Richard's Donuts & Pastries — Restaurant in Bend

What has happened to our favorite donut place of all times? So disappointing! Our family has been enjoying treats here for as long as I can remember! I’ve been twice now in the last 2 weeks to give chances for quality and taste. First time I just stopped for my secret Mommy treat while shopping- a few doughnut holes (my absolute favorite). I always have to have one as soon as I get in my car, and the first was dry and not as sweet as they normally are. Tried another a few minutes later- blah! This can’t be happening ;) all were dry and tasteless! Fast forward to a couple weeks later, holiday weekend, Saturday. My husband wants to indulge so we head over ancross town 20 minutes and try to get our normal family favorites. No maple bars to be found, no chocolate bars, so we went with our other favorites. However there were many pretty looking treats inside the cases now- less of the ones we go for and more pretty pastries n things. We get what’s there of our favorites and go.

*Home. Upon opening the familiar pink box, the fluffy wonderful apple fritter we come to love, was flat, dense and didn’t taste sweet and buttery like the ones we’d fallen in food love with . :( *Sliced into our favorite buttermilk bars to share with the whole family as we often do, and they were not buttermilk’y at all. Normally they were beautiful on the slice and we could see the drips down and taste the rich decadent buttermilk, but these were smaller, no drips, didn’t taste of buttermilk at all. 😢 more like a cake donut. 😞 I won’t go on and on anymore because we’ve loved this place for as long as I can remember, and I do realize I sound like a child who loves her cake (I’m a chubby middle aged woman who does adore her special treats) *Not sure if the shop sold to someone else, or they changed recipes, but we won’t be driving all the way from across town to our favorite any longer. At this point we’ll just drive to Sisters and get that shops treats I’m sad to say. Come back our...

The only thing good about Richards Donuts 🍩 is actually the Donuts 🍩 Which is actually 🤔 the point right? Well one would like to feel welcomed when spending $26 for a dozen. Yes you read 📚 that correctly, that Dozen Donuts 🍩 you see in the pics, cost me a hard earned $26, far cry from the days of $7 to $8 a bakers dozen. For that much cash, I would like to enter a establishment that is not treating me as if im full of contamination or coudies. From the roped off donut case to keep you a good 4 ft away, to having to yell my order so the server that is a good 6 to 10 ft away , can hear my delicious picks . Then I'm walked down to the hole in the Covid plexiglass to exchange my cash for my goodies is very off putting. Especially now that we all know COVID-19 is no longer a pandemic threat and tha social distancing and barriers did more harm than good. For $26 I would really like to get up close and personal with the 🍩 display to choose which delightful yummy treat I want to overpay for. Other than that. The Donuts are really...

Bring cash! I am a very picky donut connoisseur and Richards is in my top 3 favorite donuts to consume (and the only one in Bend). The best pastries they make are their classic donuts, they are so fluffy and fresh, you won’t be disappointed. Their chocolate cream filled is incredible!! They don’t use the generic custard that most places use, but they actually make a delightful cream filling that is so light, it’s lovely! I have not found another cream filled donut that can rival theirs. My absolute favorite right now (which is pictured) is their fruit pastry. It also features their light cream filling and the pastry itself is SO flakey. I cannot speak for their other pastries or cake donuts as they aren’t my favorite in general, but I feel that way about them at most bakeries. I have been picking up donuts from Richard’s for...