Flaky Cream Donut Shop

Came in for the first time on a Saturday morning and was not impressed. We got a maple bar, white icing sprinkled cake donut, and half a dozen donut holes (2 sprinkled and 4 regular). The donuts were waaaay too sweet, in my opinion, and they didn’t seem fresh either. There was no soft fluffiness to the inside of the maple bar or donut holes. The sprinkled cake donut seemed fresh/​moist/​soft enough but the flavor was lacking and only leaves you with that greasy filmy aftertaste that is usually worth it when you enjoy a donut. Today, not so much.
This probably falls on my list of one of the worst donut places I’ve been to, unfortunately.
The lady working seemed nice enough but her English was very poor and didn’t even understand some basic questions I asked like «is there a minimum charge for credit card?» If you’re wondering, the answer is no, but they’ll charge you 75 cents for debit/​credit.

Went to grab a donut at a place I’ve never tried and it’s super close to Trader Joes. I was craving a donut big time… Nothing else would do. Walked up, the door looked broken but I went in. Windows looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in weeks and the display case was dirty. It looked liked 50 kids under the age of 4 had a hay day finger painting with dirt all over the place. As I looked around at how awful the place was, I still had this craving. Tempted to walk out and call the health department (which I have never done) but the craving won over and I ordered a maple bar. The cashier didn’t speak English but was very courteous. I left quickly and went back outside. The donut was good but I can’t EVER go back… sorry.

Employee coughing all over the donuts. Please wear a sick mask or something. Better yet, stay home.

Love this place! Best donuts in town, hands down! The owners are very pleasant too! I would recommend this place to anyone who’s a donut fanatic!

DONUTS AND YOGURT
This shop isn’t adorable or carry super fancy donuts but it makes a great product, at a great price, by wonderful people.
Great product: the old fashioned donuts, wow. The chocolate tastes like fudge. Maple is delicious too.
Personally, I don’t like glaze but my dad seems to really be enjoying his right now!
Great price: your regular donut is less than a buck!
Wonderful people: the owner works around the clock keeping the shop alive. My father works a night shift nearby and sees the light on almost constantly.
I admire that amount of dedication and plan to keep supporting this business. Hope you do too :)

Great donuts and fresh coffee to start morning. Can’t ask for more. Super friendly owner lady as well. Will come back!!!

The sign outside in big yellow words: Donuts and Yogurt. Fresh, big, light and yummy donuts Run by Asian lady and man. Very pleasant people. Place doesn’t look like much but donuts make up for it. My favorite donut shop in Pleasanton.

Best glazed donut i think i have ever had. Also clean and great service. Not sure some of the reviewers went to the same place?

I have had 2 experiences here and both were horrible. The first time i went i was drinking old milk, expired for 3 days… YUCK! The second time, which was this morning the lady randomly charged me 1.25 extra and didn’t bother telling me. I was signing the credit card sheet and noticed she just decided to add an extra buck for the hell of it LOL… this is america people, we don’t run business like that! Not to mention, the dirtiest and most outdated place, it scares me to think about what the kitchen looks like. This is my first Unilocal review that i have written, that’s how bad i think this place is… do not go here people!!!

Sticky floors. Ants on counters. Donuts were overly greesy to the point where it soaked into the donuts… The lady at the counter was nice and gave a free 13’th donut with our dozen. The coffee was peerless which was good. I have not and will not be back to try the yogurt. Go to Johnny’s in Dublin, they’ve been around for decades and know how to make a good donut, and keep the place clean.

Anytime I need to pick up donuts in Pleasanton, I pay a visit to this little donut shop that I’ve been going to since I was a kid. The Asian lady who owns this place is really nice, and she always throws in a couple extra glazed ones and a handful of donut holes. I love that she never loses her patience while I’m mulling over the ratio of glazed to chocolates that I want.

