The Donut Cutter

I love donut shops and I love finding random donut shops along streets. It was so surprising to see an Asian family behind the counter grabbing donuts and serving up coffee. It’s a hopping place considering how I arrived around 9:30 and many of the display trays were already empty. I grabbed glazed and nutty donuts, and brought them home to share with my family. You can tell they make the goods fresh and the donuts aren’t super sweet, but they are well-​glazed. My tummy was super happy afterwards!

Great Donuts. But they just raised there prices again. That’s a bummer. I hope they don’t start making the donuts smaller. Don’t go there too early they don’t put out all the Donuts until after 7 o’clock in the morning

«Ooooh! Lindsay brought the GOOD donuts!»
«Mmmm, Donut Cutter is the greatest.»
«Did you know that’s where all the cops go?»
«I’m probably going to eat a half dozen of these.»
Just some of the many comments I received from bringing 2 dozen of these tasty morsels in to work the other day. Great holiday flavors and classic standards mixed together in a box that made me look like a hero amongst my coworkers. The blueberry cake was outstanding, it’s my favorite donut flavor and this was probably one of the best I’ve ever sampled. They had everything from plain glazed to sour cream, from eggnog to cake donuts topped with fruity pebbles. All of which were sugary and sweet and exactly what I’d want a donut to be.
Best donuts I’ve had in the Detroit area!

Love their donuts, some of the best freshest donuts around, the prices aren’t bad either, and they do a dam good cup of coffee too. And if you want they have a nice counter that you can sit at and enjoy your donut and coffee and talk with some of the locals, and slow down and take it easy. It’s not Starbucks but I think it’s a great choice. 4 out of five just because of their limited hours.

Delicious donuts at a great price. We stopped by here one day on our way down Woodward for some mid-​morning donuts. It is a small, quaint shop, but that wall of donuts just makes your mouth water! We tried several different flavors of donuts and found them to be moist and delicious. The price was great too — $ 1 a donut! Perfect way to start the morning!

I got there at about noon on a Sunday (they close at 1) and most of the donuts were gone. The employee mentioned that you need to come early (7am) to get donuts fresh out of the oven. First of all, 1:00 seems a little early to close on a Sunday and I also think that a bakery specializing in donuts should be able to offer a variety of fresh donuts all day.
The facility itself was not nice. The furniture was in rough shape and it was generally dirty and fly ridden. Also, there were no bathrooms which I consider to be a major problem– how can you serve coffee and not have a place for customers to pee?!
All that being said, the donut I had (more of an éclair) was delicious and the staff was very friendly. I might go back for takeout, but definitely not a nice place to stay and eat. Prices weren’t terrible but a little more than I’d expect for such a hole in the wall.

The perfect Éclair — either custard or cream filled. My favorite donut shop anywhere — still able to get a dozen for under $ 10 ($ 9.95).

Long overdue review but these apple fritters are still the best I’ve ever had. Crisp enough on the outside to hold in one hand and the o so perfect combo of sugar and cinnamon. I think it’s the right design to go for less height on these, I’ve had many competitors end up with too much dough on the inside which tastes dry to me. These however, are perfection.

Home of the best donuts I’ve ever eaten in the Detroit area.
I used to come here in high school in the 90’s (usually while skipping class) and recall thinking how much better the donuts here were than they were everywhere else.
No clue when or why I stopped coming here, but I just stopped in for the first time in years the other day and… not a whole lot has changed in the last couple decades. The donuts still look and taste more or less exactly the way they used to. The patronage is still consistent. The décor remains unchanged. The only real difference I noticed (aside from a modest price hike) was a lack of high school kids smoking at the counter… and that’s probably only because smoking is no longer allowed indoors!
Dear Donut Cutter, never change. I’ll be back again soon. I promise.

Fast and simple. Not a lot of unique choices but some. The doughnuts are average. I’ve had better and worse. The service is exceptional. A solid choice for doughnuts in the area.

Walked in, got a couple apple fritters, payed and walked out. The place has prompt service and is clean on the inside. The apple fritters were warm and amazing, probably the best ones that I have had ever. Will definitely return to try more of the large selection of donuts. Make sure to bring cash too as they do not accept credit cards.

