Donut Counter — Restaurant in Toronto

Pros: Cozy mom and pop atmosphere Friendly service

Cons: Little wait time when busy

I've been coming here for a quick breakfast before work a couple of days a week for the last 3 weeks. Donut Counter is the definition of mom and pop place if you ask me. They know you by name and the atmosphere is always friendly.

I don't know when they open but they do start pretty early. I get here by about 545am and they're already open. They know most of their customers by name and order if you're a regular. It's seems to be a rotation of 2 or 3 ladies in the morning but they know each customer personally. It's a very friendly coffee shop. I love the cozy nature of this place.

As there is only one person working, it can take some time for them to process your order when it's busy. There was a day where there was about 4 other customers not including me. The lady was all by herself and even though you knew she was going her fastest, there was a back log happening. It's totally not her fault and it's just not feasible to have more than one person on for a place like this so I understand. It's something you should be prepared for if the situation arises.

I am a fan of this place. If they had some hot breakfast foods on the menu it would be a 5 for me. Still, I know I will be frequenting this place many times during my commutes to work...

I went to st Joseph morrow park back in the days so familiar with the neighbourhood.Live in courtice and was waiting to pick my daughter and sister up from an event at a near by banquet hall -needed a coffee and decided instead of driving to Steele’s to the second cup -I visit occasionally for years to stop and give this donut shop a try Walked in and it has a nice warm atmosphere with locals - ordered a coffee and bagel-okay the bagel is quite tasty ! Well toasted and with lots of butter -coffee good what dropped is the friendliness of the guy (who looked like if he was college student age ) I buy coffee a lot from Starbucks ,second cup , timmies and many more (coffee addicted) if their friendliness (this guy when I even said thanks couldn’t even acknowledge me )I would not go back

Perhaps they pick who their friendly too -well next time when I’m In the neighbourhood I will know to take the extra 5 min and go...

They're like the old school donuts we used to get from donut shops as a kid, minus the cigarette stink. I think they make them fresh there. None of that Tim Hortons garbage.

I went again after all these years and the service is really nice there and the staff are nice.

Got 6 donuts.

Boston Cream: pretty good. Appears to be actual cream, pretty fluffy, not too sweet, just right

vanilla dip sprinkle: what you would expect. Fluffy and sweet

crueller: it's really fluffy but it's not sweet enough, tastes rather eggy. I would pass on this one. Texture also isn't great

Chocolate donut: not sweet enough but texture good

Plain dipped: fluffy but not sweet enough

Lemon filled: a bit sour for my taste. Could be sweeter

Was about $8 for...