Legendary Doughnuts

When I first stepped inside this Legendary Doughnuts location, I thought it was very colorful and interesting. Since it was early in the morning, it was clean and there were no other customers inside the store. My boyfriend and I got greeted by the only employee who seemed to be working at the time and she gave a suuuuuper awkward vibe. She basically just stared at us while we were trying to figure out what we wanted. Since it was our first time there, we didn’t know what they had so we wanted time to look at everything. The employee just stood there and stared at us awkwardly waiting for us to order. She didn’t even ask us if we had any questions or anything. I felt so unwelcome and rushed that I just picked whatever. The employee didn’t seem happy or cheerful at all which killed my vibe. Besides that, the doughnuts were really good. I would go back only hoping to see happier employees and to actually have time to look at everything without feeling rushed.

The donuts were yummy and they had a really good variety. My problem was with cleanliness. I went into the restroom after an employee and when I went to wash my hands there was absolutely no soap coming out of the dispenser. I highly doubt there was enough soap for an employee to properly wash her hands if the dispenser was bone dry when I went in after her.

I’ve tried so many donut places, but I always go back to Legendary because it’s very scrumptious. Whenever I’m in Auburn area I usually stop in. They usually have Groupon, but even without Groupon I’d still pay them a visit without a heart beat. Cheers to delicious donuts!

I tried for the 4 times since I went there the first time. We originally had a great selection and tasty donuts. Every visit since its been down hill. Not that good of variety. A couple I’ve gotten where hard, not even edible. So I tried this one last chance to get good service, good donuts and I didn’t receive it. Horrible selection and it was mid day. So we settled for a couple and they were not even edible. Service was not good either. Seems like the employees are always irritated to serve the customers. This was my last try. I will not be back.

Ok I do want say these doughnuts are good.
Now I’ve only been to this shop twice and on both occasions I felt unwanted there. I went for the first time a few months ago and as I walked in the was no greet just a stare. As she rang me up there want any eye contact I didn’t think too much of it although it was awkward and unprofessional. So today 1÷5÷16 I again went to the same location as a there was a male employee and as I walked in he was in the back putting something away and said «can I help you?» He didn’t stop what he was doing or anything he actually left me standing there until he got done then came out and looked at me. No smile, no how are you nothing! So I asked him of the price of a particular doughnuts and he sort of cut me off and «said the names are on the doughnuts and prices are on the wall.» So He rang me up dropped my change in my hand and started to walk away. So at this point I’m convinced of one thing Legendary doughnuts has employees who either don’t like their job at all or certain customers. I hate to believe in 2016 that «race» would still be an issue, but i don’t have many reasons to believe it isn’t. I know most people will maybe disagree with me or feel I’m overthinking it, but I’m an avid reviewer of restaurants and different establishments all over the world and when I visit a place and get good customer service and a good product I not only love, but feel obligated to pay it forward with my great review. Unfortunately this will not be one of them.

I LOVED this place. It was recommended to my husband by a coworker and it was the best recommendation that we could have gotten. The donuts were perfectly made, nice and fluffy. I tried a Bavarian cream filled one that was to die for!!! Love, love, LOVE!!! This place is a must!!!

Normally you guys are so fast having to wait 5 minutes just to order with no one in front of me. Not cool

Service was great very friendly and informative, I was there around 3pm. My husband being from NY wanted to try the canolli which is filled when you order. I also bought two other doughnuts which were a solid B in my book.
However the canolli was a total let down. Thick and hard shell, doesn’t have the crispness. The worst insult was the filling. Not buttery or sweet at all, very bland and gritty and thick. :(

Ever changing variety of donuts. My son got the Hamburger Donut cake for his birthday, all the kids love it. Menu changes so much your favorite donut will be there one day and gone the next. Only reason it isn’t 5 stars.

