Crispy’s Donuts

I’ve been wanting to try cronuts ever since they were invented by Dominque Ansel, but haven’t had the chance to go to New York to get them. This place seemed to be a popular place for what I was looking for, so I tried calling them a few times and leaving a voicemail, but no one ever picked up or called me back. I made one last attempt since I needed to place an order and get them in time for a work potluck the next day. I was so happy someone finally answered! I ordered 6 cronuts– 2 with whipped cream and strawberries, 2 with custard and strawberries, and 2 nutella ones.
This doughnut shop is located in a strip mall and it took me about 40 minutes to get here since it’s so far from where I live. When I came in to pick up my cronuts, they were already in a pink doughnut box, but if you want them individually wrapped, they were willing to do that too. The Asian lady working there was very nice and gave me complimentary doughnut holes in my box. All the other donuts in their display case looked fresh and tempting– some of them were huge too!
The cronuts were beautifully decorated and very scrumptious! The delicious combination of a croissant and a donut was amazing. The flaky layers had a nice crisp on the outside and fluffy soft layers on the inside, and had the perfect amount of filling. Everyone in the office enjoyed these tasty treats and it was definitely worth the drive to get them. Too bad they don’t deliver because I will definitely come back and get some more when I’m in the area.

I had nothing to do and I couldn’t be at home cause my wife likes to kick me out of the house on my days off. Been hankering for a donut for a few days so I look up on the olé Unilocal the best donuts in town. It was a 3 way tie between crispys, and a few other places but crispys had more reviews, decided to take the 15 min drive and now I’m glad I did. Upon finding the place I was a little unsure, its in an old strip mall and doesn’t look like much and there was a bum in front rummaging through his back pack mumbling to himself but I decided to go in anyways (I was pretty committed at this point) upon entering I was greet by a lovely elderly asian lady who I assume is the owner. I had come here for the donuts but learned that they also had Cronuts which I’ve heard about but never had one. I got a glazed cronut and a maple glazed and a iced café mocha, the owner was so nice and suggested I add a little french vanilla to the mocha for extra flavor and she was right tasted great.
The donut was good, the right amount of glaze, not greasy and soft but not too soft. The cronut was definitely the star of the show. The bite was Crispy, airy with delicious layers of buttery goodness that wasn’t too sweet from the frosting. I’ve not had a cronut before like previously mentioned but if other reviewers are right then this is the place to have a cronut. While sitting at the window enjoying my sugary prize I decided to read a few reviews about this place and learned that they’ll fill the cronut with custard, nutella, strawberries, whip cream and all sorts of stuff, so imagine my disappointment when I had no room left in my belly for another cronut!!! So being witty I made the quick decision to order one to go for my wife. I asked for custard filled but the owner once again inserted her donut mixology genius and suggested I get it filled with whip and custard! How could I say no? She disappeared to the back where I assume her magic dessert wand was and a few minutes later came back with something that looked like a cronut triple Decker sandwich from the all father Zues himself! It was like a club sandwich of coma inducing sugary breakfast food made of fluffy clouds and kissed with fresh strawberries that Victoria secret models used to color their lips.
Seriously I can’t wait to devour this thing I’m not sure I contain myself until my wife comes home from work.
If you’re in search of a cronut this is your one stop shop!

This place is the best!!! Cronuts are awesome that get freshly made when ordered with all the fillings so they dont sit and get soggy. The ones with custard and strawberries are the bomb.
Owner and staff is so friendly an nice. Every one shoud come here!

My husband came across Crispys donuts in his hunt for the best tasting Cronut. After trial and error, he has found his favorite to date at Crispys! After much anticipation, we attempted Crispys the first time but came to late to see they’ve closed for the day even though the sign said open. I wasn’t mad, I understood donut shops that open so early usually close once the donuts are gone.
So Saturday morning, my husband was like get dressed now we’re getting donuts! He’s not a morning person nor eats breakfast foods at breakfast time. We trek to Crispys, and we see just a tray left of Cronuts. They are priced at $ 2/​piece and then it’s obviously extra for fillings like chocolate mousse, custard, whipped cream or Nutella. After much picture review we each had our eyes set on a Nutella filled Cronut!
I get the original glazed filled with Nutella, I didn’t want to over indulge and get strawberries too but maybe for next time. And the husband gets TWO chocolate glazed each filled Nutella, and a chocolate twist donut. My husband and I are big fans of the chocolate twist donuts, it’s our favorite and it took years to find out we love the same donut! He liked Crispys for the milk chocolate glaze, compared to YUmYum’s dark chocolate glaze. I love both haha it’s chocolate either way xP anyways. While we’re waiting for the Cronuts to be filled my husband downs the twist donut right before eating the Cronut as well.
Cronut details:
The flakey layers were perfect, nice crisp on the outside and fluffy soft layers in the inside. I think they put just the right amount of filling for the price you pay, it’s a tad on the sweet side. So if you have a sweet tooth like my husband and I, it’s just the cherry on top. We will definitely be back for more, maybe as a once a month splurge.

