Doughnut Plant

Doughnut Plant is the pioneer gourmet doughnut purveyor, making deliciously original doughnuts by hand, every day, since 1994. #moredeliciousness

9 / 10
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Address

379 Grand St (at Norfolk St) New York , NY 10002 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Wi-Fi Free
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

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Valerie S

Love coming here! Fun vibe and super friendly staff . Try the peanut butter banana cream filled yeast donut -- amazing! Also blueberry cake donut so tasty, it melts in your mouth!

Olivia Pritchett

This place was SO dang good. I highly recommend it even with their high prices. This wild blueberry cake doughnut was by far my favorite - close second: their valrhona chocolate one. Yummy! #nofilter

ZenFoodster

Gourmet’s stop for donuts made w/ fresh fruit & nuts . My faves:cashew & orange blossom filled (R), PB & blackberry jam filled (front), & Concord grape (not shown). Apple cinnamon (L) tres leches (bk)

CRUZiiiE

Love their carrot cake donut , it is one of their original offerings & a true classic! Share with a friend if you don't have a super sweet tooth, because they're fairly big. One bite & I got my fix.

Kimmie Ohh

Get the creme brûlée , tres leches , Brooklyn blackout doughnuts . When they have their rose donuts (rose flavored & hibiscus - jamaica in Spanish) order them! Wash yourself treat down with coffee milk !

Linds

My year-round fav is the PB and banana filled square - you can tell the filling is full of fresh bananas & not artificially flavored. But my all time favorite is the candy corn one around Halloween .

DailyCandy

Just the thought of a creme brulee , peanut butter and jelly , or tres leches is reason enough to hoof it to the minuscule, bare-bones, (lower) Lower East Side location. And plant yourself there.

Serious Eats

Pumpkin Doughnuts in both cake and yeast form. A finish of caramelized pumpkin seeds , nutty and crunchy, iced over in a spiced glaze. The cake one has cozy pumpkin flavor with of cloves and cinnamon Read more

Bianca Burz

All the donuts are heavenly but my favorite was the wild blueberry for sure. Service was so nice! They couldn't break for a hundred so they gave us three free donuts !

Hilary Parker

Every doughnut here is amazing, but the crème brûlée doughnut seed is out of this world. Don't neglect the other offerings too -- this week there was a watermelon drink that alone was worth the trip.

Desirable 4you

It was my first time there. So many flavors, hard time choosing . A very nice lady told me the Dulce De Leche doughnut was delicious. Had it with a hot latte , & enjoyed it! Will go back

Alex Hamel

Am never disappointed in this place. Seasonal donut flavors, had a peach donut over summer and was happy to see raspberry comin in today for fall. Choose from yeast vs cake vs filled donuts-all YUMMY!

Jacob Ford

The matcha green tea cake doughnut is available Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It pairs well with the Vietnamese Coffee , which is available all the days.

Rene Domenech

Not your mothers old fashion doughnuts , these are amazing and fresh daily with spectacular ingredients and seasonal flavors ...do not miss out on visiting this place, you'll become a addict ,stop by.

Serious Eats

The shop that started the fancy doughnut craze in New York, it's still turning out some of our favorites. Try the creme brulee , tres leches , or peanut butter and jelly .

PureWow

The Filled Square at Doughnut Plant: Only an evil genius creates a square doughnut oozing with jelly in every bite. Snag that or any of the two dozen other varieties at one of the main locations.

PureWow

Think of the holiday ripple as the Inception of doughnuts : a gingerbread doughnut within a mint-chocolate-pudding doughnut within a white-chocolate-red-velvet doughnut . Read more

Tu Nguyen

Doughnut Plant is selling Japanese flavors donuts . Make sure to grab the green tea filled donut or its creme brulee . Those are bombs!! ????????

Village Voice

Village Voice is proud to welcome Doughnut Plant to the 2014 Choice Eats food fest! http://bit.ly/1cRzdNV. Fruity ? Chocolate ? Cinnamon Sugar ? Their tasty doughnuts are one of our favorites in NYC.

Grace Ma

still as good as it was when i first had it in 2010! carrot cake + crème brûlée filled are both delicious and moist; excellent customer service and knowledge by staff ????????

C R

Best donuts in the city !!! Pricey when you buy a bunch, but the flavors are awesome. Donuts aren't greasy. I normally prefer yeast donuts , but cake donuts ftw here... Brooklyn blackout , tres leches ...

Cary

I think that's the best donut I've ever had. I just got the vanilla being glazed donut to test them out and it was awesome. Very light and fluffy!

