9 delicious and must-try donut shops in Seattle
Raised donut, twist donut, cake donut, jelly-filled donut, and of course, the donut hole. With so many types of donuts, it’s no wonder that shops are popping up left and right in Seattle.
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Here are nine of our favorite spots for donuts in Seattle:
Dochi Seattle
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These Instagram-friendly donuts look like gorgeous, puffy bracelets of all colors. With rotating flavors, this Japanese mochi donut spot is unlike any of the others on our list — they use mochi dough to create the chewy confections.
Hours: Thursday and Friday, 11 am to 2 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 6 pm
Location: Uwajimaya Food Court — 600 5th Avenue South, Seattle
The Donut Lab
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When you mix Hawaiian island flavors with western donuts, you get malasadas from The Donut Lab. Although the Lab doesn’t yet have an official brick and mortar location, you can order your donuts online and receive them in around two days.
Location: delivery or pick up options available
Donut Factory
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Don’t bother coming to this spot if you’re not in it for their cookie dough-nut — a perfectly sweet and soft doughnut filled with safe-to-eat cookie dough from Sugar and Spoon. But, with flavors like ube and chocolate peppermint, we’ll forgive you if you pick one of their other donuts.
Hours: 5 am to 10 pm
Location: 4336 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle
Phone: 206-547-1633
General Porpoise Doughnuts
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Pillowy and soft is how you’ll describe your first bite of a General Porpoise donut. Each sugar-coated confection is perfectly round, perfectly stuffed, and perfectly tasty.
Hours: 7 am to 3 pm
Location: 1020 East Union Street, Seattle
Phone: 206-900-8770
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 3 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 3 pm
Location: 401 1st Avenue, Seattle
Phone: 206-900-0965
Hours: 6:30 am to 3 pm
Location: 4520 Union Bay Place NE, Seattle
Phone: 206-900-0809
King Donuts
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Family-run King Donuts isn’t known for gourmet-looking doughnuts, nor are they known for being fancy. King Donuts is the perfect spot for those looking for a simple, no-frills, delicious bite of fried dough. P.S. they are also a laundromat that serves teriyaki and Thai food.
Hours: Friday to Tuesday, 7 am to 7 pm
Location: 9232 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle
Phone: 206-721-3103
Mighty O Donuts
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Although they’ve been around for 20 years, Mighty-O-Donuts is anything but outdated. With five locations serving up their classic doughnuts, this timeless spot is one that you can visit over and over without regret.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6 am to 6 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to 6 pm
Location: 1400 12th Avenue, Seattle
Phone: 206-420-4587
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to 5 pm
Location: 1555 NW Market Street, Seattle
Phone: 206-547-0335
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday 7 am to 5 pm
Location: 2110 N 55th Street, Seattle
Phone: 206-547-5431
Hours: Monday to Friday 6 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to 1 pm
Location: 1812 Boren Avenue, Seattle
Phone: 206-268-0722
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm
Location: 1000 2nd Avenue, Seattle
Raised Doughnuts
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First, start your visit with a taste of perfectly fresh fried donuts. Then, take an in-store class to bring the delicious recipe home. Each month, Raised Doughnut rotates select flavors while offering $2 classics year-round.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 2 pm; Weekends, 9 am to 2 pm; Shop is closed on Wednesdays and daily when doughnuts are sold out
Location: 1101 23rd Avenue, Seattle
Phone: 206-945-2353
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Despi Delite Bakery
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While these donuts look designer, they taste perfectly homemade. Most of the donuts are packed with some sort of outrageous topping, be it a mini brownie or entire pack of mini M&Ms.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:15 am to 6:30 pm; Saturday, 7:30 am to 6 pm
Location: 2701 15th Avenue South, Seattle
Phone: 206-325-2114
Top Pot Doughnuts
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Top Pot Doughnuts spells donut with an ugh, that’s how you know they mean business. Try out a classic old fashioned, or go with one of their over-the-top filled doughnuts — you can’t go wrong! We’ve listed their flagship store, but check out the locations of their other 22 cafes online.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6 am to 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to 7 pm
Location: 2124 5th Avenue, Seattle
Phone: 206-728-1966
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