Krispy Kreme

Going to Krispy Kreme on National Donut Day — Bad Idea. Getting 2 dozen donuts for my fiancé for his birthday — GREAT IDEA. I made a Donut Tower and added a cute birthday sign on it that I picked up from Target and voila — instant Birthday Cake!

Great service, even the longest of lines only take several minutes to be up next and its worth the wait when «the light» is on

Is the hot light on? Service can be a little slow, at times.

Great donuts. Fun to watch them make them! Love the strawberry frosted with sprinkles.

We go out of our way when traveling in the south to stop for the Hot Fresh Glazed! Keep an eye out for that bright red sign. Best thing I’ve ever tasted.

When that hot sign is on. Man. It’s hard not to stop by. Even when the donuts aren’t for me!
Most of the time I stop by is actually grabbing a dozen or a couple dozen donuts for clients of mine. They are always a hit for morning meetings.
The only gripe I have is that sometimes the folks talking over the drive thru speaker are a bit hard to understand. They don’t speak the best English it seems like. You would think you would put an employee with good talking skills on there. Oh well. The wait time can be a bit long at times, but never too crazy. Not in my experience at least.

Staff and management is always friendly and professional. And hey, who doesn’t love doughnuts. I will say that as much as I missed them this weekend, kudos to Krispy Kreme for closing during this winter storm and valuing the safety of their employees.

Doughnuts. Homer Simpson loves them & so do I!
I’ve been here only a couple of times, but service & the glazed doughnuts have always been great. AND they have a drive-​thru! However, I will say when stopping in or just driving by, the drive-​thru line is always busy.
Employees are friendly. The doughnuts have always been fresh & delicious — with or without being freshly made. Their app is a God send. You can get notified when the «Hot Now» sign is on!
Reasonable prices, but bad parking.

Who doesn’t love Krispy Kreme!!! Go Panthers!!! Stopped in to get my $ 4.30 a dozen donuts. Only wish the hot sign stayed on all day on Panther Mondays!

Give me a hot sign and a hot fresh doughnut and it’s a 4-​star. But no hot sign equals mediocre, not-​worth-​the-​calories 2-​star for me. Thus the 3-​star average for this fried-​dough-​loving-​gal.
Stopped by on this Sunday with an out-​of-​towner who snapped a pic of the sign to send to his out-​of-​state-​Mom, but didn’t even want to try a doughnut. Husband & I decided we were there and well, let’s at least share some calories, so we (I) picked a cinnamon one and after just two bites, I was happy to let Husband consume the fairly tasteless calories.
Over the years though, we’ve gotten lucky with the hot sign and enjoyed hot fresh out-​of-​the-​fryer donuts that are worth the calories. Love the old tradition that’s here but I gotta say now that we have more fresh doughnut choices in the Triangle, the off-​hot-​times here are less forgivable.

The HOT donuts are dangerously good, but the service is horrible. I haven’t come across a friendly employee as of yet. Hope they can get rid of the attitudes and start treating customers better!

My husband and I stopped here last weekend after a concert on Friday night. It was around 11:30 pm, and mildly busy. We are used to Krispy Kreme as we have had it in other locations, including our hometown, so we know that the doughnuts are always delicious. However, we did not get to experience them this time.
We went through the drive-​thru where we placed an order for an assorted half dozen doughnuts. We were told that they were out of one type we wanted, so we asked for another. They did not have those either, so we asked for another. Again, they did not have those. On our fourth try, everything was a success. We ordered a coke and a diet coke, and pulled forward. At the window, the woman asked us to repeat our order, then proceeded to tell us that our three-​time amended order included a doughnut which they were out of. We settled for a fifth kind, and then re-​ordered our drinks. Turns out, they had diet coke, but not regular. I don’t know how any of this makes sense, and it seems like they really had their C-​team on that night.
We decided to give up and just go down the street a bit to Cookout and get milkshakes. We were completely surprised that the service was this terrible at a Krispy Kreme. We have never had an experience like this at one of their locations before, so it was really disappointing and kind of earth-​shattering (a bit dramatic, but doughnuts are super serious!). Hopefully they just had a REALLY off night, but we probably won’t be back here next time we’re in town.

Always a favorite when in the area. Quick service and they have the ‘hot’ light on a lot which is good. A favorite during my pregnancy! Momma’s gotta have her cravings hahaha

I’ve been lovin this yeasty donut since I was a kid. My favorite is the chocolate cream stuffed but of course the hot and now regular donut is the bomb. I love to cram them in my mouth as they disintegrate upon contact with your mouth. Even though the prices continue to rise over the years, there is always a coupon or a special to be had somewhere.

Warm, delicious, and wonderful.
What’s not to love? The doughnuts are top-​notch.
Service is quick and easy.
The quality of Krispy Kreme is irrefrangible and consistent. By far the best donut (doughnut? Never know how to spell it) chain in the world. All you need is a fresh glazed donut right off the production belt.
That donut will melt in your mouth.
And then you can’t help but go back and get another. I am a big fan of the chocolate-​iced/​cream-​filled.
But you really can’t go wrong with ANY donut here.
I love you, Krispy Kreme. And if you want to marry me, you can just put a big fat donut on my finger. I’d rather have that than a stupid old ring, anyhow.

Yum! I love this place. I have gone here many times late at night with college friends and have been thrilled when they are not only open at 10PM but their doughnuts are hot. My favorite! I already can’t wait to come back.

I can’t believe i’ve never reviewed Krispy Kreme, considering it’s been a favorite since my freshman year at Peace, right next door!
A great place to grab a quick, cheap (but good) and warm doughnut! They also offer ice cream, coffee drinks and a few other treats, but the doughnuts (especially the original) is the star of the show!
Service is great and it’s always fun and slightly hypnotizing to watch the doughnuts go though the giant conveyer belt behind the glass!

Donuts can’t get better than ones that are fresh out of the fryer. Here, they will have a display case of donuts like any other store, but when you actually order (the originals, at least), they will take the freshest ones available and give them to you. It’s the freshness that makes a world of difference. Not even all the gourmet donut shops I’ve been to (and there have been many, from Rise in Durham to top-​rated places on Unilocal in NYC) can beat having a warm donut that only shortly had been in the fryer. On top of that, the donuts are cheap.
You also get to watch some of the machinery behind the store that produces the donuts :)

Living in NC, one must appreciate Krispy Kreme as it has long been a source of local pride. That being said, I have never understood why there were so few of them in the Triangle area. Even in Seoul, South Korea there are three. You would think that Raleigh-​Durham would kick it up.
This location is fine and has more history than I can pretend to know, but the service here has always been pretty rocky. They regularly have one person manning the register and another helping people get donuts. This would work on a slow day, but it seems to be a very common thing. It took us twenty minutes to get through the line as the system just doesn’t work.
Still, they have great donuts. Just make sure to hit the drive-​thru when you’re there.

Since I was in the area, I figured I would go to another Raleigh landmark eatery.
I ate two of the original glazed doughnuts with a bottle of milk. Have not had a KK doughnut in some time, so I sat there and enjoyed those wonderful fresh made delights.
As much a part of the experience here as eating the doughnuts is watching them being made on the production line. I sat facing the windows and watched thousands of those yummy things being cooked, glazed, and heading down the line. Keep your chefs at Kanki and that cooking presentation — this is far more delightful!