** This restaurant is now closed. **
Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
If that's the case, doughnuts are like my family. (No doughnut gets left behind.)
Years ago, I remember taking day trips to Calgary and coming home with either a box of Krispy Kreme (RIP) or Jelly Modern doughnuts. But with multiple gourmet doughnut shops opening in the past year, it seems like doughnuts are finally having a moment in Edmonton. Between Doughnut Party, Destination Doughnuts, and Ohana Donuterie, we're quite spoiled with choice. It might seem like we've reached doughnut saturation point, but I respectfully disagree, especially since they're all quite different from one another.
What sets Ohana apart from their competition is made-to-order doughnuts, or more specifically, malasadas. Malasadas are Portugese in origin but many people come to associate it with Hawaii, which is where the owners discovered and fell in love with them.
Prior to opening up their brick-and-mortar, located just a couple blocks south of Whyte Ave, Ohana Donuterie was mobile. Their food truck made their debut in July 2017 before the shop opened in December of the same year.
Trying to emulate the beachy vibes of the Islands, you'll find turquoise hues, surfboard decals, and pictures of waves and palm trees. They've even installed a bike rack indoors, perfectly capturing the laidback feel of the place.
Doughnuts are made fresh to order so you won't find any sitting behind a display case. Instead, you can peek through a display window, where you can watch staff frying, glazing, and filling them.
At Ohana, you can customize your doughnut with a choice of topping (cinnamon sugar, chocolate dip, vanilla dip, or plain) and filling (coconut cream, vanilla cream, chocolate cream, vanilla filling, chocolate filling, or none). They also feature doughnuts 'of the week' and 'of the month,' so the menu never gets boring or repetitive. Some past examples include mint chocolate chip, mimosa, and red velvet.
Doughnuts are $2.25 each, and $0.50 more to get them filled. Specialty donuts are $3.25.
We got a box of four to try, and had the staff surprise us with the flavours. We visited early April so some of the flavours may no longer be available (although they do bring flavours back!).
From top to bottom, left to right:
- The Raspberry: icing sugar, raspberry filling
- Chocolate Oreo: chocolate dip, Oreo cookie crumb, vanilla custard filling
- Vanilla dip, coconut cream
- Chocolate dip, vanilla cream
If you're taking the doughnuts to-go, they recommend not getting the doughnuts filled, or at the very least, with the chocolate or vanilla custard only. Their cream fillings are more like whipped cream and tend to melt inside the freshly-fried doughnut.
Other than that, the doughnut itself is delicious! They're about palm-sized, a bit doughy but still soft and fluffy. I did find the dips to be too sweet but I think it's a matter of personal preference. I would probably opt for the original cinnamon sugar next time and definitely eat the doughnut in-shop while it's still warm!
Did I forget to mention that they're open much later than other doughnut shops? Early bird no longer gets the worm. Doughnuts all day, err day.
Ohana Donuterie
10347 80 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB
(780) 777-1322
- CT
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