut, coffee and milkshake café is selling delicious, fresh and handmade doughnuts in a range of enticing flavours. I loved my crème brûlée choice which was deliciously light in texture and hope to be back soon.

Well, 2015 was drawing to a close. All year, I had been planning to have my first ever cup of coffee, and had never quite got round to it. And now it was the last day of the year!
So, utilising the power of Unilocal,I discovered that Tantrum Doughnuts serve Papercup coffee, which has a good reputation, and given that they are in a very handy location for me, I decided that Tantrum would be the venue where I would celebrate my first ever cup of coffee.
I was ridiculously excited. I have no idea why. Anna was serving on the counter, and humoured me very nicely. I had my coffee black, so it took ages to cool down, which gave us lots of time to look about, and gaze at beautiful doughnuts.
But best of all, I liked my coffee! I did add a brown sugar to it about half way through — Anna suggested that it might help :-)
So I think I might have a new habit to develop through 2016, and will surely be back to Tantrum.
The one thing missing for me, which would make me ever so happy, is if Tantrum could create a vegan doughnut. I have already volunteered my tasting services for any prototypes they may wish to push my way, but sadly it is not to be at the moment. They’ve said that they have tried, but they haven’t yet come up with a version that they are happy with. Hell, I don’t want their usual creative perfection, I just want a doughnut! My other half has tried quite a few of their doughnuts so far, and on coffee day, he chose a lemon meringue one, which looked absolutely divine!
Maybe my new year wishes will come true, we shall have to wait and see…

My first experience of Tantrum Doughnuts was on their opening day around 10am when I was seriously in need of caffeine and something sweet. This was the perfect place to come for both of those things. Their doughnuts reminded me of good pastries, very fresh with lots of wonderful toppings. They make every glaze and topping by hand and it looks like they’ve come up with some interesting flavours. I’ve only tried the pistachio one so far and it was really good. I also loved the coffee they’re making. It’s the perfect place for breakfast or a late afternoon pick me up. I think the prices are decent and I’m sure I’ll be stopping by again to try different flavours. I definitely prefer these doughnuts to Krispy Crème but still not as much as hot doughnuts from the Barras!

I’ve been following Tantrum Doughnuts for a while now, even before they made an appearance at Gesso, and I really liked the idea of having new flavour combos for doughnuts. So I’m definitely a fan of this experimental duo!
I’m glad that they opened up a shop too cause it only gives more of a reason to leave the house and spend more of my money on more food, especially doughnuts!!! (I’m a huge doughnut girl. I’ve been deprived)
They’re located like 2 mins away from the Kelvingrove Museum, along old Dumbarton road, won’t be hard to find!
The day of their opening, they told me they were so busy but in a good way! Of course I expected it seeing as they are quite popular online! While I was there, I order one of everything they had; the buttermilk almond doughnut and PB&J one for me to sit in, and to pack home, an addition of pistachio and crème brûlée doughnuts (bought these as a Christmas gift for my friends to try!).
I am in love with the PB&J! It was my fav! The saltiness of the peanut and the sweetness of the jam went so well together! The buttermilk almond was nice too but on the sweet side for me. I think I’d prefer the doughnuts with a bit more diversity in terms of flavour, but it’s still good!
My friends really loved the pistachio one! So far, their fav! :D
I also ordered a latte, and I think the coffee beans are by Papercup so you know the roast is quite nice. It was a decent cuppa, went well with my doughnuts so can’t complain there.
2 sit-​in doughnuts, 4 takeaway doughnuts and a coffee totalled up to £12.80! That’s not bad seeing as these doughy things really fill you up!
Staff are friendly as ever and happy to see so many doughnut-​craving people haha though in a daze when I was there; methinks the crowd burnt them out a little on the first day, but that’s just good news for them! :) people kept coming in non-​stop while I was there, even policemen haha
Anyway, definitely heading back to try more flavours! I think they will keep changing up flavour depending on their mood haha always good to change things up!

Popped along here today with two friends and was really looking forward to the doughnuts!
Firstly the space is pretty small but done nicely, there are high stools along an L-​shape wooden counter top area and a couple of smaller tables on the other side. The do hot drinks, milkshakes, cans of pop and doughnuts. Obviously doughnuts! They had 6 different flavours when we were in and we saw them do a pretty roaring trade in take out boxes during the 30mins or so we were in the shop.
I had a chocolate and marshmallow milkshake which I say being made fresh with lots of vanilla ice cream, it was yum! I choose a Lemon Curd doughnut to go with it to attempt to balance all the sweetness. My doughnut was very good. The lemon curd was perfect, it had a delicious tang to it but still the right level of sweetness. The only thing stopping me giving a 5 star review is that both myself and my friend had very little of the lemon curd filling, which was a shame as it was so good.

Right, I have Opinions about doughnuts. My Opinions about doughnuts are much like my opinons about pizza: All pizza is good, but that doesn’t mean you can’t distinguish good pizza from great pizza. In the same way, great doughnuts are doughnuts you’re going to be thinking about all day. They’re doughnuts you’re going to wish you’d bought more of. They’re doughnuts you’re going to look forward to going back for later.
So I guess you could say this is a pretty positive review. I went into Tantrum this morning and selected a candied pistachio doughnut and a latte to go. I’ve been thinking about that doughnut since. I’d originally planned to split it with someone but that idea went out of the window pretty quickly. So now I just have to work my way through the rest of their selection.
Now, it’s not super cheap, but if you pay Gregg’s prices you get Gregg’s products and lets face it; you deserve better than Greggs. A doughnut costs anything from £1.00 for a classic glazed ring to over £2.00 for something a bit more special. The coffee prices are pretty standard for the West End.
Go, try them out. Just save some for me.
Note: I heard that they aren’t doing gluten free doughnuts yet but they do hope to in the future.