Ronald’s Donuts

Donuts were a bit off. Not as chewy as I remember. It was around 8am so I’m sure it was just over-​baked.

Delicious doughnuts great service!!!

Well what else can I say that hasn’t already been said about this establishment. It was the first visit for me and my wife and we have already been again while I am writing this review… LOL. We have had the Apple Fritters… Twists…Tiger Tails or Tiger Claws as some people call them… Soy Custard filled doughnut… lemon filled… and the Doughnut holes.
Now I would swear these are not Vegan doughnuts because they are ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS… but they are not greasy like ordinary doughnuts so that tells me something. Now here is one thing to keep in mind the owners of the establishment like to «make deals» so to speak and they will often give you doughnuts for cheaper than they actually are… LOL!!!
Here is an example of what I am talking about: Special Doughnuts are 1.60 each while all others are .85 cents each. Since we ordered 4 special Doughnuts and 1 regular Doughnut our total should have been 7.25 we paid only 7 bucks. The Doughnut Holes were 1.20 for a dozen he charged us only a buck. Now I know these are not huge savings but I thought it was a nice touch to show the customers some love… LOL!!! So if your ever in Vegas and you want to eat Doughnuts to your blue in the face and NOT FEEL GUILTY stop on over at Ronald’s Donuts. Eat, Drink, and be Merry my Friends!!!

5 years since my last review for Ronald’s Donuts, and this place still holds a special spot in my heart, or better yet, my waistline. But it is so worth it. Every time I come here is a treat and the couple who are the owners are so nice. Must try!

A classic Las Vegas establishment! All of Ronald’s raised donuts happen to be 100% vegan. They have other assorted pastries that are vegan as well, including apple turnovers and cinnamon twist, on the day that I went. I loved the old school vibes, no frills atmosphere, and low low prices. (4 donuts, $ 4). The service was also lovely-​the small Asian lady working was so sweet and helpful.
The donuts themselves are good, but not spectacular. The icing is good, but the doughnut lackluster. However, the novelty and affordability of this establishment make up for the average product. I will definitely return here every time I am in Las Vegas.

Great donuts — been here lots to get boxes of them for staff working on our properties over the past few years. Their cinnamon twists are ridiculously decadent — need to get here in the AM as they do run out of selection. Have tried various donuts — all are fresh and of excellent quality; the locals also swear by this and when we bring these over to various people, they snap them up over Dunking Donuts or other chain ones (even Crispy Crème).

This place had the best donuts !!! The people here are the nicest ! You just got to come and check it out yourself…

Pretty typical donuts.
Based offa Unilocal,I thought I had stumbled upon the Holy Grail of donuts, but they were pretty regular.
The service was excellent.
The donuts are pretty expensive.
I think I spent $ 17 for a dozen.
I was expecting more from the apple burrito.
All in all, it was a good day, but to have so many stellar reviews on Unilocal,one would at least hope the maple bar is fantastic and even that was so-​so.
Oh!!! One thing that was really awesome was that you can buy almond milk by the glass.
That was fantastic, that, and they serve Martinelli’s apple juice.
My search for the Las Vegas’ best donuts continue…

I love this donut shop… family owned, great donuts!
they don’t seem to follow trends, like cronuts or special flavored ones, just good basic donuts!
much better than krispy kreme, their normal selection runs about 8bucks a dozen
They make really good maple bars, buttermilk bars, old fashioneds, and I usually try to get a lemon filled donut or two while there
they open pretty early, 4am, so if you are an early bird… or coming home from a drinking night, you can always stop here for a yummy snack!

I’m not vegan but I love this place simply for their delicious donuts. However I do appreciate that they are vegan since I try to limit my dairy intake since too much is no good and I consume enough dairy via cheese and Greek yogurt but I digress…
Anyway, I grew up eating donuts. All. The. Freaking. Time. My parents owned 2 dunkin donut shops when I was young and brought home leftovers everyday since they can’t sell them the next day. Not surprisingly, I grew to hate donuts for awhile and when I do have them – I am very critical and there are few donuts I have encountered where I will take more than 1 tiny bite just to try it out. Also, I’m not the biggest fan of sweets to begin with… like people have a sweet tooth, I have a savory /​spicy food tooth if that is a thing lol I’ll take some spicy oil szechuan or indian curry over dessert any day.
But…this place is an exception and I love getting some goodies from here those times I’m in the mood for something sweet. I’ve picked up donuts from here a few times now and I definitely had more than a tiny bite every time. I usually have about ¹⁄₃ to ½ of each one since 1) they are all massive and 2) there are too many yummy flavors to decide on just 1 or 2
My favorite is the apple fritters where you can see and taste the real apple chunks. The boston crème style one is always good as well and a safe choice.

Great quality, family owned and operated, and super affordable. Some of the best donuts I’ve had. And of all places to have them, Las Vegas, it was a surprise but I can’t deny it, these donuts blow the trendy places in Manhattan out of the water. I have family out here so this place is going on the «must-​stop» list from now on.

