Donut Shack

One million stars for this hole in the wall. Forget Heavenly Donuts. Forget Krispy Kreme. Forget Top Donut. (DD doesn’t even deserve a mention as being in the same galaxy as this place.) DONUT SHACK FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!!
Fresh cream filled donuts, gooey glazed donuts, crispy/​melty cinnamon sugar donuts. The selection is limited and hours are short, closing at 11:30 on Sundays. You will never be satisfied with another donut in all your life, that’s my personal guarantee. Cash only. Ring the bell when you get to the counter if the girls are out back. $ 5.50 for 6 donuts. You cannot go wrong with Donut Shack.

Loved the honey dipped, & cinnamon buns you take home, & warm in the oven!

The best donuts you can get in the Lowell area. It is cash only, but worth the visit to am ATM. A safe bet is always the crème filled, which they are known for.
Make sure you get here before 9pm — they sell out quickly!
They also have excellent hot & iced coffee to go along with the donuts.
Overall, this is a must-​visit spot. A local, family run, literal hole-​in-​the-​wall donut place that can’t be beat.

Amazing donuts. Best around. Try the honey dip and marshmallow

the only time eating a donut can be compared to a religious experience, seriously they are that good

These are the best doughnuts pretty much ever. They will freshly fill them for you. I’d recommend the marshmallow. These are just magical.

Crazy fresh and delicious doughnuts. I got there at 7:20am on a weekday and they were already half sold out! (A sign I’m not the only one to think they’re amazing) I had a jelly/​marshmallow doughnut and it was amazing.

A total hole in the wall, but this place is all about the donuts. Honey Dew were fresh, not too sweet, just awesome. All other flavors looked just as good.

There are many «levels» of doughnuts. From chains to the gourmet, all have there place and value. If I had to choose one doughnut to have and it would be my last… It would come from this shop. Phenomenal! Any type I’ve ever had was the best of its kind… and I’ve had some doughnuts…

Puts chain donut shops to shame. The freshest, tastiest, donuts ever. Love the glazed donuts and the coffee rolls. It’s a good thing they close at 11:00, otherwise I might be tempted to eat donuts all day.

amazing donuts made fresh on site every morning. Best donuts I have ever had. very inexpensive

Today was my boyfriend and I’s sixth year anniversary we made it a point to wake up early and head here for the first time. We picked out six donuts two for each of us and two to bring home to his mother. We were greeted with delight by Eric who had such a cheerful personality and made it a point to introduce himself and get to know us since we were first time customers. Donuts were delicious beyond imagination, We were definitely two satisfied customers!!!

Overall: This place is great — donuts are on point and customer service is amazing.
First, their donuts are delicious, some old stand by favorites as well as a few unique ones (marshmallow!). I tried the jelly and it was packed full of filling, the dough is light and fluffy.
And service: I had a lot of questions about their donuts as I was picking up for a large group and had to take orders for each flavor. I tried reaching out for a menu — They didn’t answer their phone but instead immediately got back to me on Facebook message listing out all their flavors. I love a place that actually utilizes their social media! I went in on a weekday morning and the staff was extremely friendly and welcoming.
Cash only.

Maybe the best donuts I’ve ever eaten? I’ll just have to go back every weekend to confirm these findings. Favorites included the honeydip, the coconut, and the chocolate glazed.
Echoing others and recommend going early. We arrived at 9:15 and had a decent selection, although some varieties were sold out. We ate our donuts at one of the two tiny tables in store and watched as a line formed and they sold another 10 dozen in quick succession. By 9:45, they had almost sold out entirely.

Co — worker brought these doughnuts to work and they were delicious. I wish i lived closer to get these all the time.

New favorite is the old fashioned… The apple fritter is worthy of fame. This place deserves your money more so than DD’s.
Shop small and enjoy big flavor.

First Impression: OMG finally a fresh donut! That’s what this place is, its a hole in the wall donut shop with extremely fresh donuts.
This place is on Westford St, for those of you coming off the highway at the old Wang towers its right off of Stevens St. But when you turn onto Westford St., don’t blink cause you’ll pass it before you could even say donut. And don’t bother to try and find the sign, because it wasn’t there today. Just look for all the parked cars and people going in and out of what looks like a crappy store.
For the Unilocalers who are going to complain, and I promise you there will be a few, this place is what it is. This is a place with extremely fresh donuts, that’s it. Its not an adorable café, or a place to sit and work on your laptop with wifi. It’s not a coffee shop, although they do serve Green Mountain Coffee. And its not a place where your gonna get kitschy donuts with maple bacon glaze or fruit loops attached to the glaze. They make 6 – 7 normal, regular every day donuts but they make them well and most importantly they are made so close to when you purchase them they will be among the freshest donuts you could get. Personally I like the «marshmallow» and the apple filled.
The marshmallow is actually a donut filled with whoopee pie cream, my guess is the standard filling from Bake n’ Joy stuffed in the donut where they cut about ¹⁄₃ of the way instead of pumped with a machine, then it is not glazed. Personally I think this is perfect! If you then glaze a donut filled with frosting it is too much sugar. The apple filled is constructed the same way with what I believe again is a commercially bought filling but then it is coated with a perfect blend of granulated sugar and cinnamon. Another brilliant move here by not using the standard confectioners sugar. It’s perfect in my opinion!
I would drive 45 minutes to get a donut here, thankfully for me its only about half that. I give that time frame because that’s about how far I am from Kane’s in Saugus. Maybe if Kane’s didn’t exist I would increase my drive time.
Last, it seems that the word is out and by 8:50 this morning the selection was limited although I was told they were working on more in the back. So I would. recommend getting there early. If you love fresh donuts and live somewhat close this is the place, hands down for the freshest donut around. I’m sorry Heaven’ly, I love you but your size makes you too big to compete. You just can’t keep freshness up when your volume gets to that size. Enjoy!

Well there’s so many good donuts to choose from! Chocolate Chocolate covered glazed, chocolate covered sprinkles, honey dip, coconut! My goodness! And I love the iced coffee :)

Horrible.
We arrived at 11:30 which is late for a donut shoppe. I expected the shelves to be picked over but hoped for the best.
We walked in the door and we’re not greeted at all, but actually walked into an argument between the 2 behind the counter. While we tried to peer around them at the completely bare shelves they just stared at us.
We were offered (to buy) day old donuts that were going to the shelter later that day.
Not sure how the food is, but the service was horrible. Not worth the trip.
Hooksett, NH –Lowell, Ma for this experience.

10:00 on a saturday and donut selections is really limited. However you really can’t go wrong. Even a plain donut is good with a cup of coffee.
I have a donut chain just a minute from us but we drive down here instead. Donuts are real. They are, and taste fresh.
Nothing is low cal but we all need a treat now and then and this is the perfect place for that. It is REAL food!