Gibson’s Donuts

I have had Gibson’s donuts several times and I’m happy each time! I love the red velvet donut. I’m a huge fan of red velvet and it is the perfect situation. Everyone is very friendly!

Best doughnuts in Memphis. My favorite is the chocolate cake, maple bacon, and King cake doughnut! Also, the Girl Scout cookie doughnuts when in season are amazing.

Anyone that hates sweet and savory, stop reading now. For the rest of you folks that like to live life on the wild side, the donuts with the bacon is everything that is good and pure in this world. I cannot stress how much I love Gibson’s and the varieties they offer on a daily basis! Just writing this review makes me wanna get out of bed and drive there in nothing but my shorts and hoodie in this 40 degree weather!

Samantha T. doesn’t know what the hells she’s talking about. Gibson’s has the best glazed donuts around Memphis. In Detroit if I wanted a donut this good I literally had to pack a 40 and head to 8 mile and hope there was a parking spot out front so I could see if my truck was gonna be broken into but it was so worth it for the donuts. Im so glad I can just walk in here any time of the day and grab a few glazed donuts. The red velvet aren’t bad either.

You had me at donut! Gibson’s Donuts is a local Memphis favorite and stays open ²⁴⁄₇! Just follow the neon lights and cool spinning donut sign to happily feast on the most addictive and delicious donuts you will ever taste in your whole life. Forget the inferiority of other donut chains, Gibson’s is all you need for your donut fix!
Head over early in the day to get the best donut selections. I fell in love with the maple bacon donut because how can you not love glorious BACON?! The sweet and savory combination makes my heart skip a beat every single time. Those trays of maple bacon donuts have a major gravitational pull to anyone that merely gazes at them. Do you enjoy your Oreos?! They have an Oreo donut but it is not for the faint of heart as it delivers a truckload of sweetness to put you well over into diabetic food coma! Their holiday peppermint cake donut was a delightful treat and tasted like an early Christmas!
Every morning of your Memphis visit should begin with Gibson’s Donuts! I seriously wish I lived closer because I would try every type of donut available. I would have tried more flavors had I not just devoured Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken for lunch. I must return soon for another foodie-​filled adventure weekend.

Eat local is what I say!
Gibsons is so convenient since it is open 24hrs. They start making their donuts early in the morning and you also place an order the previous day for the next day for pick up.
The Bacon donuts is a must try. It has that sweet and salty savoriness that you’ll be craving for bite after bite. I also love the red velvet donuts. Rich velvety glazed with crème cheese on top. New Orleans buttermilk drop is another favorite of mine. They have various donuts and you have alot of choices to choose from that will not disappoint.
I love Gibsons and hope they stay around for a long time. I hope to bring my kids here one day and enjoy some local donuts.

I was expecting so much more. Alton Brown raves on his IG about this spot and has a small photo In there.
Good not great. I went on a Wednesday night and the stock was low so I didn’t get anything. Why are there at least three employees here at 8pm and this few donuts?
I went back the next morning and got a Maple Bacon and Red Velvet. They are indeed better than a grocery store and Dunkin. However, a fresh Krispy Kreme beats this place.
The bacon felt like premium bacon bits that are purchased in a big bag and not cooked on site. The red velvet was good not great.
If you’re ever in Sanford, Florida try Donuts to Go!

Best Donuts in the south! Family friendly with southern grace. Best start to the day. Lemon cake drops are amazing. Don’t forget the maple bacon donuts and glazed donut holes. Melts in your mouth.

