Detour Doughnuts — Restaurant in Frisco

My regular donuts shop that I go to with my grandson most Saturday mornings was out of kolaches, so I tried to find a spot to pick some up at quickly as it was raining and I had already bought the donuts from the other place. Google maps showed Detour just down the street from where I was, so we strapped in and headed over. When I walked in, I was taken aback by their donuts selection. I had to try them, so I bought several to try with the boy and my wife (I also bought the kolaches, ha!) even though I had the "standards" already purchased and in my car from the other place. Simply put - the donuts were nothing short of spectacular! Places like Hurt's are really kitschy - just really over the top and honestly, not worth the hype. Tons of sugar and over topped with candy or cereal to distract folks from how so-so their donuts actually are. Detour, however, was very tasteful in their execution. There are a lot of flavors to choose from that push the boundaries of the imagination, but are not overdone. Their donuts are - and I've never used this word to describe a donut before - elegant. Previously, the artisan donuts at Outerlands in San Francisco held my top spot for best donuts, but Detour has successfully dethroned them. So glad they opened up in our area! Bonus points for the ambiance and cleanliness of the place as well as how friendly the staff are. Go support...

I had the tres leches doughnut a while back for my birthday. It was to die for! Amazing flavors. I also bought the crème brûlée, but it tasted a little burnt. It’s hard to explain, while you’re chewing it feels soft but the aftertaste was a little bitter. I wouldn’t recommend it, personally I don’t see the hype surrounding it. Another donut I also tried was apple cider (?) it had like fall flavors. I cannot remember the name of the donut, it was fall inspired with cinnamon tones. It was also disappointing. The only donut I would 100% recommend is the tres leches donut. Their coffee is ok, nothing worth noting about it. I wish I was able to afford stopping by more frequently. This place is on the expensive side, but it’s okay to have a treat maybe once a year. One thing I might add is maybe hiring warm friendly staff? The guy who served me was very robotic and cold. Perhaps he was having a bad day, hope he feels better.

Oh wow, it seems that this small business has fallen on the wrong side of Frisco! I am automatically adding another star as an apology to the owners and staff. The people complaining about the masks do NOT represent Frisco residents. Furthermore, I don’t see people complaining about Buccee’s donating funds to the Republican Party, so why attack a small business owner for her...

My dental hygienist shared this one with me. They said these were best donuts around! Could be just a bad month for me, but they didn’t have any that WOW’d me. The person in front of me insisted the Crème brûlée was awesome. I got one and I wasn’t impressed by it. Tasted burnt on top but maybe that’s the way it supposed to taste?? Doubt that or at least I hope that wasn’t the taste they were going for at least. Next was the blueberry & goat cheese. That was my favorite out of the 4 I did get. Very nice smooth taste!! ❤️ The powered raspberry was good I was told, the Hibiscus 🌺 was….. well it wasn’t bad but not something I would get again because I like to try different things, UNLESS it is so great and dependable. Overall nice place and it seemed busy for sure. I will go back FOR SURE, being that they switch out donuts 🍩 every month there may be something more along my speed. There was also a Neapolitan donut. It looked good and I probably would have liked that one better than one of the others. Anyway, worth a trip there to try and the other donuts they have all the time looked great, I just want to try the special ones. The red velvet looked good and so did a few of the others. So no worries plenty of donut 🍩 options and some unique ones too. Next time I may try one of there...