Circle Donuts

Circle Donuts

Reviews Summary

The consensus is overwhelmingly positive, with most reviews praising the donuts (especially cronuts and apple fritters) as fresh, delicious, and among the best. Breakfast sandwiches, croissants, and coffee also receive frequent praise. Staff are consistently described as friendly, efficient, and smiling. A few negative reviews mention sanitation concerns or prefer other shops, but most highlight excellent value, quality, and service. The shop is frequently called a "go-to" spot with many repeat customers.

About This Listing

Who Can Visit?

Most donut shops welcome all ages—perfect for families and kids
Some locations offer sit-down areas, while others are grab-and-go
No prior ordering knowledge needed—staff can help you choose flavors
Casual dress is welcome—some shops may have outdoor seating
Allergy-friendly options may be available (ask in advance)
Group orders and celebrations welcome—pre-orders may be required

*Note: Seating, menu, and accessibility may vary by shop. Contact your local spot for details.*

First-Time Visitors

First-time guests can simply walk in and browse the display or menu. Staff are happy to offer recommendations and explain specialty flavors. Some shops even offer sample bites or combo deals for newcomers.

Common Considerations:

Allergens Some donuts may contain nuts, dairy, or gluten—always ask if unsure
Availability Popular flavors can sell out early, especially on weekends

*Note: Menus and specials may vary. Ask staff or check online for daily options.*

What to Bring

Cash or card—most donut shops accept both, but some are cashless
Phone or camera—perfect for snapping and sharing your sweet finds
Appetite! Fresh donuts are best enjoyed warm and on the spot

*Note: Payment methods and policies vary by location. Check signage or ask staff.*

Preparing for Your Visit

Check store hours and peak times—early visits offer the best selection
Call ahead for large orders or special boxes
Bring friends or coworkers—sharing a dozen is half the fun
Dress casually—many shops are walk-up counters or offer outdoor seating
Leave pets at home unless it’s a pet-friendly location
Check for limited-time flavors, holidays specials, or preorder events
Set a treat budget if you’re shopping with kids
Bring a reusable bag or box if buying in bulk

*Note: Each shop may offer different experiences—check social media for updates.*

How to Get Started

Most shops accept walk-ins! For custom orders, pre-ordering is best. Ask about gift boxes or subscription options.

Other Helpful Info

Visits usually take 10–30 minutes, unless you're sitting down to enjoy
Weekends can be busier—plan ahead for quicker service
Seasonal or limited-edition donuts often rotate monthly
Some locations offer donut decorating kits or workshops
Gift cards, boxes, and party platters are often available

*Note: Features, pricing, and offerings vary by donut shop. Always check ahead.*

Contact Information

Address

2201 N Lakewood Blvd

Long Beach, California 90815

Hours

Monday 5AM-6PM
Tuesday 5AM-6PM
Wednesday 5AM-6PM
Thursday 5AM-6PM
Friday 5AM-6PM
Saturday 5AM-6PM
Sunday 5AM-6PM

Customer Reviews

Really enjoy their friendly service, their croughnut, and their ham, egg, cheese.

They know my order the moment I walk in the door. Very friendly staff, love the owner. They make a killer ice coffee and red velvet cream cheese donut. They also make the only donuts that don't make me ill! If you're looking for a fantastic donut place, this is the one

Don't miss out on their hot chocolate. And of course donuts are good!

Great place to stop by and grab some donuts, drinks, and other sandwiches. The donuts are so fresh and there are so many flavors to choose from. The croissant was so buttery and delicious and huge!!! They also had croissant sandwiches which was so delicious. Ice coffee is a plus. Lastly the staff is so friendly and they move very quickly so you are in and out of that place.

I will not be coming back. They prepared my sandwich with the same gloves they used to handle the money. Went to quickly wash her hands. This is unsanitary and unacceptable. Imagine if someone had food allergies.

Great classic style donuts, croissant breakfast sandwich is soo good, tasty iced coffee and very friendly team / service

Sausage egg croissant was nice and hot . Iced coffee was on point. Gonna ask for light ice nice time.

Been coming here since 2006. Amazing, Great Tasting Donuts and Breakfast Sandwiches

Disappointing, at least for donuts/baked goods - these are ?fine? but not specialty or much better than average. The blueberry cake donut was the only better than average one I tried. This place is a busy convenient store with breakfast sandwiches ready to go and a variety of donuts that aren?t labeled and look decent.

