Only a few blocks away from my hotel stood this gem of a donut shop. With a variety of donut…read moreflavors freshly and temptingly displayed in the window, I absolutely HAD TO stop by to see if they tasted as good as they looked. And... the verdict is in, DROOL!!! I knew immediately I wanted to try the Lemon Poppyseed and I also tried the Vanilla Glaze Pistachio flavor. Both were phenomenal!!! Each bite tasted like a piece of home. Honestly, The Rolling Donut reminds me of Dough in NYC and Brooklyn, my favorite donut spot. Sadly, I did not have an opportunity to go back and try the red velvet donut (with cheesecake filling). But whenever I go to Dublin again, this place will likely be my second stop! 5 stars well deserved.

I dropped by the Rolling Donut on my last day in Dublin. One of my new friends from the tour group…read moreI joined had mentioned that the Rolling Donut made some really big and tasty donuts, so I simply couldn't resist getting one, and I also wanted to grab one to snack on during my early morning flight back to California. The store is very small and cute, with a majority of the space taken up by the long glass display, which houses their large selection of beautifully decorated donuts. After browsing over the different flavors, the attentive donutarian bagged my order of a single Lemon Poppyseed donut. While on layover in Frankfurt, I finally decided to roll into the lemon poppyseed donutiness... The donut was OK, it had a bready texture, which made sense, because it was a sourdough donut. The glaze on top of the donut was really thick, and it wasn't overly sweet to my taste buds. The glaze also had a light lemon flavor that provided some tartness, and just a few poppy seeds on top. As my friend had mentioned, their donuts are kind of big and filling for one person to eat alone, so I would definitely recommend sharing the love! (and calories)

Very good donuts. Many made from sourdough, some cake style too. Many imaginative flavors, and so…read morebeautiful. So far we have tried the Coffee & Walnut (coffee filling, coffee glaze, walnut coating) and Dubai, described as "A delightful fusion of Middle Eastern flavours, filled with crunchy, toasted kataifi pastry & rich pistachio cream topped with our handmade ganache & sprinkled with crushed pistachios!" Some of the more outlandish varieties include the Strawberries & Ice Cream Birthday Cake as well as some of the specialties for Easter, brightly decorated with bunnies, easter eggs, and the like. The coffee is very good too, prepared espresso-style (so order an Americano for a plain black coffee). Add to that reasonably prices, friendly service, a cheerful room, what more do you need? Be prepared for a moderate wait though; this place can be busy.

Went here to get several donuts for bday boy. Small but cozy shop with plenty choices of donuts…read more Services are very nice & friendly. We went here near to the closing hr therefore only a handful of donuts choices. Great prices and very tasting. We enjoyed it a lot.

Called the Rolling Donut, not the Hot Donut. Very fresh donuts. They have so many delicious…read moreflavors. We had the cookies and cream and the blueberry cheesecake and they were amazing. If you're from the states, do yourself a favor and try these because the ingredients are far superior to anything you would find back home. I'll definitely be back tomorrow for more. The iced coffee was pretty good too. They have little tables to enjoy your donuts but we took them back to hotel. Service was standard.

My wife and I were just strolling down the main street when we saw The Hot Donut. There are…read moremultiple donut shops in town but this one was close, convenient and looked GREAT. It's a small shop, like very small shop so seating is more than extremely limited. That was OK since I knew we would be walking away eating. It's also fun to watch them making donuts right behind the glass in the store. Since there are not to many people inside at any one time and two people behind the counter they are very attentive. I also had a specialty coffee which they make on the spot. There is a great selection of fresh and delicious speciality doughnuts and a "Donut of the day" but we were too late for that. We left and continued our walk only to stop for a minute and use a pail as our table. These donuts are good.... I mean really good. Our need for sweet was satisfied and later I was disappointed that I did not bring back a few more to take on the ship with me. They had so many flavors and styles. Stop in if you're in the area. KUDOs to the team at The Hot Donut

Amazing donuts…read more Wanted a dessert after visiting Trinity College & this was perfect. They have various donuts and it is well worth the price. I ordered a box of 3: Red Velvet strawberry shortcake (had real strawberry filling) Caramel crumble 10/10 would come again!

I do enjoy stopping here if I have time before catching the dart. Quick service and a wide variety…read more A little pricey but portions are huge. LOVE!!!! The Dubai chocolate donut.

Great vegan options for your sweet tooth! We had the oreo/cookies and cream and the caramel…read morebiscoff donuts. Very fresh and delicious filling inside each of them. Love that there are so many locations around the city!

Holy Moly, I had one of the best vegan doughnuts! I think I must have walked past a couple of these…read morethroughout the city, so I finally decided to have a sweet well deserved indulgence. I loved the fact they were sourdough donuts and that they also had a vegan section. And not just one or two vegan flavors, but 6!!! Thank you!! I ordered the vegan blueberry crumble and a chai oat milk latte. The donut had a generous amount of light creamy blueberry flavor filling and the glaze on top was lovely. Not overly sweet. I enjoyed the chai latte as well. Limited seating inside. Friendly service.

