Parlor Doughnuts — Restaurant in Laguna Niguel

The place opened five days ago. There's alot of interest from the community.

The counter staff is friendly, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. I had a couple questions and they answered right away. I mentioned my other favorite upscale donut shop by location only and the server knew exactly the place I was talking about.

Even at 2 p.m. there was about 5 people in line. There was a good selection of donuts, about 25 different types. They were only out of the local specialty donut and maple bacon.

The donuts are about $4.50 a pop, but they're large for a donut. They're more like tiny desserts than basic cake or glazed donuts. They're also layered, like if a croissant and a donut had a baby.

My selections were Sandy Beach (like cinnamon roll), Campfire (like s'more), Bourbon Caramel, and Strawberry Shortcake. I launched into the Strawberry Shortcake and could only get through half before hitting sugar overload.

If you have a canine companion, you might want to pick up some Dog Doughnuts. No Cat Donuts though.

I hope Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel shows some love to this new...

The donuts are delicious, which we were expecting given the reviews and from visiting the Oceanside location. We traveled 1.5 hours to come get donuts. We, unfortunately, did not feel a warm welcome when we walked in. While my friend and I were discussing which flavors to choose from, the girl behind the counter loudly said, “how many do you plan on choosing?” The delivery of that statement caught us off guard. She didn’t offer, suggest, promote any flavor or specials (if there were any), or the cost of 6/box 12/box. Another customer walked in and the girl stopped interacting with us and cheerfully greeted and tended to her. The other girl at the register was just waiting for us to pay, so we did that. No thank you, have a great day. We probably would have bought a dozen of we didn’t feel rushed, yet unattended at the same time. We purchased 4 and bought 2 stickers because we like Parlor — we had a great, positive experience at the Oceanside location, but these girls at this location need to work on their customer service and treat everyone equally with kindness...

I don't have to drive to Oceanside anymore to get their donuts!!! I am very picky when it comes to donuts. Sidecar is inconsistent with quality and often dry. JD Flannel has the best gluten free and lemon blueberry, but limited variety. Donuttery has excellent vegan options. For classic tastes, I go to Surfin in Mission Viejo or Donuttery in Huntington Beach. When I crave sugar and warm donuts, it's Krispy Creme. Parlor, JD Flannel, Oliboli, and Krispy Creme are my top favs in that order. Parlor wins hands down for the taste and fluffy textured donuts! Love their French Toast, Bourbon Caramel, and...