7/21/18: First visit today. Got a variety & they were all tasty. They threw in a few donut holes for free which was sweet, but they were kind of hard. I will definitely go back to visit. read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

Delicious apple fritters, easy and nice service, would recommend. Lots of options and fresh.

Wonderful local donut shop. Employees and owner are friendly. I personally love the cream-filled donuts Very affordable and delicious!!

I was in town for work when my sweet tooth emerged all of a sudden and wouldn't let up. I knew I needed to do something! Get my mind off of it somehow or give in. Well...I gave in. I was leaving soon to head back home so I needed to act fast. Carolina Glazed donuts was nearby so I decided that I'd give them a try. I'm a Krispy Kreme girl at heart so these doughnuts had a lot to live up to. I arrived close to noon on a Saturday morning to an almost deserted parking lot. It's located in a quiet and unpretentious shopping plaza that could easily be overlooked. As soon as I walked in I was pleasantly greeted by a warm and friendly smile. Although some spaces in the display case were noticably empty there was still a good selection of pastries to choose from. Lucky for me I was the only customer in the establishment at the time so I didn't feel rushed to make a decision. Be forewarned, this place doesn't carry the pretentious, unique, and over the top flavor combinations like some other fancy specialty donut shops. Here you'll find your typical apple fritter, maple glazed, blueberry, jelly filled, chocolate, powdered, sprinkles, donut holes, cinnamon rolls, bear claws, and old fashioned cake donuts. Nothing is labeled so you'll have to ask if you're unsure of a flavor. A few of the choices looked to be a little dried out so I was hesitant about the freshness of some of them. I ultimately decided on an old fashioned cake donut and a vanilla cream filled glazed. Both were fresh, soft, and tasty although the cream filled could have been glazed a bit more. All in all they satisfied my craving and weren't overpriced but there was nothing special to make me come back. read more

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Nice local donut shop with a menu of more classic options. Went around 1pm so they were out of a few things we wanted to try like the vanilla cake donut and donut holes. The yeast donuts were good, light in texture but slightly more dense than other yeast donuts I've had. The chocolate frosting was tasty and not overly sweet, whereas the vanilla filling in the chocolate fingers was rather sugary. I loved the old fashioned cake donut - it was SO good! I was pleasantly surprised that it was glazed, giving it a slight bite to the exterior. This was also not super dense like most cake donuts are, making it extra delicious. read more

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Best local business with glazed donuts in Durham Decent prices for a dozen assorted with plenty of delicious options to choose from too. Fresh pots of coffee on the counter, good amount of seating inside/outside, and drink cooler with sodas, juices, water, and even the canned coffee Starbucks frappes! Service is always fast and they are always friendly read more

This place makes me feel nostalgic, just like the donut shops I grew up with. Simple and fresh donuts, the plain glazed was perfection! And I love that they have seating, we will definitely be regulars read more

They have a nice selection of variety donuts and the pricing is good. Who can eat just one donut a dozen cost $11 after tax But the plain regular dozen donuts are $8. read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

I don't know exactly what it is, but this place has a certain charm that keeps me coming back. Maybe it's the wonderfully friendly staff or the world's best Apple fritters? Highly recommend! read more

When Krispy Kreme changed the way they make crème filled donuts my wife was devastated. After 50 years there we started looking elsewhere. I saw this place while working in RTP and decided to take a look. Really good donuts and not overly sweet. They have the holeless donuts that they fill to order with any one of 4 or 5 different fillings for my wife and they have a cinnamon crumble donut that I really like. The guy is nice enough but they can run out in the afternoons. Great place to go for a tasty treat! read more

Pretty good staple bakery. Creme filled are good if you ask for extra icing. They fill as you order. Fritter needs more apples.

Fresh donuts reminds you of the original Krispy Kreme if you want them @ their best go before 9am

After giving Carolina Glazed Donuts a second, third, fourth, fifth, and I think you get the point... more tries, I have decided that it's one of my favorite donut places in the Triangle area. Like I mentioned before, their glazed donuts are great, but I have been impressed with how well they do their other donuts. It's one thing to make one kind of donut well, but it takes skill to do a variety of donuts well. I'm a fan of the cinnamon roll and pine cone, which have similar consistencies and textures as the regular glazed donuts, but with some added cinnamon and other flavors. The bear claw falls into that category as well. They do a good job with the old-fashioned donuts as well, keeping true to the dense and cake-y nature of old-fashioned donuts, while maintaining a nice moist interior. Their donut holes are also quite tasty. All-around, it's a great shop for donuts of all shapes and sizes. The prices are very reasonable, and the service is always friendly. I'm definitely a fan. read more

Stopped in on National Donut Day since they were offering a free donut to everyone making a purchase. I got a half-dozen to take back to my office plus the free one. By mid-afternoon the selection was not great (probably best to come in the mornings) but the donuts were fresh and delicious. May need to go back some some time to see what their other offerings are like. read more

Best donuts ever! Great customer service, freshly baked.like the extended hours too. Recommend to all my friends!

