Linda’s Donut Shop

Worst donut shop I have been to. The donuts were very stale and it also didn’t help that the man was extremely rude. I would have walked out when I had the chance but I was to embarrassed. If your a donut lover like I am don’t come here!

I felt a bit odd coming into this donut shop for some reason.
Let me start off by once again declaring my love of donuts. I love finding random donut shops in SD. I even have a hierarchy of donut shops. When I came in here, I was so excited to have found a donut shop super close to my house.
When I walked in, I felt a little out of place. It was just so still and so quiet. There wasn’t a friendly welcome. Just someone who came out and stared at me while I looked at donuts. The donuts themselves were not very nicely displayed. I went in around 11am on a Saturday, and by this point, I guess there had a been a stampede of other donut lovers like myself because they were all kinda squished. I ordered the chocolate sprinkle donut, and to my dismay, it was glazed. I didn’t order the regular glazed because they all looked flattened out, so I got my next favorite thing: buttermilk donut. That donut was actually very true to its name, but the flavor was just a little too sour for me.
I won’t go in again for the buttermilk or the chocolate glazed, but I owe it to myself and this shop to try it out again, maybe this time earlier in the day!

Wow. If there is such a thing as a donut dive, this is it. Walked in and the display case was in total disarray. Limited, I mean very limited selection at 8:15am on a Friday? I feared there weren’t enough donuts to make my dozen purchase. What happened? Were they yesterday’s? I threw away the tasteless chocolate one I selected and can only hope that my coworkers enjoyed the other 11 that were a mix of old fashioned, jelly, and cinnamon rolls. Photos displayed here on Unilocal are deceptive. Might have been an off day?

What Linda’s Donuts does right: their simple donuts are fine. Old fashioned, buttermilk bars, and so on are very good. My children like the yeast rings and the maple bars, while I prefer the glazed old fashioned. The Bavarian cream filled had a decent amount of filling; it doesn’t goosh out when you bite into it.
What Linda’s Donuts could work on: their jelly– and lemon-​filled donuts use the term ‘filled’ loosely. They’re 90% donut and 5% filling-​the other five percent is the air inside that is left. I love a good filled donut but these left something to be desired: actual filling. Their chocolate icing is more chocolate flavored than actual chocolate.
I don’t see a lot of variety here. The standard is the standard for a reason, though, and the selection is more than adequate if you buy before 9am. The donuts are inexpensive and taste, with the exception of the fruit filled varieties, exactly as you would expect. My suggestion: go with the old fashioneds, yeast rings, and buttermilk bars and maple bars. The fancier the donut, the more Linda’s will disappoint.

I love Linda’s donuts. I could smell the fresh donuts blocks away. So delicious and the owner is so kind

Nope. This place has donut holes and maple bars. That’s it…
What kind of donut shop doesn’t have old fashioned donuts. Those fluffy donuts are NOT donuts they are crap.
Been there a few times, they never have old fashioned donuts, therefore, i’ll never be back…

Freshest donuts I have ever had. This is the 2^nd time we’ve been here and just as satisfying as the 1^st time. The donut holes melt in your mouth. We’ve had the cinnamon roll, bear claw, maple bars, cruellers, twist, and glazed donuts. All yummy. But the best part, it tasted just as good the next day. Day old donuts are usually not good, but Linda’s donuts did not disappoint.
Must also say that they have great customer service, it was almost closing time and I called them to ask them to wait for us. And they were more than willing to do so.
Prices are average, and worth every penny.

I have been here several times and the donuts are unbelievable. The variety isn’t top notch, but the freshness is on point! I recently got back from Portland, OR and tried their famous Voodoo Donuts and they were very «whatever» compared to Linda’s! Owners are sweet too:)

Ehh not wowed by this place. Chocolate coconut cake donut was dry. The chocolate glaze was good. Nothing special. Will continue my PB donut search

this place is THE BEST! I can’t have any other doughnuts now because these set the bar so high! Love them! Best to go around 10:30pm to get the fresh and best doughnuts because they sell out fast!

