Winchell’s Donut House

The donuts are good, and the coffee is really good. The location itself is shady and in desperate need of a remodel. The staff is also slow and obviously unhappy with their job.

I only come here at an absurd hour for donuts and usually it’s coupled with a pending hang over.
The guy at the drive through sorta reminds me of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. I can’t understand him. Partly because he mumbles, and partly because I’m afraid he’s going to start chopping away with an axe.
They are always out of my donut of choice (cruller) so I settle for a glazed or whatever they happen to have. Donuts are consistently stale and tasteless. The glaze flakes and falls off.

Well, I love donuts, and I am not one of those people who cares too much about corporate or family owned… whoever Winchell’s Donut House is owned by is fine by me. They rarely have any customers which is kind of a bummer for them if you ask me, and I don’t really know how donut shops stay in business anyway.
The prices seemed to be a little bit higher than I remembered at other donut shops, but I suppose that makes sense what with the low foot traffic.
Winchell’s has a drive-​thru, which is pretty cool I guess, you lazy bums.
I hate the keyboard on the new laptop I got.

Since I’ve only been here at the dead of night, I can’t fairly say that it’s eerily empty all the time. LOL
There’s plenty of parking. If anything, just park in the Denny’s parking lot (it’s literally next door) and get your donuts. Anyway, the employee that works here at the times I’m there is pretty efficient. He’s not overly friendly, but he does get you in and out of there in a couple of minutes. The selection’s okay for a location of their size.
Last time I was there, they had these cute cello bags tied with ribbon full of different kinds of donut holes for only $ 1.50. Score! Also — they’re 24 hours, so use that to your advantage!

I used to come here often because I worked near this donut shop. The donuts were never the best, but it was open ²⁴⁄₇ and the service was always kind.
I came here on Sunday at 7pm and there was a young man working that day. I was incredibly displeased with his customer service skills. A friend and I were deciding what donuts to get and there was a huge fly that landed on a donut inside the case.
The young man cursed ALOUD, «What the f**k?» and pulled out the tray from the case and the fly flew out. Then he said, «Oh I’m stupid, the fly was outside.»
NO, we saw that the fly landed ON the donut INSIDE the case. I opted for a hot drink with 2 donuts and proceeded with our purchase.
As we waited for the receipt to print out, there was a minute of awkward silence. The young man kept looking at the machine and stared back at both my friend and I and we both felt very uncomfortable.
Out of nowhere, he yells, «Ahh!» and laughs really hard, saying, «you guys were scared.»
We didn’t respond and he then says, «sorry the machine’s old, everything here is old.»
To which I replied, «Hopefully the donuts aren’t.»
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with him?
*food review:
The donuts we got both tasted really dry and bland):

I’ve been to this place many times in the past and they donuts use to be ok. Now I think not. The sugar twist was kind of bland. The apple fritter was tiny and had a strange flavor and I didn’t taste any apple. Next time I’m thinking a supermarket donut would be more tasty.

So I came here on a whim one morning being oddly early driving to work. Man was I disappointed. There were 3 people working behind the counter, and one guy in front of me. I had to wait a good 5+mins before being helped and then the guy hardly spoke english! I ordered one of their breakfast bagel sandwiches and he had no idea what it was, I didn’t know how else to say it? Finally the lady who was handling the drive through walked by and was like «Ohhh ya» and told him in spanish what it was. So then I wait another…5+ minutes of watching the man try to figure out how to make it, and throwing random things into a plastic bowl and microwaving it. I decided to add an ice coffee to my order and again he didn’t know what that was… Ok I swear I speak perfect english! Anyways he then started making my coffee and asked what flavor I wanted, and when I said none again he was perplexed. Haha really? Poor guy, maybe I just walked in on his first day and he had no idea what he was doing, so I’ll give him that but my sandwich wasn’t very good, and it was tiny. My coffee was pretty standard nothing special… So even if it was his first day and I’m giving him a hard time their quality isn’t good. I’d most likely not come back.

I had a random donut craving so I came here. Walked in and the woman was
in the back. I had to shout hello at least 5 times before she came out. This lady literally spoke NO ENGLISH and was extremely rude. Even if they served the best donuts in the world (they don’t), I would never go back.

I had a great experience here. Early morning 6:30am and only place close for a quick breakfast is Carls Jr and Burger King. Good quick donuts sounds good right now. Mmmmm. Awesome 24 hour drive thru, EVEN BETTER! Lady at the window, Very nice and helpful. Definitely recommend:’

I was just curious, but i see that almost all the good comments about this donut shop were deleted. I have had no bad deals with this shop and the employee’s. They are all nice and greet me when i go for some coffee and donuts. I have become a regular and yet to be dissapointed. Way to go Winchells donut shop at miramar! They have Active duty specials! plus for me! :-D

I just bought 2 bags of donut holes in a Halloween bag to bring as a thank you gift. They were disappointingly stale.

