DONUT FRIEND DTLA - Los Angeles, California

Kimberly H

First time here passed it many times. Finally stopped and well worth it! Parking isn’t great, and the area outside is dirty and full of homeless. Once inside very clean, and set up beautifully. Lots of fun options it was hard to choose. Delicious fresh donuts! Highly recommend and will definitely return. Friendly helpful staff.

Zvezda Arrico

?Downtown Donut ? Kingdom!
What a pleasant surprise to discover this place in the heart of the Historic Broadway Theater District!
Very friendly service, modern, precisely clean & bright place.
Tasty & Yummy ?

Deanna Mapes

Yum! Yum! Yum! I could eat here everyday. Wait, don't tell me they're plant-based!?! These tasty, melt-in-your-mouth delights are the best donuts I have ever had. They rival my favorite donut shop back home, but being healthier kinda wins my vote for being the best. The gals working today in the shop were just the nicest folks we met out here in LA. Recommend taking a box of these decadent treats home for later!

Kelly Sidney

I ordered two compassion fruit donuts and WOW, my expectations were FAR exceeded ! The donut itself is traditional and light, nothing too oily. The glaze is full-bodied and tart which pairs perfectly with the sweet donut base. Will definitely order this again and am excited to try other flavors !!

Ruby Valera

Craving for a sweet treat, ordered a savory donut the Youth Brûlée the sides were crusted with glazed sugar and the middle had heavenly cream filling. My favorite so far were the assortments of shakes, their recommendation was top notch I got the Stiff Little Butterfinger Shake was very satisfying tastes much superior than the name of the candy itself, but drizzled with chocolate, peanut butter, whip cream, and a cherry on top!

Christopher Van Nest

Placed a pickup order and arrived ~15 mins later. Apparently the order just went thru so had to wait a couple minutes. No big deal. And the lady working (I assume it was the manager) was extremely gracious and threw in some extra donut holes and gave some peanut butter to my dog. Excellent customer service.

I had to put the donuts in my backpack though because they were out of bags with handles, which is why they now look like that. But I ain’t trippin.

TiDa VISION

I've had my fair share of donuts here, with the holes being my favorite. Simple, I know, but the other flavors can be SUPER sweet and overwhelming. When they first opened my partner and I would get their shakes weekly, but ever since their prices almost doubled and the quality went down a little we've retired from the weekly shake life.?
The atmosphere is BEAUTIFUL though! They take decorating seriously and I REALLY enjoy their Holiday decor, especially Halloween. I added some pictures of my favs!
The service is cool, the ladies are always nice but sometimes the guys that work their can be rude. It happens unfortunately and when it does, I just don't buy my order and leave because ENERGY is VERY IMPORTANT to me, ESPECIALLY with food, ya feel me
It's an interesting spot and they have decent foot traffic. I wouldn't NOT recommend it, but I wouldn't recommend it also. But if you do go, get the holes ?

Jin Kim

Good, clean establishment, friendly staff. Prices are DTLA prices, so not really for the faint of heart for a single donut.

Regarding the donuts, they were tasty but to some degree overwhelmingly sweet depending on the selection. Especially the Samoa, it was just a sugar bomb. The maple old fashioned was like this to some degree too. Now you could say I'm nit picking, but I did go there twice to sample a variety while I was in the area that weekend, so I wanted to make sure I got a good taste of what they had to offer. And if the Samoa is popular, then that may say something about the average person's taste buds needing things turned up to 11 all the Time. The apple fritter was more restrained but still flavorful, as was even the custard filled. Creamy, rich, but not overpowering.

I had a regular coffee as well, nothing fancy. Good roast, decent body and aroma. Nothing fancy but I wasn't looking for any kind of wild flavor, I just wanted good coffee flavor that didn't taste like dirty water or ash and the coffee was perfect.