Yes yes yes! I have found the most delicious donuts on the face of the planet!
The donuts here are out of this world. I’ve had the glazed, the chocolate-​covered, the twists, the bear claws, the apple fritters, the mini donuts — my coworkers and I think absolutely everything is delicious. I was surprised to find that about 80% of the donuts they sell are actually vegan. I’m not sure how they make these donuts differently than regular, but it is clearly working. They are well-​priced (I ordered a box of a dozen donuts, specialty donuts, and some mini donuts for $ 14). Unfortunately, this place is cash only.
Everyone who works here is also very nice and has great customer service. The place is really clean and simple. 100% recommend trying!

My first time at Ronalds and I’m so sold! This place is sooo much better than O Face for Vegan donuts! Prices way better, and the donuts are sooo tender. I got a choc custard filled & a glazed.
Really nice service too. Will def be back next time my donut craving hits.
:)

It was my second time visiting this shop! The first was (unknowingly) on national donut day, so I was only able to try their old fashioned (YUM) and a type of apple crisp due to the fact they had pretty much sold out by 9am. This time was definitely different!
I get out of my car and I’m immediately hit with the smell of delicious donuts. Wow. AMAZING.
Had to wait in a small line behind people who appeared to be regulars (good sign). I selected a few favorites (I apologize for not knowing any technical names): maple bar, chocolate covered custard filled, apple fritter, cinnamon twist (which is absolutely huge), and an old fashioned chocolate. The only one out of that selection that wasn’t vegan was the chocolate old fashioned. I asked what the custard was made with since it was vegan and the shop owner said they make it with a soy base. Great for us non-​dairy folk. The chocolate covered custard filled was so good… the custard tasted slightly different than a traditional milk custard, but still amazing. Out of the three rows of donuts, only the bottom row is non-​vegan. But I’d just select what looks/​tastes good if dairy isn’t an issue.
You can get your donuts to go or have the option to sit down with some friends and enjoy your tasty treat in their shop. Their shop is pretty spacious and the temperature is comfortable. Owners are friendly and quick to fill your order. They answered my questions without making me feel like I was being an inconvenience, which I always appreciate.
For someone who wants some classic donuts (enough with the fancy, weird donuts that you’d maybe only want to try once), this is the place for you! Delicious!
My only complaint would be that they ONLY take CASH. So definitely stop by the ATM before making the trip over there. Really wish they’d take debit/​credit. Oh well. It’s worth the ATM stop.

Who knew Chinatown would have this little donut shop just waiting for you. It is kind of run down and a hole in the wall donut shop, but the donuts are old fashioned and simple in style. You won’t find many of the new gourmet flavors like the maple bacon or a Las Vegas legend dedicated piquant.
We ordered vanilla sprinkles cake donut, a Boston crème, old fashioned chocolate and a glazed raised donut. All were very good, we shared and we commented the flavors and textures were exactly as a you’d expect from just a regular, no frills donut shop.
Cons are the place looks like it could be cleaned a bit better or slap a fresh coat of paint on the walls… But, a sprinkle donut makes everything looks more cheery, yes?

After reading so many great reviews on here and other sites, I decided to finally make a stop here during my recent visit to Vegas.
I visited early on a Sunday morning, around 5:30 am so I could guarantee I would have a large selection of the vegan donuts to choose from. Oh, I did. I bought an apple fritter, turnover, cinnamon swirl, bear claw, apple cinnamon burrito AND a dozen donut holes! All for myself, I mean, some people go to Vegas to binge drink… I just wanted to binge eat vegan donuts!
Now, onto the taste of my treats…
I have nothing bad to say about any of these. They were all absolutely delicious and I couldn’t even believe they were vegan! This was my first time eating an apple fritter since going vegan and it was AMAZING. My taste buds thought they had won the jackpot!
The owners were in there and they were very, very nice. The total for everything was only $ 9.45!!! Of course I tipped as well, so that added a few more bucks, but I seriously would have paid double for these pastry perfections.

Ronald’s Donuts is located in a strip mall in the area considered to be Chinatown. It is a rather simple shop with a counter displaying several rows of pastries and a casual seating area out front.
I overheard the lady informing another party that their vegan choices were located in the top two rows.
Cash only.
Unfortunately I was in the area shortly after I had just eaten. So the pastries I was buying was for the next day. Bad idea. At least for the twist. It was rather dry when we finally broke into it. But the apple turnover was pretty good — it was flaky and not overly sweet. The custard filling in the donut that reminded me of a Boston Cream was quite rich and tasty. My favorite, sweet tooth that I am, however, was the supersweet Apple Fritter. I think it’s glaze covering protected the pastry within.

