Colonial Donuts

Ew! I didnt know there are donuts worse than safeways! I got a french crueler (sp) and it was soaked to the max in oil. Super stale and solidified fat pockets. Yuck!

Pretty much obsessed with every donut I have tried here. These aren’t fancy/​trendy donuts that you get at the hipster donut shops in SF. these are all old fashioned, traditional donuts and they are amazing. I highly recommend the old fashioned cake donut with maple glaze, the French crueller, and the buttermilk with glaze. All amazing!

Best donuts ever. We got a wide variety and they were all scrumptious! Love how dense the donuts are and not overly sweet either! Recommend it for sure! Very happy with their donuts!

This isn’t the original location, that’s down by Lake Merritt on Lakeshore. But I do like this location since I grew up on Colonial Donuts, as this is much closer to my house in Montclair. I love the village location here. Easy in and easy out, and the same great tasting donuts as the Lakeshore location. If I bring donuts into work, this is where I get them. Chocolate and glazed old fashioneds are my fave, I like to pull off the edges! Prices are reasonable and in line with what donuts go for today. It may not be the healthy thing to be eating, but damn! it sure does make me happy!

Great donuts and the people working there are very friendly. They carry different types of milk — a plus if you’re coming with kids. Great spot and will definitely be back!

super yummy donuts. great, traditional donut shop. good place to sit and enjoy your coffee which is way cheaper than Starbucks. My husband and son dig this place.

I wonder if the «old lady» mentioned earlier is the one i met today. Been in here before but never sat down. Told I wanted a croissant and I cup of coffee for here. Got a paper bag and a paper cup and look straight outta the bar scene in Star Wars (aka we don’t serve your kind in here!). Bought a lottery ticket just in case. And the croissant tasted like a biscuit.

I love kitschy (AKA, shitty looking) donut shops. Bright florescent lights, old seating and everything. They’re normally really good and cheap as hell.
Colonial Donuts is neither.
I had a ham & cheese croissant ($ 3.75) and by the way it tasted, I am pretty sure every ingredient came from Costco. Kraft single (WHY?! OH COME ON) and everything.
Wamp Wamp, ya’ll.

a glazed donut smothered with cherry pie filling? Yes please. This place has so many great kinds of donuts and they’re cheap! There is lots of space inside and I assume this place is packed in the mornings.

Love the plain old fashion. The T-​Shirt is the must have fashion statement.

Cheap, good donuts right in a cute little village type area. Every Sunday there’s a farmers market (free parking in the structure) SO loves the blueberry donuts. Good deal on the donut holes. Making it a tradition to stop by every time we pass. Makes got a great afternoon Sunday date.

I got doughnut holes and milk. The doughnut holes were heavier and denser than I would like them to be, and less sweet. I would come back to try their other varieties.

Huge delicious donuts, perfect glazes…
Coffee done right
Look. forget about going to college, going to job or watching daytime TV. Come Colonial Donuts and LEARN ABOUT LIFE!!! You not only get a donut here, but mingle in with the locals (daily 8am — 11am) and learn about psychology, geology, art, foods, graphics, history, computers, real estate, sociology, current events, movies, trends, fashions, bikes, tools, politics. the list goes ON and ON. Need a lawyer? come on down. free law advice for the price of a donut and a cup of coffee… Ladies Need any medical suggestion, such as whether or not you should spring for breast implants… no problem… come on down, buy a donut and show your stuff.
had a great time.

Colonial Donuts here is the nicest, most spacous, cleanest of them all. only the coffee is lacking.
menu: donuts (.95), speciality donuts (1.75), muffins (1.75) crossaints (1.85, 2)…
pour: american’s best coffee (1,5)
–weak coffee, tab harsh, not that enjoyable
–saw only one blend
3 stars.
drips:
–fast service,
–4 stars overall for the food, 3 for the coffee.

My favorite donuts in Montclair: glazed chocolate old-​fashion doughnuts… glaze so thick, you’ll crack a tooth! I’m also partial to the raised-​sugar donuts.

This place is cheap and makes good chocolate glazed old-​fashion donuts. Theur donut holes rock my socks as well.

I try to eat healthy but sometimes I walk a crooked line. Talking to my brother he says you eat donuts… I thought you survive on egg whites, eggo nutri-​grain waffles, fruit and muscle milk for breakfast. Well five days a week I do but on the Saturdays and Sundays anything can happen. Corrned beef hash, linguicia, chorizo all of the stuff that is artery clogging and cholesterol raising that tastes so good.
My first time to Colonial donuts and I orderd this big custard filled chocolate covered donut bar. The girlfriend had this apple fritter that was the size of a mini-​loaf of sourdough bread. This thing tasted good, every bad food taste bud that lays dormant was totally green. Wow the donut was fresh and I could have another one but I had yard work to do and I did not want to be laying on the couch in a donut coma.
I have not had a donut in six months so this treat was totally worth it. I think these guys leaves Winchell’s Donuts in the dust.

Go for the donuts, not the breakfast food. Their croissant sandwiches are made in the microwave with a square of American cheese that gets melted, turning the croissant into a hot, chewy mess. Coffee is decent if you don’t feel like walking around the corner to Starbucks.

Colonial D is an old Oakland staple for donuts. There’s four locations around town. The one on Lakeshore is well known. I used to hit up colonial after delivering the Oakland Tribune in the early dawn on my bmx mongoose. So it is a sentimental favorite.
But there is some good news. Colonial is still alive and well and has moved to a new location in the montclair area. Stop by and grab a buttermilk or a raised chocolate after you pick up your coffee at Peets. Cause we all know you’re going to Peet’s anyway. Some do go to the Starbucks around the corner. But most cue up for their daily fix of Peets coffee and they tweek out on those benches.
Regardless of that scene over there, I don’t like wasting my money on over priced Peets pastries. I usually head out of Peets as quickly as possible to avoid those feisty and wired people.
Colonial is not the greatest donut shop in the world. For instance, Bob’s Donuts in SF is better overall. But Colonial is convenient and without any annoying pretentions… The basic interior has retro soda counters, tables and stools.
The donuts are still decent. Rarely are there big lines, and there’s ample space to sample some apple fritter deliciousness. Also back in the California bronze age this place served up stoner dude donuts. Stop by for a taste.

I’ve been here a couple of times and have not been impressed.
Bagel sandwich with ham, egg, & cheese. The bagel was hard as a rock, one thin ham slice, and the cheese tasted like plastic.
Gave them another try. Apple fritter. Overcooked and burnt tasting.
Both times to go so didn’t notice until long gone.