I really love some basic glazed yeast donuts and they're surprisingly hard to find around here. Krispy Kreme is great but they're too far away and Dunkin's donuts are a crime. We all know that NC Jelly Donut in Mebane is the last word in donuts, but I was hoping that Carolina Glazed would be a good option closer to home. The prices are pretty good and they have a nice variety of all the typical donuts you would expect, but they just don't taste great. Definitely not enough glaze on the yeast donuts and donut holes, making them dry. And the fritter and old fashioned donuts were so oily that that's all I could taste and didn't finish. Close, but missing the mark. I've tried several times over the last few years and I think I will stop expecting anything to be different and give up. read more

Diamond in the Rough. Donuts were fantastic. Tasted fresh and soft. The Apple Fritter was my favorite. The inside was clean but could use some updating and maybe alittle decor. These Donuts were pretty good. What a great find. read more

If you plan on going here better get there early for a good selection. That's how good and popular it is. We showed up around 9:30 and half the cabinet was empty. That told me it was good. We got a mixed dozen. The regular glaze was so fluffy and perfectly glazed. The sour dough was soft. The donut holes I had to have someone take away because I just kept eating them. Can't wait to go back and try their specialty donuts. read more

I grabbed a half-dozen variety of donuts after they reopened during the pandemic. The donuts were absolutely delicious and fresh, and the person who helped me couldn't have been nicer. The only difficulty was choosing which donuts to get b/c they all looked (and were) delicious. I'll definitely be going back soon. read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - a box of doughnuts - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

Yay, great old school donuts for an oh so reasonable price in RTP!! These are like the wonderful donuts at Daily Donuts in Graham, if you know who they are. In fact, I wonder if it's the same owners?!! Anyway, they're open seven days a week and the donuts are super fresh and delicious. Such a wide variety to choose from of traditional cake donuts, raised glazed donuts, donut holes, and filled bismarks. The bear claws and apple fritters are huge and to die for! Might want to stop for coffee before hand as what they have in an air pot is just so-so. It's going to be really hard to stay away now that I know they're right in the neighborhood! read more

So glad to have a Donut Shop in this area first off! I find myself as a GRADE A donut lover. When I stumbled upon this spot I had to try them. They have a decent variety of donuts to choose from. I went mid-day on a Monday and the casing was stocked with many fresh donuts. I will give them 4 starts out of 5. The donuts didn't taste much different from what I'm normally used to grabbing at the local gas station. Love the fresh touch though but nothing to scream about. Again... they are very good.. but nothing out of the norm. read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Cinnamon crumb - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

I ran in to this store the other day after visiting the doctors and haven't ate and saw this wonderful donut place.These are by far the best pastries I have ever had every other donut is either dry or to sweet.Theses are the first donut I ran into that was not to sweet and soft and that's just how I like it I got a half of dozen should've got a dozen.I got the maple glazed donut, cinnamon crunch donut,2 reg glazed,two cream filled donuts.The cream filled was my favorite one I loved how you can choose your own fillings and I picked cream cheese a usually when I get other cream cheese donuts they taste nothing like cream cheese but this had a very good taste of cream cheese and I loved it and I love the packaging you deserve a donut I will pick this to be my go to donut place when ever I go to the doctors place again read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Sorry ate all the donuts so could not show the donuts lol - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

I love this local donut shop! Such a great variety of classic donuts that really hits the spot. Staff are friendly and patient. Love being able to choose the filling for the fillable donuts. A few of the soft, fluffy, donut holes thrown in makes the deal even sweeter. Donuts taste fresh. I've felt safe going in to get my filll during the pandemic. read more

I happen to drop by and try some donuts. Meh, they were OK at 5:30 in the evening however I was really annoyed at the following: 1. You must buy a minimum equaling five dollars for credit card or debit purchases space which turned out to be for donuts for me I only wanted one donut. 2. I wasn't a fan of the fact the fillings are housed in pump style canister to injection the different filling flavors. The quality of the filling wasn't memorable. It just gave me an unfinished product feeling I wasn't impressed. I won't return. read more

Wow! So happy we found this place. It's a few minutes from our apartment. The donuts are fresh. I had a blueberry donut and chocolate coconut. Both were amazing. I loved the blueberry. My husband ordered 6 donuts and it was $4.99 before taxes. That is better than majority of places! The service was fast and they threw in a couple donut holes for us to try. Cannot wait to go there again! read more

This is my guilty pleasure! These donuts are made fresh every day and there are tons of choices. What is amazing is that they fill the donut when you order. There is a great choice of fillings including Bavarian Cream (my fav), cream cheese, and lemon. I was shocked the first time I watched her fill it. I felt like I was in a time warp and it was suddenly 1950. Then when she handed it to me I ate it in 2 seconds and had to order more to bring home for dessert. If you are in the area, you need to stop here to try it and take some home. Sometimes you just need a treat like this! Enjoy! read more

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I was working at WCC about a week ago, when a very kind lady dropped off two boxes of donuts from here as she had extra from something she was hosting. Best dang donuts I've had in North Carolina. The apple fritter was ridiculously good and filled with plenty of apples. As much as I hate to admit it, my coworkers and I got through the donuts pretty quickly and I never caught the name of the donut shop on the box, which led to me spending a week trying to figure out where they came from. I'm absolutely glad I managed to figure out it was from here, because I'll 100% be getting more donuts from here soon! read more

