The Donut Man — Restaurant in Los Angeles

The Baseline: For a donut shop the flavor of donuts must out-weigh the taste of pure sugar, the yeastiness/cake-ness of the donut must be a good consistency, there must be unique/rare offerings that drive me to go there, and the value of the desert must be balanced with the fact I probably just finished a meal.

Food: There was a point and time in life that the world did not have donuts. It was a dark time where cooked dough and sugar glazes did not know each other and that was not a good time in history. The donuts at The Donut Man truly helps correct that dark era of history. #1 Fresh Peach Donut - get it-eat it- love it… all in that order. #2 Fresh Apple Donut - get it-eat it-love it… recognize the pattern of what to expect. #3 The Chocolate bar is the basis of understanding the love, because that is how I noticed the yeast quality that came out in the dough and while I may be dealing with a very sweet chocolate glaze top it matches the mellowness of the dough. So follow the formula: Get donut - Eat Donut - Love Donut. The dark times have ended.

Service: Great service because Step #1: Get Donut. Also the staff are serving and working hard with a friendly demeanor.

Ambiance: Grand Central Market vibes and bustle makes for a good donut hustle. I have no real clue what that means but GCM is a fun spot to...

went here for something sweet after dinner, the strawberry stuffed donuts are what they’re known for and are their most advertised donut but are definitely more for looks than flavor! however, they are FANTASTIC donuts overall. we got the strawberry stuffed, apple stuffed, raspberry jelly, and cinnamon crumble. at the bottom is strawberry stuffed, it was tasty but would be better if the strawberries were cubed like the apples but i understand the look of the donut is very appealing with the large, whole strawberries. next is raspberry jelly, this was a great donut! but for me the filling was very starchy, more starch than raspberry. i liked that it was not too sweet though! second for me was the apple donut! it was great. hesitant to get an apple donut in the summer but it’s not overly cinnamon-y so it was nice and fresh rather than spiced and warm. the best one to me was the cinnamon crumble! i loved that this wasn’t just a plain donut rolled in cinnamon sugar, it seems to be glazed then rolled in a cinnamon crumble which makes sure the crumble stays on the donut. all the donuts kept great for next day except for the strawberry one which got soggy. overall i would order the cinnamon crumble again but the others were...

Now this place right here!!!! OMG! Someone made a video about must eats of L.A. and boy did they get it right. The signature is the Strawberry donut, which is so beautiful you just want to take have someone taxidermy it, preserve it and put it on your mantle. My alcoholic wife was having a blast up in there with all the varieties. She loves a big donut if u know what I mean! Lol. We got the chocolate iced, Maple iced, the Strawberry filled, one regular glazed and the cinnamon twist, and the surprise best donut of the night, The Peanut Butter and Jelly Donut, make sure you say that again real slow. It had such a good flavor. It might have been home made Butter and jelly cuz this wasn't your average Jelly. The employee was very kind and patient as my drunken wife and I tried to navigate the menu! My wife told me from now on everytime we come to L.A. The Donut Man has to come in our mouth, to which I responded, "Wait What?" LOL. Excellent experience, we...