Wtf this place has the best cronuts ever. I was gonna get those with toppings but I guess they weren’t ready in the morning, so I got the glazed one and omfg it was life-​changing. Crispy and flaky on the outside, but the inside was what makes this remarkable: soooo smooth, soft, and melt-​in-​the mouth that I had to drop what I was doing and just savor it. Definitely coming back to try the ones with toppings.

LOVE Crispy’s! Even though I discovered Peterson’s first, I must say Crispy’s has quickly become my favorite donut joint in this area because…
1) Donuts are always fresh! If you’re on the hunt for cronuts, Crispy’s is a must — they even do custom ones with different toppings/​fillings: custard, whipped cream, strawberries, chocolate mousse, powdered sugar, etc. Although plain glazed holds its own.
2) They always greet & help you with a smile — great way to start the day. And you get to leave with donuts!
3) Two words: cream puffs
My go-​to when I feel like being the office hero or just to satisfy my sweet tooth

Solid three star review.
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this place. It’s in a strip-​mall that looks pretty run down and that side of Rancho Santa Fe isn’t exactly the nicest part of San Marcos. but I have to say… Crispy’s Donuts proved me wrong.
I brought my two kiddos there after the morning at the park (score for being super close to a nice park). We did arrive on the later side (around 12) so I knew they wouldn’t have the same selection as they would first thing in the morning.
Both kids wanted a chocolate covered donut bar and I ordered a bavarian crème donut. They were really good! I mean, not Peterson donut good. but really good.
Service was fine. The cashier even gave my kiddos two free donut hole pops. Sure. more sugar! HA!
Inside is very non-​descriptive. A few chairs, some tables… get your order to go.
When I’m on that side of town and craving a donut, I’ll stop in.

Reasonably priced, always going the extra mile with their service and… CRONUTS!!! You have to stop by to try one of these, if nothing else. I probably go by here far more often than I should. High quality, excellent service and value!

Crispy’s is a great donut shop.
I got a coffee, glazed cronut and a blueberry cake donut. The blueberry donut was fresh and there is little better than fresh when it comes to donuts. The cronut although not hot out of the fryer was delicious too. Add in a good hot coffee and you get a spot worthy of a breakfast stop any day.
The shop is small and in a nondescript strip center. The owner was friendly and service was good. They have plenty of parking. The location at a major crossroads right off the freeway makes them easy for a quick pit stop.

Holy Nutella Cronut!!!
No seriously! The Nutella Cronut was maybe the best breakfast pastry I’ve ever had in my life! It was warm (they filled and topped it fresh, after I ordered!) and the layers were light and flaky and not too sweet, but the Nutella was warm and gooey and totally sweet and it was freaking amazing. I’m not even gonna admit to how quickly I ate the thing. I was actually in a pretty traumatic car accident yesterday morning and needing to eat my feelings (hence the Crispy’s visit) and the Cronut did wonders to help boost my spirits. I’m gonna be thinking about that magical Cronut for a long time!
Cronut aside, I was very pleased with my Crispy’s visit. Employees were friendly and the shop was bumpin’ and smelled amazing. I got sprinkled donuts for my boys, a glazed for my daughter (had a bite and it was melt in your mouth amazing!), and also a maple bar for myself (see above re: eating my feelings) and it was delicious.
Crispy’s has just won itself a place as my new favorite donut shop!

After trying their cronut I now understand what the big deal is. It was delicious. Also loved the crueler as it was it too eggy. If you eat cruelers you know what I’m talking about.
I really like this place and it is now my new donut shop of choice.

Just came back from there with a dozen (they gave us a free one on top of the dozen). It was out fist time there and we wanted to try them all.
BEST DONUTS IN TOWN!!! Hands down! Crispy, moist, flaky, soft, not overly sweet… just perfect!
Their cronuts are THE BEST I’ve ever had! Same with the cream puffs and the Boston cream! I’m drooling just thinking about it!
If you are debating between the glazed and plain ones — get the glazed! The plain ones are almost not sweet at all.
Perfection! That’s it!

Just stopped by for the first time after seeing the reviews here in Unilocal.Although it looks a bit like a hole in the wall, have no fear! It’s every it as yummy as people say. They were sold out of cronuts (sob) when we got there at ten, but I got the custard bite things rolled in powdered sugar (3 for a dollar!!) and they were so good.
I was happily surprised to find the customer service was great, and the lady working at the time was really nice. I highly recommend.

Wow! I came to visit this donut shop because of the great ratings AND because I wanted to cheat off of my gluten free diet. This place did not disappoint!
The glaze twist, chocolate bar and blueberry glazed cake donuts were buttery tasting and FABULOUS! Melted in my mouth and tasted very fresh (and I went there at 1:00 in the afternoon!).
This is officially my new donut shop and GF cheating, guilty pleasure spot!

