Born & Glazed

Since Born And Glazed has opened up, I’ve stopped here enough to try every flavor of donut they’ve made. The place is right by my house and it’s nice to see a selection of donuts that is out of the ordinary. I like most of what they make. However, as of lately, they’ve been inconsistent. Some of the newer donuts, cherry almond, matcha mint, and pistachio, don’t have very much flavor to them. The icing is pretty bland and therefore they don’t really taste like what they’re supposed to. Sometimes they put too much icing on the donuts. I’ve had multiple bad experiences with huge clumps of salt in the salted caramel donuts.
A few requests:
1. Bring back the lemon thyme, key lime, and black magic donuts.
2. Make filled donuts, whether it’s fruit or crème-​filled.
3. Find a better coffee source.

Got a dozen for my coworkers and it was a hit. So good and almost all the donuts are vegan!

Never before had I eaten a donut that was tough and rubbery. Now I’ve had 1.5 (I gave up on the 2^nd). It was like chewing toast-​flavored gum.

We love living down the street, from what we deem, the best little donut shop in the greater PHX area. This shop has character, charm and best of all GREAT donuts. Hoping to see more small business/​local cafes, stores and restaurants enter into S. Scottsdale like Born and Glazed.

I love helping small businesses succeed but they gotta work with me. I tried three different donuts and threw them all out. Even my sugar loving wife didn’t like them. I couldn’t tell if they were day old or if it’s just a really bad dough recipe.

Ok, got a message from one of the owners. Turns out they are closed the day I went by even though their Unilocal page said open. Hope that gets fixed.
Went back 11−13−15. Got a mix of donuts and an americano.
Drink was very good. Shared the donuts with co workers. The two that I talked to both stated that they were the best donut they ever had. I had one with a fantastic pumpkin icing. Bueno! What a great and different selection. Keep up the great work. I will b back!!!

I gave this place another try and still experienced the same awful dough. Just not the solid independent donut shop I wanted it to be. Needs some serious work for the quality to reach average donut level. Coffee is still good but not why I went there.

One bad chewy donut and one better tasting less chewy donut. Most donuts at this modest shop are glazed over and some are, raised higher than others. My coffee cake crumble variety was on the poor end as the dough issues are not fixed and likely never will be fixed. It just seems to be the way these people make donuts. It should not win them a loyal following although the Samoa had some real potential. First if all. it had toppings on both sides of the donut which is highly unusual. .but even though this donut was better tasting. it still had that odd chewy texture as reported. The price was about 2 bucks each, which is average, but something is off here in this donut shop location which already has claimed two other victims and should claim another eventually.

Prickly. Pear. Donut. Shaped like a cactus?!! Absolutely… sign me up. But,
The other donuts are just donuts. The texture, especially first thing in the morning, is pretty near perfect from what I’ve had but the overall flavor lacks. I’ve stopped for work quite a few times and they’ve been great about making it work for me.
The coffee is good, strong and robust. And I like the house made flavored.
Biggest complaint? The lack of life in the place. It might be the location since it looks like it’s in a long forgotten strip mall. And the prices are HIGH for what it is. It’s become the place i stop at to get out of towners a cactus donut in true Wild West form. That’s about it. It has potential though, so don’t write it off. And definitely come and try the prickly pear.

Traveled 13 miles to Born & Glazed because my sister told me about this place. Got there and it was closed without any reason or notice. We were within normal business hours. Disappointed and therefor I’m leaving this review. Even the sign on the door said they’ll return at 7:50 and I assume it’s A.M. Because the they’d be closed at that time in the P.M. Who closes up shop without notice? Unilocal said they were open too.
**Update**
I was surprised to receive a comment from the business owner explaining the circumstances. He was very apologetic and impressed me with his professionalism. Because of this I’m choosing to raise my stars as I’m am still looking forward to trying their donuts when I return.

This place is the truth. I just got back to work after picking these up for the first time. I had carefully picked out a dozen for my coworkers from the variety of unique flavors, paid, and started walking out the door when the door came back at me hit my box and sent all my donuts to the floor. As I started to pick them up, the one person working there ran after me and told me to come back in. And before I could say anything he had almost reboxed my exact order and gave it to me free of charge. I wish I had gotten his name, but to whomever owns Born & Glazed, that guy deserves some kudos.
I will be coming here regularly to pick donuts up from work (Sorry, Bosa). And as far as the donuts go, they are awesome and loved by my coworkers.

Wonderful Cinnamon Roll!
I can’t speak to the donuts here, but stopped in late this morning and picked up a delicious unfrosted cinnamon roll. It was perfect, just sweet enough without being too sweet, and lots of cinnamon. The frosted one looked good, but I decided to keep it simple. I warmed it up at home, and enjoyed it with a cup of coffee.
This wasn’t a planned stop, I just recalled that there was a donut shop in the strip mall and pulled in to discover that Born & Glazed (I didn’t immediately «get» the name) had just opened a few months ago. The donuts looked interesting and I’ll probably try them in the future.
My cinnamon roll was reasonably priced, at $ 1.79.

