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Donut Bistro

4.1 (153 reviews)
InexpensiveDonuts, Chinese, Noodles
Closed • 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Amy O.

12/26/24- Needed another side dish to serve for dinner. The usual go to spot was closed, and I had my heart set on sweet & sour chicken- Unfortunately, I'm very picky when it comes to my liking or disliking.. (too saucy or too thick- or too big of pieces etc..). Called in and was a 20- min wait time. I've been here once- ordering Pho to go long ago.. Reasonable price- good portion size and value- Staff was friendly- Now serving dim sum- ( they get it from the bay and have it delivered).. A very nice surprise- I liked the dish! Case was almost empty of donuts- but did snag a maple bar...

Menu/prices as of 12/2024
Lena T.

So this location down south is really much more than just donuts. The donuts itself in already a fan from the other location in sparks. The fact that this location has some damn decently priced bomb ass pho is also a huge bonus. The pho is more shallot forward, and I honestly am I fan of that as it really reminds me of my momma's pho. I feel Everytime we come, we notice a limited amount of staff but the service itself has always been to the best that they can do. So no complaints on our end. I haven't tried anything else on the menu, but from what I've observed, there are regulars there come and order other items besides pho and they keep coming back or rave about it. If this place isn't our of the way, give it a try for the other items and just just pho or donuts.

hot sour soup
Diane C.

The food is amazing. So big portion for a lunch special. I had to take some home. The counter person is nice and the food comes to the table hot and fresh. Very clean restaurant. You can't forget to get the donuts at the end of your meal. Donuts was hard to choose. Always a go to place for Chinese food or Pho.

Egg Drop Soup
Kirby D.

If you are looking for inexpensive Chinese, Donut Bistro is the place. Where else can you pick up a Glazed Twist and Kung Pao Chicken. :-) In all seriousness, Donut Bistro serves decent Chinese. I wouldn't consider it the most flavorful nor amazing, but it is decent. Today I had the Kung Pao Chicken Lunch Special. It was served with Egg Drop Soup and an appetizer order of cream cheese wontons. Hot and Sour was also an option. The Egg Drop Soup kinda surprised me. I had fairly low expectations, but the soup was pretty good. Nice texture and good flavor. The Kung Pao Chicken was a more mixed bag. The chicken was surprisingly good but overall, the dish lacked flavor. It was decent enough for lunch but probably not something I would come back and order for dinner. Donut Bistro serves decent Chinese at a good price.

Very dry and way overcooked foo young.

Had the beef skewers and egg foo young. The beef skewers are overcooked. Like a jerky to be honest. The egg foo young is also overcooked. It is very dry inside. Such a disappointment.

Lunch special and spring roll (comes with 2, one is in my office fridge)
Richard M.

This place is great! I always order the lunch special, it comes with white or fried rice, your entree, your choice of soup and 2 wontons. The rice is always fresh (you might be surprised how often places use stale, dry rice), and the wontons are perfect. Seriously PERFECT! Ive tried many of the entrees, but my favorite has to either be the Kung Pao beef (which is oddly rare to find around town) or the Mongolian beef. I also like the spring rolls, always fresh. The peanut sauce is a bit tarter than I like, but its ok. Also, their tea is always fresh. Give them a chance. I still havent tried their donuts.

Chicken and shrimp pho with jasmine tea
Heather S.

So yummy and warmed me up just right! Very clean and a friendly staff. Will definitely come back next time I am in Reno.

Kimberly N.

My husband and I stopped by here for a late lunch/early dinner yesterday. We have come here several times over the years because my husband enjoys their Pho. He typically gets their No. 10, Hu Tieu Hai San which has an assortment of seafood like shrimp, fishballs, and scallops. I would probably enjoy that, too, except instead of a seafood stock it is made with chicken stock. I never had their eggplant dishes before so I decided to try their Eggplant in Spicy Szechuan Sauce. When the dish was delivered to our table, it was a generous serving and steaming hot. And while I liked the sauce, I was a little disappointed that it was not very spicy. But the biggest disappointment was that the skin left on the pieces of eggplant was too tough to eat. I ended up scraping the soft bits of eggplant from the skin of each little piece. It would have taken much less time to peel the eggplant before cooking it. We also got two tasty doughnuts to go for breakfast this morning.

general chicken
Robbie R.