Stopped here yesterday morning to grab the basic glazed half dozen. Grabbed an iced coffee as well. Let me tell you, these donuts were amazing! They almost melt in your mouth. The iced coffee was delicious too. I was pleasantly surprised and will definitely make this place the go to for donuts from now on. Oh, also tried the jalape?o ham and cheese croissant, 10/10, highly recommend

Absolute quality of food and service ranging from breakfast sandwiches(Toast/bagel/croissant) to dounuts, smoothies, boba, coffee and other assortment of drinks made fresh. Quality, friendly, and polite service that makes you feel like home. Includes outside and inside seating.

Whoa, we stopped here for a donut without having much expectations and we were floored! Their donuts are perfect - perfectly fried/baked, delicious frosting, clearly fresh on a Saturday morning. Might be the best donuts I have ever had!! Try the strawberry frosting, it is so good!!

I'm an RD who doesn't usually post reviews, but when donuts are a "sometimes" food, I order the red velvet donuts with cream cheese frosting by the dozen(s) for birthdays and staff meetings! Everyone here is super friendly and efficient. My co-workers agree: best donut shop in the Long Beach/Lakewood area!

Their donuts taste fresh, but are basically just donuts. Hard to go terribly wrong with donuts, long as they're fresh, but hard to be significantly better than average, either. But their breakfast sandwiches are also super-tasty, and cheap; that's way more of a draw (their lunch sandwiches are presumably also good, but not nearly so cheap, so I don't get them ever). They also have a wide variety of excellent smoothies. (I'm a particular fan of the honeydew, personally. The taro is great, too.)

Their donuts are the Best Donuts in Long Beach and any surrounding citys!! We've lived in the neighborhood for 12 years. When we get donuts we Don't go Anywhere Else! The workers are so friendly!! They watched my son grow up from a little guy to an adult now.

Wow, this place has awesome donuts and great lunch food. The cute girls are always smiling and ready to take your order. I've been going there twice a day 3 to 4 times a week for the last 3 years.

This donut shop has the best ingredients which makes the best donuts you will get in Long Beach that I'm aware of. Their maple glaze is really rich and yummy there chocolate glaze is really rich and flavorful. They also make wonderful sandwiches on croissants and Bagels

I love this place!!!! The Donuts are a masterpiece, I would be crazy to say it's a hidden gem because they have built such a reputation for themselves. Also the owner and everyone that works there is phenomenal! Great place to get a guaranteed great ????????????????????

The donuts here are one of a kind. The staff here Andy,Mary and Sophie always give the best customer service. Once you eat a donut from here you'll go no where else..They have the best sandwiches for a donut shop...

Circle Donuts - my top pick for South Bay/Long Beach doughnuts. I?ve tried about 15 shops in the area. Nothing necessarily flashy or fancy here, just GOOD classic doughnuts. Quality flavors, and genuine care for their product. Please keep it up! Akun!

I get the coffee, donuts and a breakfast sandwich from this place every time I'm up here. They're all amazing. Granted I get a basic black coffee and simple glazed donuts but IMHO that's the true test of goodness. Last weekend I got an avacado boba shake...she put real avacado in it...amazing! The only bad thing I can say about it is you need to watch how often you eat here...your waistline will suffer :-)

Me garbage What Yue want? Beam me up.

Best donut shop in long beach

My son?s favorite is the vanilla cake donut with sprinkles. He has to have it every week. I personally love the fresh cut fruit and I hear great things about their sandwiches

Great place! VERY CHEAP and VERY GOOD. Love their fresh donuts. They have breakfast sandwiches and a bunch of other food and drinks too. Very happy i found this place. Its a great place to stop and grub!

The friendliest and most professional people around. Great Donuts but my favorite is the egg avocado and cheese omelette on a croissant.

Best Thai tea boba I've ever had in my life!! That last statement is nothing but pure honesty. All of their teas are so flavorful and the boba is amazing.

Tasty fresh breakfast sandwiches at a great price! You have to wait maybe 5 minutes since they make eveything fresh! Fresh ?? and clean friendly environment!

I've been going to Circle Donuts ??now for a few years...Their are family to me....I love the warmth they give to all their customers??????

The staff was prompt and friendly. Ordered a mocha coffee and a cake donut. Both were good. Prices were very reasonable.

My daughter and I love coming here once a week before she goes to school. Always so friendly with customers and the donuts are the best!

Awesome customer service.

Blueberry and strawberry doughnuts with the fruit in the batter! Even if you have a "favorite" doughnut, you've got to try one of their fruit doughnuts. And please try their boba. I've been to many boba places and this little doughnut shops beats all of them! Their avocado boba is hands down the best tasting in LB.

