I recently visited Retro Donuts again. I am amazed by the quality of all of the products they serve.. from the donuts, to the fresh coffee, to the ice cold drinks. I can see and taste the quality in the products they serve. The staff is very genuine and cared about the experience I had. There is a very creative side to the experience I haven't had anywhere else.. there is a great effort made to vary flavors and have seasonal donuts. I tried the new Chekum sandwiches (not sure on spelling)... and was amazed.. I tried the sausage and the ham version and the bread was some of the best I have ever tasted. I have trouble with the reviews that say the price is too high. A single bite Starbucks cake pop is $2.00...a 16oz mocha is $4.15..a single scoop at Baskin Robbins is almost $3.00. I think the prices are very fair for a crafted donut... if the donuts looked and tasted like they came from a grocery store.. then it's a different story. I, and I think a majority of others are willing to pay for taste and quality. I will continue to support this locally owned and operated business. read more

Black iced coffee is great. All donuts taste really good. Love the maple coconut crunch bar. I always go here each time we visit Spokane. Will always recommend this place. read more

I have been told this is a local business which is too bad as i like to support local, however, the donuts are overpriced, the ambience is stark and the donuts are average. Newly opened the line to purchase is long and slow moving. The donuts seem to be a littler smaller then those at Safeway, Yokes, etc. and are about twice as expensive. By the way, the address on their web site says they are located at 10727 N. Newport Hwy. not 10925. read more

Well I was disappointed because they barely have any donuts for you to choose from. I have a family of five and they had one donut for each flavor and knowing kids they all wanted the same one so left feeling disappointed. read more

Stopped in about a week ago and got a coffee and a few doughnuts. Raspberry filled, Maple bar, and chocolate round-one of each. They were delicious. I'd get a dozen, but being I live alone chances are they'd dry out before I ate them all. I plan on going back for a few more to try other kinds. I also like how they are regular sized, and not giant like Casual Fridays, or midget sized like Krispy Kreme. read more

Tasty donuts. Good variety. Got the chocolate old fashioned, cinnamon roll fritter, vanilla sprinkle cake donut, and a butter crumble cake donut. All good. Staff was very helpful and friendly. read more

I really love the idea of this donut shop being in the very north side of Spokane. The owners have always been polite and the service has always been great. It smells very delicious when you step into the shop and they have a lot of options to choose from! The donut recipe is great and very delicious. I am hoping they will start with vegan donuts so I have another option to get vegan donuts other than Casual Fridays. Casual Friday's always runs low on vegan donuts and I would definitely encourage retro to start on vegan and gluten free donut options. read more

In a time of doughnut shops coming and going frequently, it's hard to find doughnuts that are consistently good. I am happy to say that these doughnuts are always good, but they really excel in the retro old time doughnuts! I wish their eggnog cake doughnuts were around all year!! My kids love this place. One of my favorite features is the drive-thru... I love that I can call in an order and drive through 10 minutes later to pick it up! For this procrastinator, it's the perfect solution to teacher appreciation day, birthdays, and administrative professional day read more

Can't rate the food . We stood in line for about 5-8 minutes while the lady in front took 25 donuts which was the remainder of the donuts for that day. I heard the customer ask the cashier if we wanted to order before she takes the donuts.. The cashier said nope first come first serve. All we wanted was one donut. Steps to the register and the guy was like what can i help you with, wanted a donut and guy said I'm sorry we are all out. You could have mentioned it the first thing stepping up to order. Rude and not a good customer service act. Wasted 15 min of our time and your time. Bittersweet read more

Great classic donuts. The pumpkin cake one was fantastic. Coffee was wonderful (black coffee) and the milk was nice and cold. Donut places should close when they run out. That's classically how they work. Lines are long at first when most places are brand new. Be realistic, people. read more