(Found these donuts at Vice coffee)…read more Small pockets of fluffy dough stuffed with various tasty fillings. I could do without the coating of sugar outside, but overall, they are delicious. Hazelnut Praline The hazelnut cream is the star. Lemon Curd Mascarpone Filling was a bit too tart for my taste, but lemon fans will enjoy.

I ate a donut every day for two months as prep for a powerlifting competition so I've tried a…read moreboatload of them. Consistency and texture-wise, these were worse than Dunkin Donuts. I actually had to excavate the Jaffa to find the orange jam (they haven't managed to pipe enough or all the way through), and the lemon poppy seed was dry and tasted like it was fried in old oil. It's a 'no' for me.

I can't wait to go back and try another. It was after dinner and we happened to pass by hearing the…read morefun music and seeing the neon lights in this little place. I tried the Dublin Death Trap which a vanilla custard topped with chocolate. Mmm. The only bad thing was that I had to share with my husband, who originally said he didn't want any, but of course took multiple bites. Of course. I'll eventually go back for the Nutella and Lemon Poppyseed.

You know that saying, "You get what you pay for?" Insert me pointing at this place here. This was…read moreour third and final Donut Dawdle stop, and wouldn't you know it was a fail? We passed by the Boomerang Donuts display on our walk up and back down Grafton Street, before our breakfast stop. We had agreed to get our final three donuts here, based on the pretty-looking donuts and the interesting-sounding flavors. The three donuts from Boomerang were the cheapest of the three stops. That should have tipped us off to something, but at this point, we were still oblivious. I went with the Bueno Kinder, my husband got the Boston Creme, and we decided to share the Salted Caramel. Box in hand, we crossed the street into St. Stephen's Green, hunkering down at a bench near one of the bodies of water. The donuts weren't worth the money we paid for them. They weren't even donuts, in the technical sense. The dough was way more dense than any respectable donut should ever be - all three had the consistency of an overly dry cake. The Bueno Kinder had no flavor to speak of, and I found myself separating the "icing" from the dough, creating a pile that would eventually find its way into the hungry gullets of the birds brazenly walking towards us as we tried to eat the donuts we'd just paid for. My husband's Boston Creme had a pathetic squirt of some kind of filling in the middle - he said it didn't taste anything like a true Boston cream, and he had to work through more than half the donut to even find the filling. By the time I got done deconstructing my first donut, I had no desire to even try with the Salted Caramel. My husband, ever the trooper, took a bite then promptly tapped. I took what I could from the base of that donut, adding it to my growing pile of dry crumbs to dole out to the birds, before standing up and risking my eyes to fling the crumbs at the mass of birds. (Note - I don't typically feed the wildlife, and honestly wouldn't have if my husband hadn't suggested it. I think it was a joke when he first mentioned it, but it blossomed into a real "let's do this" thing by the time we admitted the donuts were not meant to be eaten by humans.) I'd avoid Boomerang Donuts like I'd avoid gas station sushi. Just don't do it.

When we were at St. Stephens Green we saw a bunch of people walking around with pink donut boxes…read moreand were curious where they got them. Later in the day we walked by this place and the mystery was solved! The donuts in the window looked so unique and delicious that we had too try them. It was hard to pick what we wanted because everything looked so good. We ended up getting the strawberries and cream, banofee, and apples and cinnamon. The strawberries and cream was not very good. The topping fell off when you ate it and it tasted like cough syrup. The apples and cinnamon and banofee were both good. They were very big yeast donuts that had filling, but not very much filling. They definitely needed more because only a couple of bites had filling. I liked them and would get them again!

Jungle Donut Blew me away. THERE IS FILLING INSIDE THIS RING…read moreDONUT! No one expected this! Not only is it super creative, but the chocolate glaze and chocolate filling are delicious, and it's not just Nutella (which is an easy way out to make a donut taste good). Glazed Cronut Perfectly fluffy and buttery. My only criticism is that there was a bit too much thick glaze that took away from the delicate pastry. Two big thumbs up for both of these donuts!!

Cronuts here were so so much better than the one I tried at Dominique Ansels bakery for 1/3 the…read moreprice. They have a perfect deal for cronut or donut and coffee for 4 euros and a few tables that you can relax at.

This place is so cute and decadent. The atmosphere reminds me of a quaint coffee shop (which, I…read moresuppose, it is). I went here for breakfast and ordered their Irish Porridge with seasonal fruit, cream and toasted almonds along with a blueberry scone (can't visit a tart shop and not order a dessert). The porridge was huge. There was no way that I needed both the porridge and the scone but when in Dublin... It was creamy and had a great thick texture. The scone was light and fluffy and paired well with the butter and jam they give you. My only complaint was that I would have liked a larger cup of jam for my scone but only because it was so good! I would definitely go back and I highly recommend this place.

This location is permanently closed and has reopened Asia Valentino…read more Apple Maps still takes you to it, but you have to be looking for the il Valentino!!