No secret. I love local spots and I love giving them props. Thumbs up to this little hidden gem. Hands down the best donuts I have had since moving to the valley. We’ve tried the prickly pear cactus and key lime donuts. I’ll be back to try the maple and glazed ones. They are super filling and that’s the only thing I disliked because I wanted to eat more! The staff is friendly and the place is decorated in the minimal which works. It’s easy to drive right by them and not even know they’re in this plaza so be on the look out next time you’re driving on Hayden!

Like a teenager who’s parents tell her not to date that young man with the tattoos and leather jacket, sometimes I just have to find out for myself. I read the reviews for this place. Over priced, they said. Too dense, they said. Come on– it’s a donut! How bad can it be?
Turns out they were all correct. I got there at like 10:30am (which I understand is like 2am in the donut world.) They were out of the ones I had my eye on but I settled on the Samoa. Oh after I asked for a recommendation and didn’t really get one. Just kind of a mumbled response. Then this conversation happened.
Me: So the Samoa and a cup of coffee.
Guy: Okay the Samoa any coffee or iced tea with that?
Me: Yep, a cup of hot coffee.
Guy: okay…(messes with the register) So you wanted a cup of coffee?
Then there was no cream out– fine. I get it… health code. But there were also no stirs by the utensils/​sugar. I swirled my coffee with a plastic knife and went on my way.
Now, I’m not above paying for overpriced baked goods– especially when they’re local. But the service and the donut were just underwhelming. 2 stars for the graphic design & creativity of flavors. I’ll stick with Bosa.

And to the crazy person who keeps sending me messages saying I’m a jerk because I am celiac yet chose to eat a gluten containing donut: buzz off you troll!

On appearance and customer service only. (Heard they have a vegan donut but they haven’t perfected it yet so no treats for me today)
Super sweet welcome — greeted in front of the counter instead of behind. It smelled amazing and the donuts look beautiful.
The place has a mom and pop feel to it — no frills, old school counter and a classic open sign. The minimalist look tells me they focus on what matters: the donut. Anxious for the release of the vegan so I can taste the goods!

Great potential but needs some work. The flavors choices and the décor is very hip-​I could see this becoming a fun neighborhood spot. Cool to have the fancy coffee, but regular coffee would be a great option. Maybe since their all about local they could work with cartel coffee?
On to the donuts. Glazes first:
Maple bacon: delicious, perfect balance of sweet and salty
Samoa: really not too special. More like a chocolate donut-​needed more coconut flavor. My hubby thought it to be too chocolate-​y
Prickly pear: great flavor, I kinda wished this was a filled donut
Chocolate glazed-​overwhelmingly chocolate, good but not what I expected. More of a ganache than icing
Donut:
Overall the donut had the appearance of being fluffy, but was chewy and dense. They are not melt-​in-​your mouth, and eating two of them feels like a brick in your stomach.
I like this place but I think they should fix their dough. As it is now its not a light fluffy donut that you could eat week to week, but more of a specialty place like voodoo donuts.

Attention: The dough dilemma has been fixed. You can now resume your regular donut consumption!
But really, I read and heard some reviews about the dough being a little off, technically since they weren’t really open yet I won’t hold it against them. Located right where kingdom donuts used to be (1000ft from my house) these guys know local food! I have to say there are some holes in the design (pun intended?), they’re working on getting some of their proverbial shit together but all in all A for effort (and taste). I do suggest you do something with the chocolate glaze cause that just wasn’t happening for me today but other than that I can’t complain! For your first official day open
I’ll definitely be back, and if you guys started out this good I can’t wait to see you when you’re all grown up. Props for the customer service everyone was warm and welcoming in the teeny tiny little shop can’t wait to try more flavors!

Tons of potential, but it’s not there yet.
Went to this new spot to try the donuts. Cute little spot, very nice employees offer a warm greeting. We bought four donuts to take back to work. Strangely they don’t offer regular coffee, just fancier stuff which is nice– but don’t forget the basics.
Back at the office I tried the glazed donut. Honestly I think they opened too soon, prior to proper research and development. The donut was very chewy, almost like you took a tube of rolls and baked them, and iced them. I could only take two bites before having to toss it– which is a first since I’m a donut enthusiast.
I have to wonder if they are doing random quality control checks and actually tasting their products? I can’t imagine they do– because I’m not sure how you could put out that product to sell. Also the price point just does not compute. Happy to pay a premium for premium goods, but at this point these donuts aren’t even at the level of Fry’s grocery stores– which don’t have much to brag about either.
If I could make suggestions to the owners:
1. Rework either your dough or cooking process. Something is off and must be addressed (numerous reviews noting the same issue)
2. Offer regular brewed coffee. Go old school, make a big ass container and charge a buck a cup– you’ll still make good money on that.
3. Change your price point. Expensive doesn’t = good. Good = good. Make a great product, charge a reasonable price– and make tons of money. Just ask the owners of Bosa. They are millionaires by selling great donuts.
Hopefully they can work out the kinks– if not I fear it will be hard to survive. This place has TONS of potential– but needs some serious work. Donuts need to not only look good, but taste good as well.

I was here earlier in the week and have mixed feelings. I ordered a glazed old fashioned and a chocolate glazed and when I got home found two glazed old fashioned in my bag. The first one was absolutely delicious and the second one was wet in the middle. Not sure if it was undercooked or saturated with the glaze?
Also, I wanted a simple cup of drip coffee but they don’t do this and offered me an americano or latte instead which I declined.