Doughnut Plant

(212) 505-3700

379 Grand St (nr. Essex St.)
New York, NY 10002 40.7165 -73.9884

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Neighborhoods: Lower East Side, Downtown

DOUGHNUTPLANT.COM

Hours:

Tue-Sun, 6:30am-7pm (or when sold out)

Mon, closed

Price:

$

Last updated 8.10.11

Category:

Doughnut Shops, Bakeries, Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Cash

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What People Are Saying About Doughnut Plant

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Handmade doughnuts crafted from all-natural, seasonal ingredients (pumpkin, coconut, jelly) entice passers-by with their mouthwatering, sugary-sweet perfume.

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ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “The staff is fun.”
  2. “The experience is fun.”
dessert
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “ordered the coconut glaze with coconut cream - it wasn't anything special and it gave off a bad aftertaste too.”
  2. “Their donuts are on display and they had a pretty good variety - blueberry jelly doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, hazelnut, lemon, tres leches, chocolate, etc.”
  3. “1.75 is not too much at all for this donut -- unless you normally eat 5 or 6, but I don't see how you could, these are like a fabulous dessert.”
  4. “like a the cake.”
  5. “The coconut glazed with coconut cream was my absolute favorite!”
  6. “Coffee was mediocre and not very hot (self-serve station, also only milk and no cream).”
drinks
50.0% positive
  1. “They keep the milk so cold that by the time I pour it in my coffee, my coffee's too cold.”
  2. “like that it's small and unpretentious and thought the coffee was good.”
food quality
91.66999816894531% positive
  1. “However, their doughnuts are great and they use only fresh and or organic ingredients.”
  2. “the donut was fluffy and perfect, and the pineapple juice was also quite tasty.”
  3. “The creme brulee tiny doughnuts are great too!”
  4. “fresh strawberry yeast doughnut from the little shop at 379 Grand.”
  5. “The doughnuts are tasty and the toppings are for lack of a be.”
  6. “Very fresh, very delicous, fast service.”
  7. “Their donuts are huge and not too heavy, the glaze is always delicious!”
  8. “People come from all over the country to try these delicious donuts.”
  9. “Light, delicious, not greasy, and I didn't get that sugar high you get with Krispy Kreme or Dunkin Donuts.”
  10. “Ignore the haters, they would hate the bread Jesus brought them from heaven.”
  11. “Anyway, I'm from Southern California and we have huge yeast, soft, fresh, and glazed just right donuts.”
  12. “They are fresh (lite, but heavy at the same time) has that homemade feeling, warm, you can get a variety.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “Their donuts are on display and they had a pretty good variety - blueberry jelly doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, hazelnut, lemon, tres leches, chocolate, etc.”
  2. “They have a good variety.”
  3. “They are fresh (lite, but heavy at the same time) has that homemade feeling, warm, you can get a variety.”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “Ok so the doughtnuts were good, but neither I nor anyone else that I was with will ever go back.”
service
60.0% positive
  1. “Revision: Staff is still rude, more so now.”
  2. “Too bad those people had a bad experience.”
  3. “The staff is fun.”
  4. “Very fresh, very delicous, fast service.”
  5. “maybe people don't know what good donuts taste like.”
value
75.0% positive
  1. “Their donuts are huge and not too heavy, the glaze is always delicious!”
  2. “dirty hole in the middle of nowhere, doughnuts are ok, way overpriced !”
  3. “am not even a huge doughnut fan, however if you have a chance to grab one of these, don't pass it up.”
  4. “Anyway, I'm from Southern California and we have huge yeast, soft, fresh, and glazed just right donuts.”
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. “(I don't doubt he rolled his eyes at the reviewer's mother, but it's a long story: he had a really bad experience with that TV show.)”
4 Star Rating: Recommended

08/04/11

You say you like doughnuts...

by FryeGurl

...then get here already. They have both yeast doughnuts (think the kind THAT chain sells) and cake doughnuts (think the kind in the supermarket that come in a white box with blue writing). Fresh, tasty, and its kinda in the middle of nowhere so, since you're walking so much, you won't feel bad eating a doughnut of each kind ;)

4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/17/11

Forget Hooboken Cupcakes

by SoCal60

I cannot say enough. Fresh, Creative and Healthly DO NUTS .. Yes Way.. A must visit when in Manhattan, dont worry about the lower east side, good stuff all around. Park in front or across the street.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/19/10

Cool place.

by CallmeBill

I heard about this place on TV and figured since its in NYC I don't have an excuse to not try the "best donuts" in town. They didn't dissapoint, they have a lot of interesting options that you wouldn't find in your normal donut shop. Def give it a try.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

02/28/10

Organic delicious doughnuts

by Athena Chang , Citysearch Contributor

Totally hidden in an unexpected location. The store is very simple and OLD. However, their doughnuts are great and they use only fresh and or organic ingredients.

It is slightly on the pricey side. Each doughnut is $2 and above. We got the Black Out and Strawberry Filling Doughnuts and they are very good and pretty big.

I am glad to be able to come to this historic doughnut place. Now they have become a foodie spot so there are visitors all the time. The creme brulee tiny doughnuts are great too!

  • Pros: organic, fresh ingredients
3 Star Rating: Average

02/17/10

Good not Great better than DD's

by monichen

Interesting combo but this is not something I would buy on a reg. basis just because of the price. It's not sooo spectacular that I would consistantly shell out this kind of money. Don't get me wrong, they are good and orig. Very dense.

  • Pros: Variety, Originality, Freshness
  • Cons: 2 Donuts & 1 Cin. roll = $7.00

The Details on Doughnut Plant

Place Categories:

  • great tiny doughnuts
  • really bad experience
  • mediocre coffee
  • bad attitude
  • awful place
  • better dougnuts
  • polite mark israel
  • good variety
  • still rude staff
  • warm homemade feeling
  • delicious light
  • quite tasty pineapple juice
  • beautiful baby
  • cold milk
  • bad aftertaste
  • huge doughnut fan
  • good orange
  • really enjoyed kids
  • interesting combo
  • hate bread
  • always delicious glaze
  • big sell
  • worst donuts
  • very fresh fast service
  • fabulous dessert