Colonial Donuts

Forget the lines at the overpriced donuts, come here for great selection, affordable prices and fast service. Don’t let the unassuming front deter you, this place is a bargain.

This place is a let down. I went here for national donut day last week and they didn’t have a bunch of donuts left which is understandable because it was so late in the afternoon. However, the lady who was working there could really work on her customer service skills. SMH. I got their buttermilk bars and an apple fritter. Didn’t get to taste the buttermilk bars as I gave it away but the apple fritter tasted like it was fried in stale oil. :(Nothing extraordinary about this place and I’ll honestly just visit other donut places.

Really enjoyed little shop muffins were delicious. Didnt disappoint. They only accept cash sooo no 5 stars.

I stumbled upon Colonial Donuts on my way to finding Donut Savant. I’m glad I did because this was actually the better of the two (and cheaper). I couldn’t stop myself at wanting to try something from every doughnut variety.
Apple fritter — amazing. One of the best ever.
Old-​fashioned — very good
Buttermilk bar — yummy and likely my favorite in the box
Glazed raised — the true mark of a doughnut maker’s quality, and this one matched up
Crumb cake — one of my top 3 types of doughnuts when done right, this one was the only disappointment. Dry and boring.
But 4 out of 5 is good enough for me!

My favorite mornings are ones where I get to stop by Colonial before heading into work. It’s a nice spot to grab a donut and some vanilla coffee, and head down Broadway Street. The Fancy Donuts are always my favorite, but they have pretty much everything you’re looking for.
Colonial Donuts is affordable, locally owned and delicious! I have no complaints.

This place is nasty. First off they’re really expensive, probably 50c more expensive for every item. $ 2.50 for a croissant and $ 2.25 for costco muffin? come one. Their donuts are also stale and shipped. The chocoloate toppings don’t melt onto the donuts but are more plastered and come off in sheets. And back to the muffins, they’re really starchy. Costco makes them better than wherever colonial gets them shipped from. Their breakfast sandwiches are also really sloppy/​messy and expensive for what you get, $ 5 after tax.

Service could use a lot of improvement. Donuts are average. Nothing special. I wouldn’t go back. There are plenty of other donut shops that I can give my business to.
Make sure you have your money ready because they will get you when you order a dozen regular donuts since majority of the donuts are not «regular» and they only take cash. Even when I asked for her to let me know when I picked a donut that wasn’t regular she put it in the box anyways without telling me. Long story short j get to the register expecting to pay $ 11 for a dozen (with only $ 13 in my wallet) and find out my total is $ 15.10. Apparently I had picked quite a few that weren’t regular. Seeing that is was too late since she already had them in the box my only option was to walk over to the ATM and withdrawal money.

They ran out of donuts on national donut day at 9am (well, they had a few, but not many). donuts are good and staff was nice. :)

Great spot that offers fresh and fluffy donuts to the denizens of the up and coming Oakland area. Their Butterfly Donuts are huge and I have tried their Buttermilk bars as well as the donut holes. The donut holes are a sure winner since they are affordable at a dozen for only $ 2.45. I walked out with 3 dozen for the office one morning and it went over very well.
Hot coffee. Donuts. Smoothies (Pineapple Pleasure is a great tart yet sweet jump to the day) and a sweet way to initiate those morning blahs.

Chocolate old fashioned is my favorite and go to donut and the one here is a little below average. One of the reasons that I love this donut is for the «crispy» edge. This donut was just completely soft and flavor was «meh».
I thought it was interesting that they had a yeast raised crumb donut. It was pretty good, very light and fluffy. I think as far as crumb donuts go though I still prefer cake since it’s more rich and buttery. My boyfriend prefers the yeast though =)
The glazed was pretty good. After you’ve had the melt in your mouth from Stan’s though it’s hard to find a glaze that’s as satisfying unless it just came right out the fryer. These aren’t dry and kind of melt in your mouth though, still yummy.
Decent spot for some traditional donuts. unless wanting old fashioned, will have to look elsewhere in my opinion.

Tasty doughnuts! Yah… so hard to find a good dough-​e doughnut. This place is so good has a huge variety of doughnuts and coffees. When u bite into the doughnut there is a bit of a crunch at first. So yummy. Will definitely be back soon

Donuts were stale two days in a row in the late afternoon and first thing in the morning. I requested a refund and it was given to me with little concern for why.

I’m a frequent customer. Nothing to complain about. Donuts are good. Price is ok. Although I did find a hair on my donut once. Will be back.

While driving by and seeing so many people going in and out, I knew it had to be good.
It was a cold night and I went in trying to get a Hot Chocolate (which was exceptional by the way) and left with a few doughnuts as well.
The doughnuts were fresh even though it was late at night and quite impressive and standout for simple glazed.