One extra star for the service. The workers were nice but my jelly donut didn’t have any jelly and the iced coffee tasted odd. Oh well, I tried. Needed a quick donut/​coffee fix that wasn’t fixed.

What is it with places lately and arguing with me?
I must be a total a*hole and don’t even see it.
This place is just around the corner from work
and this fattie’s love handles were crying for some attention.
I tell the lady I just want two donuts (trying to cut down on the calories and all). I will take a cinnamon donut and a glazed with a large coffee.
That came out to $ 6.05 even though the register said $ 2.97.
So, I ask the lady
«Two donuts and a large coffee comes out to $ 6.05?»
Yes.
«Well, the register says $ 2.97.»
If the register said $ 9.45 would you pay that?
«Huh? I don’t get it.»
The register is broken the total is $ 6.05
«Whatever, can I get a receipt?»
Fine. Here you go.
«Ummm…You charged me for four donuts. I only wanted two.»
Yes. You got two cinnamon donuts and two glazed.
«I only wanted two donuts, total.»
You said two donuts. Two cinnamon donuts and two glazes.
«No. I said two donuts. One cinnamon and one glaze.»
You didn’t say that.
«Well can I only get two donuts and get my money back?»
No. You already opened the bag and touched the donuts.
F*@! this place.
The donuts were crap, also.

Just had the chocolate custard donut.
The dough was okay, nothing fantastic but pretty light and airy. I liked the chocolate drizzled on top but that’s cause I love chocolate in general.
Custard doesn’t taste like custard. Artificial tasting – makes you think the custard came from some factory that mass produces awkward tasting custard with a thick corn starch consistency. Dampened my whole custard donut experience. and it was my first custard donut experience too, sad times.
unimpressed.

Good doughnut memories come up when I think about the Winchell’s that I grew up with. That said, I didn’t have any quality expectations when I arrived at this one. I ordered a maple bar, chocolate custard filled and an apple fritter. In comparison to the other doughnut shops I’ve been to recently, their maple bar isn’t up to par — versus Heavenly Donuts, Golden Donut. The maple glaze was thin and the dough wasn’t very fluffy. The custard filled wasn’t as good as the one from Krispy Kreme or Peterson’s Donut Corner. My favorite one was the apple fritter. It was like a hybrid of a normal fritter and a cinnamon bun. Definite kudos for being a 24 hour establishment nearby.

I will go with: Very Low Expectations = High Satisfaction,
What the heck — I still crave for donuts!!!

Not the best donuts in the world [Dunkin’], but open at 1:00 AM makes up for it! In the mornings the donuts are great — fresh and terrific texture. By the middle of the night they are getting a little tired. They do tend to be just a bit on the greasy side, but sometimes that works great for me, especially after too many Smirnoff Green Apples. The donut holes are fantastic, but they don’t always have them.
I am surprised that their coffee isn’t so good. I used to often pick up a dozen (13) on the way to work and get a medium coffee. Donuts were always great, but the coffee was always blah. Gave up eventually on the coffee.
There’s a drive-​thru for those too lazy or too stoned to get out of their cars and pick out their own donuts. It’s next to a Denny’s and right along Miramar, so it’s lit up like Christmas at night. You’ll feel safe coming here at 3:00 AM. and I’ll see you there!

This place is the only donut shop I know near La Jolla and I am so thankful it is 24 hours. I always have the most random donut cravings and we all know the donuts at Vons or Ralphs are really old and stale. Thankfully, this place has a drive thru AND is 24 hours so it’s really great for the late night munchies. Sometimes there are flies in the case which is kind of gross, but when I want donuts, I can overlook this flaw. My one complaint is that the frosting tends to melt really easily and makes my donuts all watery. This tends to happen most with the glazed ones and the proceeds to make all my other ones watery.
Still, gotta love 24 hour donuts! nom nom nom.

I love having a donut shop so close to work. Winchells is a pretty good one with a nice selection. It’s usually pretty clean and I like the idea of a «Winchell’s Dozen.»
Take notes. Did you oversleep? Dont think you’re gonna make it to work on time? Donuts are your get out of jail free card. Bring them into work and you’ll never get in trouble. Works everytime.

This is a pretty random donut shop down Miramar next to Denny’s. But it is open 24 hours, which means it will be available to cater to all your donut cravings all hours of the night. Watching the Olympics all day makes me tired… and also crave donuts. The donuts probably weren’t fresh anymore at 11:00 at night, but they did taste soft and fluffy. A half dozen donuts will run you around $ 4.50, which isn’t bad or around 83 cents for one or something. The donuts didn’t taste as good as freshly made Krispy Kreme glazed donuts, but they were still probably better than day old donuts from Von’s.