Midnight Saturday night getting my donut fix. Best sugar donut EVER, not even joking, it was like cotton candy. And the lemon filled donut is down right life changing. Unbelievably and surprisingly good. Though place at times can be hit or miss, today was absolutely incredible!

Love this place! It does simple, greasy, delicious donuts right; they’re a nice indulgence every now and then, especially when I’ve worked them off first.
Also, they’re open late.

Not a bad donut shop @ all. I am from Las Vegas and we don’t have very many donut shops like this one. It’s very difficult to find the place as the lot is extremely small & cramped. When I went in, There wasn’t a giant selection of donuts left as it was already around 11:00 am, but the ones that were left looked good. It was a tad bit unfortunate that there is a .50¢ fee for debit/​credit card use if a transaction is under $ 10.00 when a dozen of donuts doesn’t even equal $ 10.00. But oh well. After eating the donuts was when I was really impressed. They are very soft and have a great taste which was the main reason behind my 4 star review!

Doughnuts are pretty tasty! The am guy is friendly and smiley. The late night guy is scary as f-​I think he needs a hug!

Only 2 stars… Pretty good donuts, but doesn’t matter if they are always sold out.
Been here now 4 times at all different times, and they are always out of stock of all the good stuff…
Only time I’ve seen it fully stocked is at 9pm. #lame.

The hole in the walls are always the best, amirite? I was visiting a friend in San Diego who frequents Linda’s, so we strolled in for some Saturday morning donuts. By the time we got there, they were all out of boston cream (boo), so I settled on a powdered cream-​filled one. I loved that the donut itself wasn’t too greasy and the filling was good, but it needed some chocolate! I tried a bite of my friend’s maple stick and was impressed it wasn’t overly sweet. Don’t let the outside fool you!

Went to Linda’s after the Patio on Lamont Street. We ordered a mixed dozen of glazed twists, cinnamon rolls and Maple Bars. All were outstanding! Despite the low profile ambiance, the donuts were terrific. Churry, the chef and sole employee there, was very nice as well!
Highly recommend Linda’s Donuts!

I can’t believe this place only has 3.5 stars! Their glazed donut is airy, glazed-​to-​perfection HEAVEN. Just because they don’t have jalapeño fig basil or bacon blackberry coconut doesn’t mean they don’t rock. About $ 1 for a wonderful fresh classic donut– no frills. I’m in!

Stopped by to get some donuts for a lil breakfast get together. So don’t let the outside or location fool you. The donuts are great! Always a good solid selection and great pricing!
The only improvements I think they could make would make the interior look a little cleaner and more appealing. It’s not too inviting! It would be cool if they could make some cool unique donuts too other than traditional types.
Always a good stop for your donuts!

Yup, this place is weird… really weird. We strolled in after a quick early evening pitstop at the liquor store next door only because we saw that they were open and pumping out fresh donuts, not because we were on a donut mission — mistake.
As we entered we saw the guy in the back working his donut magic. «Hi» we said. No response. This man must be in the zone and it’s written in the donut bylaws that you don’t mess with a donut master in the zone, we’ll be patient. A few minutes go by, «mmmm, those smell good!» Once again, we weren’t acknowledged, responded to or even glanced at. Damn, the anticipation of man’s guiltiest, fried and glazed pleasure has now reached a whole new level and the limited selection of donuts in the case is looking better and better with every ticking second. None of the offerings on display were mind-​blowing but rather your standard fare, which is good enough to cure this quick fix. Five minutes and a quick hand washing later we were finally approached and ready to order. The total bummer on this was that this guy just left us hanging for about ten minutes while preparing fresh out of the fryer donuts and we were presented none of them. Our only options were the aged donuts that have been sitting there for who knows how long while the good stuff was being held hostage in the back, just out of our reach. Tease me, dude. Tease me. On top of it all he didn’t even mutter a single word to us during the entire transaction, it was all head nods, pointing, grunts and groans.
Seeing as the customer service was weak at best and we were sold «seconds,» the prices weren’t bad and even the oldies were kind of goodies. I guess donuts are a lot like pizza, even when they’re bad, they’re still pretty good.