Great donuts for the price.

Great place to grab donuts and a coffee! Definitely recommend!

The clerks always smiles, plush the bacons egg and cheese on croissant, taste so good, the best in town, I love to go there to get my breakfast.

Best mom 'n pop donut shop I've been to in SoCal. Glazed cronut was incredible. Super friendly staff. Quick. Great experience.

Circle Donuts has excellent coffee and donuts. I go there all the time. The staff is always nice and they know their customers by name.

This place is amazing!!! Everyone that works there is so nice and treat you like family. I still don?t know how they know everyone?s name and their usuals lol best coffee too

The woman are always friendly, good coffee and always fresh donuts.....oh they have good selection on breakfast sandwiches....they also have Boba Thai Tea.

Delicious donuts, the best I have tried in Sofia! Nice coffee, friendly staff! Totally worth it!

Excellent donuts. A bit expensive but worth the trip over. We went in the afternoon and the donuts were still fresh...

Really good Quality. Drove by so many times and never seen it. Will be back for sure! Please promote the place or maybe Drone Fly Through

Beat donuts and ??. Everyone is so nice. And it's dog friendly. ??

The doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches, croissants, and especially the muffins here are great. However, the cronuts WILL LIKELY CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER!

Best donuts in town. Also got a breakfast sandwich and smoothie -- both were great.

I had the kronut. It was fantastic. Mine had an oreo on the top. Nice and flakey. I would not reccomend eating this alone. You will not succeed. I did bc im amazing.

It's a nice donut shop due to the fact that has the big round donut on top fresh donuts daily, but too many Transit hanging around

$1.85 for a large coffee. Need I say more. They know the locals by name. Nice baked snacks, sandwiches, and drink variety.

Buzy place good food. But a day old donut stands out. Just buy the fresh ones ( only a few will not be)

Good selection of items, pleasant staff and very busy. All looked good and the bacon maple bar was tops.

Kinda small, we went about 7pm. Limited amount of donuts. But they were good,soft and fresh.

Good donuts. Always pleasant service. Plus, it's a local donut business that accepts debit cards.

Nothing better than a fresh warm donut! ?? One of the best I have ever had! So many to choose from!

Great Breakfast quick stop. That is my go to place for a morning snack! Super friendly and great price too!!

All the people there are so nice and kind,if you want thay have every thing there thay keep the donut shop nice and clean

Awesome donuts, really nice people! They make fresh hot sandwiches too!

For real if this donut shop gave up a membership I?ll have one ?? love it !! Love the donuts love the stuffs !!!

People are so nice , great sandwiches and donuts !

Great start my day food and happy I can get food after work as early as 4am ! Looking forward to coming back

Its okay, if you really want some awesome Doughnuts, Country Donuts on Anaheim and Obispo, is better...

Great donuts n staff! Good food. Sandwiches n drinks.

Great service and good donuts. The nicest people you will ever find

Always great - donuts and staff! When I leave Long Beach this is one of the things I will miss.

Always a cordial greeting with smiles, good donuts too! Haven't tried menu yet!

Small place, looks like a pitstop inside but their fancy donuts are bomb good.

This is my go to donut spot. They're fresh, delicious and reasonably priced.

Always fresh and delicious. The staff is super friendly even before 6am :)

Hidden Gem, very good burritos and bagels! Avocado egg burrito was amazing

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Nailed the apple fritter nailed the cronut. So good!

Always friendly and their bagels and coffee makes great breakfast?

Best bacon egg cheese in Lakewood for sure

Service always with a smile, great treats & sandwiches! It's my version of "Cheers" ~

Great donuts and breakfast sandwiches! We come here often!

It's fair in price just need to know when to come to get fresh doughnuts

Basically my diet consist of Circle Doughnuts, Mary and her Sister make the best sandwiches

Best balance of friendly and quick service

The best donut shop outside of the traffic circle area.

I love Circle Donuts. The employees are a delight, just like their donuts.

Great donuts and sandwiches. Amazing customer service.

My favorite donut shop. Freshest donuts in town

Its local and the donuts are really good. Try a cronut

Decent donuts. Decent prices. Friendly service.

Badass donut shop friendly staff Mary is AWESOME

Had a great veggie sandwich from there at 4a.m.

Yum..yummy from your lips to your tummy..is all that needs to be said!????

This shop does not dissapoint! If you feel the need...stop here!!!

The coffee was so tasty ??

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