Lucky's Doughnuts

The coffee is always rich and flavorful, and the doughnuts are simply irresistible--light, fluffy, and with creative flavors that keeps me coming back for more. This place never disappoints!

Unfortunately, Lucky's failed me not once, not twice, but thrice. I thought they were amazing when they first opened (about 10 years ago). Their donuts were always fresh and they even had beignets! But I came here three times in the last two years and all three times were underwhelming.

I came in yesterday and picked up a few donuts. They're not fresh as before and so were the last two times. Their donuts are not cheap so when you pay $5 for one donut, it should taste good or at least fresh. Also, their coffee is not the best either.

It is hard to find good donuts in Vancouver. With similar pricing, I will stick to Mello for now, at least they're consistent.

I finally get to try the donuts from Lucky. I have heard lots about it but somehow our paths never crossed till recently.

I bought the apple bacon fritter because bacon. Who can resist bacon? I also got the peanut butter jelly donut to go.

The apple bacon fritter was more like a bread texture. I liked the chewy texture and the bacon was delicious. I barely tasted any apple in my fritter though. But the bacon and maple glaze more than made up for the tiny amount of apple bits in my fritter. The glaze did make it a sticky mess to eat.

I had the peanut butter jelly the next day. It was definitely a bit harder than if you had it on the same day. I took a bite before storing in a Tupperware, so that I could tell the difference.

The donut was square shaped and it was chockfull of berry jelly inside. Some sections were oozing jelly when you bit into it. Be careful not to smear your face.

At $4.50 each, I think the price is fair during this time when everything is expensive. But it is not that cheap you can have it everyday.

Location is shared with 49th Parallel Coffee. It is a spacious coffee shop with patio seating. Parking is available on the streets around it.

I was visiting Vancouver and was told this café was a must stop to grab some donuts. I swung by on a Saturday afternoon and found a line wrapped around the corner. Aside from the chilly weather, luckily there was no rain or anything like that so my friends and I waited roughly 10 minutes to get inside and wait there.

Some donuts we ordered were Cinnamon Sugar Old Fashioned, Glazed Ring, Berry Berliner, Long John, Pistachio Ring, and Chocolate Old Fashioned. My top two favorite were Long John and Chocolate Old Fashioned - especially when it's warm (microwaved prior eating).

Overall the donuts were moist and flavorful, and still good the eat the next morning - highly recommend!!

For sure a step up from Timmy's

If you like chewy donuts then this is for you. I won't mention my preferred donut as they ain't paying my tush donut!

An updated review: Two weeks ago, I ordered get the Baker's Dozen from Lucky's Doughnuts for a social distancing meetup with friends. Included in this box was Glazed Ring, Pistachio Ring, Vanilla Old Fashioned, Salted Caramel Old Fashioned, Chocolate Old Fashioned, French Crueller, and Lemon Meringue Bismarck.

The clear favourites with the groupwere the Lemon Meringue Bismarck and Salted Caramel Old Fashioned doughnuts, but my favourites in this box was the Glazed Ring and Pistachio Ring.

A huge bummer though was that one of the Lemon Meringue Bismarck doughnuts didn't have the Lemon Curd filling inside (see picture)! But other than that, all the doughnuts were delicious. Still one of my favourite doughnut spots in Vancouver.

Not 1, nor 2, but 6 delicious donuts tantalized me on a rainy night. The unique textures, flavours, and toppings was enough to give me a heart attack or at least get my heart racing. With so many circular baked goods in the world like pies, cookies, or even bagels depending on your geography - donuts take the cake for me. I just can't resist!

Not only are these donuts beautiful but they're made fresh from scratch. It truly shows in the taste and look of the final masterpiece! We took 1 of everything that was available and shared (begrudgingly). My favourites included the classics such as the sourdough glazed and cinnamon sugar but also really loved the unique flavours captured in the pistachio and earl-grey lavender donuts. My only wish was that the selection was more ample so I could walk out with a dozen. Next time!

Tried Lucky's today and we'll I
WAS NOT LUCKY !!!!!

this place SUCKS !!!!!

the donuts are underwhelming and have a bad lingering aftertaste.

The coffee ain't much better

Maybe it was VINCE P who screwed everything thing up. The Manager of the year according to Trump School of Business

He seems like a BULLY a Scared little Bully ..

That's what happens when you cut costs and MISLEAD people.

CARTEMS will always be number one with ZERO COMPETITION from these guys.

won't be back

I would go HUNGRY before coming back here.

First time trying Lucky's donuts. We intended to go to Cartem's, but unfortunately their till was down.

Unfortunately, Lucky's donuts can't compare with Cartem's. We tried the following donuts:

1) Vanilla - flavour was as expected but the donut itself was quite hard or dry.

2) Peanut butter and jelly - this was my favourite and probably the biggest donut on the menu. This classic combination worked well together, and the centre was bursting with jelly.

3) Tiramisu - the top of the donut was tasty -strong espresso flavour- but I wish the centre was more Tiramisu flavour and not just white cream.

4) Maple donut? - this is likely my fault for not reading the name correctly. I was unpleasantly surprised to find bacon bits inside the donut dough. Really just wanted a fluffy maple donut, but this one was also dry/hard.

Maybe I'm just bitter because I couldn't get my London Fog donut from Cartem's..

I love this donut place because it's super cute and delicious! We got their ornament donut along with their cheese croissant.
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The ornament donut was super pretty, and colourful, the flavours were fresh and delicious! It was raspberry flavoured which tasted fresh with no artificial flavours. And their were a small slice of ginger on there as well to help enhance the raspberry flavours of the donut. I was surprised by the flavours at first but after a couple more bits it got me drooling for more.
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The cheese croissant was very flaky, delicious and rich in cheese flavour. I was super happy and satisfied with the taste and texture of the croissant! I'd definitely get this again!
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This place was super cute and the size of the foods are huge. Worth my money and I'd come back without a doubt. Next time I'm getting a latte with it!
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