Definitely a ‘hole in the wall place/​gem you find’ sort of place. If you’re not from around the area, the donut shop might be a little bit hard to find, especially navigating with trusty Google maps. So I recommend keeping an eye out for the shop, it’s near 99 cent store and across from autozone. (I took 4 u turns to find this place).
And let me tell you, worth the u-​turns. I got two cronuts, one glazed filled with whip, the other non glazed with custard. The lady who rang me up, I’m guessing the owner, gave me a bag of fresh donut holes as well, so that was a big bonus.
The taste is mudda-​effin’ amazing. It’s really good, you can tell that they put effort and from the looks of it, it’s a mom and pop sort of business, so support man, because these donuts are bomb! Like the glaze melts I your mouth and it’s not overly sweet but enough to get you to want more.
Yes I will definitely be coming here again!

I always come back to this place and always leave with my cravings satisfied! They’re very accommodating, friendly and wanting to please. I got some donuts filled with whipped cream with powdered sugar on top as per my order and it’s as yummy as I expected. And they made fresh cronuts at 9ish although I had to wait for it to keep cool to get filled with custard and strawberries.
Will keep on coming back!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. One of the best things about having a new office is that you get to go exploring the restaurants around you! One of the BAD things about this in Carlsbad is that almost 90% of the restaurants around me are chains. Luckily San Marcos has some jewels spread around, like this place.
Crispy Donuts popped up on my bing search for Donuts. It wasn’t even a search I did, it was an automatic search for logging in. What got my attention was the beautiful Cronut that was on the front page. Mmmmm looked good. So, since it’s on my way to work, I decided I’d give it a shot. It’s very easy to find and it’s got a nice parking lot to park in. I went in the morning so I’m guessing that the parking lot does get full during the day.
When I walked in, I was a little disappointed that there were no cronuts in the case. This meant that they were sold out and none were in «the back». It was 8:30 and they were already sold out! I decided to go with my other backup. The old fashioned style fried maple bar. Well, my normal backup is a maple bar but they had ones that were old fashioned style. MMMmmmm is all I have to say. With a great crispy exterior and a nice fluffy interior, this was REALLY freaking good.
I asked the girl who helped me about the cronuts and she said that I can call ahead and have them set one aside for me. Considering I wake up, and instantly am out the door, I don’t think I’ll be waking up earlier to get a fat bomb.
Overall they people working there were helpful, the girl was really nice to the B that was in front of me. Demanding that they check everywhere for the donuts they were hiding from her. Demanding only the freshest of all. But still, the employees were nice.
The donut was a dang near perfect 5 star but not the best I’ve EVER had. I“ll definitely be coming back, hopefully when they have cronuts.

I read that their cronuts go fast so I called ahead (9:30 am.) they had four left; the rest were chocolate. I got the cream filled with fresh strawberries and powder sugar. My parents got regular glazed donuts and loved them (my dad is the donut expert… I got my training from him!)
The cronuts were amazing! The dough was light, flaky and lived up to their «special» tasty layers; the cream and fresh strawberries complimented the cronut perfectly. My kiddos were in happy land. I’m a mama who’s always aiming to please! ;)

I love this places. It’s The Best Cronuts I have ever had. and here’s a tip for you just call ahead. they open at 5 o’clock on Sundays so just call at seven just preorder. It just so much easier but seriously if you decide to go just stop by I highly suggest stopping by between 6 and 8 AM after that it’s like a ghost town in there.
They will fill on the spot if you ask them to. I’ve tried regular whip cream and the chocolate ones both delicious.

Cronuts…
Yes, I gave in… I came in on a Saturday afternoon since I was passing through and sadly there was only a handful of donuts left. The owner (Linh) started talking to me and actually kept me in the store for about 30 minutes just having conversation.
I decided to get a couple donuts and she offered me samples of some of what was left of their donuts. She said to come in early next time and she apologizes for not having any donuts left. WOW, I’m the one who came in at 1pm. LOL
Linh mentioned that they take orders for cronuts so I decided to place an order. I ordered the custard, whip crème with strawberries, nutella and chocolate.
The following day I came back and my order was ready. I looked at the selection and seriously there was like 2 dozen donuts left. I took the remaining donut holes, a raspberry filled and sugar donut. 2 other customers behind me took the rest. By 1230p all was sold out.
Are you kidding me?!
This place is ridiculous. Linh is so sweet. She invited me back and said that she wanted me to try other items. She apologized profusely for not offering me samples, but said when I come back she will take care of me.
This family owned small business gets 5+ stars in my book. They focus on customer service and quality. I am a HUGE fan and I will definitely be back… NEXT WEEK!