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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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10 years ago

Best doughnuts in town. Awesome service. She is so sweet to my son. Highly recommended

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11 years ago

If I've seen Cockroaches once in the doughnut case if seen it at least twice. Makes you think about the rest of the business!

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Great donuts! Owners are awesome folks! Get the Apple Fritter, to die for!

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8 years ago

Really good smoothies and Thai tea! Family owned. Really nice and great customer service! Freshly made in house donuts. Yum!

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bought 2 dozen for a company to close a sale lol. good news they loved the donuts bad news i didnt close the deal!!!!

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They only take cash but the donuts are you or th it. The holes and twists are the best.

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My family loves these donuts. They are so good and fresh. The couple that runs this shop are very nice. You have to try the doughnuts here!

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I ordered 3 of our usual 12in turkey subs. Their online ordering system is super easy to use. We…read morelove love love the sandwiches here. They taste super good even two days later. Not sure what happened late yesterday with the sandwiches. They were soaking wet on the bottom of each one. Even the one without lettuce and tomato. I believe they add dressing to their sandwiches but it's never been an issue. Each sandwich also didn't have the requested extra mayo (maybe they put extra dressing instead?). I called today to ask if there were any issues with other sandwiches and the manager said no. He said i should have ordered the sandwiches with dressing on the side next time and he couldn't offer to remake them for a future visit (we live 30 min away so it's a far drive). So there's two 12inch uneaten sandwiches oh well. We've ordered many times from them and the staff has always been amazing. Maybe it was placing the order late in day on Easter Sunday but bummer the manager today was dismissive and put blame on us.

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How exciting to see a new Vietnamese business open up in this area! I often visit San Diego and am…read morealways looking for some yummy Vietnamese coffee and drinks. The interior was very cute and aesthetic. There are some tables and chairs around to chill or study. We ordered the pandan matcha, Ube matcha, and mango matcha. It a while for the drinks to come out and when it did, the worker just plopped the drinks onto the counter next to us. We were very confused and asked if it was ours. They said yes, but we saw that one of the drinks was pink and asked what it was. They said it was the strawberry one and we told them we didn't order that. They tried to argue with us and said yes, it is. I had to show them my receipt for them to do a double take. Another worker came by and helped them out but, what an odd experience. During this day, we saw on Instagram that they were giving out free chè. The person that took our order and plopped down our drink didn't give us any. I saw a new cashier give it to people after us and asked for some. Not sure what happened with that one worker but wasn't the best experience for us. I was really hoping the drinks would make up for the service but it was just okay to me. The flavoring for both the pandan and Ube didn't really taste like pandan or Ube. The Ube tasted like chocolate to me and I didn't really taste pandan. The coffee was great though. If I were to return, I'd probably just get a straight up coffee.

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Menu 10/24/2025

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