Mercy's Daylight Donuts

Mercy's Daylight Donuts

Reviews Summary

The consensus is overwhelmingly positive, with most reviews praising the donuts' freshness, variety, and quality, particularly highlighting flavors like maple, Boston Cream, and maple bacon. Many appreciate the friendly staff and excellent customer service. A few critiques mention messy donuts, bland coffee, or occasional stock issues, but these are rare compared to the frequent 5-star ratings. The shop's holiday themes and custom orders also receive praise. Overall, it's considered a top local donut spot, with some calling it the best in the area.

About This Listing

Has Gluten Free
Has Vegan
Has Chocolate Variety
Has Sugar Free
Has Dairy Free
Has Nut Free
Has Organic
Has Yeast Donuts
Has Coffee Flavors
Has Fruit Flavors
Artisan Made
Family Owned Business
Has Seasonal Products

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.*

Features

Has Gluten Free
Has Vegan
Has Chocolate Variety
Has Sugar Free
Has Dairy Free
Has Nut Free
Has Organic
Has Yeast Donuts
Has Coffee Flavors
Has Fruit Flavors
Artisan Made
Family Owned Business
Has Seasonal Products

Contact Information

Address

482-A1, River Hwy

Mooresville, North Carolina 28117

Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 6AM-1PM
Wednesday 6AM-1PM
Thursday 6AM-1PM
Friday 6AM-1PM
Saturday 6AM-1PM
Sunday 7AM-1PM

Customer Reviews

Always will be my favorite! Honestly the best donuts in Mooresville for sure! Thick sweet dough? maple will always be my favorite! Their bubble tea is also good! Not traditional but I don?t like tea so I love theres cause it?s like a milkshake! Not bad priced? I got 3 specialty and 3 regular and it was around $8

Had a great experience here. I was able to order these Happy Birthday donuts the afternoon before and was able to pick them up right when they opened at 6am. They were very tasty too.

Great donuts (especially Mercy?s Cinnamon Rolls w white icing). Don?t hesitate to visit. Staff is friendly & thank you for your business.

Fresh donuts. Sweet dough and icing was tasty. Not the best selection but fantastic price for dozen mixed compared to many places around Charlotte. Highly recommend for that fact alone.

Love their donuts. Their jelly donuts actually have jelly in them unlike the well known Donut chain.

Yummy! WAAAAAAAY better than any other donut shop in Mooresville. But on days they are open they close fairly early (noon), and they are closed on Sundays and Mondays, which is often frustrating since usually birthdays, Father's Day, Mother's Day, and holidays are on Sunday or Monday. Also, their prices used to be pretty good, but since COVID they have nearly doubled. The photo of the menu that shows 1/2 dozen for under $5 and a full dozen for $8 was taken back in 2019 and is way off. Now (2025) a 1/2 do

Holy cow this place was good. I looked for donuts for my daughter's 5th birthday and stumbled upon this place in Yelp. So glad I did. We got an assorted dozen and they were gone within a day. In the picture, which is of the display case, it looks like they were low, but they were making fresh new donuts (of all varieties) in the back while I was there. Personal favorite...all of them. For real, I couldn't pick a favorite. Even a "boring" regular glazed was delicious! Wish this place was closer to where I li

I Always Enjoy My Visit here @ Mercy's Donut Shop...They're Very Friendly and Provide Excellent Service! Not Only do they Offer Delicious Fresh Made Donuts, They also carry Ice Cream & Bubble Tea. Note: I have never had Bubble Tea in My Life and Wow, the "Honey Dew Melon" Flavor is Magnificent! My Favorite Ice Cream is the "Magical Unicorn" it is Splendid...This Place is Awesome!

We have been here a few times and their donuts do not disappoint. They are fresh and delicious!

These are tied for my favorite donuts in the area. I have tried just about all the places in Mooresville and these always deliver. They have a great variety, I love the maple donuts and the real testament is when you can make a great regular glaze which they do. The employees are always so nice and friendly. They always keep me coming back!

Why did it take me so long to find this place?!?!? Someone brought 5 dozen into a client I was working for and I fell in love. The filled cream is HUGE! They put probably triple the cream in the filled donuts that any other place does! We visited late in the day and they were gracious enough to make us some filled donuts to satiate my craving. Very friendly and I love that I am supporting a true small business. I am a Krispy Kreme fan, but these filled donuts knock Krispy Kreme out of first place. An

Owner is very kind and the doughnuts are great.

This place beats KK and DD hands down on doughnuts and bakery. I travel most of the US and haven't found anything better. A MUST TRY !!!!! I have never had bad service here and the employees are very jovial. Keep up the GREAT work team.

Customer service is great. She makes you feel more like a close friend and not a customer. Always very welcoming, store clean and organized. Donuts are out of this world delicious.