When I booked my vegan foodie birthday tour of Las Vegas, Ronald’s Donuts was definitely on my list to check out. I previously heard about Ronald’s Donuts from social media and being an avid Instagrammer, I would often see other vegans posting photos of these wonderful vegan donuts from Sin City. I was excited to try them!
On the day of my birthday, we headed to Veggie House for lunch just down the street from Ronald’s Donuts in Chinatown. Then for my birthday dessert we headed to Ronald’s. The place reminded me of the donut shop that I used to go to growing up as a kid — a donut shop from the 80s, very simple, with pink boxes stacked up on the shelves, newspapers and coffee cups on the tables.
I asked the owner which ones were vegan and she said top two rows were vegan, which was fine with me because the bottom row looked like all cake donuts and I preferred the yeasted type of donuts anyway. My BF chose the maple bar and I chose the soy custard filled chocolate. We also ordered coffee and I was happy they had soy milk available. The donuts were so yummy! Very light and fluffy and I loved the custard. My BF inhaled his maple bar in a few seconds then he went back and ordered a jelly donut, which we also enjoyed.
As we were enjoying our donuts and coffee the old man sitting at the table next to us said he that he’s been coming to this place a few times a week for 15 years and that the owners (a couple) work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, 4am — 4pm. I thought, wow, the owners work very hard to provide us with delicious treats!
Before our flight home the next day, we came back and brought home as many donuts as I could fit in the large pink box (about 17) which included glazed, custard filled, jelly, cinnamon twists, cinnamon rolls and apple fritters and also took home some donut holes. I shared the donuts with my friends back in the Bay and they all loved them!
Ronald’s makes me want to book another trip to Vegas very soon!

Vegan Donuts! Yes you heard me right. Even I couldn’t believe it. A week before our trip, my honey kept talking about this place. Heck, I’m not going to pass up vegan donuts. So after a couple of days in Sin City. We decided to head towards there… location CHINATOWN! Go figure, right? Just make sure you have CASH on you… NO CREDIT/​DEBIT card.
When I entered the place, it brought me back to my childhood memories. When my papa would take me to Winchell’s donut shop during summer vacation and he would treat me to a raised donut and we would have father-​daughter day. This establishment was set up similar to the old donut shops back in the day.
We met up with the owner (I think) and he indicated the first 2 rows are vegan. Holy heck! That’s a lot to choose from. We tried not to go buckwild crazy the first day, since we had other places we wanted to try out. We enjoyed it so much that on our last day, we brought a dozen home… actually 10 since we ate 2 while in Vegas. The 10 we brought home, didn’t even last 12 hours. My dad and mom (supposedly are diabetic and shouldn’t have sweets) ate 5 of them like they were chicklets.
So, if you’re in the area regardless if your vegan or not, you gotta stop by this place. They also serve non-​vegan donuts. Why bother with those because take it from me (a person who just turned vegan 2 years ago), you will not know the difference. You can’t beat the price point ($ 1-​$ 2each).
Recommendation…Get the CHOCOLATE FILLED CUSTARD, the creamy filling alone can give you ecstasy and that’s a good thing in Vegas. If you like apple fillings, get the bear claw with apples filled inside. It was my second favorite. Obviously you can’t go wrong with the traditional raised donuts.
My honey loved it too… www​.yelp​.com/​b​i​z​/​r​o​n​a​l​d​s​-​d​o​n​u​t​s​-​l​a​s​-​v​e​g​a​s​?​h​r​i​d​=​_​c​F​8​W​U​u​3​R​X​V​s​M​i​s​J​m​zkJRQ

I’m updating this to explain after a few times of trying these (and taking all my friends etc hundreds) I don’t like them.
They have to be sweetened with stevia or something because they give me a headache. The kind of headache alternative sugar or sweetener does.
I understand regular white sugar has bone char (not vegan) so I’m really curious to know exactly what they use.

Les meilleurs donuts du monde sont végétaliens. Si vous me croyez pas, n’hésitez pas à réserver un aller-​retour pour Las Vegas, à prendre un taxi jusqu’à cette petite zone commerciale dans Chinatown et à pousser la porte de la minuscule boutique de Ronald.
Une fois à l’intérieur, le bruit général émanant de notre groupe devait ressembler à ça: «Aaaaaaah… Oooooh regarde… Oh put*** c’est pas possible je veux vivre ici *pleurs de bonheur* C’est trop beau pour être vrai.»
Bienvenue au paradis.
Pas de végétarien, et encore moins de végétalien, dans le groupe, mais quand j’avais cherché «donuts — Las Vegas» sur Unilocal,Ronald Donut’s était le premier résultat: 4,5 étoiles et plus de 200 avis. Donc on a pas hésité. Et une fois de retour dans notre chambre d’hôtel avec notre café Starbucks payé environ 3,50 $, on a pas regretté non plus, c’était juste… délicieusement américain (et bien sûr, le premier mangé, plus personne n’avait faim — sauf Pierre R. — donc il en restait plein pour le goûter…).
A né pas manquer, les donut holes, 1 $ la douzaine, c’est le plus simple, et donc le meilleur.
Attention, ils né prennent pas la carte bleue, faut venir avec du CASH (quand on est à Las Vegas, le mot cash se dit uniquement en majuscules: du CASH. On a la classe ou on l’a pas.)
Ah et j’ai oublié: la douzaine (à choisir dans TOUT le magasin, dont apple fritter, bear claw, chocolate donut, cinammon twist…) pour 10 $. Oui oui, 10 $. Donc environ 7 €.
*pleurs de désespoir et d’envie*