Dunkin’ Donuts

930 in the morning and they are all out of bagels except plain and blueberry!!! The donuts were far and few in between. Talk about unprepared. When I finally got to the counter the girl talked so softly under her breath and mostly use pointing motions to explain things to me. Then gave me an attitude when I kept having to ask her to speak up. The only reason this place get so much business is because it’s on base and is the only Dunkin donuts in the whole area. Something needs to be done as far as management goes but it won’t because this place will never close down. Supply and demand

«Food Truck Friday» was brought to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton by Dunkin’ Donuts today. Great idea, but as expected I was disappointed. Dunkin’ Donuts has never been exceptional to me but I went for it anyway (mainly because I was hungry). I ordered a breakfast bagel sandwich (that was better than I expected (at least 3 stars)) with coffee and hash browns. The hash brown nuggets/​briquettes seem to have been waiting for me since they opened. Oh well. But there were only 6. Six hash brown pieces the size of a half dollar? Well I waited for my friend to get her order to see if she got the same amount. Yep. Ok well us Americans are fat enough as it is so maybe DD is aiding us in portion control, but if that’s the case maybe make the packaging smaller so it doesn’t appear that I received less than half an order.
I won’t even begin to review the donuts because if you’ve had DD you know their donuts are in an entirely different class than real mom and pop donut shops.
Bottom line, either fill the hash brown bag all the way (preferably with fresh, less hardened hash browns) or get smaller bags.

Every now and then, we’ll stop by this Dunkin Donuts for a little snack or small dessert as we pass through the area. This DD is on the military base of Camp Pendleton and is located next to the Exchange. It’s a good size place with seating indoors and a few outdoors. They offer a variety of donuts, donut holes, breakfast sandwiches, coffee and non-​coffee beverages. The staff was nice. And if there’s a line, which normally hasn’t been too long all the times we’ve visited, it’ll go by quickly.
We’ve tried some of everything they have to offer. Breakfast sandwiches. Hot, iced, and blended coffee. But, most importantly, donuts. All that we have tried have been pretty delicious. The donuts are always fresh, moist, and flavorful. Our ultimate favorite choice of donuts/​donut holes are BLUEBERRY CAKE. SOOO good!
We’re happy that Dunkin Donuts has finally made it’s way to the West Coast.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with this location, you DO need a military ID to get on the base it’s located at. Also, DO NOT follow the address that’s on Unilocal.The address on here took us to the other Marine Base that’s about 20 minutes away. I looked it up on google maps and was able to get it there instead.
Other than that, service is good and quick and the quality of the food and coffee were good as well. If we hadn’t gotten lost I would’ve probably given this place 5 stars.

I must confess… two months ago I grabbed a donut and OMG they are the BEST, freshest. The staff is awesome – call ahead they’ll box it for you before you get there.
Now when I want to be nice — I drive from Mission Valley early in the morning and deliver to friends.
Three years ago I quit eating donuts, tired of reused frosting and stale donuts. Until now
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Awsome coffee and mot just a donut menu; bagels, sandwiches and paninis too. Allround the spot for even healthy breakfast if u want that too.
Line is always big so come thinking you will be in and out.

This place is garbage. This was our second time
Coming to this location. I got a hot chocolate and my husband got the caramel hot chocolate. His was good, super sweet. Mine however, was completely watered down. I could hardly taste the chocolate. We live about 8 miles inland and decided this morning we wanted Dunkin. I love crème filled donuts, however these were frosting filled. Way too dense for breakfast. I should have stuck with soggy stale Cheerios. Very disappointed. I’ll Forever stick with Krispy Crème!

I was so excited to know that there was a dunkin on base after moving here from Maine, where dunkin is on every corner. So I stop when ever I am on that side of base.
It’s a small dunkin and I have seen it be crazy busy but for the most part the wait is never an issue.
It is always clean when is am here.
I have never had an issue with my order being wrong, but my friends had her order wrong and they gladly and promptly make her a new one.
They have almost of the promotion flavors, except this past christmas they didn’t get a high demand so they didn’t have a large quantity.
Over all love my dunkin!

