Don’s Donuts & Julie’s Java

My family and I love to stop in for a breakfast treat on the weekends. The service is always friendly and helpful. The best place in Yakima to get a fresh doughnut. I have not tried their breakfast sandwiches but I hear they are great!

Tasty donuts and bagel sandwiches as well! Perfect for when you’re feeling hangry and need some sugar/​carbs/​coffee.

Really good bagels!!! I got 3 breakfast sandwiches and they were really bomb as well. Me and my family will be coming back here every time we visit.

Sunday morning April 3, I got off work from the night shift and thought I would grab some breakfast yummies on my way home. The basis of my rating is deducting one star for each item that went wrong with this visit, so beginning with a great visit of five starts and deducting from there.
1. A few people sitting around inside and two staff members in view, I wait at the counter. One is with another customer. I wait for minute or so. Another customer comes in and sits down. Clerk finishes with her customer, then yells to the back for help. She ignores me and shouts to the man who sat after me for this order. The other clerk comes up front and stands staring at me, no smile, no greeting, no interest in helping. Customer service=fail.
2. I asked the clerk for a box for my five items because I didn’t want them smashed. I told her the five items I wanted. While she pulled them from the case, I looked for anything else I might want. When she was done, I noticed that she ignored my request for a box and bagged each item individually. Really? Five individual paper bags? Listening and addressing customer request=fail.
3. The entire time that I was being waited on the clerk was coughing. Not clear your throat type of cough, but deep from the lungs cough. Although she coughed into her shoulder each time, this is not acceptable in an environment serving food. If you are sick, don’t come to work where you have the potential of spreading your sickness. If you have a persistent cough, seek medical attention, stop smoking, whatever you have to do, but don’t be serving food. Note to owners – it is your job to notice things like this and think from the view of the customer. How would the Department Health feel about this=fail.
4. Ok, got my donuts in the paper bags and headed home. Brewed some coffee, sat down to enjoy. Uh-​oh, the problems continue. My lackluster clerk didn’t listen to what I had ordered and didn’t bother to clarify. Wrong turnover given. In fact a flavor I would never eat. Apple fritter very doughy and undercooked. Garbage. Product quality=fail.
5. Emailed the owner to provide feedback on the experience. Although he replied promptly and apologized for the experience, he did not address the issue that bothered me the most – the coughing employee. She should not have been working. As far as the bad product, he said I could bring them back and exchange. Hmmm, I’d have to deal with that same customer service again. No thanks. Customer retention=fail.
So, based on my scoring method, subtracting one star for each issue I encountered, there would be not stars left. In order to post this review, at least one star is required. Not deserved, but ok.
I am actually sad about this visit, as I will not return to this location. I have been a few times previously and have never really had a great experience. It is too bad, I prefer to support local business, but this local business won’t get my future support.

Not good unless you like brick bagels and okay coffee. Went in there for breakfast and it wasn’t busy and the service wasn’t great.

Great little gem in Yakima. Delicious donuts of all sorts. First time having a key lime filled donut for me, so if you like key lime I highly recommend it. Not just donuts though, their bagels are spot on. I had the breakfast sandwich on an everything bagel and it was delicious. Don and Julie are super friendly to boot, you can’t go wrong here.

Wow Don and his team are the VERY best in Yakima! Thanks for helping my sister and her family in their time of need. EVERYONE GO TO DON’s DONUT’S & JULIE’S JAVA for great friendly folks that know how to treat everyone and they MAKE FABULOUS DONUT’S!!!

The breakfast sandwiches here are amazing! They are actually breakfast bagel sandwiches! If you are looking for some good morning food — I would pick this place for sure! The donut holes were soft and fresh. I didn’t get any coffee or bigger donuts, so I can’t review to that.

