Shipley Do-Nuts — Restaurant in Arlington

If you grew up in Texas, chances are you have been to Shipleys a whole lot in your lifetime. This is the first Shipleys I’ve gone to since I moved to the area, that was disappointing over and over and over again. I’ve come here for their kolaches before work in the morning, and every single time they have tasted off or overcooked/dry.

The first few times I went, there was a weird taste to the food that I had to throw it away for safety concerns. Either the cheese, or the sausage had a rancid spoiled taste to it. Could have been the dough, not too sure. I just know it was not good or safe.

I gave it a shot, a couple of weeks late, and sure enough again, the same thing.

In addition to that, they are always really overcooked, kolaches. Or are they probably have been reheated multiple times and are just dried out. The inside is just hollow with the cheese dried up. They’re also pretty small in comparison to what I’m used to. It’s not the gooey fresh delicious kolaches. I’m used to from Shipleys.

The glaze donuts had a raw taste to them the first two times as if the dough was undercooked,, but the other day they brought them into work, and they were pretty good. I mean, it’s pretty hard to mess up donuts. In my opinion.

This location is super underwhelming, and it makes me sad because I love Shipleys kolache’s - But it’s no longer an option...

I grew up eating donuts from this Shipley’s location & when the original owners/workers were there everything was smooth & they valued their customers. Today was the first time in a while that I was able to get up to try to get donuts and normally if you request freshly made glazed , they would make you for you, This morning I drove 30 minutes to come to this location. They were not busy and I requested fresh donuts that I was willing to wait for not for donuts that have been sitting out & I was told that they were not going to do anymore until they sold the ones that I’ve just been sitting there, While I understand that to a certain extent, I feel like when you have a customer that’s willing to wait and you’re not busy you could’ve tried to accommodate but This is the exact reason that my family and I do not go out of our way to come to this location anymore because they do not value their customers like...

Until recently never realized there was a Shipley's in Arlington. Moved here from Fort Worth where there was a shop just up the road and missed them terribly.

Even though the drive is several miles just to get to this location, it is worth the once in a while splurge. The selection of filled donuts alone is worth it. From cherry, to blueberry to the (IMO, evilly addictive) apple-filled donuts they are all delicious and enjoyable. All the donuts we have tried are great, but the filled are just so wonderful I cannot choose just one or two but must get a full dozen of their various flavors. The whole family fights, barters and does 'roshambo' over their favorite flavors from Shipley's. Wirth every penny and every mile to get there...