Strange Doughnuts

My Donut Credentials: Top Pot, Voodoo, Kanes, Dougnut Plant. Lamar’s.
Good news: super polite, friendly staff.
Bad news: not a tasty donut. Had a glaze. Not sure when it was born, but obviously NOT that morning. Seriously… one bite… and that was it. Other donuts better, but not by much.

I’m a cake donut lover through and through so Strange Donuts was a hit with me off the bat. After a meal at Seoul Taco I was too stuffed to consider eating donuts but knew that would change within a few hours so I went up and grabbed four to take back to the hotel. My husband and I sampled these and our favorites were the butterfinger chocolate cake donut (which I didn’t think I’d like!) and the gooey butter cake donut. We got another one that I can’t remember the name of, I think it may have been sour cream (?) but it was fantastic as well. The filled Oreo donut was not a cake donut (raised instead) and it was not our favorite although the filling was excellent for that type of thing. I’d put Strange Donuts among the top of donut shops I’ve enjoyed and definitely best quality of the new wave of «specialty» donut shops. I think they have a truly good, high quality donut to begin with instead of just dressing up mediocre donuts with crazy toppings. Five stars from the donuts but also the service. So many times young «cool» workers are really snotty but the two workers were both so welcoming, they made our visit even more fun with their recommendations and positive attitudes!

Tried the banana nutella fritter and gooey buttercake. They were good, but left a little to be desired. Maybe not the best ever, but worth stopping for.

Great donuts. Love the maple bacon, orange cinnamon roll was great also. Don’t go if your on a diet! Very friendly staff, great service. Convenient location.

What a find! The French Apple Donut was very tasty; tried the Maple Bacon, and it is delicious… no short cuts here!

The best donuts I have ever eaten. Ever. Before strange donuts, I was never a fan of the cake donut. They have changed my mind completely. Rich, dense and super fresh this unique place is unlike any other. Each day you come in to a totally different assortment of unique flavor combos. Just moved to Chicago and every time I come back to Columbia, I stop here

The Cookie Monster doughnut was the best doughnut I have ever had!!! I now live a 5 hour drive away from como but I wish they could overnight them to me weekly!

I have yet to have a donut here that’s not delicious. There are some WEIRD flavors here and you just have to go out of your comfort zone and try them. There’s not much else to say.

Not your average donut stop… Be adventurous and try something crazy. You will be surprised. This place is so spacious. Beware going in past 10 PM on the weekends unless you want to hangout with drunk college students.

The hype made me want to go but the product was overpriced crap. Dry stale tasting mess is the best way to describe the donuts. I even went early for «fresh» Even their plain old doughnut was worse than the day old section at Gerbes. I know they share a space with Seoul Taco but I was not in the mood for the punch in the face stink of fish oil at 8:30 am. Only good part of the visit was the awesome staff.

Tried (each $ 2+tax):
— Bart’s revenge: chocolate cake doughnut with choc glaze and crushed butterfinger topping. The cake was similar to devil’s food (esp. in taste), which isn’t my fav. The chocolate glaze was alright. Compared w/​the chocolate cake doughnut and chocolate glaze at Harold’s, I prefer Harold’s on both counts: cake is denser and more chocolatey (less devil’s food-​esque), glaze also tastes more like chocolate than cocoa powder (although can be messy, if I recall).
— spumoni: strawberry jam-​filled doughnuts w/​crush pistachio topping. They are *quite* generous w/​the jam! And it was thick, flavorful jam, so that was good. The bottom layer of dough was extremely thin, though, so it was a challenge to eat w/​o the bottom falling out (which it eventually did). The doughnut itself was alright. Pistachios didn’t add much for me.
If you like doughnuts, you’ll probably like them. Personally, I prefer Harold’s, but given how cheap doughnuts are, you should probably just try both yourself.

Expensive than other donuts place in Columbia but still like to go because the taste is better.
It is right next to the Seoul taco and there are few seats to sit!

I have only been here once (accidentally checked in twice,) but once is enough. I got the gooey butter cake doughnut and was really hopeful it would be delicious. I love gooey butter cake, but this doughnut was awful. It was incredibly dry and hard to chew and swallow. I was definitely regretting not getting a milk or coffee to help wash it down. The frosting on the doughnut was tangy and tasted like it had been sitting out a while. Really the whole doughnut tasted old and quite frankly, I’m surprised I didn’t get sick after. Needless to say, I won’t be coming back.

We recently tried out this donut shop. We couldn’t decide on just 1 flavor so we ordered one of everything! They were all delicious.

Great variety, fresh, unique donuts. The maple bacon was great. First time I went, I bought six donuts & ate them all. I’m excited to try some of their specialty dones!

I’ll be honest– the first time I stopped in, I wasn’t impressed. I had the Gooey Butter doughnut– a cake doughnut with a gooey butter topping. It was kind of dry, and the topping wasn’t as rich as I was expecting. I gave them a second chance a few weeks later and they made a believer of me! Maybe that first doughnut was just a bit old. On the second visit I tried a variety with my cohorts– both cake and traditional fried variety. Forgive me if I forget the exact names, but we had the peach cream (the icing on this one was extra amazing), apple/​peanut butter (very good) and Nutella (cake doughnut with hazelnut chocolate drizzle on top) — anyway, they definitely made me change my tune. Good doughnuts, good variety.

Best donuts in Columbia hands down. The fat steve for $ 1 is hard to beat. The best part is that they make enough dones so that you don’t have to get there at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning. I showed up at 10am, and they still had plenty.

I live in both Columbia and St. Louis but last night was the first time I’ve tried Strange Donuts in Columbia. I have no self control apparently because I bought and ate 3 delicious creations! The staff was friendly and quirky. I will be back! Good job!

Strange donuts and Seoul Taco in the same building is brilliant! Recommend Maple Bacon done at strange and the quesadilla at Seoul! No matter what you choose its made with lots of quality and love!