We came in wanting to sample a variety of donuts because we are having donuts instead of cake at our wedding. Grabbed 4 donuts on Father's Day. Maple bar, classic glazed, tuxedo old fashioned, and glazed cake. Total cost about $8. Pros: Maple frosting was great. Cons: Both the classic glazed and glazed cake were raw in the middle. Not a tiny spot, but a good half the donut. The service was very poor, we asked for advice from the employees favorites and they seemed bothered to have to actually interact with a customer. Overall, if you are going to charge about $2 per donut you better make sure you are cooking them properly. Also, there was an air of pretentiousness surrounding our experience that left us feeling very unwelcome. That and the fact that 50% of our donuts were inedible due to raw centers overwhelms any positive aspects of taste. read more

These donuts were just ok to me. Better than supermarket but not as good as a couple other mom and pops. The exception was the apple fritter. It was very good. That is probably because I I had to wait for it to be cooked. Fresh hot donuts are awesome. The service was great. The girl behind the counter was nice and had patience. The reason the rating is low is the price point. Holy cow they are expensive for a dozen. If they were out of this world donuts fine, but they are not. We got a NW deal and that made it a better deal. I wouldn't come back at the original price for a dozen. Maybe come back for a fritter or two though. read more

We tried Retro Donuts today and were pretty disappointed. We picked out a baker's dozen of various kinds that looked amazing on the menu, and the total came to just over $20, which was about what we expected for gourmet doughnuts. But when we tried them, they seemed a little stale. The more we sampled the more disappointed we were. The bakeries at local grocery stores have way better doughnuts! Yoke's makes delicious, fresh doughnuts for a third of the price, and Rosaurs has sour cream old fashioned glazed that are absolutely amazing! Save your money and just pick up pastries with the groceries! :) read more

I have been to Retro Donuts in the past and loved the donuts, they serve delicious donuts. Retro donuts was supposed to be open until 1 today and then closing for a week. As we drove through the drive thru at 12:10 (50 minutes before closure), 2 girls walked out the employee entrance in the back carrying donut boxes. We get to the drive through and the girls are sitting in their cars looking at us and giggling, they didn't seem rude but maybe nervous or awkward? No one came to the window, so we rolled down our window and asked the girls if they are closed. The one girl replied yes, we sold out of donuts. I decided to call and just see if someone answered, we live far away and really wanted donuts and the sign clearly said they were open to 1. Maybe someone was still inside? A man answers the phone, I said are you still open, we are in the drive thru. He said no, we sold out of donuts. I tried to be very nice (I work in customer service myself) and said, ok, I'm just a little confused because 2 employees just left with boxes of donuts. The man instantly became aggressive. I told him the girls were sitting there giggling at us, and he was hostile and said they weren't that kind of girls. He told me they did nothing wrong and the girls get to pick out a box of donuts every morning before they open. I said I understood, but you can see how from a customers standpoint this doesn't look right. He yelled over me and said where do you want to go with this?!?!?! I said I understand they did nothing wrong, but from a customers standpoint you can see how this looks bad, and you're yelling at me... if he had calmly explained the situation instead of immediately become irate, this would have been a non issue. He continued to yell and I hung up. I like donuts, but I do not want to be served by an aggressive and hostile man. read more

Had I posted a review after my first visit it likely would have been a 2 star review. I am glad we gave Retro Donuts another chance as they have really listened to feedback and are a lot more organized and quicker service, plus still have great donuts! read more

Decent donuts but very expensive for what you get. If you get there later in the morning, don't expect a huge selection.

Tasty donuts especially the raised glazed ones. I have not found any this good since leaving Texas 20 years ago! The owner is kind and sweet like his donuts always welcoming you with a smile Great local donuts!! read more

So yummy! The coffee was great and donuts fresh. The employees were very friendly. Fun place to go

If you're looking for a cool spot to hang out, and the best donuts in Washington, look no further. We recently popped in for a donut, and were blown away by the wonderful selection. Super friendly staff, very clean and stylish. Just like a donut shop should be. read more

The name Retro means that they only produce donuts once a day and then sell old stale (Retro) the rest of the day. Also staff makes you believe it should just be Rude Donuts. Will never return to this attempt at a Donut shop ever again! read more