OMG why oh why did my daughter tell me about this place? I can kiss my diet goodbye now forever since I’ve found it… Legendary Doughnuts has THE BEST DONUTS HANDS DOWN compared to any other donut shop and their variety is phenomenal… I actually saw someone picking up their King Kong donut order the last time I was there. Imagine your favorite donut of choice the size of a pizza! There are just no words to describe the donuts here. This place should be in the Hall of Donuts, hands-​down!

Creative combinations, fun names, pretty good doughnuts that lean towards the sweet side, and pretty friendly staff.
The portions are generous as well as the icing when it comes to the doughnuts.
We’ve heard some pretty incredible things about Legendary from friends and coworkers, and as soon as we saw the Groupon for this place we knew the fates had finally aligned and doughnuts were in our future.
We headed out to Auburn yesterday to snag a few giant pillows of deep-​fried goodness. It’s located at the end of a tiny strip mall in a busy shopping center. The location has giant windows that lit the place up. If it were overcast I could see this place with it’s dark walls and features looking a bit gloomy.
The patrons in this place were all super friendly. Everyone was offering their favorite suggestions (even without prompting) which was nice. It made it feel like a local neighborhood place.
There were two guys and a girl working when we arrived. One guy that was taking orders and filling trays and boxes, and other guy that was ringing people up, and finally a girl that was working in the back that popped out to make sure we were all being helped.
We ended up with a Chocolate Bar, a Dirty Doughnut, two Doughsants — a Peanut Butter Chocolate + a Caramel Sea Salt Doughsant, Caramel Sea Salt Pretzel, a Coasties («Glazed doughnut filled w/​imported English Coastal Cheddar Cheese and crispy bacon pieces»), and, of course, an Oprah.
The Chocolate Bar was fluffy and generously glazed, not to mention enormous. The Coastie was even bigger, fluffy, the cheese was melted (because the taller guy that helped us suggested that he should warm it up for us — how NICE is that?), and the bacon was smoky and fatty in only the way bacon can be.
The other doughnuts are on the counter in our kitchen. We have yet to delve into them, but that’s also because we didn’t think 40,000 calories in a sitting were in our best interest…
Side notes:
1. There’s a picture of an Oprah on Unilocal that indicates that they’re using a fourth as much bacon as they once did.
2. And the Doughsants weren’t that great, but that being said, Yeast doughnuts are usually more my jam.
We’ll be back one day. I think we’re going to have to figure out a workout regimen to justify getting one of those doughnut birthday cakes… You heard me right. They have doughnut birthday cakes!

These are really good donuts. A friend brought some in to work and they looked and tasted as good as I read about.
The maple bar was very large and plenty of maple icing. The little square layered glazed donut was awesome and the jelly filled were very good.
I am looking forward to trying more.

I love this place, Last time I was here They did not have much of a selection I hope that is just a rare occurrence as it takes quite awhile to drive up there. My favorite is The Salted Caramel Pretzel and it’s amazing. One thing I was kind of taken back by this last visit as well was that they added a tip thing to the automated computer screen and I realize people have to make money but it’s already 40+ bucks for a dozen doughnuts and now they are asking for tips o. O And of course normal people feel the need to tip so You are looking at like 50 bucks for some doughnuts lol A little expensive for My blood so this last time I drove all the way up there and only got a few doughnuts.

I love legendary doughnuts and their unique doughnuts they always have. Reminds me of Voodoo from Portland!
The reason why I’m giving this place one star is because of their customer service. I walked in there and was not greeted but rather glared at. I wish I caught her name tho. Anyway, after telling the girl which doughnut I wanted, and ringing it up at the cash register I was still left with an attitude. I’m not sure if she was having a bad morning or not but you should show a little happiness to your CUSTOMERS.
Not sure what’s up with the customer service here. But I definitely will not be returning to this location. The location at Covington is much more friendlier.

