Daylight Donuts

OMG! The absolute best apple fritter I've ever had (and I've had a bunch). When I first saw the fritters, they looked flatter than the traditional fritters served at most places. I am SO GLAD I tried one. Just spectacular. The sausage, egg and cheese biscuit was amazing. I didn't know a sausage biscuit could even be amazing. Something about the bread receipe here is world class. I have to mention the fritter again though. I don't care if this place is not on your route, doesn't matter if the kids are whining about wanting fast food, doesn't matter if the spouse just wants to get something now to shut the kids up, none of it matters. Seriously. Take the time to get to this place and taste what every donut shop should strive to taste like. I live 4 hours away and I'll go out of my way to get back here. Well done Daylight Donuts, well done.

I picked up $40 worth of donuts at 0630 Friday morning and the apple fritter I got for myself was overcooked to the point of no return. I knew it was jacked up when I grabbed it from the bag and it felt like a chunk of iron ore and looked like a piece of iron ore... and tasted like a burned, iron ore flavored doorstop. The issue is not that it got overcooked but that someone, two or more people at least, were so involved in their work that quality assurance was tossed to the curb in homage to the almighty dollar and put that crusty, inedible cow patty in my bag and smile as I unknowingly drove away. If you are the gambling type, may I suggest that you visit them and roll the dice. Never no more!

This is a review of daylight donuts as a whole (pun intended). The food I would give a minimum of 9 out of 10. However, the drive through is a mess, and in my opinion, inexcusable for such an established business. They are staffed with a crew capable of handling their customers, but the fact that the customer can't even place an order until they are at the window means that you will have incredibly long wait times in the drive-thru. They desperately need to upgrade their drive-through system, for their customers, as well as their bottom line. Moving more customers through the line per hour equals higher profit per hour. I would say they are definitely worth the wait, but the wait definitely shouldn't be as long as it is.