The coconut angel bar is addicting! This is a no frills, classic donut shop - none of that legendary donuts nonsense.

Love this place. Nothing better than a drive thru donut from dockside. Friendly people, great prices, and best donuts around.

Good donuts and convenient location. I like the drive thru option too. Came a little late so they were out of a lot that I wanted.

Best donut I've had in forever! Super light and fluffy. Perfect maple bar flavor with buttery finish. A drive thru! And opened on Sundays! read more

Dockside Donuts has a very good selection of donuts that taste real good! Plus its very affordable, Loved the Maple bar! YUMMY to the tummy! I was extremely impressed with this place, and would have to say that Dockside Donuts probably have the best donuts in Tacoma so far that Ive tried. The service here was very fast and friendly, so I will be back and would highly recommend this place! read more

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The best doughnuts we have ever had. Coconut angel bar is the best. I wish they would ship to my home. read more

Dockside Donuts - Donuts Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Great donuts... they put their own spin on a few classics. Great, friendly service. Our whole family gets excited when we have a box of Dockside Donuts! read more

what is there to say about a donut place that has not been said my daughter and I stopped in and got a couple of donuts to go . she got herself a bacon maple bar , I went with a blue berry fritter . they were reasonably priced . We both enjoyed our picks of donuts. I think I will return sometime and enjoy other donuts and coffee read more

I'm happy they have a drive thru - my son has soccer at the Tacoma Soccer Center just down the street and I swing by here after dropping him off and get my morning coffee fix and a bacon maple bar for my husband. The employees are always really pleasant and the donuts are amazing! They also have croissants and toasted bagels. read more

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I'm obsessed with their cinnamon roll donut. It's honestly one of the best donuts I've had. If you love cinnamon rolls and donuts, this one is for you. Super tasty! They have great coffee as well. read more

Really reasonably priced. Overall good quality. Service has always been fast, but I have gone during times when it is less likely to be busy and walk in (drive thru had 3 cars today, so that's slower). Their chocolate icing will disappoint - the flavor is a very weak chocolate - really hard to detect the chocolate. Same with their chocolate chocolate donuts. French crullers are pretty good. Lemon filled are good as well. read more

Best donuts in tacoma by far. We found this place because it's right down the street from my daughter's school. We've become "regulars". All we ever get are the donuts so i can't speak for anything else, but this place has ruined me for grocery store donuts. Can't eat those gummy dough gobs any more! Sometimes we catch them at just the right time and the donuts are warm inside still and just crunchy enough on the edges and the icing makes it melt in your mouth. Soooooo good! Never had a bad donut. Sometimes they run out but that's the way it goes! The staff has gotten to know us (and our orders) pretty well so idk what everyone here means about them being rude. Sometimes they've thrown in donut holes for the kids. We love love love dockside! read more

Went through the drive thru to not even be greeted with a hello but instead with an attitude. Thought I'd give this place a try after hearing a lot of good things about it but unfortunately won't ever be returning. Seemed as though they didn't want to be there and like they didn't want me to be there either. read more

They donuts are fresh and yummy!!! The hot drinks hot and the cold drinks nice and icy cold!!!! (And I had it all delivered by Doordash!!! Sooooo good! Oh, what's even more amazing is that it's almost 10am. You usually don't get fresh donuts this late in the morning! Thank you Dockside Donuts and Doordash. YOU ROCK!! read more

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The angel bars are second only to their service. I love coming to Dockside Donuts before work and getting their amazing treats. Their specialty seems to be the angel bar. I also love the apple fritters. Everything I've tried is always so fresh and tasty. I also love how friendly these lovely ladies always are. I'm always greeted with the warmest smile. It's always clean inside and they even have a drive thru. It's super convenient for a delicious pre-work pick me up. read more

Our regular neighbourhood donut shop was closed today so we decided to try something new outside of our regular stops. So glad we came. The Coconut Angel is every bit as good as the others say. A perfect donut. read more

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I went there today and the lady working had some type of attitude,,, I really like her husband though he's always in the mood to welcome customers and always friendly,,,,,so the lady had told me earlier before that today I'll get some coconut rings but when I went and asked her she had some attitude telling I should have come earlier I'm just annoyed I drove all the way from federal way to Tacoma only to find poor customer service...I'll never go there again read more

If you want a great variety of delicious doughnuts and pastries you found it!!! The crullers are amazing and my kids can't get enough of their angel bars. Super friendly staff gets you in and out in a jiffy. The drive through and ling hours make them a easy spot for a sweet treat any time of the day read more

staff were so nice and pleasant. You could see the baker prepping fresh dough in the back, that's how you know it's fresh! not from the area, but now making it a point to stop in for some classic donuts, done right! read more

The sign says drive thru 24 hours but yet it's closed both times we've gone by. Wth. Why have the sign on and not be open.

