Mario's Donuts And Cafe - Missouri

I used to loudly proclaim that Mario's were the best donuts in the St. Louis area. But, sometime over the last year Mario's changed its donut recipes. The dough used to be light and tender, but now is dense and always over-proofed. The vanilla glaze used to be light and would cling to the donuts, but now is thick and flakes off. The chocolate icing was once a smooth ganache, but is now gritty. I have to wonder if they changed ownership and took the recipes with them.

We used to get Mario’s often. As many would probably agree. They were incredibly good. Went back today for the first time in awhile and by the end, we we’re extremely disappointed. The window reads “Fresh Donuts made Dailey”. However, as I bite into this cold, dry, poor excuse of a stale pastry. I can’t help but think if this donut was fresh yesterday or possibly even the day before? Sadly that’s just one of the many issues we had in our short time there. Not to mention the unfriendly employee … – show

Mario's is my and my boyfriend's favorite place! We usually get a gyro, but everything is delicious! The people are super friendly and the food never disappoints. A great place run by great people, I can't recommend them enough!

We have bought doughnuts here a few times. Yesterday we bought donuts and they were AWFUL. They tasted like day old donuts! The “sugared” donuts had zero sugar on them. Everything was dry with little flavor.

Food was the best food I had in a very long time. Nice and fresh. Made my tummy happy.