I happened to be in the area so I figure I would try this place since I've seen the reviews on yelp for awhile now. Parking was pretty chill and place had a sign by the front pointing it out. Very thankful for that sign because I couldn't see a sign on the building. Service was good and they had touchless pay available. maple bar - good sugar donut - it was ok chocolate old fashion - a bit on the dry side red velvet donut - a little dry overall not bad but I'll stick to the location near me. read more

Mary's isn't the nearest donut shop in my vicinity but it's the best. Open 24 hours a day but closed on certain holidays. Early mornings especially on the weekends are usually always busy. Sometimes lines out the door busy. Line goes pretty fast though. Before you know it. You will have your caffeine and sugar in hand. My family will go at least once or twice a month. Everyone has their favorite. Mine is the maple bacon donut. For this donut, you need to go early in the day. The reason is they sell out. Support local business especially the good ones. Mary's Donuts is the best. Eat here. Just leave a maple bacon donut for me. read more

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The best kind of donut is a donut served warm with a great cup of coffee. This is the place to do that. Service is friendly and warm. Never had a bad experience here. Old school atmosphere with great small town vibes. Highly recommend! read more

This place is amazing. Donuts are made with the highest quality ingredients and the service is outstanding. Big shout out to Laurie, Tracy, and Gonzalo. First time coming here and your amazing service has made us lifetime customers. Can't wait to be back!! read more

Mary's Donuts - A dozen box almost devoured in 5 min! So good!! - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Probably the BEST mom & pop donut shop in San Diego county. So so so good! Always fresh and a big variety. Quick service too. I'm so sad I just recently found out about this place. read more

Mary's Donuts - Glazed & maple bar - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Without question the best donuts in the county!!! Bacon, maple, apple, fritter and the small holes filled with jelly and or custard are all amazing. Regardless of what you get it will be fresh, and having you want another. read more

Best donuts i have ever had i highly recommend this place service was excellent I will definitely be coming back.

I ordered the donut cake for my daughter's birthday and it did not disappoint. The cake was ready for pick up on time, was fresh and absolutely delicious. We had friends over who've never had the pleasure of eating donuts from here before and they said it was one of the best donuts they've ever had. Such a great alternative to a standard cake, at such a reasonable price. This will certainly become a birthday staple in our household. read more

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Was our first time at Mary's Donuts and we were helped by Laurie, Treycie and Gonzalo. We had an amazing experience and the donuts were great and fresh. We can't wait to come back again - thank you! read more

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Mega donuts! The donuts were really fresh and tasty at this place and the lady working behind the counter was also very nice!

Good glazed donuts, incredibly rude employee. To the owner of Mary's, I highly recommend you conduct customer service training for your business. Last Tuesday, while my wife was purchasing doughnuts, a Mary's employee was verbally rude to my wife. When checking out, my wife pointed her order wasn't correct. To her surprise, the employees response was," your order is wrong, because you don't know what the f#%k you want. Unbelievable!!. I emailed, who I was told was the owner, but have never received a response. Fortunately for us, there are other shops in Santee that make great doughnut and employ intelligent respectful people. That's where we'll Be going . read more

Friendly, yummy, fully stocked. Did I mention yummy? I would drive the extra miles for these donuts. read more

Mary's Donuts - Bacon donuts - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

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It's always a good day when I get my favorite cream puffs @Mary's Donuts in Santee! Light and fluffy with the perfect amount of custard inside. So de-Licious! {Wish I could eat them every day} Grabbed a few others as well.. Service was great! read more

Mary's Donuts - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Donuts are good and reasonably priced. Love the cake donuts especially. They have a good assortment of options and workers are always friendly. Good rewards/bday program. read more

Doughnuts are awesome like who doesn't like doughnuts Very convenient... well maybe for me it's right next door Big parking lot Tons of delicious doughnuts and treats to choose from Doughnuts always taste fresh And the people working inside are always very friendly feels like your at grandma's house Would I go back? Already on my way lol Would I recommend? Most definitely read more

Mary's Donuts - Doughnuts - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Mary's Donuts is famous in Santee! They are so ingrained in this community. They are the most generous establishment and the donuts are AMAZING! read more

As good as they get! Fresh!!!! that is the key. Great selection of donuts and drinks that go with. And if you are into that, ask for a free decal with purchase. I rock one on my ice chest to give free advertising. Easy location, plenty of parking and convenient hours. read more

Friendly, clean, and oh my, the donuts are amazing... i would buy these occasionally when I lived in CA and wow do I miss a good donut.. they are the best!! Even the next day they were seemingly as fresh... yum. Darn kids... Now I am craving their donuts, soft, bready, light and so perfectly sweet. Yum read more

Mary's Donuts - Our selection.. so good!!! - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Just like I remember...yummy donuts like as when I was a kid! Fresh and delish all the time.