Try to cut the lady behind the counter some slack. She has to deal with late night scammers, homeless, beggars and people that are just not nice. They are a hard working small family business who put out a quality product. Try giving her a compliment before you order and watch her smile from ear to ear. These guys have the best donuts , hand s down of any in the area. Always go there. No where else. We always support small,business. They build our community. Before you judge too harshly, realize she has probably been up all night making your fresh pastries. read more

Amazing: wondering why I haven't stopped by sooner. I now have a new favorite donut spot. Eat here and you will never get a dozen from the grocery store bakery ever again. I can't wait to bring some to my co workers! The coconut angel bar might be the best donut I've ever had. So soft, fresh, and surprisingly light... not too sweet at all. Parked really quick and ran inside to be served with smiles start to finish. See ya again soon! read more

These are totally awesome donuts. They taste amazing and the price is fair. You should try them!

Location is a little questionable but overall the prices are good and the product seems fresh every time I stop by in the evenings. The owner is really nice and offers the freshest donuts even explaining a wait time if items that I order are just about done. read more

I ordered from doordash so I can't blame the restaurant 100%, but I wish someone would have checked, because I got nothing I ordered. The Italian soda I was given tastes like pure club soda that smells like raspberries so I can't even enjoy that instead of the chai I ordered. read more

So Tacoma has several coffee shops. The Dockside Donut place was the closest to the train depot and that's where I started from. Here's what I saw. 90% empty display. Only thing left were a couple chocolate cake donuts and a couple filled croissants. There was a separate case with muffin type things too. Nothing was labeled so I had to ask the crabby Asian lady behind the counter. I could hardly understand her. The place wasn't clean and looked in bad shape. A line of booths and a few tables and chairs. No decoration except a silvery garland over the display case that looked like it just hadn't been taken down last holiday season. No music, the ladies restroom was out of order and the view is an industrial street. Mmmm not coming back. The only reason I gave them a star is because the donut was good. Not great, but fine. read more

I got the maple bar and it was good, but the worker's manners were distasteful. She was rude as fuck. I was completely dumbfounded by her attitude that she has for no reason. She was asking me which donut I wanted as if she was rushing me out the door while I was contemplating between the maple bar or the cinnamon roll donut. My boyfriend and I both looked at each other awkwardly was the atmosphere became tense with the snappy asian lady giving us death stares. She proceeded by saying, "okay i ask you, something something you don't have to do that to me." Confused as fuck I kept to myself as a way to restrain myself from cussing her out. My boyfriend signs the receipt and gives it to her in a rude manner as a way to say, you have a shitty attitude and customer service. She then mumbles and cusses at him. The donuts are good, but the bitch is a bitch. read more

I've been a naughty girl all weekend eating whatever whenever I want to, to my hearts desire. It's was so much fun!! And now I decided to go out with a bang. Donuts are the last hurrah before tommorow morning and I put on my good girl self and hit up them salads. Yaaaaay.... I said that with very little enthusiasm. Here I am, making a stop at Amtrak to pick up daughter from a long weekend at her dads, and then bam. There in the close distance...it is a donut drive thru....like an oasis in the heart of worn out old industrial Tacoma buildings. Bam. Donuts!!?! Drive thru!? Dream come true!!! Seriously....I was just tossing and turning last night in bed dreaming of a cream filled maple donut. Yes. I dream of dancing donuts. I have 20 minutes to kill before the train come a knockin, so I turn a sharp left into the drive thru. Stark empty open parking lot, uneven cement lumps and bumps throughout the vast space, I felt like I was about to make a shady deal in the corner of the worn out lot...and I was...but I'm trading my twenties not for a thumb size baggie...but a large pink box of sugar and flour HEAVEN! (Very reminiscent of my hometown Portland Voodoo donut box...sigh...), but boy did they knock voodoo down a few notches. This place is LEGIT!!! The lady (probably the owner), was fast and to the point. I got a selection of "fancy" donuts. Which included that indescribable heavenly angel bar. I love that the whipped cream that was piped in it was not too sweet at all. That is seriously perfection, since sweet whipped cream with a sweet maple or chocolate or any glaze is waaay too sweet. So YES...perfection. Balanced. When you are passing through Tacoma. Or swinging by Amtrak to pick up a loved one...show off and bring them here. You will be extra cool in their book. Seriously, Just knowing where a crazy good donut place is just way cool. You are just way cool. :D read more