Delicious red velvet donuts! The service was excellent and extremely fast despite it being crowded on the weekend. And the price can’t be beat!
Glad I made a stop here on my Memphis trip! Definitely check it out

After hearing about Gibson’s Donuts for months, I finally went and they did not disappoint. I ordered pretty much one of everything to try, at least one of everything that was on display. Don’t judge me… you know how good these donuts are!!! LOL I tried the Apple Fritter, Red velvet, blueberry, lemon drop, pumpkin spice, pumpkin with cream cheese, and a bunch more. I loved everything however, my favorite so far was the pumpkin with cream cheese frosting, and the blueberry donut. They were amazing.
Gibson’s has a new customer. I’ll be visiting again soon :)

You delicious sin biscuit, you.
After being tipped to go try out this place, I took my boyfriend here for breakfast and we were not disappointed. I picked out a glazed and maple bacon doughnut and devoured these with much delight. I wanted to lick my fingers, but refrained as I was in public.
The glazed doughnuts are worth every. single. calorie.
Definitely plan on returning!

The first time we walked in we saw multiple trays of bacon donuts. And I was super excited. Eagerly I ordered two donuts and when I got to my hotel found out oh no bacon donuts are disgusting.
Thankfully gibsons has a huge selection and so many other yummy treats. Bacon donuts may not be for me, but their cinnamon rolls, pumpkin spice donuts, jelly donuts, and chocolate glazed are!
Seriously you must go here. I’ve been in Memphis for 5 days and have been here 5 times! If that doesn’t tell you this is a must visit then I don’t know what else to say. My mom loved their apple fritters and they had a lemon thing she nearly died over. I almost wish I lived here all year round so I could go here.
Best part is, this place is 24 hours! So if you get a craving in the middle of the night, you’re set! It’s clean and you can see people baking in the back.
And the staff is super friendly. They greet you with a smile. And encourage you to call ahead of you want a popular item. That’s a sweet option. Ha ha pun intended.

Hot coffee and fresh donuts 24×7
Tables filled with regulars but always room for others.
Smells great!

Where do I begin!!! On our second visit (the first time they were out of everything except regular glazed) we pick out quite a few things. We came for the Maple Bacon Donuts. We grabbed 4 Maple Bacons along with 2 Cinnamon Rolls, a Blueberry Cake Glazed, a chocolate glazed, and more. We indulged in our dough treats and enjoyed every bite. Before leaving the parking lot we tried the Maple Bacon. My first words were «this can’t be legal!» It was a sweet and salty taste. The next day before hitting the road we grabbed more sweet treats. I tried the Oreo along with a few others. My Beau grabbed more Cinnamon Rolls and Eclairs. Their glazed donuts are great as well. I really wish there was a Gibson’s in Atlanta. Now I’m ready to explore some donut shops in my area outside of Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts. Oh I forget to mention the prices at Gibson’s are great!

WOO! New Orleans? YEAH! Cookies and Cream? YEAH YEAH
I love GIbson’s Donuts! YEAH! It’s one of the first local places I remember trying when we first moved to Memphis all those weeks ago. Open 24 hours? Sweet! Literally! (Cause they’re donuts) Since our first experience, we’ve come back numerous times. I don’t know how I’ve waited this long to give Gibson’s a rating.
Once, I ate a New Orleans that I had left in the box in my room for over a week? Was it still good? YEAH! Also, I’m pretty sure that this is where the steretype of cops loving donuts comes from since every single time I’ve gone there have been cops there getting their fix. Just something I’ve noticed. :)

