I haven't tried the chicken yet, so this review pertains to the doughnuts only...
I had high hopes for this place when I spotted it during a stroll through Leslieville. However unfortunately I was underwhelmed by what I tried there. My disappointment in Paulette's doughnuts could stem from the fact that I generally prefer yeast doughnuts to cake ones and this place seemed to only have cake doughnuts. That said, I have had cake doughnuts that were excellent, but these unfortunately didn't seem to fit that bill.
I picked up a cinnamon latte and a vanilla bean and nutmeg sugar doughnut to share with my husband. Granted somewhat plain flavours compared to their other offerings, but we both felt that these tasted like dressed up Tim Horton's old-fashioned doughnuts. Bummer.
I will say though that the service was wonderful and the retro-styled fellow manning the counter was adorable, so I'd like to give this place another go, at the very least to try their chicken.