Unique, decently priced doughnuts without having to drive to Portland!
I tried the «Red Riding Hood» (Cake doughnut with raspberry jam) and it was good but HUGE and too sweet. My fiancé had the «Yogi Bear» (filled with peanut butter and jelly) and felt the same way.
The real winners in my eye were the doughnut balls! I selected a box of 18 to take to work with me. They are basically the size of a half of a regular doughnut and it’s the perfect size. Almost all the regular doughnut flavors came on the balls and they had a nice selection.
My fiancé also got a carton of local chocolate milk which was amazing, and it was cute to see that they have little sweets for dogs too! The employee was friendly and informative.
My total for the doughnut balls, 2 regular size doughnuts, and the milk was $ 21. Not bad at all! We will be back for doughnut treats for sure!

One star based on horrible customer service. I was left standing at the counter waiting to order even though there were no other customers. Rude person working the register. Experience left such a bad taste I could not enjoy the donut.
The New Covington location is so much friendlier. 5 stars for them.

When this place first opened, it was nice to be able to order unique donuts with cute names and not have to travel to Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland. But, I remember receiving terrible service. It was so bad that, in reality I received absolutely no service at all. I was standing there waiting to pick out my donuts for approximately 10 minutes while the girl behind the counter was ogling my husband. When she finally snaps out of it gives me dirty looks that I interrupted her loving gazes at her potential one night stand. And of course we never came back after that day because I would have caught a charge.
Fast forward several years later to today. We were in the area and I wanted a donut and remembered the Oprah and I also wanted to see if they still had the strawberry shortcake donut. Which they didn’t but oh well. The Oprah was just like I remembered the donut itself was good but the bacon pieces tasted delicious.
On this particular trip the gal behind the counter packing my donuts was nice enough but the girl ringing me up had such a unhappy look on her face and it gave me the impression of what the hell is this Asian chick doing in this area. Yeah just like that.
So despite that there are decent donuts here, the customer service sucks and it’s unfortunate.

These doughnuts look and taste great. I want to get one of each! They have different categories of doughnuts and are priced accordingly. The tiger tails and fat Albert doughnuts are huge! My favorite is the Oprah — maple bar with bacon. Oh, you can get your dog a treat too! How about a ‘pup cannoli’ or ‘fido nut’?

Store is as much eye candy as the donuts the feature. Unfortunately, Monkey can’t do what Monkey see.
If you’ve ever been to the fair and swung the hammer to ring the bell… Just a nibble of the BLUEBERRY CAKE donut rang that bell loud and clear. Cake is nearly purple and dotted with bits of concentrated crayons, I think.
The donut-​croissant hybrid, DOUGHSANT, rang in the new year and destroyed the bell. There was a glimmer in her eye when she said, «they just came out of the fryer…» The flat, dense, glazed, square, sugar brick is total failure. Holy fuck!
On a positive note, the ALMOND JOY did bring joy, indeed. Monkey enjoyed the fluffy, puffy, plain part with just a little chocolate, almond slivers and a touch of the gooey coconut goo. Three bites of it satisfied, before dumping all evidence into trash.
Monkey put this place in the Art Gallery. Look, but no touch. Seriously wonder if my dog would kick me if I fed him the doggie donuts? I think a can of condensed milk could do less harm.
Monkey’s Gold Standards:
Best Cronut = Al’s Donuts in Vegas
Best Donuts = Randy’s Donuts near LAX

3.6 stars
Legendary Doughnuts (LD) is Auburn’s version of Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts (
). The juxaposition of these locations reveal that while they appear to offer the same type items, the Auburn dough is inferior. The direct comparision of the Boston crème’ donut creations from both places prove this point. The toppings, stuffings and icings are similiar however, LD’s donut foundation tasted a bit stale and dry in Auburn. HOWEVER, I found out that by having them heat up those suckas for a few seconds, the taste improves BIG TIME! See my photos for the Conan the Bavarian and the cheaper mini custom versions of it — they call it filled doughnut balls! The Bavarian butta cream is so rich, buttery, and fattening as hell but well worth it!
If I hadn’t tried Voodoo, the standard would probably not be set as high.
Still, it is nice to have this option available for a change to your typical glazed donut.
PS…they have the maple bacon bar!!! aka Opera