best. donuts. in. memphis.
theres no where else to go. i’ve tried them all, and this is the best one out there. the quality is superb. the prices are cheap and cant be beat. what else do you need?
best donuts:
NEW ORLEANS — ok if you haven’t tried this one, you have to. trust me, its my fav donut in the world (discovered via gibsons, and i think only made @ gibsons?) and they make it just SUPERB. It has a cake like consistently, and comes in a round fritter looking ball with glaze on the outside. Theres no «flavor» to it, its just a vanilla cake like ball donut.
RED VELVET — so good. how can you beat their red velvet. Has cream cheese topping with sprinkles of red velvet crumbles on top.
STRAWBERRY FILLED — the classic. They overfill it with jelly too so you DEFINITELY get your monies worth there.
ORIGINAL GLAZE — cant go wrong here either. I like to bring mine home and warm it up in the microwave. Yes, I know there are alot of KK lovers out there, believe me, i love me some hot and fresh KK original glaze too. however, the quality of gibsons original glaze just cant be beat. it doesnt have that kind of fake sugary taste to it.
BLUEBERRY — everyone tells me (and i agree) the best blueberry donut in the world goes to gibsons. Really good thick dense blueberry donut.
CRUNCHY ONE — i donut remember the name of this one, but its the one that looks like a regular donut hole with crunchy stuff on the outside. SO GOOD.
CARAMEL — rly good too.
ok as you can see i like ALOT of them, and have tried a bunch of them as well. but really you cant go wrong picking up donuts here. i’ve been getting a box of a dozen of random mix lately. it usually runs me around $ 9. (SO CHEAP I KNOW) they also sell tshirts, tanks, hats, and these beautiful clay mugs.
TIP: go around midnight for even CHEAPER donuts!

Not sure what people are raving about. These donuts were terrible. We bought 4 donuts: raised with chocolate frosting, old fashioned, cinnamon twist, and a chocolate glazed.
The raised chocolate donut was SO oily. The frosting was ok, but the donut actually crunched. I make donuts at home that taste better than that one did.
My husband said the old fashioned had no flavor.
He was the one who actually went and got these. He was motivated to do so by the four and a half star rating. Maybe greasy donuts are the «norm» in this area. Not for me. It should be light and fluffy. Not even close.
The cinnamon twist was much better. The one star was due to the cinnamon twist. Too bad Krispy Kreme donuts was closed.

I don’t understand what the hype is about. These are some mediocre donuts. I would have been happier eating at a chain like Krispy Kreme.
We paid $ 14.95 for 18 donuts. I had the red velvet, watermelon ice, chocolate cream, old fashion, coconut, and maple bacon. It wasn’t all that. It was just edible.
Service was mediocre too. Maybe if I came after 11pm and $ 1.50 for 6 it would have been a better value, but for what I paid, I expected a LOT better. So done with this place.

Stopped here after eating at Gus’s fried chicken. We saved room. Ha. We all had the red velvet cake donut with a slab of cream cheese icing on top. Wow is all I can say. So moist and sinful! Hey also had a maple bacon donut that we will have to try next time. Thanks for the sweet treat!!!

Items Selected:
Apple Fritter
Red Velvet
Glazed Old Fashioned
Glazed Cruller
Crumb Cake
Blueberry Cake
Caramel Glazed Yeast
Largely underwhelmed by Brother Juniper’s it was onward to Gibson’s Donuts that the culinary tour of Memphis progressed and with a line nearly thirty deep even at 10:30am on Mother’s Day it was with plenty of time spent perusing selections that I eventually approached the counter, a young man of perhaps 17 years procuring a baker’s-half dozen for our indulgence at the bargain basement total of just $ 5.72.
Located in East Memphis, and churning out hot fried dough 24-​hours a day with old fashioned technique and friendly service since opening its doors near the University of Memphis many years ago, Gibson’s features no less than twenty varieties of donuts and although the famous NOLA sourced Buttermilk Drops were temporarily sold out during this visit there was certainly no lack of fresh options emerging from the kitchen at a breakneck pace, a total of five of my seven still warm with only the rich Red Velvet and cakey not-​really-​a-​cruller ‘Cruller’ cool to the touch, the later an admitted disappointment as there was not a bit of hollow wispiness or levity to be found.
Backtracking to warm options, the items above saved to last, tasting began with a melt-​in-​the-​mouth bite of flour and yeast topped in sticky caramel, and moving onward both the sourcream old fashioned and coffee cake-​like crumb were textbook iterations, the blueberry equally impressive with a flavor that was surprisingly natural while the apple fritter was easily the star of the show — a light crisp beneath the just-​set glaze and no lack of apples or cinnamon to be found amidst the lightly oiled base.