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    Donut Star

    4.3 (106 reviews)
    InexpensiveDonuts, Sandwiches
    Closed 4:00 am - 1:00 pm

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    Ham cheese and jalapeño croissant
    Joe V.

    Best donuts, croissants, and breakfast sandwiches around! I've tried them all! It's funny how people tell me how great their donut store is by them and will bring me donuts from other towns and I'm like I just have to go down the street lol I don't think anything compares. I've been to Crispys in San Marcos and Petersen's in Escondido. This is great for your old-fashioned donut shop vibes at a great price. I always got donut holes, a buttermilk, the ham and cheese croissants, and basically change up one extra donut every week and I'm always happy and coming back.

    Fatfuckng F.

    Delicious donuts and breakfast sandwiches. The owners are super nice and very reasonable prices. They have a great selection of donuts. They all looked yummy.

    Devils Food with Sprinkles
    Drew N.

    I love donuts so when I had a hankering I had to stop at Donut Star, especially since they had a 4 1/2 star rating on Yelp. As we entered we were greeted by a friendly "hello" by the young lady behind the counter. She was friendly and polite as she took our orders. Donuts were fresh and fluffy and the coffee was hot. The devils food donut my wife got had a nice crunch to it, indicating fried perfection! My maple bar was light and mapley....if that's a word. The inside of the shop was clean and tidy. As we left we heard a warm "thank you" from a man in the back, I'm assuming the owner. A good spot to visit if you crave tasty donuts!

    Such a joyous family business!!
    Vicki H.

    What a delightful family and delicious breakfast sandwich and donuts!! We got the bagel with ham, egg and cheese soooo good! And among the best buttermilk bars and apple fritters ever!

    Leroy T.

    Well I was Craving some Delicious Donuts and I arrived around 11:30am and This donut Shop was already ready to close shop !! What !! Where are all the donuts !! Looking at there displays and peeking inside the shop there were no Donuts and they want people to come here and there were no selection of donuts !! So I was thinking where else to go for some donuts !! But I suggest you might have to come to this Donuts Shop early or you will miss out like me !! But if your looking to bring in business !! Don't start to close shop that early !! And always keep you donuts displays full !! Well if I happen to be in Escondido and It is early I might think about coming back and hopefully they keep it stocked up on Donuts !!

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    9 months ago

    Super kind and helpful staff with fresh donuts and amazing sandwiches! Family friendly place with classic donut shop vibes.

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    8 months ago

    Good Apple-fritters and convenience for morning commute while getting Chevron Gas. Great assortment of donuts. Fast friendly service.

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    5 months ago

    Great quality donut. They are nice , big and soft. My go to donut spot. They have a lot of variety to choose from. Never disappoints.

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    10 months ago

    I loveeee this place. The employees are super nice and they make bomb iced coffee. Definitely recommend

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    2 years ago

    Extremely well done breakfast sandwich! And crispy bacon...yum! Donut was average but not bad. Friendly service as well. Coming back soon!

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    The owners are really nice. The donuts are always fresh and are honestly some of the best donuts I've ever tasted.

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    Nory’s Donut & Bakery - Donuts and cakes

    Nory’s Donut & Bakery

    4.7(221 reviews)
    1.2 mi
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    Absolutely phenomenal and my new favorite donut shop! I came in at 10 AM on a Friday and they had…read moreplenty of selection of all my favorite kinds of donuts. The cashier let me know that the apple fritters I was looking at were fresh out of the oven and still warm, so I had to try those and they were the best apple fritters I've ever had! (Fresh is always better, of course). But we also tried their blueberry cake donuts, maple bars, glazed old fashions, and a few others and all were very soft, luscious, and just a perfect version of that type of donut. I have high standards for baked goods and it only took touching one of their classic sugar covered donuts and feeling just how pillowy soft it was to know they have an amazing rise and fantastic quality. I will be returning here from now on for all my donuts!! The shop is cute inside too. They have small tables for eating your purchase afterwards and offer coffee and tea. It doesn't feel like you're in the way here and the service was incredibly friendly and welcoming. No critiques whatsoever!

    I would like more transparency. Please label the over a day old, dry donuts as such and maybe not…read moresell them at Full price. Boyfriend surprised me with donuts, so sweet. Unfortunately, his favorite, the Buttermilk Bar and Powdered Sugar were TOO DRY to even eat. We threw them in the trash. The Boston Cream was really good however. We had tried Nory's once before, he thought that he would give them a 2nd try. Waste of money.

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    Peterson's Donut Corner

    4.1(2.2k reviews)
    2.9 mi
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    A co- worker brought in these amazing donuts from this place they were pretty good…read more I love more of the glazed plain donuts but these were very fancy and different. Blueberry cake donut , animal cracker , pillow cinnamon sugar all enormous size. They have a lot more options they are in Escondido and I'd definitely visit when I'm in the area.

    The donut quality was a bit disappointing. The only thing they really have going for them is the…read moreenormous size of some donuts. But honestly--who needs ginormous donuts? The prices are steep. I ordered four donuts and six donut holes and the total came to over $20. There are donut shops nearby with better quality donuts that may not be as large (they're are regular/average size), but they're more reasonably priced. The setup is walk-up windows only, with a few seating options on the side near parking lot. Customer service was okay--not particularly warm, but not rude either. I don't enjoy leaving a review like this, but these days people are paying close attention to value. With how expensive everything has become, it's harder to justify spending this much on something like donuts. Don't get me wrong, if I have the luxury or feeling of splurging, there are plenty of specialty donut shops throughout California that fit that category. Unfortunately, this one just isn't for me, though it clearly still has a loyal customer base.

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