Best maple bar EVER! The pricing on some things can be odd, but overall the price for the quality is a deal. YUMMMY! The location is not the best at all, but it's not the worst either. I was really impressed! Update: I just found out that they are a 24 hr drive through location, with subway also being 24 hours close by, this will be a win win, for those late-nighters in need of of good grub... read more

I like the cream horn. It's split open with a Bavarian cream piped inside and powdered sugar and coconut shavings on top! Big! Where Dairy Queen used to be by the train station. It's appropriate that it took the place of a very beloved ice cream shop. The people are wonderful there. I went there after my graduation at the Tacoma Dome and they were so nice. They gave us extra donut holes as a present. Places like Dockside help make up for Tacoma's lack of proper pastries. read more

Oh my glob. These are the best doughnuts I have ever had in washington. Krispy kreme? Garbage. Top pot? Overpriced filth. These are the doughnuts you need. Fresh, fluffy, doesn't leave that gross fat residue in your mouth. A fresh made maplebar is like an orgasm in my mouth. God. Yes. I took two dozen to work and they were gone in 30 minutes. A dozen top pot doughnuts will sit for 5+ hours. And dockside is half the price. Go get them. You won't regret it. read more

If I could give a NO STAR rating I would. Wanted to purchase a donut through the drive thru today on the way home from work, and the woman (who I assume owns the place) was extremely RUDE! Poor Customer Service. Seemed put out that I only wanted one donut, and then shut the window on me after telling me she was out of what I wanted (didn't even give me the chance to pick something else). Last few times I've purchased anything from Dockside Donuts they tasted very heavily of BLEACH, which made me very hesitant to purchase anything at all. read more

"Snotty Asian woman", some one says. Haha, that's the place! The first time I ventured by here, I left after a snappy, rude encounter with her pointing back to a rack of donuts on the other side of the room when we asked what kinds of donuts they had. But when my daughter and her boyfriend were able to peer beyond her to the rack of donuts, and were glad of it, I thought it was worth a try again. We survived and left with the goods, but a word of caution...don't refer to donut as "plain" when it's really "glazed" and don't say you want the raspberry one with out specifying filled or knot, because you will be berated with monotone Chenglish and eye rolls! Also worth noting, once she's crabbily taken the donut order, retrieves them and comes back, her demeanor lightens just a bit, adds some intonation and asks, with an almost-smile, "you wann somethin a drink?" We didn't, but my daughter says the coffee is "really good". We got a dozen for $10 (sign said $9, but I guess we ventured beyond "regular donut" in one or more of our choices...still, $10 for a dozen donuts is good, especially when the dough is light and soft inside, crispy and golden outside, smathered in sweetness or sloshed in raspberry/lemon. Price ranger per dainty is $.75 to $1.25, but you get a better deal when getting one dozen. And don't say I said so, but I think she lives in there. It's always "just the window" that's opened and the few glimpses you get of her area sorta says home. Check it out! read more

