The Flour Box

5520 Rainier Ave S, Seattle

Recent Reviews

Alexander Proschek

Line was super long to get anything at this place. Had to wait almost an hour and a half and just barely got a donut before they ran out. The donut themselves were quite good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Recommended dishes: Doughnut

Greg Briggs

The potential customer should have a lot of time and money to spare. On weekends you can plan a one to two hour wait.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

Kanghee

It's very ok.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Jordan Lee

When you see a place that's open 3 days a week for 2 hours per day, you have to be intrigued.Came here on a Thursday and got in line at 8:30am. Sat in a camping chair in the cold patiently waiting for some malasadas.Definitely worth it. I got one of each (lemon curd, strawberry, tiramisu, and chocolate hazelnut - listed in personal preference) with a brownie on the side. To go with my fresh doughnuts, I also ordered an oat-chata.Doughnuts were fresh and enjoyed on the spot. The oat-chata was fantastic and I would go back there just for another one. The brownie was a brownie, but figured I'd give it a try given the wait.Good vibes with the interior. Lovely staff. Would come back here again to sit in a chair to wait for a fresh doughnut.Dietary restrictions: No peanut products detected

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Malasada, Doughnut

jeremy eyre

Delicious and worth the wait, just lacking in comfort while you wait which is the majority of time you are

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Banana Coconut Donuts, Salted Caramel and Pistachio Brioche Donuts, Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Black Sesame, Doughnut

Aarudhra

Best savory donuts ever. I tried most of all the donuts. Best i would say is the Macha and garlic scallion.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Doughnut

Jenny Ma

The wait was unpleasantly long, but I found the kimchi doughnut (and all the other flavors!) worth the hype! It was so light and fluffy with a balanced, perfectly textured, and flavorful fillings. There are 11 regular parking spots and one handicap space in their parking lot and it clears out so if you arrive with a companion, you can snag one of the spots that will open up during your wait. It's otherwise tight street parking. We arrived about 20 minutes before opening on a Sunday morning but waited over an hour before being able to enter the bakery. If possible, I'd aim for 45 minutes before opening time in the future to avoid the longer wait, but you do run the risk of them selling out.The brown butter chocolate chip cookies and fudgy brownies are also delicious and not too sweet! The drinks are carefully crafted and delicious as well. Sometimes they sell special items like the savory fillings (great on bagels!), strawberry milk by the ½ gallon jug, or little jars of chili oil (side passion project).

Recommended dishes: Creme Brulee Donut, Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Yuzu Custard

Marina bazukin

In our opinion it was worth the wait! We came around 8:30 and were second in line. As soon as the doors open the line moves quickly. This place is very efficient! Plan what you’re getting ahead so you’re ready to go! Coffee and donuts were amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cookies & Cream, Doughnut

Kevin C.

Great donuts terrible business. I live in this community - the flour box owner doesn't. This business contributes nothing to the community. The only thing they bring is a mad rush of Tesla drivers (rich Gen-Z don't take the train) from 8AM to 11AM who show up, wait in line, buy donuts and leave. Then the place closes. The only way to even enter the business is to wait in line for an hour plus. Cool that the owner was able to exploit super cheap rent down here in "the ghetto" (the words of the Walnut Creek, CA honors student in front of me in line last time I was here used to describe the area), but not so cool for everybody else.

Krishna Challa

I'm not a fan of donuts in general but these brioche donuts are just incredible. They are light and pillowy, with a nice chewy texture. The filings are always really fresh with excellent flavor and not too sweet.They have good coffee too with a very knowledgeable barista behind the bar.The staff are very courteous and do their best given the incredible demand and give regular updates on the availability of donuts to the customers waiting in line.I lined up at 9:40am on a Saturday morning and it took me exactly 2hrs to get my donuts and it was worth it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rany T.

Ordered all the flavors! I tried them with 8 people.. the quality was just regular donuts nothing special and certainly not worth the drive or waiting in line. Our expectations were high initially! Score: 7/10 :).. maybe the seasonal ones were bad and might try a different season but nothing soon!

Yin K.

Been hearing and seeing this place on Instagram a lot but never had the chance to try it out. Friends from out of town came visit so we decided to try this out. Came here on a Saturday right before 10AM (which is when they open), the line was wrapped around the corner. Lined up for about 1h 20minutes finally our chance to get our donuts! They advertised what's on their menu so we the flavors available wasn't a surprise. We got each of the flavor x2, snickerdoodle cookie and a brownie. It came out to almost ~$60. Wow this is a whole new level of expensive. The donut was light and fluffy, but too much granulated sugar outside. They should have used fine white sugar instead as the rough white granulated sugar overwhelms and takes over all the light flavors in the cream and dough. Our favorite was the jasmine milk tea as it was creamy with light jasmine flavor. The rest was good but imo nothing wow-ing us. Was it good? Better than decent. But once you factor in the price and the long line, it was just alright. Would I come back very often? Probably once a year imo unless there's a very special item on the menu i can't get it anywhere else. There are a lot of seatings in a little dining area adjacent to their store. They sell drinks too so you can have some drinks while enjoy your donuts. But given that there's always a long line outside the store/seating area, we thought it is not as enjoyable to sit there while the hustling and bustling outside people staring at you.

John Illen

I loove these donuts! ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sanjna S.

My friend and I got to flour box around 9:40 and there was already a huge line! We waited for about an hour and it was sooo worth it! All the flavors were still there - we got the banana pudding donut and chocolate orange donut - the best donuts we ever had! There was also seating inside so we ate our donuts there and it was very clean and aesthetic. It's definitely worth the wait :)

Yashaswini A

This place serves amazing filled donuts with beautiful flavors that change usually on a biweekly basis. Their donuts quality is always top notch and are totally worth the wait in line. Their drinks are splendid too - especially their oatchata and banana / strawberry milk.This place is so good that there's a big line always, come rain or shine! I also really appreciate the fact that the owners immediately inform the customers in line once they realize that they cannot fulfil the order. They also post their cut off time on Instagram and allow online drink ordering if they aren't extremely busy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cookies & Cream, Doughnut

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