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I first heard about Welcome Chicken + Donuts from Welcome Diner (same owners). My first time in I ordered the Korean chili chicken. I returned the following day to eat the same thing and my next few visits were also for the Korean chili chicken. It has an amazing taste and quality to it. The sauce topped with fresh green onions over crispy and moist fried chicken is pure excellence. To this day it's one of my favorite foods and continues to impress me. My disclaimer is that I've never tried any of the other chicken sauces (Japanese BBQ or Vietnamese Herbs), so my review is somewhat incomplete in this sense. In my experience the folks at Welcome can do no wrong when it comes to food, so I trust the other sauces would be good, but the Korean chili is too compelling for me to bother trying anything else. I enjoy the sides that come with the chicken, particularly the Thai Yum Slaw. The sides add a nice dose of healthy to the meal and each has a unique taste. A+++++ lunch spot if you enjoy spicy chicken (it's not terribly spicy, but there's a kick to it).
I'm not big on doughnuts, so it took me until they started serving their breakfast sandwiches (which aren't on the main menu) all day on the weekends to realize that they had more than doughnut options for breakfast. The SXSW breakfast sandwich with bacon is delicious. It contains a soft-fried egg, cheese, your choice of bacon or sausage, and a jalapeno sauce served between a sliced plain cake doughnut. The flavors mesh together really well and it's different than what you'd find at a typical breakfast restaurant. I love it and often make breakfast trips here just for the SXSW.
This brings up my biggest complaint about Welcome Donuts. (I call this place Welcome Donuts if I'm going for breakfast and Welcome Chicken for lunch/chicken.) They seem to run out of plain cake doughnuts for this breakfast sandwich frequently. It's happened twice where they were out and couldn't make the sandwich and once when I had to wait for a new batch that was being made. It definitely stinks when you make the trip specifically for this item and then it's not available at 10:00 AM on a Sunday (fortunately it's only a 7 minute trip for me.) That being said, this place hasn't been around for that long and I fully expect them to get better at having a supply ready. I do appreciate that everything is freshly made using locally sourced ingredients, enough to understand their being unable to make a breakfast sandwich sometimes.
Welcome Donuts gets a lot of press for their doughnuts, and for good reason. They are freshly made in house the day you order them and there are always several varieties to choose from. I love seeing them on display as you might see art on display. I have ordered some doughnuts, and when I do I typically enjoy them although a couple varieties have been a miss for me. On the other hand, the sweet corn and rosemary doughnut is incredibly good. I never would've tried it based on the name, but the guy at the counter recommended it to the customer ahead of me as their best doughnut in the display. Welcome Donuts are also served at DeSoto Central Market, which is perfect for me since I enjoy working in the atmosphere of DeSoto.
Everything about Welcome is great. I mainly focused on their food, but their service and local community support is just as good. Most of the times I'm in Welcome Chicken + Donuts I'm asked by an employee or manager how I liked the food. Their passion for food and welcoming (get it?) customers goes a long way to create an awesome business I love to support. It's also cool how their restaurants are both in less-frequented areas and uplift the neighborhoods they enter. Their chicken is purchased whole and fresh from a local Arizona farm. Other ingredients are directly sourced as well. The owners love Phoenix and it shows. They have created two great local restaurants and I heard they're looking to open a third one, which I'm excited for. Welcome Chicken + Donuts is a Phoenix staple serving some of the best food possible, and it certainly deserves its name, "Welcome."
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