It's national donut day. I don't need an excuse to buy a donut, but I'll gladly take one. I got here at around 9:45 on a Friday. They only had some donut holes, plain glazed donuts, and chocolate frosted. I'm pretty sure all of the surrounding RTP corporations had scooped up the other donuts by the dozen for their 10 o'clock meetings. I wasn't too disappointed though because I had my heart set on a plain glazed anyway. This is a pretty no frills place and they don't have super fancy donuts with interesting flavor combinations. But what they do have is a really good recipe. Another reviewer compared the glazed to "Krispy Kreme, but better." I concur. It has that nice glazed coating, the kind that cracks into pieces just a little as you bite into it. But the donut is just the right texture and flavor. Pillowy soft and sweet. I've had a few disappointing yeast donuts in my life, and this one did NOT disappoint at all. Just make sure to bring cash if you only want a donut or two. They have a $5 credit card minimum. I don't carry cash on me always, but I fortunately had enough quarters in my car. With tax, one plain donut is 96 cents. Not too bad! They weren't running any promotions for the "holiday," but I guess they don't need to. There probably wouldn't have been any donuts left if they were! read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Plain Glazed Donut - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

The donuts are off the chain! Best glazed donut I've had & the ginormous Apple fritters are to die for.

I discovered this place while doing some contract work out in RTP during Covid. Wanting to support a local restaurant and because my family loves doughnuts I thought I should give it a try. While my kids love doughnuts, I am gluten free, with two exceptions: my mom's homemade cinnamon rolls and Krispy Kreme raspberry filled doughnuts. So, I walk into this place and see filled doughnuts but the case doesn't say what type. I ask the friendly guy working there and he says he can fill them with ANYTHING I WANT. Like right there, in front of me... and one of those fillings is RASPBERRY. Sold. I get raspberry filled for my husband and me, cinnamon twists for the kids, and the guy kindly throws in some doughnut holes for free! I went home and ate those giant raspberry filled doughnuts and it was a PARTY IN MY MOUTH. They were huge and delicious and so fresh. In conclusion, I am now gluten free except for my mom's homemade cinnamon rolls and Carolina Glazed Doughnuts raspberry filled doughnuts, which are twice the size of a KK, by the way. read more

If you're a fan of donuts or sweets in general you have to try this place at least once. I decided to stop by after having tried their donuts at a function at work. This shop is located in a shopping center and the appearance inside and out is nothing special. The employees there were nice and helpful. They have a good variety of donuts so I purchased the original glazed and a few chocolate donut holes and red velvet donut holes. The glazed donut was absolutely delicious and it just melts in your mouth. I loved how soft and fluffy the dough was in the donut. The donut holes were also delicious and moist. Their pricing is very reasonable and I'm glad I was introduced to this donut shop. read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

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Stopped in for National Donut Day & we're happy with the variety available, even in the afternoon. Our favorites were the apple fritters and red velvet donut holes. The cream-filled eclair was delicious as well--and the cream was added fresh! Yum! read more

Huge tasty donuts at a reasonable price. They fill the cream then b there as we request and the best part is they r in the neighborhood!!! I wish the lady there was a bit more helpful and she did not even give me the bill when I asked for it ! read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

Saw just by chance... made a u-turn after I pulled over to read the reviews! The Apple fritter was like magic in my mouth!! These doughnuts and reminders of how doughnuts were made from scratch!!! Treat yourself and go!!! Smells so good in there too! read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - a hand holding a glazed donut - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

If you want to find a yummy "melt in your mouth" donut, you've come to the right place. In the past, I've ordered glazed, cinnamon sugar, boston creme, and chocolate glaze for my team. I personally enjoy the original glaze. The donuts are huge and soft. I would caution you to get there earlier rather than later. During the afternoon, you have less variety. read more

Great Donuts Yelp is making me type more for some ridiculous reason. Great Donuts worth the trip.

Best taste to value donut in the Triangle. They keep the selection simple - no captain crunch on their donuts but they make a mean Boston Cream. They inject the filling when you order which is pretty cool. The Bear Claw would make Chris Farley proud (watch Tommy Boy). read more

Wonderful donuts made in house and great prices with a friendly staff. This is a delightfully simple place with great donuts; nothing fancy or hip. A must try!!! read more

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Visiting this no-frills donut shop became a bit of a Sunday morning ritual for me. Their donuts are much cheaper than some of the trendier, more "hip" donut places around the triangle, and they taste just as good if not better. My personal faves: their red velvet donut holes and the maple glazed cake donuts. You can also get some of their donuts filled with different creams, but I never tried those. I found what I liked and I stuck to it! read more

Carolina Glazed Donuts - Powdered sugar, blueberry cake, and red velvet donut holes (great!) plus another one I can't remember which should tell you something). - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Durham, North Carolina

Someone brought in some of their donuts and they tasted so light & fluffy! I had a plain glazed donut, and it's been one of the top ones that I've tasted from the area. read more