Food Network

They forgo the standard round for a doughnut with 4 sweet corners instead. Invented to keep cream and jam filling from escaping, this square-shaped doughnut is a favorite among doughnut aficionados. Read more

Andrew

These must be - HAVE to be - New York City 's best doughnuts ! Huge range, super fresh and the cutest little shop you'll see in a while.

Talya Arbisser

Some of the best donuts you will find on the planet! They have seasonal flavors ... One of my faves was the white peach in the summer. Pb&j - chocolate - creme brûlée - can't go wrong!

Raja H

If it's your 1st time, go for the Coconut . Check the chalkboard sign outside that lists the seasonal specials too

Rick Nelson

The square PB&J and coconut cream filled yeast doughnuts are staples, but I'm especially in love with the lime and coconut and fresh blueberry yeast doughnuts

Kushal Dave

Tres leches , chocolate and yeast donuts (especially with seasonal fruit !) are all the best doughnuts you will ever have in your life, and I doughnut tolerate any disagreement.

Lori K. http://www.lkpheartsfood.net

Crème brûlée is two bites, tops- and so delicious! Tres leches a must-try as well . Carrot cake doughnut is sublime, and I don't even like carrot cake !

Libster C

They now take credit cards . Minimal seating area. Great drinks like juices & coffee . 1/3 of the size of the one in Chelsea but I feel their donuts taste a little bit fresher.

Halstead Property

Give us a donut any time of the year and we’ll be happy, but our expectations were exceeded when we tasted the roasted chestnut cake holiday special. It was almost a welcomed sensory overload.

Adrianna Grężak

I will walk 20 minutes across Chinatown to eat these doughnuts . That good. Unique flavors, but I enjoy the classic Vanilla bean yeast doughnut and blackout chocolate cake doughnut .

Working Class Foodies

Try the Blood Orange Donut - Get the blood orange donut and one with chocolate and split both with a friend. You also can't go wrong with the Hibiscus and the Lemon Poppy : perfect sweet-tart balance.

Paige C

Nothing compares to the peanut butter & jelly donut . A classic every time! I also just tried their season candy corn special and I was not disappointed!

Jean-Paul Tremblay

Donuts are still available in the late afternoons and early evenings, though be forewarned that there may be only five or so flavors left.

Globetrottergirls Dani

Loved the oatmeal cake donut (only Wed, Sat & Sun) and anything with peanut butter . Best donuts in all of New York!

Nicholas Kolnik

Mondays are Matcha Mondays, featuring a matcha cake donut . ???? ????

Tara Dîana

I like cake doughnuts best (I got the blackout ), but my family were fans of the crème brûlée yeast doughnuts . Best in the city .

Joanna Flamm

Amazing doughnuts , crazy flavors. There's usually a line , but it moves fast. If it's nice out, there are a couple benches across the street on Norfolk.

Eitan Lidergot

Best doughnuts in all of NYC no matter what anyone else says. Can't go wrong with the vanilla square doughnut with jelly filling.

David Milberg

It's a private favorite. I don't eat doughnuts often, but when I do, I eat from the Donut Plant on the Lower East Side near Kossar's Bialys

New York Habitat

The city 's best donuts are at this LES establishment. Get there early to get them when they're hot right out of the oven! Try the Tres Leches and Crème Brûlée , they're fantastic!

Lauren Melcher

If you like coconut , the coconut cream donut is to-die-for. Crispy and sugary on the outside, creamy and slightly less sweet on the inside. Best donut I've ever had.

Lears Fool

If you are considering seasonal, go for it. You can come back (and you will) for the standards. This place knows how to brand itself!

Brandon Hofmann

Pumpkin filled donut is the best thing I have ever eaten. Creme brulee and PB&J are also great. Nice staff and vegan marshmallows

Food Network

On Kid in a Candy Store Adam Gertler swings by Doughnut Plant where the bakery makes fresh doughnuts with real fruit and nut glazes like the jelly square-shaped doughnut . Find more tips at FN Local. Read more

Sara

Get the creme brûlée donut . Yeast donuts in seasonal flavors rock also. If you can wait inside the line moves pretty fast. There's also a branch in the Chelsea Hotel .

Liang Shi

Some of the best doughnuts I've had, ever. Get the dough seeds if you're looking for a small nibble, or you know, to try ONE OF EACH!

Spencer Lopes

I️ loved the blackberry and peanut butter doughnut and the hazelnut dough seed ????

Elaine Kwan

Peach donut and blueberry cake were both good. Lots of interesting flavors to choose from

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