If I’m being completely honest, this place is just okay. I’m not particularly picky, more of a food snob, so I think I have rich taste buds. Lol. I only stopped here after discovering that Dutch Girl donuts would be closed until the 20^th, so I was hoping for a pleasant surprise!
I didn’t get that. Everything looked so dry, and it appears to be an older crowd only, which explains a lot. They tasted like fried diet donuts. I think the secret to an amazing donut is not being able to tell it’s fried, but I could definitely taste an oil in my apple fritter. They’re also more expensive than DG, but whatevs. There’s a possibility that it could have been an off day; rain DOES have a tendency to affect our mood. Decent service, but I don’t think I’ll be back.

Soooo good! I ordered in advance coconut, Samoa, fruity pebbles, red velvet and a couple others. Every single one was amazing!

I really like donuts, and I found these donuts to be fine. Not outstanding, but fine. I did not care for their nutty donut, which is my personal fav. The chocolate dipped donut was tasty though. Much better than chain donuts none the less.

It is impossible to imagine better donuts! Light, fresh, generous and original choices. I mean where else can you get a PBJ donut — peanut butter frosting and jam filled, peanuts on top — must be one of the best donuts I’ve ever eaten, and I’m not proud to admit I consider myself pretty expert. Makes me want to swear off places like Tim Hortons and Dunkin Donuts forever.
Red velvet, blueberry and fritters are pretty awesome too!

Sometimes when I’m driving to work, I think to myself, today’s going to be a long day and I probably deserve some sugar to start I off. So I drive past the Donut Cutter for an apple fritter and a large coffee. The fritters almost are large, fresh, warm, sugary, gooey, delicous. The coffee is always steaming hot. The staff is friendly. My second favorite item is the cinnamon roll.
Cash only. Don’t forget. I’ve almost had to dig up quarters in my car to pay for it.

My only hesitation in reviewing the Donut Cutter is that it’s likely to make it more busy and harder for me to get good donuts. :)
They have a great selection of standard favorites. Their cake donuts are exceptional. They also make fantastic apple fritters and cinnamon rolls done properly.

The Doughnut Cutter is a small establishment on (southbound) Woodward in Berkley, MI. The doughnuts are good, very good. But when you’re putting them in the class of great doughnuts, and I’ve been told by some, that these are great. They don’t make the cut, compared to the all time Champ…“Dutch Girl”. When I think of your basic glaze doughnut; I think of the glaze component, the light air iness of the dough, the way it just devolves in your mouth, and the sheer warmth of it coming out of the hot oil bath. «THAT’S A GLAZE DOUGHNUT»…You won’t go wrong with Doughnut Cutter, but for a pure euphoria experience. Give Dutch Girl a try.

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I am not a very big donut fan. I only have them maybe once a month? I was coming home from my doctor and I needed a comfort food (not sure how I thought donut is a comfort food) So I dropped by on my way home and wow. I had custard filled long john on my drive and I finished it in a blink of an eye. I was going to give Strawberry jam filling and sour cream to my sister, but I finished them too as soon as I got home.
Felt guilty but I just could not resist! I will be dropping by every time I am on Woodward!

A visit here transforms even the mildest mannered of people, and self-​confessed pastry passer-​uppers (totally a syndrome), into Homer Simpson in the land of doooouuuuughnuuuuts.
The Donut Cutter does doughnuts old school, baking delicious deep-​fried rounds and displaying them on simple trays. Wide windows peer down onto row upon hypothetical row of fritters, kruellers, Boston creams, glazed and powdered jewels. Hypothetical, naturally, because rarely is a full selection available at any point past 6:30 AM. Commuters and local residents know when the shop opens and descend like magpies on a recently unearthed trove of shinies while the going is still good.
The place look straight out of the movies, with its plain tables and walls adorned by fading newspaper cilppings and photographs circa 1999. And let that be a lesson to the uninitiated: the best confectionaries and patisseries rarely look polished and slick with chrome or glass. All focus lies on the holy round grails, the very best when still basking in their own heat. I have a special love for anything brushed with a bit of chocolate, spice or a dash of fruit. Nothing quite matches the apple fritters here, so far as I’ve found. They spice the heck out of the batter for flavour, and then unleash their wonderful, moist morsels on the world. Reject it at your peril.
Staff is kind, sweet, and attentive. They ring up orders and fill boxes with impressive efficiency, and have a smile for everyone who comes in. Rarely do I feel so welcome as a complete stranger as I have here. All are welcome to the magical land of Donut Cutter.