King Donuts

I love love love love this place! I’ve tried donuts from everywhere but this has to be one of my top favorites. I’ve tried Donut plants, Dough in nye, Top Pot, ETC but King Donut makes the best donuts. They are so doughy without being too thick. They have the perfect amount of glaze and they are so affordable. The donuts are $ 1 each and $ 8.99 for a dozen. My ultimate favorite flavors were cherry cake, blueberry cake glaze and jelly!
I’ve been to this place at 9am and I was shocked to see how little donuts they had. They sell out really quick. When I asked the employee what time I should come back to be able to buy all the flavors, they told me to come at 6 am especially on the weekends!!! I have to stay these donuts have been ruining my weekend sleep but they are so worth it.

Absolutely WONDERFUL! I ordered several dozen donuts for an event and they were a huge hit. Not only are the donuts massive, but a great price and fantastic selection. Don’t miss out on the red velvet! The classic glazed treats are light, fluffy, and just melt in your mouth. This is such a charming shop with an old school feel surrounded by other Manchester favorites (Cosmic Omelet, The Gathering, etc). The staff were a delight to deal with — they even helped me carry out the boxes to my car! Can’t wait to come back for a special treat or two — I’m a sucker for donuts and it’s nice to find King in Manchester ever since Sugar Shack closed.

Driven past this place a ton of times going to BJs from Glastonbury, and my wife went there one Sunday morning to grab us some donuts and coffee. Coffee is excellent. Perfect local brew kinda stuff. Donuts are really good. Like another reviewer said, not the holy grail but really good.
Glazed «knot»… 3, thicker than most, not the airy kind, which I prefer.
Old fashioned glazed… 4.5, excellent, thick, good flavor
Sour dough… 4.5, thick cake, good flavor
Maple… 5, best maple I have had in a while, thick glaze, and the thicker glazed donut chaise works here
Apple fritter… no rating, they forgot to put apple in ours and it wasn’t fully cooked, but it looked delicious. I will have to visit and try this one again.
Super nice owners, husband and wife, we assume. They are with the times, have a great website, have the latest cash register equipment, and open between 5 and 6am every day.
Will be returning in the near future.
Parking is rough on a busy street. Park on the side of the building if you can.

This has become our favorite weekend breakfast spot since we moved to Manchester in May. We’ve lived locally almost our whole lives and have driven past this spot and kind of scoffed… how good can a place be with just a sign that says «coffee and donuts»? The answer is incredibly good. We LOVE donuts and my fiancé stopped in one time while buying milk at yr convenience store next door thinking why not?. So the bad part is that they were a little stale BUT to me that means they were actually made fresh because a good fresh donut doesn’t stay top notch for very long! If you put it in the microwave for just 10 seconds even the next day, these donuts are heaven. The filled donuts are FILLED not just a penny sized amount of filling like at Dunkin Donuts. I’ve only had the coffee once and it was fabulous, fresh, brewed perfectly, hot, and thank GOD the flavored coffees don’t just have shots of syrup in them! Another must try, their egg and cheese on English muffin sandwiches. They toast the English muffin to a slight crisp so it doesn’t fall apart on you and the egg is cooked fresh. I crave those sandwiches as soon as I wake up on weekends. If you’re local or in the area, you’re crazy not to try this place. The staff is extremely kind and welcoming!

This is one of those odd ‘hole in the wall’ donut places that I passed by for years. I’ve lived in Manchester my whole life and always passed this place by since I’ve always gone to other coffee and pastry places (Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts). I figured I’d try it when I was in the area and wanted a quick coffee. Their coffee is awesome — always fresh and super hot (I like my coffee lava hot, something other coffee places are hit or miss with). In particular I really like their cream. I know it’s an odd thing to praise, but they use a delicious type of cream for their coffee.
Also their donuts are top-​rate. They’re not those light and fluffy donuts you get at Dunkin — these are old-​fashioned, dense donuts. And their coffee rolls are about the size of your head (I’m not even exaggerating). Their prices are extremely fair — small coffee and a donut for $ 2? That’s less than the price of a single coffee at the other ‘big’ chains. A medium coffee and a donut runs you around $ 3. Everything here is a great value.
The only reason I’m not giving them five stars is because they run out of donuts pretty quick in the morning. I’m not an early riser, so when I stop by around 11:00, there’s usually only a couple of trays of various donuts left. That’s okay, since everything they make is good and I usually find something I want anyway.

Shocked to be the first person to review this donut shop! Ellen, the owner of Jem’s Gardens (as well as my neighbor), recommended King Donuts to me when I asked her if she knew of any local places that sell a nice cup of coffee.
I’ve been here a few times, and the coffee IS great, and really cheap. If you’re looking for a fancypants frapparamalamadingdong latte… this ain’t it. But a good, classic «donut shoppe coffee», it is. It’s what I imagine the cops are drinking on their donut runs in the movies, honestly.
How are the donuts, you ask? They definitely hit the spot. I can’t say that they are the best I’ve ever had by any means, because I’m still searching for my «holy grail» of donuts in the Hartford area. But King Donuts has SOUR CREAM DONUTS (hard to find around here) and ginormous apple fritters… so I’m a happy customer.
I recently saw that they have an eggnog donut, so I will be back soon to try it before the holiday season is over!