I love doughnuts so I love this place. I was on my way to work for an 8 am shift at the office after having finished doing a 6 am shift. Colonial Doughnuts was open and I was hungry and had 30 minutes to kill.
I’ve been several times before and they never disappoint, besides the first time I went and discovered they only accept cash. I got over that and I now come somewhat regularly.
The selection of doughnuts is wide. They always look delicious. Whether or not they’re freshly made or shipped everyday, I don’t know, but they’re still good. Maple bar with chocolate milk gets me every time. Yum!
Besides doughnuts they have other food items like breakfast sandwiches and bagels that you can ask to be toasted and add cream cheese. Coffee selection is great too!
I shall return eventually…

Overview: Solid choice for your doughnut needs.
Background: Not a big doughnut fan so haven’t been a good customer despite walking by this place daily for years. Bought them for a work event today and people were happier with the product than they were with [name withheld] in the City so want to give this place some recognition.
Pluses
* Variety of donuts: glazed, cake, twist, doughnut holes
* Prices seem fine; $ 10/​dozen
* Usually open by 5:30
* Free wifi with no login needed (thanks for being a good neighbor)
* Service is efficient
Minuses:
* Décor is aging 70s (maybe that’s a cool factor for some people); it doesn’t appeal to me as a place to linger but I’m more of a coffee place guy anyway
* Not enough chocolate sprinkles options

Colonial is for early birds needing joes at 6ish.
besides 9 shades of peerless coffee, they have bagel (1.25), crossaint sammies (3), and sugar donuts (1.25)
drink: (m) 1.65, macadamian nut roast,
–hint of maca. nuts in medium smooth brew
–3.75 stars
coffee drips:
–free wifi
–free parking in the morn cuz meter maids haven’t woken up yet.
–not many tables
–all doors open, drafty, bring overcoat…
–friendly, frenzied proprietor…

This doughnut /​coffee shop is on the corner of 17^th and Franklin in Oakland. This is a rather plain establishment.
The other day, after my DDS appointment, I bought a dozen doughnuts as a «reward» for no cavities. Ironic, eh?
The guy gave two extra halloween doughnuts for free (see pic). Of course, «your-​mileage-​may-​vary».
I think he is the owner. He gets five-​stars for that kindness.
Also, the doughnuts are tasty too, especially the raised-​glazed ones.
Fistpump @ dessert before a meal. Hmmmm… I feel like some phở noodles now.

Colonial Donuts is a GREAT place to go, pick up delicious heart-​stopping donuts, and then take said donuts back into the privacy of your own home and eat them with reckless abandon. The donuts are outrageous. Seriously, I think they sprinkle crack on them. The best are the hottest freshest batches, but even the slightly «old» batches (from the morning) are light and delectable and I basically want to eat a billion of them but try my best to refrain.
We usually go to Colonial Donuts late at night (sometimes in the wee hours of the morning), and have yet to master the timing of fresh-​donuts-​placement, but there are always people in Colonial Donuts, usually playing intense games of chess. The people behind the counter at midnight, 1am, 2am, or fuck-all-a.m. are nice and ready to load you with carbs and sugar. I always feel comfortable there (even in the dead, wee hours when no-​one in the whole goes-​to-​bed-​at-​10-​pm-​city-​of-​Oakland is awake… except those people playing intense games of chess at Colonial donuts).
Another plus– the bags of «day-​old» bagels for $ 1. One day I bought three of these during a day where I had apparently deprived myself of any carbs and then cracked under pressure. I froze two bags and had a week of breakfast with the others. Until the *very* last defrosted bagel, all were still fresh-​tasting and yummy.
The down-​side: I don’t think I’d want to stick around at Colonial Donuts to hang out. The people there are nice enough, but the chairs/​table aren’t the comfortable/​nice, and it’s often loud. Which is great for the time between getting in to the store, staring at the delicious choices, choosing my donut (or 10) and leaving, but I’m not inspired to sit down. Also, their tea is not very good.
So, go to Colonial Donuts to, you know, buy donuts.
**Note: credit card use only $ 5 or more (blame this on credit cards nickel-​and-​diming the us all, including stores). This shouldn’t be a problem, because I defy you to buy under $ 5 of these amazing sugar-​infused-​gifts-​from-​the-​donut-​gods.**

Colonial Donuts and I go way, way, way back. When I was a student at Berkeley, I remember late-​night runs to the one on Lakeshore during finals week when we just needed to break free from campus at a time when you knew you should be at Moffett Library studying. I’m sure the old-​fashioned glazed was the reason I made a ‘C’ instead of a ‘B’ in sociology. Flash forward a few years later (ahem)…and here I am coming out of the dentist looking for something to munch on after a particularly rigorous cleaning. I couldn’t help myself.
I made a beeline to this Colonial and saw all those familiar donuts in the display case. None of the fancy designer ones you see at Dynamo in the city. Just the plain ones and the chocolates ones. The cake ones and the raised ones. I bought two and a cup of coffee for about five bucks (see photo). Cash only. And then I sat myself down at one of the bright orange hightop tables to devour them in quick order. A flashback to my Berkeley days came over me because they were just as good as I remembered them. Maybe it was the right time of the morning to get them. I could have eaten a dozen. Gratefully I had to get to work.
DONUTS — 4 stars… fresh and warm… good timing, I guess
AMBIANCE — 3.5 stars… as old-​school as the other location
SERVICE — 4 stars… a hard-​working family
TOTAL — 4 stars… nostalgia come alive sometimes