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    Ferrell’s Donuts

    4.0 (224 reviews)
    InexpensiveDonuts, Coffee & Tea
    Open Open 24 hours

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    Strawberry sprinkle and chocolate custard filled
    Helen N.

    Holy cow! Huge fluffy tasty donuts, open 24/7 and zero pretentious ambiance. No notes. love love love.

    Rosalie H.

    Checked out Ferrell's Friday 10/4/24 as it's down the street from our hotel. Huge variety of donuts and other goodies. We shared their cro-nut and a crumb donut. Both were larger in size than your usual donut and very good! A young man served us and he was very friendly and welcoming. Definitely worth a visit!

    Boss Claw has given Ferrell's an Upgrade! And these machines are set to WIN! Ty Ferrell's for the fun!
    James G.

    The donuts...I mean do we even have to mention the yumminess!! Cake donuts, traditional donuts, claw machines, video games, oh and donuts!! Did I mention the donuts?? Great staff, fun place!

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    Jonathan B.

    On the one hand, not very good donuts are still pretty good. On the other hand, stale donuts are very disappointing. That's Ferrell's: pretty good but very disappointing. Three visits over three months and none of the donuts are memorable. Twice they tasted day old. Maybe the problem is I've always showed up early afternoon and these are only fresh in the morning. Maybe. The coffee isn't good and there are five fantastic coffee shops within two blocks. They claim to have bagels but I've never seen any by early afternoon. And this location doesn't seem very clean. So what's good? The people. Everyone I've interacted with has been nice and a little apologetic.

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    Malia S.

    Homer Simpson, who i consider to be the king of donuts would not be able to change my mind about Ferrell's as it's probably the worst donuts I've ever had in my life. The inside of the bakery reminds me of a bathroom from the 50s when people were using tacky covered tiles for flooring giving it an old diner look and feel. Service was great, the cashier made some recommendations and was so patient and informative while i was ordering. I understand that this place is open 24/7. However, that is no excuse to serve stale old donuts to a customer. I aas so eager and excited to try this place out as they had Cronuts on the menu. I've had cronuts from places like Paris Baguette, which were phenomenal from the taste to texture. No clue who's making the cronuts for Mr. Ferrell. Because the Cronuts here are absolutely a nightmare. One bite and all i got was a chewy dry texture of an old croissant that needs to be put in the toaster to rejuvenate its original texture. Dry, chewy, and had Homer Simpson crying. The raised donuts are again, dry, chewy, and I'm pretty sure they were worst than the donuts at 7/11.... And that says something and which has me so confused on how this business remains operating.

    Spotted this place the night before. Hit it on the way out of town.
    Rachel C.

    The perfect little donut shop was exactly what we hoped it would be, Amazing! Sweet Lady helped us pick some of our favorites. Adorable, cozy beach shop that seems almost of yesteryear. Best news, the donuts were perfect. Even hours later when we ate the remaining ones, they were still yummy.

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    Vanessa H.

    The fact this place is open 24 hours is amazing! Husband and I were enjoying Santa Cruz for our anniversary weekend and stayed up late a couple nights. This place is right across the street from the hotel we stayed at. The donuts were delicious!

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    Ari M.

    Some of the best donuts I have had! Great price for how big they are too. Hamm and cheese croissant could use a bit more ham and cheese but they are delicious and fluffy. Not the greatest spot but very cute! Went at around 11:30 and they had a lot still.

    Yummy!
    Foofa B.

    A fabulous array of some of the most scrumptious donuts in the gorgeous city of Santa Cruz. Jacob serving us was an absolute rockstar. Cheers!

    Tasty donuts and cool claw machine! Great place to chill and hangout in the area. Owner and staff are very friendly.

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    Always open, always amazing, just went in again and the lady at the front desk gifted a free donut. Will be coming back!

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    Expensive. Good selection. Good quality. The price will go up significantly for choosing "special" donuts

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    Get the traditional glazed donut! Delicious! We also tried the old fashioned, but the OG glaze was so fresh and fluffy.

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    Ask the Community - Ferrell’s Donuts

    Are any of their offerings vegan? i'm sorta hoping the answer is no. i'm not sure if i need that type of temptation that close to home 🍩👀

    Allison's review from 2019 said no vegan donuts

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