Winchell’s

Best apple fritters. Goes great with my morning coffee.

I vistited this Winchell’s often in the mornings before work and I was always pleased with the speedy and courteous service. Not a big fan of the donuts but totally loved their bagels and Croissants so I was totally surprised and shocked this morning when I show up realzed that they had moved. WHY? :(Sad sad news. I will miss them!

I don’t actually ever get their donuts anymore, but I recall that they’re average-​ly yummy. What I do like, however, are their sandwich deals. Their turkey/​bacon/​avocado bagel-​wich is surprisingly delicious and its $ 4.50 or something. For $ 5 you can get that plus chips and a soda. Also, their coconut macaroons are super dense and buttery and delicious.
Random note: I hear they let homeless people hang out inside at night because they’re open ²⁴⁄₇. While it doesn’t particularly make me want to go in there myself, it does make me want to give them my money because that’s just so gosh darn nice.

This donut house is where I visit the most for my breakfast since I live close by. I LOVE their meal deal. You get a sandwich of ANY kind, coffee or soda whichever you prefer, and a donut or a bag of potato chips. All three things for $ 5!!! Try their croissant chicken fillet sandwich. It is my favorite.

This place is filthy!!! The woman who made my breakfast sandwich kept wiping her nose with one hand. The checkout area by the register had a dirty rag just laying there. There was slime all over the counter. The tables were horrific — covered with coffee, grease, and who knows what. There are no napkin dispensers so when you ask for a napkin they just put a pile on the dirty counter. One visit from the health department and this place would be history. Yuk! #winchells

Ummm, it’s a donut house. And it serves donuts. There’s seats in there too.
Don’t expect them to wait on you or anything, ’cause they only come out the back to give you the donut and take you yer moneys.
Donuts are alright, I guess. Cheap. Location’s easy enough to find, and parking’s usually available. If not, just park in the ‘hood. It’s cool.

Open 24 hours! My friends love yoshinoya at 2am, and sometimes I crave something sweeeeet instead of wrinkly beeef! So, Ill come for an old fashioned, sprinkled, or glazed donut instead. They always have fresh donuts in stock!

Their breakfast sandwichs are pretty amazing, service always comes with a smile and the place is clean. (Aside from the homeless dudes always standing beside the door) I just really noticed them on my drive to the office earlier this week, as I’m not a sweets eater. Today I stopped in though to buy bagels for the office…
I would MUCH more recommend this place for their doughnuts, pastries, coffee and breakfast sandwiches, than I would their bagels. Also, ummmm, are 12 bagels and cream cheese supposed to be $ 24? I had no clue, so paid and left. But someone at my office said that I got robbed.
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Eating snacks late at night can be such a bad habit. Let’s not call it bad if you have just a «mini» snack. It was late, I was craving something sweet, I’m a groan man and I make my own decisions. So, I decided to turn around and head back to Winchell’s, as that bright yellow sign had a certain glow this particular night, which lured me in.
Gladly, this place wasn’t crowded and the donuts were fresh and fully stacked, waiting to be sold and devoured. Winchell’s now has the «mini donuts» at a mini price of only $ 1.49 for 6. I ordered the mini cake donuts, with icing and sprinkles, and it gave me just enough of a sugar high to make it down the freeway to get home. When that sugar high ends, your body feels sluggish but that was perfect for me because I was at home and ready for bed by that time. So, don’t feel bad about getting some sugar late at night for a cheap price that’s bound to make you perky and happy and… by the way, go to Winchell’s.

CHOCOLATE CROISSANT!!! love it.
I came here last night to pick up some yummy sweet treats for the rainy night.
I ended up walking out with a chocolate croissant, apple filled pastry & chocolate bar. Cost under $ 5. They had a good variety of things to choose from considering they don’t have a high traffic flow. I wonder how long my pastries were sitting in that glass window before it went home with me?! hmmm.
My mom always tells me not to eat late, especially junk food… so I didn’t get to taste everything I picked out. So far, I only got to taste the chocolate croissant and I’m a fan.
–1 star for?! ummm… not sure. Maybe the ghetto look of the place. I guess I shouldn’t hate. I might come back and change it to a 5 star after I taste my apple pastry =] we shall see. Looks is there… so there’s potential!
This wouldn’t be my ideal spot to grab pastries but it’s convenient and open all day! The lady that was working last night was nice. Parking wasn’t an issue and it’s free. I came around 8pm. No one was in there, so no waiting in line. Price range is friendly.
If you’re in the area, stop by and pick something up! Try their chocolate croissant if chocolate is your thing!
yay for me.

Man, people are sure picky about their donuts sometimes.
Last week, I wanted donuts. I went to Winchell’s. I pointed at 6 different donuts and paid for them. Four of the donuts had sprinkles. I felt like Homer Simpson. I was happy. The end.

