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    SC Donuts

    3.2 (129 reviews)
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    Open • 6:00 am - 1:00 pm

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    A cold, sad, POS, disgusting sandwich .  smd
    Pablo R.

    You can improve the SHITTY sandwiches you make. Those sad, overly priced, cold, sandwiches for $8.75 - Absolutely disgrace to your business. All my life ive been to a donut shop and never ONCE where the sandwiches poor. This place is a disrespect to the donut shops everywhere. Makes sense 3/5 stars should be 1 STAR and close down. Generation dishonor to your whole family blood line

    Ham & Cheese Croissant - Dry croissant, old ham. Below average.
    Jason G.

    Rating strictly for their Ham & Cheese Croissant. $5.95 + tax. Saw the mixed reviews but they were the closest donut shop and was short on time. The croissant was visibly dark on top and sure enough was hard. The ham inside was dry too and overall didnt taste fresh like it was made the night before or overcooked. Overall disappointed. 2 stars at best.

    Plain and Swiss cheese Croissant

    Got a Swiss cheese and plan croissant and the croissant was hard on some parts and warm on others it also came folded up as well. I also got Donut holes that were warm and kinda to sweet.

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    Steph G.

    I love this old school donut shop in San Clemente. Nothing like a long-standing community family business. Every time I go in there the donuts are well-stocked, fresh and delicious. My go to is the crumb doughnut, vanilla cake and a ham and cheese croissants. I've had other things like the breakfast toast sandwiches and croissant sandwiches. I've also had a few of the milk tea and Boba drinks. My only complaint is when I ask for less or half sweet for those beverages, it never comes that way. The milk tea is very sweet. I love that they've been taking credit cards now for a while. There is parking right out in front. Reasonably priced.

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    3 years ago

    definitely the best donuts in san clemente. donuts are huge and they aren't greedy with the icing.

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    7 years ago

    Major Bee infestation in their donut case. Kinda grossed me out. Yeah at least its not flies or other bugs but still.

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    7 years ago

    Really good donuts! And their food is great, come for my lunch break all the time. Their staff is always friendly and they're very fast!

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    8 years ago

    Showed up at 9am on Sunday Fathers Day and they only had one tray of donuts and none of the type anyone wanted.

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    6 years ago

    i love this place. their donuts always taste amazing and they're reasonably priced. so far the best donut shop i've been to in the area!

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    9 years ago

    The donuts are great and the service is friendly. One minor thing: I don't like the coffee here.

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    10 years ago

    Horrible coffee. Watered down, no taste, luke warm at best. Not a fan and won't be back. Boyfriend got donuts and they were rock hard.

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    15 years ago

    Awesomely huge, fluffy donuts and good coffee on the cheap. The proprietor is super nice and accommodating as well. CASH ONLY

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    5 years ago

    you ever seen Seinfeld soup nazi? they are like that. they are very rude if you don't choose your donut immediately

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    Was on my way to work in Laguna, and wanted to bring donuts. The wonderful Yelp brought me here…read more Helpful that it's close to a freeway exit, and there's plenty of parking. Ambiance is simple, and inviting. The reviews talk about breakfast burritos, so that would be interesting to try in the future. I will primarily focus on the donuts and service, which were both amazing. Love the variety of donuts, including donut holes. Nice to be able to bring 12 donuts and 12 different donut holes (powdered, sugar, cinnamon, sprinkles) lots of different options including the delicious apple fritters, croissants, and traditional donuts. My biggest compliment is to the service. So nice to be greeted with a smile, complimentary donut, and even asked to bring the donuts to my car since he knew I was holding a toddler in one arm! Going out of the way is so sweet, and is gonna earn someone a 5 star Yelp review

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    This used to be one of our favorite donut places, but something felt a little different this time…read more I am not sure if they changed their recipe or if it was just this particular batch. We ordered the Boston Cream, Boysenberry, Cinnamon Crumble, Buttermilk Old Fashioned, and Blueberry Lemon. The Boston Cream was one of my favorites. The yeasted dough was delicious, almost like a brioche dough, though I am not sure if that is actually what they use. It was soft, rich, and had a great texture. The cream filling itself was a little underwhelming, but I would still get this one again. The Boysenberry was also really good. It had that nice cakey texture without being overly dry or crumbly. The Cinnamon Crumble looked amazing, but the texture was surprisingly "bouncy." I could not quite figure it out. It almost tasted like a cross between a cake donut and a yeasted donut. Nothing was necessarily wrong with it, but that texture was not my favorite. The Buttermilk Old Fashioned was probably the most dependable of the bunch. It had a nicely balanced hint of nutmeg that made it taste nostalgic and familiar. Sometimes you just want a classic donut that delivers exactly what you expect, and this one did. The Blueberry Lemon was a little bland this time. We have ordered it before, and both of us felt that the texture of their cake donuts seemed different from what we remembered. Still a good donut shop with some excellent choices, but this visit did not quite reach the level we remembered from previous visits. A 4/5 for us this time.

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