Doughnuts! Who doesn’t love doughnuts? Soft, fluffy, sugary goodness in your mouth.  My best friends and I decided to try Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken a few weeks ago in Falls Church, VA.  I don’t know about everyone else, but I LOVE fried foods and doughnuts so when the girls mentioned this place I got excited!

We got there around 8:20 p.m (they close at 9:00 p.m) and there were a few other customers when we got there.  The employees were warm and welcoming. I ordered the chicken strips combo with tater tots and a drink.  I got the buffalo and ranch sauce on the side (all sauces are made in house). My dinner came out very quickly which made me wonder if they actually fried it right away or if it was just sitting there.  Nonetheless, I loved the tater tots and I liked the chicken strips.  When I think of fried chicken, I think of a crispy and crunchy consistency in my mouth and Astro’s chicken didn’t fulfill that for me.  I thought the chicken was a little too oily by itself but when dipped into the sauces it was much better.

Enough about the chicken! What about the doughnuts? Well…unfortunately I didn’t really have luck with the doughnuts.  Their signature Crème Brûlée doughnut was sold out.  I ended up ordering two glazed doughnuts, one orange blossom with pistachios, one peanut butter and jelly and one berry doughnut (my options were very limited).  I brought the doughnuts over to my friends and to be completely honest, none of them said, “ wow these doughnuts are amazing.”.  They all thought they were mediocre but nothing special.  I would say that the only thing I liked about them was there fluffiness. Everyone at the table agreed that they’ve had better doughnuts before.

Overall, I wasn’t very impressed with the chicken or the doughnuts.  However, in all fairness I will definitely try it again during the day because like I said, their signature doughnut was sold out and we did go right before closing.