I think these donuts are just OKAY. Santee doesn't have many options for donuts hence the rave reviews (limited competition). I buy a Dozen once in a while but feel beside the cake donuts and maybe the fritter(?) the rest are honestly terrible tasting and I feel it's just cheap quality dough and glaze mixes. Would be better if they improved their quality of dough but till then, just not a fan. read more

Delicious donuts! Not a place for fancy/special donuts (there are many other good places for that) but If I just want a classic donut done really well, I stop by Mary's. Their donuts are always fresh - dough is pillowy soft and the edges have a slight crisp! It's kind of out of the way for me so it's not like a normal thing, but whenever I'm in the area, I'll grab a box to take home! read more

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Donuts were delicious and fresh, but the customer service is terrible. Blank stares, monotone voice, no "have a good day" even when i said it first. and you expect me to tip? lol. i will no longer be a customer of Mary's. way better donuts with friendly service around SD read more

Ordered 10 dozen donuts for a work event. They had the donuts prepared and ready for me when I walked in the door. I put them on a donut wall and everyone talked about how good they were. read more

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I always get my favorite doughnuts, the Curlers. But I was told that they aren't making them anymore due to the high price of eggs. That's ridiculous. They could just charge a little more and not stop making one of the most popular doughnuts. Until they fix the issue I won't be buying anything from them. read more

Who doesn't love donuts!!!! Its so hard finding a good and consistent donut shop especially one that's open 24/7! Mary's is about 20 minutes from me, but it is worth the drive. They have such a wide variety and they also have super jumbo donuts! They are freshly made continuously as they do tend to get busy. Mary's never fails when it comes to fulfilling donut cravings! read more

Mary's Donuts - Large and regular donuts - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Honestly the best donuts in San Diego! No frills! Want a good donut. Come here! It's always busy.. for good reason. Everything is fresh.. FRESH!!! Whenever we go there is always someone in the back making donuts. 7am.. fully stocked and making donuts.. 12pm... fully stocked and making donuts.. 3pm fully stocked and making donuts.. 7pm.. you get my drift! One day I'll come at 3am and I'm sure they will be fully stocked and making donuts. The pick up orders are insane!!! Always a table with orders ready to pick up! The donuts are always delicious and you can never go wrong with any of them. Our go tos are the apple fritter. Always crispy edges and soft moist. Chocolate donut holes on weekends. Custard filled donuts. Old fashions!! And all the cream puffs! When I bring them to work.. they go mad for them. When we try other donut shops.. we are always disappointed and follow up by going to Mary's to satisfy our donut cravings. read more

The only donut shop you'll ever need!! Maple Bacon bars are a MUST. Skip the cake next time you have an event, and order a personalized giant donut from Mary's Santee instead! Just call ahead 24 hours in advance. I love that this place is open 24 hours a day, and that the many staff faces are incredibly hospitable. We miss the old original cute gas-station location, but over the years this more spacious spot has become home. There's plenty of parking, some seating inside, and the walls are still lined with smiling photos. Mary's granddaughter Kelly is doing an incredible job of carrying the torch for this neighborhood classic. This is the OG spot! (I'm still confused whether the other locations -- El Cajon and Lakeside -- are affiliated, because I read the Reader article. To be safe I just make sure to drive to Santee!) read more

Mary's Donuts - Giant Personalized Special Event Donut! - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Great service Hours are excellent 24/7 Freshness is super Drink choices are great Service is great read more

Not only does this donut shop have one of the best selections I've seen in East County, but they are also open 24 hours to feed that sugar craving. Oddly, less sugar is better in my opinion in a chocolate cake donut so you can really taste the chocolate. They've got that. Plus maple bacon bars and a straight up glazed donut that I don't think can be improved on. Two different types of cream filled, and all the standards all day long. I've seen the pickings get slim from the afternoon on till close in other donut shops, but not here. Here you can sugar bomb all day and all night long! read more

Sooooooo good. We get the crullers and it's always fresh. It's our favorite. Service is always great and friendly. Some seating inside.

Line out the door at 9:22.... Kinda blows prepare to wait :) if your onto festivities this weekend or any weekend read more

Mary's Donuts - Line out the door on a Saturday at 9:22 yikes - Donuts Near Me - Santee, California

Best donuts in San Diego. Not even debatable. Late night Always fresh Awesome staff Great variety Fair prices The list goes on and on...don't miss out on this hidden gem read more

Mary's Donuts has been an East San Diego County staple for decades. The business is located in a strip mall and can be difficult to locate if you've never been there before. Given their popularity, the line can be long but generally goes quickly. There typically isn't more than a 10 minute wait, even if the line is out the door. The donuts always seem fresh and are never hard or stale. They have a plethora of options. I have noticed if you do not eat the donuts within a day or two they do typically go stale at home fairly quickly. The one thing I could note for improvement is there never seems to be any variety with the donut choices. It'd be nice if they experimented with different donut flavors occasionally, even if it was one flavor as a "donut of the week" type special. Overall, I've been coming here for decades and I'd suggest you do too. read more

Mary's is the best! I've been going there for many years now. Everything is super tasty and fresh.

Delicious fresh donuts! Staff was really nice. They offer alot of condiments if you order coffee. And they really are open 24 hours. read more

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They always have great service and the donuts are better than anything else in santee

Great fresh local donuts ! Try the blueberry fritter! Family owned with 2locations. Lakeside is open 24 hours read more

Been going here for many years and will always continue going because they have the best donuts I have ever had in my life and the staff are just as nice. read more

Great donuts! We bought a dozen plus 2. My husband, I and our family enjoyed the donuts very much! Old fashioned, maple bars , and Apple fritters were delicious. I especially enjoyed the Danish with apple filling. The filling almost seemed like it had a creamy, and with the apples it was wonderful! read more

Just moved to Santee 2 months ago. Mom came to visit and we stumbled upon Mary's Donuts at 6:00 pm. The place was packed with families and people. We ordered a dozen assorted Donuts. Normally, at thatvtime donuts are dry and stiff. Not at Mary's! Price was great and the donuts were warm, soft, moist and delicious! My mom (age 69) says they are the best she ever tasted. Way to go! Now I know where to go to get amazing donuts. read more