Delicious donuts!! Great variety and super clean! The staff was very friendly and super patient with our indecisiveness. read more

Retro Donuts - Donuts Near Me - Spokane, Washington

if you're worried about the pandemic even a little bit, i wouldn't go here. during my visit none of the workers were wearing masks. freaks me out because if they aren't following those health guidelines, i worry what others they are lax on. read more

I love supporting small businesses but this is one I will never support! How can you ethically and legally claim to be peanut free and tree nut free when you serve M&ms and coconut?! And these are the products I can see that are not safe. What other products do they use that might not be safe either? Retro Donuts response-well our peanut allergic kid has eaten M&ms for years and has never had a reaction! Lucky you! May contain means just that-it may contain it or it may not. They need to change their 100% peanut and tree nut free claim before someone has an allergic reaction and sues them. read more

Not happy with ownership's customer service. My wife and I loved this place for its unique donut selections and they were always nice to us, until they weren't. Today my wife's dog almost died and my wife almost had a seizure. Not a great day for her. She took the time out of her day and watching our two boys, to go to Retro to buy some donuts for the veterinarians who saved our dog's life. Not knowing what our vets liked, she decided just to go with a dozen classic donuts. She was excited because they are usually out of classics and old fashions when we arrive later on the weekends. So she asked for a dozen classics and this what she gets: They come out and say she cannot have a dozen classics and that she needs to order other things. She asks if they have the classic donuts. They acknowledge that they do, but that she cannot just order 12 of the cheapest donuts! Outrageous. I have never had my family so insulted in my life. She asks for 12 classics and they say, no not unless you order more than just classics in the dozen. So she wound up having to order an assortment for a much higher price than a $1.00 per classic donut, this is not okay. Not okay for Spokane and not okay for America? Nazi Germany...maybe it would've been okay? read more

Hands down best donuts around town! Awesome new local business, with great people!!! So good!

I was excited to see a new donut place up north and in my first two attempts at going, they were closed. Granted, the first try was on a Sunday at 5pm, so I'll give them that. However, next try was today, Monday at 830am. Closed. I didn't see any visible signs on the door providing their hours of business. I try calling and nope, no mention of their hours on the voicemail either. I'll try them one more time but now they better have amazing donuts in order for me to give more stars. It's their business and they can run it however way they want but if it was my business, I would definitely be open on a Monday. Once you have your clientele and regulars set and hooked on your donuts, by all means, take Mondays off. UPDATE: I went in on a Wednesday morning and they were open (yay!). I came in to get 1 or 2 but I ended up getting 6. I got 2 maple bars, a chocolate glazed chocolate old fashioned, an original glazed, and 2 apple fritters. The best one was the original glazed and sadly, the other ones were just ok. I saved the maple bars for last and I was disappointed. For one, they were a little skinny. And two, the maple flavor didn't have enough depth, just sweet. Same thing with the apple fritters, all you can taste is one dimensional sweet. I wanted to try their old fashioned but somehow, at 8am, they were out of it already. They give a 5% discount for orders of 6 or more but I still paid close to $12. All in all, it's an ok place but unless I'm really craving a donut, I doubt I'll come back. The price point for the quality just isn't up to snuff. I'm glad to see a donut place up in north Spokane though and wish them luck! read more

We were so excited for Retro Donuts opening, anxiously anticipating the arrival and literally counting down the days. On the grand opening, the line wrapped around the lobby, but took almost an hour to get to the register due to the slow service. We visited again today hoping for a better experience, once again we got pretty good donuts for an exorbitant price and a long wait time. I had to wait for ten minutes for a chocolate milk. Wish we could make this place a regular stop, but we will have to stick to our usual places unless service here increases drastically. read more