The doughnuts are so good! Someone down lower said he’d rather go to Safeway, he’s a crazy person. These doughnuts are so much better, soft dough, flakey glaze, big ol chocolate braid bars, mmm. Anyway the only reason I don’t give it a 5 is the location, it is your stereotypical doughnut shop where like most of the ones I see there is a cabinet of drinks, the class doughnut container things, and some clutter around here and there. Not pretty, but I could care less as I’m just there for the good stuff then back in my car anyway. I came here because I had a coupon too, and I’m glad I did otherwise I would never have found it.

if you like your donuts stale and just average you might like this place.
if you like dirty tables and sticky floors this place is for you.
if you want to get yogurt at a donut shop go right ahead.
this place is really nothing too good at all and with so many other choices everywhere for donuts your much better off just stopping at safeway for a much better option. If you do want a good donut and your in the neighborhood i suggest you just head on over to the jelly donut on valley avenue. these are the best in town and i have been coming here since i was little so yes they are that good.

We went here last weekend when the power was out. We tried a few glazed twists, the kids had sprinkle donuts and my husband tried the apple fritter. Overall the donuts were very good. The coffee (what was left of it since the power was out) was decent, but no longer warm, but I can’t take a star away from them on this, since they had no power. The staff was so wonderful. She gave us extra donuts and was really good with the kids. We will definitely go back.

«donuts & yogurt» looks like any typical donut shop that sell big train products. (big train makes yogurt (wow cow, st moritz) & coffee) the exception here is they sell froyo and peerless coffee. when i entered, no one was here. an asian lady entered after me and got me the yogurt and tried to sell me some donuts as well.
froyo availability:
–ghiradelli chocolate: very thick, gummy, some chocolate taste and some bitterness
–french vanilla: sweet, smooth, some bitterness
froyo not available
–juicy orange
–mississippi mud chocolate
–swirl x 2
pricing: (s) 2:25 (m) 3.25 (l) 3.95. 4.50 (xl) 7.50 12 dry (mostly candy) toppings available. 95 cents each.
frodrips
–electro freeze machines, ran very slow
–froyo labeled as honey hill farms. ambrosia yogurt poster on window.
–only 2 flavors available, froyo bitter tasty, couldn’t finish.
–slimy aftertaste.
–probationary one star rating

Comes the closest to my favorite donut shop growing up… Castro Valley Donut. The old fashioneds were nice and crisp and DH enjoyed the raised donuts as well. They were very fresh and definitely not yesterday’s donuts! Will definitely return when we get a hankering for donuts sometime.

We have gone here for the last 8 years, and it is great. The owner is always willing to add a few extra, and my co-​workers love them, too. Plain cinnamon rolls are a personal fav, but I do cut them in half… they are giant! Good crispy donuts, the texture is great, that are not smothered in frosting… YUM! I prefer to support my local businesses… and am glad a good donut is close to home!

I’m going to review this based on my 9 year old’s opinion. She’s quite picky about her donuts and feels they deserve 4 stars (and I agree). We have a couple of donut shops nearby and this one is her favorite. She says she likes that there’s a little crisp (but not burnt) to their raised glazed donuts. She also like their chocolate bars and donut holes. I can’t give them five stars though because they often only have one person working there and sometimes the line can go several deep. I also don’t love the location as it’s in one of the older less cared for strip centers in Pleasanton. I realize that you don’t make enough profit selling donuts at $.60 a pop to allow a location next to a Starbucks, but even the parking lot at this place feels sticky. Seriously.
Other than that, we like this place. I’m certain the woman that is often there alone is the owner and she works hard. I love supporting small local businesses and she seems to truly appreciate our business.
NOTE: We eat donuts maybe once every 2 – 3 months. I’m not a «Britney» type of mom that feeds my kids Doritos and soda for breakfast. Okay, most of the time… ;)

It would have been a 4 stars if it wasn’t for the 3 ants we saw in the display case.
Even then, we bought a dozen to try. The guy behind the counter was very nice and friendly. After we chosen our dozen, there was still a little room left in the box, so he just threw in an extra donut plus some donut holes for free.
For $ 5.95 a dozen or $ 0.70 each, price is decent. The donuts taste fine, better than the ones we bought from Albertson, though of course, Krispy Kream is still better.