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    Dockside Donuts

    3.8 (215 reviews)
    InexpensiveDonuts, Coffee & Tea, Bagels
    Open • 12:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago
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    Dogs allowed
    Good for working
    Outdoor seating

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    Tara R.

    Great classic donut shop. Have been looking for a shop that wasn't Legendary and opened earlier than Top Pot in the Federal Way area. While not immediately in FW it was only a 15 min drive and well worth it. Classic donuts ready at 5am. All the donuts were good and just as I envisioned. Large parking lot and a decent size interior if you want to eat there. They also have a drive thru.

    Chocolate angel bar, left, and maple angel bar, right.
    Tanis L.

    Growing up, some of the people on my swim team talked about Dockside Donuts and its coconut angel bars during swim team practice. They could not decide to whether to go or not because they had heard it was in a neighborhood like something out of the movie "8 Mile". It was not like that when I visited yesterday, Wednesday 24 November 2022. Yes, it is in an industrial part of Tacoma near the water, with trains and cop cars running past, fence topped with barbed wire lining the parking lot, and the occasional homeless person walking past, but... that does not make Tacoma like Detroit. I pulled up around 2 p.m. and went through the drive-thru, it looked like the main eating area was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lady at the window was friendly and helpful in placing and filling my order. I ordered one maple and one chocolate angel bar. I am not a big fan of coconut, so when I learned they only had two types of angel bars left, I was like, perfect! One of each! An angel bar donut is a bar donut with something like whipped cream filling a donut sliced lengthwise. I do not eat whipped cream very often, but I remember it being thicker, so the filling might not be whipped cream exactly. It was light, fluffy, creamy, and not too heavy or rich. The donuts were airy and not too greasy. And the frosting was a light coating, making it possible to taste all of the components of the donut at once. Absolutely amazing, ate both donuts in one go and they tasted just as good when I finished eating them as when I started.

    If you see this sign- you're in for a treat!
    Geneva C.

    This little spot is a drive thru only Donut haven. We got 5 different donuts and each of them were delicious! We highly recommend: Maple Bacon (obviously) Bavarian Round Maple Classic

    Brittney K.

    Great donuts & coffee! Thank you for being open Early for a quick bite before work. A few of us would meet here at 5:30am for coffee & treat before work.

    Love their detailed menu. Makes picking in the drive thru easy!
    Brittany A.

    Beat donuts ever. They're so fresh and delicious. Drive thru is added convenience and the customer services is always amazing. My go to is the chocolate bar and chocolate angel bar (its a chocolate bar with whipped cream in the middle) I use to come here weekly until it started to show in my mid section hahah Love this place.

    Our choice of donuts. We love coconut everything.

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    Yummy Maple Bacon Bars, with the bacon in small pieces so its easier to eat!!! Soooo tasty!

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