The donuts were good. When we went they were out of raised donuts so all they had were cake donuts. Now I'm not generally a cake donut fan but these were not dried out or super dense and the glaze and frostings were good. The Pumpkin donut was yummy! Now I went this Saturday morning and the line was long so if your expecting to be in and out it more than likely won't happen. So be prepared. My one critique is that they need to set their donuts out on the platter they have with little signs of what the donuts are so when you go to order you might know what you want. This might speed up the line issue. I can't tell what donuts are on she pans. Looks like they have whipped hot chocolate which I would like to try next time. So I would go back. read more

I stopped there a few days ago and I have to agree with the other reviewer that the donuts had a really funky-oily aftertaste. I bought four donuts 3 'regular' and 1 specialty donut and it cost me almost $10.00- which I probably could have lived with if all the donuts had not tasted so incredibly bad- like they are not changing the oil as often as they should be.....It's the second time I have gone there and the donuts were not that great then- I thought it was just an off day, I guess not....Pretty disappointing. Honestly they have tastier, cheaper donuts at Safeway down the street. read more

Very poor customer service relations. I did not feel valued as a custom by whom, I am assuming was the owner of the business ( middle aged, dark hair man). Today is Mother's Day... my son is overseas serving in the Navy. My husband was cheering me up as it's just the two of us at home. We stopped in for the first time to Retro donut. They were out of cherry filled donuts except for the mother day special heart shaped cherry filled donut. When we gave our order we asked for one of the heart cherry filled and we expected to pay the going price. The middle aged dark hair man said NO! Those are only for customers buying a dozen donuts. He said "it's on our Facebook page". I replied that I was disappointed and he said "I have to think of my other customers". I left this establishment thinking the owner only cares about the bottom dollar and is not willing to make a sale to make a custom satisfied. My husband and I could never eat a dozen donuts from Retro donuts by ourselves before they go stale. It was the way he said it too... very finite, no exceptions. I would never recommend patronizing this business. I am a business owner too, I own vacation rentals and when my guest call and request or suggest improvements I follow up and try and make their stay wonderful and feel valued as a customer. Bottom line, if you are looking for good customer service from the owner of Retro Donuts you may be disappointed as I was. read more

I am editing my original review. I so badly want this place to be amazing...but unfortunately they fall short. I have been to Retro Donuts about 5 times now and at all different time of the day, simply their Donuts just taste old. They don't have that slight doughy warmth that I always look for in a donut. I even went one morning at opening and the donuts were just too dense. I would not recommend spending the extra money, Rosauers has better in my opinion. Original review; Yummy!!! Melt in your mouth maple bars! I would say they're a little high priced but worth it! read more

We had a Boston cream, a chocolate sprinkle, and an M&M chocolate bar. They were delicious, soft and pillowy. The kids loved theirs. I have been thinking about going back for several days. The men running the place were nice. The coffee was eh. read more

Officially done trying. My family and I have tried to try Retro several times. Usually sold out of anything my boys and I might pick so we all choose something left over at around 9 am. The donuts that we've been able to try haven't been that great so we just figured it was us and not them because we weren't able to actually get what we like. Yesterday was the last straw with probably the worst customer service in my life. We will take our heavy donut eating habits to Donuts to Go where we are actually allowed to buy donuts! read more

I've been to Retro Donuts twice now and my experience is a bit mixed. First their donuts are very good and a bit more upscale than other places. They are working hard to make this place a great destination in Spokane. The display of their donuts needs attention. One cannot tell what they are selling. This creates confusion and a slow buying process. The prices seem high for Spokane. They are much higher than other donut places here. The quality would suggest a slightly higher price but not to the extent they are now charging. I'm sure they will continue to improve. read more

Love the donuts, lot of variety and get there early they don't last! We moved from Oregon and would go to a certain donuts shop in Portland well this is much better. read more

Stopped here for the first time. Donuts were very good and fresh. Employee was very helpful and polite. Only down side 11.40 for 6 donuts was a little expensive. read more

The donuts are over priced and not great. There are other donut shops with much better donuts within a two mile radius.

Good donuts but not great donuts. At this price point (read expensive) Retro Donuts should be write home to Mamma remarkable not just good.

I had the bacon maple bar, GIGI, and a coffee I thought it was amazing the service was great