I just had the jalapeño and cheese bagel with sun dried tomato cream cheese– Outstanding!!! The bagel was soft and chewy, lightly toasted for added texture. The cream cheese was pretty spot on. I enjoyed that the jalapeños were incorporated throughout the dough as opposed to just being laid on top like most breakfast shops offer. The mocha I ordered came out piping hot, not overly sweet. Very good.
My better half had the «bad boy» (an oblong Oreo and peanut butter donut), alongside a chocolate on chocolate classic with a small drip coffee. The bad boy was super sweet and delicious– very rich. The chocolate on chocolate was a bit more subtle, very yummy! He said his coffee was pretty standard but still quite good for a simple drip coffee.
Service was excellent! Very cheery and helpful! She made everything sound so good! The place seemed pretty clean, better than most donut shops I’ve been to. Cute «under the sea» décor. Nice seated area. Overall a fantastic experience. Best bagel I’ve had in quite a while!!!

Great variety of fresh made bages. They’ll take whichever one you choose and make the best breakfast sandwich with egg cheese bacon sausage. This place you have to try!

Seen the other reviews and decided to try it. Their espresso is about and a half stars. I knew that once I stepped into the place the coffee wasn’t going to be five stars. But it wasn’t bad. I bought a vanilla latte for my mom and I and she got a hazelnut mocha for my dad (He’s a Starbucks snob, so he wasn’t enthused). I got a blueberry cake donut to try and boy was it good! Always liked that flavor…
We won’t be going there on a regular basis, but if we happen to be in the area…
If you love fresh bagels/​donuts then I would recommend Don’s.

Sooo good! I’ve never had anything like these donuts because I come from a city full of fake ones (Dunkin Donuts)! I tried these when a classmate brought some in to class one day and they were phenomenal. Will definitely make a stop for myself real soon!

Great bagel and cream cheese selection. The tomato basil seemed spicy to me. Nice place to sit and have breakfast. They have maple bars with bacon, which I’ll try the next time I’m in.

Nice little place to pick up donuts and bagels. Good selection of donuts — wish I could have enjoyed more of them! Bagel selection is fine, though they are a little breadier and roll-​like than is my preference. The blueberry bagel is among the largest I’ve ever seen! Prices were reasonable; service was friendly and helpful. Good chance we’ll return during our next visit to Yakima.

I don’t eat a lot of donuts but when I want to induce a sugar coma this is my snack of choice. Their donuts are much fluffier and tasty than grocery store donuts. We don’t give our toddler any sugar really but I split a sprinkle donut with her, blew her mind– she wanted the whole thing.
So good you want to share them or listen to your inner Blerch and keep the whole dozen for yourself.
Favorite Donut: SPRINKLES
Favorite Bagel: Jalepeno & Cheese

Excellent bagels and donuts — as a New Yorker, I’m very picky with my bagels, but Don and Julie have it nailed down. Their egg sammy is delicious, made to order fresh as good as it gets. Really great donuts too. Extremely friendly owners and staff, very happy we found them. Highly recommend!

This place is pretty good they have good donuts and I have bought a dozen for coworkers a few times, the only thing that I was not impressed with was the box they put them in its looks like you put a ream of paper in there, they need a funky trendy sticker or something. Service is not too bad they get busy sometimes and deem overwhelmed and you have to wait but not often. The price is not bad at all either. Oh they have bagels now too.

Old fashioned place. Bagels are tasty, service is above par. Regulars chilling and enjoying Sunday coffee… every town should have a place like this.
Its clear their product is made with love… give it a go!

So when this place first opened I really wasn’t much of a fan of their donuts… they don’t stay fresh long. And lately when I pass by I noticed they make bagels now. so since we really don’t have a bagel place in town I thought I would try them. and OMG their homemade bagels are AMAZING! I highly recommend! Their cream cheeses are fresh and amazing as well! Especially try the strawberry cream cheese! Looks like I found a bagel joint! They make bagel sandwiches as well as have a full espresso bar! I highly recommend this mom and pop joint!