For the longest time I imagined a scenario where squads of hardcore marines just blast me and my ride full of holes with their tanks and guns and other assorted weapons if I simply entered their base down in Oceanside. Knowing that there was a Dunkin Donuts INSIDE the US Marine base was just killin me. I had to get in there, but I couldn’t figure out how. I like living free of bullet holes.
One day, when we were discussing my unnatural affection for donuts, Schoolteacher informed me that every year, Camp Pendleton has a mud run. She could sign up to run the course, and I could get on base… to get the donuts. I was completely flabbergasted by this, I absolutely know not what angels I have impressed to deserve such an amazing, wonderful and beautiful person in my life.
Time passed, Schoolteacher signed up for the race, and soon we entered the base. I still had reservations, my dreams of a fiery death by hail of bullets came to mind. Despite actually being fully allowed and approved to enter the main gate. We were stopped by the marines at the gate, the young soldier checked my license, looked at Schoolteacher’s race bib, and we were allowed past Checkpoint Alpha with a wave and a smile.
Inside Camp Pendleton is actually kinda nice. It’s more of a city than a base. They’ve got restaurants, shopping plazas, parks and museums. We drove to her race and she ran it. It was quite the fun event. After she ran and got cleaned up a bit, we returned to the car and headed out of the base. On our way out, we located the Dunkin Donuts and pulled into the parking lot. It shared a massive parking lot with another massive store. Dunkin Donuts had actually been engulfed by this other massive store. We parked and entered Dunkees. Before entering, we walked past happy people eating their donuts outside on the patio.
Upon entering the place, we noticed that there was a second clear glass doored entrance into the massive store on the inside of the restaurant. The hair dryers and makeup led me to believe that it was the beauty department on the other side.
The place was spotless, and there was no line. I excitedly stepped right up to the counter. Nice girl behind the counter checked the balance on my gift card, and informed me there was no balance on my gift card. Schoolteacher ordered a chicken salad sandwich combo, and I asked for a large iced coffee, and then picked out some donuts. As always, their donut racks were full, even at three in the afternoon.
Their donuts were beautiful and fluffy and light and delicious. With more options than I could ever hope to squeeze into a dozen. Schoolteacher had never had a Dunkin Donuts donut before, and when she tried it she said it was good. She also enjoyed her sandwich and iced coffee. I’ve personally never had the sandwiches. But they’ve always looked good, and I’ve only heard positive comments on them.
Out of curiosity, as I paid for the tasty tasty treats, I asked the girl behind the counter. «So, can I just come on base to visit the Dunkin Donuts?» To which she replied with a smile, «Of course you can, just let them know at the gate that your coming here!»
My mind was blown. To think, for all those years I’d been worried about being shot to death by squads of armed marines. You can just go on base to go to the donuts. You don’t need a reason. You can just want tasty donuts, and then go and get them.
As always, good job Dunkin Donuts. I’m glad to have welcomed yet another Dunkin Donuts into my adopted home state. Next trip down past this way I’ll definitely stop in for Donuts. Now that the whole barbed wire/​machine gun death fear is no longer warranted.

Very disappointed!!! We stopped here on our way to Mission Viejo from SD. Originally from Philly, we miss our DD and were ecstatic to find one that participated in DD Perks. There was a bit of a line. I ordered my regular med iced caramel black. My husband, med hot extra extra. Mine tasted like dairy was added. The caramel wasn’t very apparent but the line was longer at this point and we needed to get back on the road. My husband likes to savior his coffee. When we got to our destination, my husband took the lid off and said, I thought it tasted funny. They must’ve used spoiled cream. Pretty gross and careless. Especially for the volume they are serving, the turnover in products should be relatively high.

So happy they are making a comeback in California.
STILL MISSING MY JELLY STICKS THOUGH !!
Always the best, nothing compares in taste.
Service has always been top notch as well
Thank you

Awesome! I have missed DD for so long. I just moved here from a place the only has Starbucks: (
DD has the best coffee

I have to give it three stars because their staff usually is very low, one person on register taking the orders AND getting the donuts which holds up the line. One person making coffee and maybe one person making food. However. I am always satisfied with my coffee and donuts. That’s if they have donuts. There have been a few times I go in and they don’t have donuts. What?!? I worked for a donut place for three years so I get that sometimes things happen (like machines break down and what not) but I over heard the lady say the donut maker was sick. Ehh. Should be more than one donut maker but who knows.
But like I said… Donuts are good and coffee is good too (there is one girl who makes my coffee so so so yummy) and the staff is usually… Friendly :)
I’ll continue to go here because I’m obsessed with my coffee haha

Often crowded with a wait. I get it. I always stop here on my way up north. The coffee is delightful, not burnt tasting like other big chains.
I love their hash browns, they have maybe garlic in them? One time, they were completely out of hash browns toward the end of the day. The cashier went above and beyond, gave me a credit for my next visit and a free donut. It was no big deal that they were out, but it was nice of them to accommodate.
Clean bathroom, but only one.

Staff has improved, Randy is awesome and super polite. My donuts are always fresh and my coffee is always hot and made how I like it.

The only Dunkin Donuts available within 50 miles of North County is unavailable to the public. It’s «on base,» which in short means you can’t enter if you’re not in the military… You couldn’t open a branch right outside the base instead?