I go here for convenience’s sake. Every 2 weeks I have a sudden surge of generosity that prompts me to pick up a dozen donuts for my coworkers, most of whom I don’t even like.
Maybe that’s why I don’t really care for the quality of the donuts. Parking is easy here, they’re open 24/​7, and your box of donuts will be blessed with the hopes of a homeless man asking for change.
I gotta give it to this place though: the women that work here are always super sweet and quick. The maple donuts when freshly baked are AMAZING and warm. Coffee tastes horrid, but you can mask the horridness with French Vanilla COffeemate!
These donuts must be decent though, because they get attacked by a bunch of vultures before I even put down the box, and only a few sad crumbs remain by noon.
Gawd, I hope nobody from work reads this review.

Winchell’s isn’t my favorite place to go to for donuts but when it’s 2 AM and you’re in a desperate need of a late night study snack and decent coffee for a little pick-​me-​up to continue your study session, Winchell’s isn’t so bad.
I can only speak on behalf of the bavarian cream donut here (since it’s the only donut I really like), but their bavarian creams are pretty damn good. The coffee can be a hit or miss here — sometimes their coffee is really old and tastes terrible, but when this happens I always just let the server behind the counter know and they’ll make me a fresh pot.
The only thing I dislike about this Winchell’s is that there are always homeless people camped inside and outside of the store begging for money.

having a rare donut craving, i headed over to winchell’s to get my fix.
— surly gal behind the counter
— very limited selection of «donut holes.» i’m used to places that make a donut hole version of virtually every kind of donut. winchell’s just has what appears to be one unfilled kind with different colored sprinkles on them in a bag.
— the apple fritter we got had no apple chunks on the outside or in the dough. perhaps they were blended in?
— the apple-​filled donut was decent, although not very fresh.
— the surly gal forgot to give us the glazed twist we ordered.
— the boston cream donut that i was looking forward to the most was not very fresh and the custard filling tasted weirdly medicinal.
disappointing, especially since the other donut shop by my house that was much better closed down. i’ll have to look elsewhere for my semi-​annual fix.
bah.

I’ve had better, but the donuts weren’t disgusting or anything. It was a nice dessert after my burger and I like that it was open at night.

Not the easiest place to park near but definitely serving up tasty and fresh doughnuts. Very pleasant staff that were patient while I decided since there were so many selections to choose from. Hot coffee to go with it and what more could you want? A few tables to sit and enjoy the sweetness.

Maybe it’s because my brother and I grew up eating Winchell’s when our mom would drop us off there every Saturday morning while she went to the Citibank next door, or maybe it’s because of the lack of pretention and simplicity of just old-​fashioned donuts… either way you try to decipher it, my love for Winchell’s has not and will never waver.
The familiarity of walking into a local donut shop where people who are there probably have been going almost on a daily basis for over half their lives, reading their newspapers with a classic cup of coffee and glazed twist, or kids with their chocolate bar and milk… its irreplaceable.

To quote Soy Y: Bleh.
If you need a post-​Super Bowl sugar fix to get you through the long drive from Long Beach to the Valley, do not stop here. Go up to the 7 – 11 and get yourself a Slurpee instead. Trust me. It will be worth it.

BLEH…
I’m not a big donut consumer. but once in awhile someone at work makes a donut run. maybe to balance out my healthy bagel runs. anyway.
today. i was pretty excited for some morning sugary sweetness.
i had a chocolate glaze donut.
i wish it was glazed then had chocolate glaze over it. but it was just a plain donut with a chocolate on top.
ok. i like SUPER sweet donuts to go with my extra bitter latte.
that was about 3 hrs ago. my sugar spike was draining so i decided to go back into the box. and grab the crumb cake donut.
someone had cut one in half. and so i figured i’d feel less guilty about it.
BAD choice again. either someone left the half in there because they didn’t like it. or they will be going to the bathroom shortly.
it was a DOUGHY donut. they didn’t fry it all the way or however they make their cakey donuts… how do u get a raw donut. that’s a first.
half way into the donut. it’s just goo. (but the crumb is delightful. perfect cinnamon sugar. i licked and picked as much as i could off without getting into the goo)
how frustrating. does this mean i have to go back and get another donut?
it is almost 1:00. so maybe i should just get lunch. but i still have half a latte left. decisions decisions. (note: latte was from coffee bean. not from winchells)

Not a completely horrible place to grab a cheap cup of joe and a chocolate covered donut with rainbow sprinkles (240 calories, 16 grams of fat). Personally, I don’t drink coffee, I tried their frozen coffee drink and it was quite tasty. I don’t know that I would have ever stopped here on my own, but Spurg required a lesson plan break and it was oh so close. From the outside it looks dirty and that pretty much builds the correct expectations for how clean it is on the inside. I mean, come on, there is at least one homeless guy in there at all times. But, if I was homeless I don’t know that there is a better smelling place to hang out. The combination of coffee and fresh donuts is a treat for the nares.