Mojo Monkey Donuts — Restaurant in Saint Paul

I don't know where to begin to describe how bad my visit was. We'll start with the absurdly long wait while I watched two sprinkle donuts get passed up by everyone in front me. I thought my two boys were in luck that two sprinkle donuts were still left when we made it to the counter. I ordered the two remaining sprinkle donuts in addition to several other donuts to try a variety. By the time the server came to filling my rather large order, she had given the two sprinkle donuts that I had ordered to the lady behind me. "We're out of sprinkle donuts!" She says. "You weren't when I ordered them, but you give them to the lady behind me? Behind me???"

edit: I saw them do this same again to two more people behind me while I was siting not enjoying my donuts. They both ordered larger orders and had donuts taken from underneath them to people standing behind them.

Let's move on to the coffee which she sold me... there wasn't any. Their coffee maker wasn't working properly and brewed an entire pot of water with no coffee. Thanks for selling me not one cup of hot water, but two.

The donuts, they sucked. My four year old took one bit of the chocolate covered cake donut and said it was bad and tossed it down. It must really be crap if a four year doesn't want to eat a chocolate donut. As for the other donuts my wife and I tried they were all horrible except for the apple dumpling and cinnamon donuts.

Lastly, I was excited to see a key lime bismarck on their menu, but they didn't make any that day. WTH? Why advertise a menu if you only sell what you have available?

This visit was such a disappointment. You can honestly get better donuts, larger selection, and better service at Cub, or any gas station for that matter. Why bother with this place? It's not like there is a shortage of donut shops in the MSP area.

PS Go to Glam Doll Donuts near Downtown Mpls before this place. Great donuts, great atmosphere, and far superior...

Great doughnuts. Standouts include the maple bacon bar (possibly their best known, now dependably in stock even later in the morning), mango raised with coconut shavings, key lime bismark, and red velvet cake doughnuts. They made me a very good Americano, so even if the coffee isn't great (which I can't comment on) their espresso is good.

Prices are, to my mind, fair for what you get. The "gourmet" doughnuts are more than Cub, sure, but Cub won't put a thick-cut slice of bacon on your maple long john.

They've done a good job of fixing the inventory issues they had. In their first month of opening they were getting wiped out of stock early and often. Now they have a good selection well into 10:00 am, which I would guess lasts them most of the day. They've also added labels to all the doughnuts in their display cases so you know what's on offer at that point.

There are a number of doughnut types that they list on their big board above the cashiers that don't appear on a given day, which is my one gripe. First-time visitors might get really excited about some option they see, only to be told it's not available. I get that they want to advertize all the options, especially to attract pre-order business. I guess if it were me, I'd block out the doughnuts on the board that weren't available, then have paper pre-order menus listing all the...

The doughnuts here are pretty good, but a little overpriced in my books. Mojo Monkey has some very unique doughnuts, which is definitely a plus if you like trying new things! Today, there was a smores donut, tres leche, maple bacon bar, german chocolate and many more! They really got a lot of variety here and that's great! What I really like about this place is the ideas set forth. The doughnut itself could be a little better tasting. I feel like the dough itself doesn't taste fresh. It's a little on the tougher side and dry side..especially the cake doughnuts.

Now onto the service... The service is pretty good and they offer plenty of samples. They got lots of workers to help you out and very nice and helpful. One thing to note is to make sure you come early because if you come too late.. like an hour before closing, they run out of many of their good ones. The flipside is when you come around closing, they may give you extra donut or doughnut holes to round out your order!

The only thing I didn't like was the price... It was really pricey.. My box of 6 donuts cost about $20... that's expensive, given the size of the doughnuts.

Overall a good and unique experience, but the price keeps me from...