I absolutely love this place. I usually get Dunkin where I live in another state, but the quality is extremely variable. So, when I came to NC to visit family last week, we went to Mercy's to try it and I'm SO glad we did. Their donuts are infinitely better than the bigger chains. And I'm not a big fan of glaze, and all their frosted varieties have glaze on them too, so I ended up calling them the next weekend to order donuts for the next morning without the glaze, and like that, they were even better. We g

We drove more than 30 minutes to try a new donut shop. The red velvet donut was delicious. Unfortunately, all of the other donuts (glaze, sour cream and cinnamon sugar) were not fresh. I will not return to this location.

Not only are the donuts delicious, but the owner, Mercy, is so friendly. She?s always smiling and engages in conversation. My son, who is normally very shy, loves to visit Mercy?s and he even places his own order now. I think a lot of it has to do with her always saying good morning and addressing him by his name. Highly recommend!

3 stars, ordered 2 different types of donuts and were WAYYYY toooo messy and not much flavor in my opinion. Iced coffee was also bland. Would have rather gone to Dunkin a block away.

Great place! Tasty donuts and great customer service! The maple bacon donut is a must????

Really great doughnuts. The glazed doughnuts were so good

Great service, wonderful tasting donuts

Love them! Awesome selection, always fresh and tasty! Such sweet staff!!!

Literally the best donuts I have ever had! I promise you that you won't be disappointed. They are always fresh and looks amazing. The staff is very friendly. Highly recommend!

10 stars if I could! Best donuts in North Carolina and really anywhere! I've had donuts across Canada and the United States and Mercy's Daylight Donuts wins hands down. No gimmicks. Just super good. And the Apple Fritter *chef's kiss* awesome.

I was excited that we have a donut shop. We got one of everything. The donuts are dense and super sweet. Vanilla comes through even on plain glazed donuts. They taste like cupcakes, but more dense and shaped like a donut. Tasty? Sure. Fulfills donut craving? Not even close. The employee (s) were sitting around a table hanging out. I wasn't sure who was an employee and who was just socializing. I saw two of the five go behind the counter but it made us (the customer) seem like an interruption. I'll drive t

Lately they have been cooking Apple fritters a bit more, (which I love), yet my Friend has issues with them not being super soft. I also love that they took a raspberry filled donut & topped it with Coconut because I asked. Great place.

Do these reviewers have taste buds?? Nice people, terrible product. The ingredients being used...I can say w utmost confidence...on the cheap side. A Boston Creme donut does not have white creme inside. No. Why do they use white creme? Cheaper. Fruity Pebbles on top of donuts? Come awn nah. Tasteless Donuts...better name.

I came across this place because they are one of two places that sell boba/bubble tea in Mooresville. They have several flavors but my favorite is the taro. Also, their doughnuts are delicious! I've never been to this location without having to wait in line. The owners are very personable and they even have karoke if you want to sing a song or two while waiting.

We live a couple miles away, and have been trying to support this place for over a year now. I have to say that the donuts are actually quite good..... when they actually have them available. The powdered sugar donuts are, in my opinion, their best donuts. Unfortunately, 8 times out of 10 they do not have them available. When they do, there are only 1 or 2 available for purchase. I simply do not understand how you would not make one of your best items available during peak business hours in the morning

I went with my wife today, the donut I got was so good I ate to quickly and bit my tongue. Owner is very nice! Will be back! Support your local shops

Wonderful little hole in the wall place. Friendly staff and great selection you cant get anywhere else. I love the Fruity pebbles donuts myself, my husband loves the Chocolate covered cream eclairs. The filled varietys arent skimped on filling and actually appear to have more than one point of access for the filling

Our first visit today. EXTREMELY friendly and accommodating owners. Donuts were fresh fresh fresh! Filling was abundant and very tasty. Will try the coffee next visit. Wishing the very best to the Owners.

They have a great selection of donuts and they usually do themes for holidays. I got a bunch of Halloween donuts back in October. Pretty decent prices and great service. They're closed on Mondays though, which was pretty disappointing after I drove all the way there before work one day.

Fresh tasty donuts at a fair price. Couple dozen for co-workers gone in minutes.

Great donuts! Best we have tried in the area so far. They are super fresh. We have enjoyed all the flavors we have tried. Store is clean and staff is friendly

I messaged them the day before and they had my large order warm & ready promptly at 0600am the next morning! Super friendly! And delicious! Nurse approved! Highly recommend

The donuts here are very good. The pricing from what I remember is good too. All I can say is get the Boston Cream donut!!! Oh wait forget that as sometimes they are hard to come by here. Get any other (as Boston Creme is my favorite).

Went in on Sunday morning looking for specialty donuts There were none Instead plain vanilla and chocolate cake donuts greeted me in the case I asked if the was anymore in the back .. Oh we have blueberry and another kind of cake donut.. Oh. So what you're saying is the main picture on google pictures of the assortment that looks great and draws people in you have none of those. Turned around and walked out If you dont want to carry these donuts then dont open on certain days of it's not profitable to u Bu

Absolutely love this place!! So hard to find good doughnuts in the south as there are very few dedicated bakeries like are common up north. This place has the absolute best doughnuts around!!

