San Diego’s Finest Donuts

I love coming to this donut shop! The family who owns this shop are very sweet and friendly, especially Smith who always has a smile on his face. They make incredible donuts AND cronuts! Linda will be making my wedding cake and dessert table in July, so I’ll update my review after :)

I went to this donut shop on Christmas morning. I wanted to buy donuts and pass them out to the homeless downtown. Linda, the owner, was so gracious and friendly. Obviously generous as well. She gave my friend and I some extra freebie donuts for our good deed and we were able to give out over two dozen donuts to many people downtown on Christmas morning.
My friend and I also grabbed some donuts for ourselves… the apple fritters are amazing! And the glazed maple melted in your mouth! Thank you San Diego’s Finest Donuts for your generosity, your friendliness and your yummy donuts!

I always stop here for surfing the morning and am so stoked on their location, quality, and prices. Their donuts are classic style, but are always fresh and usually still warm if you go in before 6am. Their iced coffee with milk and sugar is a perfect treat to go along with. I usually pick up a ham and cheese croissant and a dozen donut holes. My favorite donut shop in the local area by far! Keep up the good work! :))

OH MY GOSH! Linda is amazing!!! I cannot say enough about how wonderful her donuts as well as her service were! I absolutely LOVE donuts! Like ridiculously. To the point where I start off with three donuts when we get a dozen donuts and I can finish a dozen on my own. Yeah, it’s pretty insane. LOL.
So as my wedding started to roll around, I began my journey in search of the best donuts on Unilocal,aka my favorite app! Whoop, whoop. I didn’t see anything in the vicinity of my venue that caught my eye. But I was determined. This girl is getting donuts for her wedding, people may think its crazy, but it’s my wedding, so I will do what I want. This is where the Bridezilla comes out.
I asked my sister, who is from San Diego, if she had any recommendations, and she recommended this place. She sent me pictures of what Linda had done for her in the past. I contacted Linda and sent her pins of what I was in the hunt for, and Linda sent me pictures of donuts that she had done before. I was stoked; my visions were starting to pan out. I also wanted a cake to cut for the ceremony and she was able to do that too. She gave me suggestions of what to do to keep the cost down too. How amazing is that? A baker who was trying not to rip me off! Love her style of business.
I was not able to taste the donuts, but my brother-​in law and sister went for me, this was due to me living on the other side of the country, trust me, I would never miss testing donuts! Well, they said it was utterly marvelous. Linda had made gold glitter, teal and coral donuts (my colors). My brother-​in-​law said he had a glittery surprise the next day. All my wedding guests were hoping to get that gift also!
On the day of the wedding, she made 200 donuts for me and a cake. She also brought in cake stands for the wedding that went perfectly with the décor of the dessert table that I had rented. She delivered it to Long Beach, yes, all the way up there! She set it beautifully for me! Oh my!!! I could not believe my eyes; they were better than I had imagined! Honestly, the pictures of the gold glittery donuts does it no justice! They were so breathtaking that my guest were taking pictures of the setup as well as selfies with the dessert table. Pictures to come!
Linda is freaking remarkable! Her awe-​inspiring service as well as her extraordinary skills would make her my go-​to vendor for all my events. Her mouth watering treats are irresistible, seriously. Don’t undermine her talents for baking just because it’s a donut shop. My wedding cake was unconditionally delicious. This lady has mad skills, yo!

The Buttermilk donuts are phenomenal! Mad props. SDFD has game and they keep it old school. Love it

Simple, basic, gets the job done.

I love this place. The blueberry donut is the best. I also loved the cronut a but today they told me they are available anymore except for an occasional limited time.

misleading!!! they do not have cronuts. I called and they said at the end of the month???

I went on a Sunday afternoon. This is definetely not the best time to go get donuts. They offered friendly service and even though the selection was limited, I still got a half dozen delicious donuts. I will be back. Next time I hope to go in the morning and get some freshly made stuff.

