Winchell’s Donut House

We were so excited to see Winchell’s, while on vacation in So Cal, since we no longer have in Nor Cal, so had to stop and get an Apple Fritter (back in the day, they were the best!), but they were out :(However, Elizabeth offered to place an order for us to pick up the following morning, which we did! In the meantime we had the Puffies aka little bites of heaven :) and a couple of Cronas.
Returned the following morning, order was ready to go. We ordered the mini Apple Fritters, they were good, but probably should’ve gone with the regular size and my son wished I had brought back more Cronas.

The guy Lester at night is horrible!
If don’t like your job don’t take it out on the customers! Very rude… Definitely won’t be back

The customer service at this place sucks. & for the blonde girl who wanted me to pay full price for new sandwiches because the sandwich I got was not the one I ordered is ridiculous. I suppose any place who gets your order wrong is suppose to give you what you payed for right? Anyways she sucks too her attitude is so unprofessional if she doesn’t like working here she should get herself another job.

I stopped by because we don’t have Winchells in Arizona. They were also the only place open in the area when I was looking for coffee. For a small location they have a good selection of Donuts and Bagel sandwiches. The service was quick. The coffee was OKAY but it was inexpensive too. Can’t complain.

Worst service came in today and worker was all mad and handed me things in a bad way didnt seem to care ordered four shakes and all were nasty didnt even put whip cream right when i told her to put more did it in a bad way

Worst service ever !!! Roaches inside the glass were the donuts are kept and dirty… Very rude lady who works there she gives such a rude attitude she shouldn’t work there… Food inspector needs to come check that place out…

Honestly i don’t recommend this location. I walked in not so long ago and i immediately walked out. First the people infront of me noticed small roaches on the floor and stepped on them, then later i noticed a bigger roach where they have the bagels inside which freaked me out! This place needs a hood clean …

Loveeeeeeee this place! The sandwiches look JUST like the pictures. Their donuts are so light and delicious! Came in twice in one week, both at busy times and were out with our delicious food in a reasonable time. We were visiting from the east coast and every time we go back to California, winchells is definitely on our to do list.

This place is a shit storm. Do yourself a favor and avoid it. Rude employees. Unorganized. Takes FOREVER for a bagel sandwich. The lady tried to talk me out of ordering one… Never again.

I came here to get breakfast and asked for hot water and they charged me for it. Who does that?

The bagels for lunch are delicious I think heir very good the only thing I really hate is the customer service the girls who always helps me during lunch is always with the most serious face and when getting my combo she never ask me what kind of drink I want she just serves me the soda or juice of whatever flavor she wants I obviously always speak up and ask for what I want not what she chooses other then that food and place very good if customer service was better I will definatly give them a 4 star

Now they don’t have these in Seattle and I have to say I wish they did bring this place back! The doughnuts here are so light and tasty, it isn’t heavy and thick like the one we have in Seattle!
It’s better to come here early the pastries are fresh out the oven, the service is great! And they also have a fresh green smoothie made for that extra healthy energy in the morning! Other than fulfilling you sweet fix.
Prices are cheap!

Great friendly service, I ordered a maple bar, sausage egg and cheese on a bagel, and medium coffee.
Maple bar was on point, light and fluffy dough with sweet maple glaze all over the top. Exactly what I was looking for as a late morning treat.
Coffee is piping hot, and your run of the mill small doughnut shop coffee. Does the job.
The sandwich was something else. From the carefulness it was prepared to the bite of the jalapeño bagel I chose, this is what I would come back here for. The egg is plenty big, sausage patty is bomb, cheese is melted on to your toasted bagel, and it’s all completed by the jalapeño in it.
I dig this this place and glad I randomly spotted it on my morning route for work. Will definitely come back here.

Hate hate the ladies that work here, their all so rude, especially one that has tattoos on her arms! Ordered a Black Forest ham and the avocado on my sandwich was super hard and stail! Won’t ever go buy donuts or anything else again!

Great bagels– they taste fresh every time
They have a pretty good sandwich menu.
This place serves as a doughnut and sandwich shop for sure.
Due to that it’ll be a while before you are next in line especially with the undecided customers. (Annoying)
Coffee is great not to bold and they have a few creamer options. I love that.
Donuts are ok, muffins and bagels here are the best thing.
Customer service always great, they try their best to get you in and out.
*****busy little shop in the mornings and weekends***

Well it had been a very long time and what a disappointment. My fav the apple fritter tasted stale and the donut holes were dry. But the worst of it all, the service. How do you not know how long your donuts have been out!!! So never will I go back. I’ll stick to my Georgie’s Donuts in Anaheim, thank you very much!

This place is horrible. The service and the doughnuts suck I went for a raisin brand muffin and it was rock hard I explained that To the notoriously rude lady and instead of helping. Me she said those are like that it’s not gonna make a difference if they are out of the oven and I just politely agreed and asked for a different doughnut oh and also got a angry look like I didn’t know what I was talking about hahahahahahha. Sorry lady but u on Unilocal now.

I go to Winchells maybe once every three years. The breakfast bagel was pretty good but my god, the service was awful. The lady who rang me up for a $ 5 breakfast deal insisted on selling me a soda. What kind of loser drinks soda for breakfast? I don’t even want to know. Orange juice was an extra $ 1 on top of it but I had no intention of being the victim of a bait-​and-​switch. I explained that I can’t drink soda with HFCS in it and she just copped an attitude. When I said I’ll take an ice water, she threw a scoop of ice in a cup and ran hot water through it, then charged full price.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m a gringo that I had such a rotten experience, but one of her hispanic regulars came in and they started having a friendly conversation in a VERY LOUD TONE OF VOICE even though they were right across the counter from each other and the place was empty. But needless to say, I got the hell out of there as soon as I could.

I haven’t been to a Winchell’s since they closed the one in my town down in the lat 80’s, and I couldn’t remember if I had such fond memories from nostalgia, or if it was because they had quality donuts. As it turns out the donuts were as good as I remembered!
The staff was friendly and the donuts were great, since I don’t live in this town I can’t comment as to how convenient the location is, but it was close to my hotel so for me that was great. The coffee was nice and hot, but it didn’t taste all that great.

Who remembers Winchell’s Donut? I remember when I was a little girl my mom would always bring me home a donut from Winchell’s after work until the place closed down.
Driving around in LA, I came across a Winchell’s donut. I was in shock, because I have not seen one in years, and I believe they do not have one in the bay. So. I got pretty excited! As you walk in, the aroma of fresh baked goods is flowing through your nose! LOL There were many different sorts of goodies such as bear claws, chocolate croissants, brownies, cookies and all kinds of donuts. I was getting overwhelmed by looking at the donuts so I decided to order a bunch of donut holes and a coffee flavored donut. Results? not as good as it tasted when I was kid, but A-​OK.