Though this Dunkin’ Donuts location isn’t accessible to the project, I was able to visit it because I was doing a project for school on-​base. I didn’t even get to order any of the donuts because I was pressed for time when doing my project. But, the store was clean and customer-​friendly … it’s a shame that more people aren’t able to enjoy it!
However, I did notice a lot of people ordering breakfast and coffee from this notable donut shop. Here’s what I would love to try in the future, in terms of actual breakfast from DD’s:
«Big ‘N Toasted»: I love sandwiches served on Texas toast, so I’m sure this loaded breakfast sammie wouldn’t disappoint. It features eggs, bacon and cheese sandwiched in between two slices of Texas toast. What a great-​sounding morning meal!
«Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich»: Though I’m uneasy about my sweet, sugary donuts mixing with my savory breakfast, DD is known for their donuts … so they can’t mess up when it comes to a savory-​sweet donut sandwich. I would probably just want to try this breakfast option one day because of its hype. It features bacon slices and a pepper-​fried egg in between a glazed donut cut in half. Again, I’m not sure how all these items would pair, but the bacon and egg medley itself would be good … as would the glazed donut … I guess I’ll just have to try this savory-​sweet combo and find out!
«Spicy Smoked Sausage Breakfast Sandwich»: I love my sausage with just a bit of kick to it, so this breakfast sandwich sounds like it’s right up my alley. It features egg, American cheese and spicy Andouille smoked sausage in between layers of an oven-​toasted English muffin. Yum! Sounds like a winning breakfast combo.
«Sausage Egg and Cheese»: If I want something a bit more traditional for breakfast, this is the option I’d go with. It features a typical blend of egg, cheese and sausage sandwiched between a flaky croissant. I like both, English muffins and croissants when it comes to sandwiches, but there’s nothing better than a warm, fresh and flaky croissant with a great filling.
«Cheddar Cheese Bagel Twist»: I don’t think I’ve ever seen this option at DD, but its name sounds intriguing. I don’t usually go for bagels, given the other plentiful breakfast options wherever I am, but perhaps there’s more to this Cheddar Cheese twist that meets the eye?
«Pretzel Salt»: Now, this bagel option actually does sound yummy to me, if it does indeed feature pretzel bread. I absolutely love burgers made with pretzel buns, so I actually wouldn’t mind trying this bagel sometime, especially if it’s coated with salt crystals on top.
«Bacon Ranch Chicken Sandwich»: Anything with bacon and Ranch combined is sure to taste delicious. This sandwich features crispy bacon and flavorful Ranch seasoning on top of a piece of tender, juicy chicken that’s served in a French roll. Gosh, it would be really hard to pick just one breakfast sandwich from this extensive menu …
«Dunkaccino»: DD is famous for their coffee as well as their donuts, but I’ve never yet tried their coffee since I’m not a huge coffee drinker. Yet, this hybrid – a unique blend of coffee and hot chocolate flavors – sounds amazing because it’s not a straight-​up dark roast. I think my first hot treat from this company would be this uniquely branded beverage.
«Hot Chocolate»: Dunkin’s hot chocolate is a divine classic. If I’m ever at the bakery on a chilly winter day, I would pair my breakfast selection with this rich and delicious treat. Now, hot chocolate to me truly embodies «Christmas in a cup.»

Small DD, but the only one in the state of California at the time of this writing (since it’s a military base).
Pros:
–Sexy Marines to ogle while sippin’ on the coffee
–Only DD in California
–Has authentic DD tastes and options
Cons:
–On the small side, and not a lot of space for the line or to sit, if it is busy

I usually would pay for a military person, but everyone here is in the military, that would cost me a lot! Haha!
ohhh dunkin donuts! My favorite part of the east coast! «everyone is running on dunkin»
So Capt Wonderful surprised me and took me here for the beginning of our «san diego» adventure. Of course, the only way to get to this place is if you or someone you know has a military ID! I’m a military brat most of my family has served this fine country we live in!
Lucky me, dating an officer in the marines has its perks also! We can always go to this location! haha
We came here Saturday morning, already filled with military personnel all in uniforms.
We ordered 25 mixed munchkins. My favorite is the chocolate! They have the same prices as if you were buying it in the east coast.
The employees were young and efficient. We waited no more than 5mins.
I’m happy they have this location in socal, now i don’t have to move to boston after all! JK!

We were excited to try DD. The line was long, but speedy.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find it all that great. We shared the box of various munchkins and had iced coffees. I seriously wanted to gag with the iced coffee. Maybe I’m used to Starbucks’ frapps?
What’s great about this location is that it’s right inside the MCX. So after you shop you can mosey on over for a quick bite.
Note: Located on Camp Pendleton (military) base.