First time ever having these donuts this weekend and OMG they were good. Bacon maple, old fashion, chocolate frosted, and a cinnamon twist. Got to try a little of them all and they were to die for

The best donuts anywhere! Freshly made everyday by a mother and daughter team. Woman owned. Staff is always friendly! Highly recommend!

We had Daylight donuts at our wedding, they did custom donuts with our (new) last name... VO. We also got heart shapes. So easy to place an order and people raved about how good our donuts were. Thank you daylight! EmmaLooPhotography

Outstanding donuts! Owner is great and you can tell really takes pride in her work. Way better than the chain donut shops.

Fantastic new school flavors with old school quality. Plus, locally roasted coffee. Sad it took me 4 years to make my way over. Certainly will be back!

Plenty of good FRESH in store made every day with all you favorite comfort drinks.

Delicious donuts and the owners are great. When I went in on national donut day they had to close early because they ran out of donuts. They apologized to customers and gave away their last few donuts to those who came to the locked door

Donuts are delicious, best in Mooresville. Coffee was very good as well. They make hot fresh donuts daily! Very friendly staff. Will be back and often.

Always fresh and delicious. Best donut place in town. Local ownership and always pleasant, professional service

Small, unassuming donut shop that packs a punch!! Phenomenal donuts, great texture, great flavors, and super friendly staff! Best Donuts in the Greater Charlotte area by far!!

I love Mercy's doughnuts! Always fresh and tasty! Creative with her flavors/designs too! Try them.. you won't be disappointed!!

Picked up the donuts, it looks awesome and purple & sprinkled just the way i wanted! I'm sure they won't be able to resist. Thanks Mercy for making it happen in such a short notice!!

Friendly staff! Amazing and tasty donuts! Can?t wait to come back and try the bubble tea.

We get donuts every week, we also order some special powder donuts. We very much enjoy there donuts. The shop is very clean and organized.

First visit today! Mercy is very friendly and the donuts are fresh and delicious! These donuts are far better than the other shops.

The BEST donuts in Mooresville! Always super fresh, delicious and still warm. Sometimes I just go for the Bubble Tea!

Bought 4 Doughnuts, they Stacked them on top of each other and did NOT EVEN use the Individual Papers To Separate Them.....Have Tried Several Times To Get Old Fashioned Sourdough Doughnuts....Ironically they Say They didn't Make them on That Day...Will Be Going To The Statesville Daylight Doughnuts For Our Doughnuts FROM NOW ON....!

The donuts were fresh and tasty, the coffee was awesome, and the ladies behind the counter were friendly and helpful! We loved it!

I had one of your glazed donuts yesterday. One of the best I have ever had since moving to NC. Job well done ??

Unbelievably delicious and fresh donuts at a great price. We will be back! Great service too! ??

Best donuts in town, the apple fritter actually has chunks of apple and it is huge! Prices are great and the owner is phenomenal

Yum! I loved the maple bacon and fruity pebbles donuts. The donuts were pretty big and fresh. Great options!

Great little store with a variety of donuts and rolls. Donut are delicious.

The best doughnuts around!

Absolutely the best! I love their glazed donuts. Thinking about going there today.

This place is awesome! The icing on the maple bar is just what I've been looking for not too sweet not too rich but full of flavor

Mercy's Daylight donut are fresh every day and they have variety of choices. Their service is Awsome. ????

When I order 3 donuts and they have a maple or other glaze on them, and you put them in a bag, could you please at least wrap each one in its on little paper so the glaze is not all over all the donuts.

Great place to go! The staff is always happy and helpful. They know your order before you get in. And I think they can do special orders in special shapes!

Good donut but a bit more caky then fluffy. Not a brioche or a highly Leavened Doughnut but still a delicious donut!

Great donuts and great people. I highly recommend this spot if you are looking for a quick donut.

The donuts are some of the best I've ever had and the owners are extremely friendly.

Donuts tasted like old oil and greasy. Cinnamon rolls very doughy and small.

Love their donuts! My favorite is the pinecone which has a light cinnamon touch.

Great selection, extremely delicious and friendly staff.

They made fresh creme-filled donuts for me! They seem like nice people.

best donut place ever!!! customer service is amazing!!!

Fresh made donuts... friendly staff. The selection tends to get thin later in the morning.

Great doughnuts and really nice people. Better than Krispy you know who.

The BEST donuts I ever had and the staff is very friendly!

Decent prices, good donuts & such friendly & helpful ladies working there.

Great donuts, made fresh every morning. Worth a try!

Donuts are great but coffee offering is pretty marginal.

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!! Best Donut Ever!!!!! If I could give ten stars I would! A hundred times better than Duncan!

The best donuts in Mooresville....call in large orders to ensure availability!

They have the best donuts in the world!!! No joke ??

Great owner/management. Doughnuts are very tasty.

Stopped here while traveling. Donuts were the best we ever had!

These donuts are AMAZING!!! So soft, moist, flavorful and delicious!!

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