I LOVE DONUTS!!! i eat donuts all the time, i know a good donut when i taste it. this place looks like a dump from the outside but its a gem on the inside. nothing is fancy here, but it doesnt need to be when the donuts are THAT GOOD!
Other hipster fancy donut shops are popping up everywhere with their fancy flavors and whatever, but SDFD (san diegoes finest donuts) is still the best. They are cooked daily, and very often run out before the day is half done. Theyve also just started making cronuts, but their regular donuts are so good the cronuts dont even matter.
–always fresh and made daily
–good prices
–super tastey, with traditional styled flavors (dont mess with a good thing)

San diego finest donuts my ass. What a ridiculous claim to make. First time there and definitely my last, had one rack of donuts, all, old from early in the day. Asked about their special donuts that makes them the «finest» only to find out they serve it just one day a week on Friday. This place is a joke

I love their Cakes, Cronuts, Donuts, and Macaroons!
The owner, Linda is super skillful in making fondant cakes (inquire within). I usually order cakes here for special occasions. The cake fillings are made from fresh fruits, not too sweet, & extra moist. Everyone at your party will say «oooooooweeee that was good!»
It’s the finest and tastiest donut shop in Southeast San Diego!

I’ve never had their cronuts, but their regular donuts are amazing!
If you’re a fan of Entenmann’s donuts then you’re going to love these. They’re like a condensed cake like donut minus the chewy aspect and add freshness.
Overall I’d definitely recommend this place.

Traditional doughnuts. Nothing too fancy or hipster here. San Diego’s Finest Donuts ain’t got time for your overpriced fancy fritters. Excellent price, fresh and delicious.
Holy cow, a parking lot in City Heights! Place to sit.
Accepts credit cards.
I wish they served Vietnamese coffee.

Ok, I don’t know who came and made the change but DAAAAAAAAAAMN! The donuts have underwent a transformation and are FU**ING delicious! They stopped skimping on the frosting and the dough is crunchy and oh so damn good!
Go get you dozen and try the crullers and forget about life and eat at San Diego Finest Donuts!
I love being a fatty!

I love this donut place. The donuts are delicious and there are plenty of coffee choices. Don’t expect this place to be trendy, but the prices are more than reasonable and it’s usually busy. The woman who helped me today was very efficient and personable. She was focused on all of the customers and seemed to remember the regulars. I definitely will be back for a morning snack in the future. $ 2.75 for a chocolate bar and medium coffee. Not bad.

This place makes some good doughnuts and decent coffee as well. I stopped in on New Year’s morning and picked up a cup of regular coffee and a buttermilk bar with a maple glaze on top.
The buttermilk bar was good and came with a good amount of maple glaze on top which formed a hard shell (
). The bar was pretty moist inside, sweet, and with a slight tang via the buttermilk. A good doughnut. The coffee was okay. I forgot the brand, and it had a slight acidic or bitterness towards the end, but other than that it was not bad.
The people seemed friendly enough who work here and on the quiet side. Unlike many places in the area they offer a small parking lot out front and open up I believe by 4 am…

Donuts are donuts.
It’s just fried bread with refined sugars.
Apparently there are cronuts here. Whatever the fuck that is… Unilocalers seem to love nonsense and foodie trends, so if that’s what makes your socks roll up and down, go get some.
Service was fast and friendly for Christmas Eve. $ 8.50 for a dozen assorted donuts.

Overrated and over priced.
I came because I was craving donuts and sadly, was disappointed after my experience.
I tried the «infamous cronuts» (croissant/​donut hybrid). First off they were way too expensive: $ 6 each! Really?
I tried the Cookies and Cream cronuts and the Birthday Cake cronut. They weren’t horrible, but definitely not worth $ 6. They both had a creamy center which was O-​K.
I would’ve rather had a regular glazed donut.

By far the yummiest cronuts & donuts!
Friendly establishment! Might not be the hippest or trendiest shop but it’s not about that. It’s all about the yum yums!
Cronuts are sold every Friday, you can order in advance & they’ll set it aside for you to pick it up.