OOOHHHHHH Geeeezzzz....... yep, I gave in, thanks to my "friend" Judy M.?!!??! Her warning was that my mouth will love me but my hips, not so much!! Thanks chingoo, SHEESH:( I have passed this place so many times as I work down at the Port and saw that the DQ had closed and now was a mom and pop looking doughnut shop but I have been good and just continuing on my journey until I talked to Judy, why oh why?? and to make it even worse I saw that she is friends with Jay S. as well and then I read both their reviews and it has been a good few couples of attempted will power but this morning on what some folks are calling a lucky day 12.12.12, will power NO more and I gave in!!!!!!! After some early morning Christmas shopping I had plenty of time to stop and decided to treat myself and my co-workers, didn't want to look like a complete glutton and wanted to try a good variety so I got 2 dozen of the assorted and headed to work.... Needless to say my co-workers love me and so did my mouth but the my hips and everything else will not, especially tomorrow as I head to the gym but stay an extra hour longer! I tried a few OK, and they were ALL so delicious:):):) Like and fluffy, sweat yet, not overbearing, in a creamy kind of way. And as Jay S. stated as well, no grease AT ALL!! Not in the box on the wax sheet, not on the napkins of each doughnut I tried, nowhere! Made me feel a little bettter, well kinda. The Lady at the counter was super nice and helpful and the pricing is nice and affordable, sorry to say but this place is OPEN 24 HOURS as well!!! YIKES!!!! Thanks fellow friends, aka Yelpers for this one!!! Judy I will see you soon, I'm sure, Jay we are bound to meet up one day...... read more

My family has been going to Dockside for YEARS. At midnight (yes for real) at noon, at 6 am, whatever. This weekend I cheated on them, and I feel awful. I spent too much money, got terrible service and even worse donuts. I miss you dockside, can you forgive me? Seriously, the donuts are legit. The family that runs this place are super hard working, all of them. Yes, they throw shade on me, they can be tough. But that is the charm. This family works morning noon and night, gives Tacoma some legitimatly awsome donuts and at a good price. They have known my son since before he was born. Go here, seriously. read more

This place is the real deal.. a throwback to a time before Krispy Kreme when fresh, delicious donuts were the pastry of choice....These ARE your grandfathers donuts.. No air puffed scooby snacks here.. no 'healthy' organic muffins or glutten free anything .. This is the home of old school. freshly deepfried donuts of every description.. Cake, old fashioned, raised, bars, fritters.. glazed, filled, iced, powdered.. anything you want Bottom line, this place is a Willy Wonka's for donut lovers.. Add to that good coffee, fair prices and owners that are friendly and attentive ... and even sing pop music from the back room.. The ONLY risk you take coming here is that you'll sit down and totally blow any diet you're on for the month... but the donuts are so good you wont care.. (ps- Great donuts require great coffee.. They serve Dillano's out of Sumner) read more

I love yelp. If it weren't for Jay S.'s review on this place, I might have continously drove by as I have on the many days that I get off the bus at the Tacoma Dome Station. Usually, after such a long commute, I just want to rush home. Thank goodness for yelp, Jay, and donuts, in no particular order. I've only tried one donut, the coconut creme donut. I had never heard of the combination, and after today, I'm confused. What else has the donut world left out of their cases?!!! The donut is huge, and has a nice, light coconut filling. The glaze on the donut is a little sweet and cruncy, but the filling is so delicate, that it forces you to overlook the minor irritations. This donut is kind of a cousin to an eclair. I bet this donut would be so yummy warmed up, but who can wait that long to get it home? read more

I am a serious donut fan. I used to travel for business and I have had donuts from all over the world. Honestly, Dockside Donuts hands down has some of the best donuts I have ever had. Have you ever experienced your mouth tingle from an explosion of flavor? Where you stop for a moment and think, "WOW!!" ? I do this every time I enjoy the Raspberry Jam donut, Strawberry Twist, Maple Bar and Glazed Apple Fritter. The owner is very attentive and polite and has no problem handling multiple customers at once, even between her drive through and shop. The shop is clean and smells soooo good, the smell reminds me of when I was a child and my Dad used to pick me up from school (Holy Rosary Tacoma) and we would drive up to Mrs. Frisbees Bakery Coffee and Snack Shop out on 38th street (no longer there since 2000). I am so glad I can bring these sights and smells into my children's lives as well. These are the feel good memories children never forget, it always amazes me how donuts make people happy and smile. These donuts will make you and your taste buds smile I promise! read more

First time here and the selection was fantastic. The service was very friendly and helpful. We are a family of 5 and we all found donuts we liked and all agreed the donuts tasted great and we would be back. read more

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Store was grimy, employee rude and refused to wear mask. Makes me worried about the sanitary conditions in the kitchen!