I'm headed back to Sacramento with my work crew from our site location east of Carson City and needed some lunch before heading over the pass on the 80. We're headed north up the 580 to Reno. One of my guys says he's heard of this donut shop that serves great Chinese food and Vietnamese pho. What? A donut shop the has Chinese food? You're kidding me! Nope, so we exit at South Meadows, turn right and the first left and we're there! Good freeway access, that's for sure. Walking in, it's not too crowded. We got 6 people, so we take a big table in the middle of the room. Yep, there's those donuts all displayed in the glass case! We're here for food though. Our server is friendly and hands out menus. I see a variety of your normal Chinese food and Pho bowls. Two of the guys get the lunch specials, cause well, that's what they always get at Chinese places. They ordered the Chicken Mushroom and the Pork Sichuan Eggplant both with fried rice for about $9.00 ea. That's a good price! Entree prices are around $13 ea. I ordered some pot stickers for the table. You only get 6, so we each got just one to try. They were more like the Japanese ones but fried, a little smaller, but tasty. The rest of us got entrees to share. We got the general chicken, house pan fried noodles, large won ton soup, asparagus chicken, chicken chow fun with black bean sauce and this crispy eggplant which was one of the strangest dishes I've had. The crispy egg plant was definitely not what I was expecting. It was pieces of eggplant coated with a thick batter and deep fried. It look like chicken nuggets and came with this bowl of brown sauce. It was not very good. The general chicken was good for being general chicken, it had a crunchy coating instead of the normal squishy kind. I did like the sauce. The house pan fried noodles were good, a bit too much sauce, but the noodles were crispy. The Asparagus Chicken was excellent. It was a simple dish that was done well and had great flavor, my fave out of all the food we got. The won ton soup was very good. The broth was better than most place that serve this standard soup. The dumplings were nice and tender. The chicken chow fun black bean sauce was excellent, one of the better versions. The noodles were super tender and soft melty in the mouth. The sauce, chicken and veggies were piled high on top. The two guys that got the lunch specials really liked what they got. The fried rice was better than most places that serve cheap fried rice with the specials. This rice was like actual real fried rice with eggs and some veggies in it. The little fried won tons were good dipped in the house made sweet and sour sauce. I tasted the sauce and it was way better than most cheap Chinese joints that serve sweet and sour sauce out of the gallon food service bottle. Good for this dount shop! You get a ton of food with the lunch specials if that's what you want. OK, I was surprised at the quality and value of the Chinese food here at "Donut Bistro". I'll tell everybody I know, we had Chinese food at a donut shop! Dang, those apple fritters do look good and we still have a ways to drive!

Rice Krispies to add to soup
Sharon G.

Stopped in here for a bowl of soup as recovering from a cold and all other Asian restaurants closed. This is not a regular stop for me as I've had their Pho here and Chinese dishes and they were subpar. Dishes never seem to contain fresh veggies- always frozen and today was no exception. Ordered the sizzling soup which is a fave of mine ( not here), and it wasn't too bad. If you've never had 'popped rice' ie Rice Krispies in soup, you gotta try it! Soup had chicken, shrimp, snow peas, carrots in a tasty broth, altho once again- frozen veggies! Shrimp was chopped up, no whole pieces and chicken was almost shredded and unfortunately, no whole snow peas as they too were diced as were the carrots ie frozen from a bag. Not bad for a quick stop for fast food soup or potstickers, but wouldn't make a dinner out of this place. They are advertising dim sum but I wonder if they too ar frozen?

Current Menu with prices Dec 2023
M L.

When I heard that there's this donut shop that has great donuts, but ALSO serves Chinese and Vietnamese food, THIS I gotta see! I know Asians make some of the best donuts, so I guess makes sense, might as well serve Asian food for the rest of the day, and make use of the restaurant space they're paying rent for anyways! Only in Reno, Donuts and Chow Mein and Pho in one place! The inside looks like a typical donut shop with tasty morsels on display. Prices are reasonable just $1.25 for a regular donut. My friend purchased a half doz for $7.00. I'm not THAT much of a donut fan, I'm here to see how the Chinese food is at a donut shop! The menu includes all the standard Chinese American dishes and lunch specials, but also has a few dishes you don't see very often. I ordered the large Wonton soup with egg noodles added for $12.95. It was plenty to share, no skimping on the wonton dumplings here! The egg noodles were cooked al dente how I like. My friend ordered a dish I never saw before at a Chinese restaurant, Lemongrass Beef ($13.45). This dish I'd def get again, unique flavor like no Chinese dish I ever had, tender beef and a wonderful sauce eaten with rice. Both dishes 5 STARS! My friend loves to get egg foo young and it was on the menu. When we asked about it, the server told us it takes 45 minutes to make! Wow, I'd never heard of that before! It must be good for taking that long! OK, next time we come, we'll order 30 min ahead, so it'll be ready soon after we get there. Our next visit, Egg Foo Young here we come! Pork Egg Foo Young ($15.45). We also ordered Spicy Sichuan Eggplant with Pork, that didn't sound like one of the run of the mill dishes. The Egg Foo Young comes out .... Holy OMFG! wow, that's not like any egg foo young I ever saw! It looked like 2 large meatballs covered in a rich brown sauce. I cut into one with my fork and whoa! Not meat inside at all, but a moist mix of eggs cooked with veggies and pork. Normally I'm not a fan of egg foo young, they're usually just flat little patties with some generic gravy on it. This was totally a different animal! (Carson City sayin I heard). The gravy went well with the eggs and it was cooked so evenly across the diameter of the ball. Get this, just to say you did, but order ahead! The eggplant dish was fantastic, better than I expected for sure. Everything cooked perfect, no tough skins like one other review complained about, just tender and full on yummers experience. Get this one too! Both 5 stars!

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Shrimp & chives dumplings are awesome. Personalized service and simple ambiance. Cozy atmosphere. Delicious vegetables!

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Consistently great service. Love their pho. And they are super quick if you call in for takeout. We have been customers of theirs for years.

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Tasty food and super nice people. Orders are always handled quickly. My go-to in South Reno!

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