Stars across the board for me, I randomly stopped in and another customer inside told me she felt they were the best donuts in San Diego. I'm very picky and they did not disappoint. The buttermilk donuts are so moist and delicious all the donuts I purchased were fresh and soft and the price is great as well. read more

Alright donuts! i've has better forsure but it's local and good, and it's 24 hours i believe so that comes in really handy for a late night craving lol read more

Christy's Donuts - 2 Chocolate bars, alright donuts - Donuts Near Me - El Cajon, California

My favorite donut spot in SD. The fried cinnamon tortilla w/raspberry in the middle is my top choice! Missing this place since we moved

We come here quite often and love that we get extra donuts when we buy a dozen, because we're totally not fat enough already. We don't care. Give us that free donut! In general all their donuts are solid and I'm so happy they have crullers. We've shown up at various times of the day and they always have a good stock of fresh donuts. The only time they didn't was on National Donut Day. I got there around 8PM and they were sold out of everything except maple bars. EVERYTHING. It was sort of hilarious. Americans, we love them donuts. Overall this is my favorite donut shop in East County for taste, quality, selection, price, and hours. read more

I've successfully bought some Donut Holes from here 3 times, drove there but bought nothing a few times and had their donuts on a few occasions. I can say that they are superb, exactly what I wanted in a donut (I favor the fluffy raised ones more than cake). Soft, lightly sweet and paired well with milk. Leave some in a bag and you will see through it the next day, but they don't scream fatty/greasy to me. Where they fall short for me, is the customer service and their not so open "24/7" hours. Every time I've been in (around 2:20-2:45 am) it's the same two employees. An older Asian man and woman, usually busy making dough, or some other task behind the counter. The man quietly does his duties, the lady practically hollers something like "just a minute" or "be there, wait". It's kind of shrill, but after a minute or so she does come up front and almost demands what you want. Her tone exudes frustration and eagerness to get this transaction done and over with, at least to me. It's like I have somehow ruined her day and she could care less if I bought anything, let alone came back. Now I didn't go in expecting stellar service, nor did I really want the creepy/insincere PR smile & nods. I was hoping for maybe a smile, a " thanks come again" or "have a good morning". The first time I was chastised for too much small change, apparently they frown on some pocket+car change being used for a purchase. The majority of the sale amount was in quarters/dimes/nickels, but save for 2 dimes worth of pennies. It was like $1.20 and I didn't dump a mound of copper on her either, or so I thought. But that was wwaaayyy too much and she curtly told me next time less pennies, OK... The 2nd & 3rd times I made sure to use paper & as little change as possible. She greeted me about the same, seemed rushed, but handled the order promptly, even saying goodbye once. Of the 9 or so times I've ventured over, 3 times I got what I wanted (donut holes). Four they were open, but had no donut holes available. Twice they had the open sign on, but the lobby lights were off, just the counter lights on, donuts in the counter and no one around. They were closed and after driving up twice to see this, I just decided to do drive by from then on, unless the establishment showed signs of life. So them being open all the time is misleading, especially when the neon open sign is left on? All things said, if you don't mind the price, or service and catch them open, they tend to have pretty good donuts! read more

Donuts suck. Attitude sucks. Their donuts are cooked with I don't know what kind of oil but it's too greasy and the after taste of the oil sits in your mouth for a while. Attitude isn't welcoming but that isn't why I'm writing this review because you can just ignore the attitude of the donuts we're worth it. Honestly Vons donuts are way better and taste fluffier. read more

Love their cinnamon rolls. Been going there for 21 years. Old fashioned donuts are excellent.

Christys Donuts is not my idea of what a doughnut should taste like. Way too greasy. so much so that they leave that greasy feeling in your mouth after each bite. Just look at the copious grease stains in the bottom and on the sides of the pink box after you order a dozen. Really good doughnuts should melt in your mouth and should feel like velvet pillows as they cross your palate. The only aftertaste should be sugar mixed with dough. Who knows what the secret is? Less time in the fryer? Change the grease more frequently. Many other shops have mastered the art of fine doughnut making. Christy's in El Cajon has not. read more

The donuts are yummy. 90% of the time they have just what I want. But when they don't they are really low on donuts. I sneak in every once in a while read more

My favorite donut shop. Their donuts are so moist and cakey. I'm very picky when it comes to donuts but they surely pass my test. I can't ever eat just one. read more

Freshly filled. BUT.... She changed to Topping instead of Real Whip. boo. But YEA! Won't crave it anymore. read more

Moderately delicious doughnuts, and the guy working the place is nice. I've stopped here a half dozen times for a few doughnuts and sodas over the last two weeks. Worth eating at. read more

Very sweet family owned donut shop.... best donuts ever. I always get the dozen and they give you 3 more donuts free. I've trued other places but Christy's donut will always be my #1 donut shop for me! read more

By far some of the best dang donuts ("doughnuts," for the purists) you will EVER have. The chocolate covered cream filled ones (main picture) are the drop-dead best. Oh my God... O ... M .... G.... each bite each bite is like that video segment of a young Candice Bergman in some movie where she has her first big "O"... (as in OMG). They do not cheap out on the amount of Bavarian cream they infuse in these specimens, as some places do. There is nearly a mouthful of luscious yellow sweetness in each chocolate-covered bite. And if you only get half a mouthful, who cares... you still are getting a generous bite of chocolate glaze and perfectly cooked donut. Not for the dieter, obviously, and not something I'd recommend eating daily, but if you crave the occasional guilty pleasure and find yourself on Jamacha (Rt 54) heading south, this place is open 24/7. Never had a stale donut here, the prices are incredibly CHEAP, and while the Asian female owner can be busy and brusk, it really is more of a cultural thing than a rudeness thing. I find that she returns a smile with a smile, and she is very sweet if you bother to notice the tip jar on the counter and drop in an occasional dollar or two. (Otherwise, she might have a reason to be "grumpy," she and her husband run this place all day and night). Stop in, enjoy the treats (especially around early morning when they are the freshest) and by all means leave a tip. Their prices are SO LOW, and their donuts SO GOOD, it would be a sin not to. read more

Christy doughnuts are good and they have a variety of them. Also good prices. But everytime i go their is flys on the bottom row of doughnuts. Will post pictures next time but theirs always flys in the doughnut case lol read more

Christ's has been a saturday morning family tradition for over 20 years. This hidden gem has the freshest donuts at modest prices. Everything is made in house and is delicous. This is a family owned, family run business that is a staple in El Cajon. read more

There's not many donut options in the area, but this is a great place when you're looking to fulfill your need for good fried dough and icing. I love that they're open 24 hours! read more

I have come here for years and just thought to yelp it! They have a great deal on 'day old' donuts. I used to buy them for my guys at work. During one of the big fire storms I got several boxes for the firefighters. They were REAL happy...d;^) read more

Damn the lady here was rude af. Never going back. I use to come here all the time when we lived in east county- I stopped by today since I was in the neighborhood. Never again. I got a dozen and the "free cakes" are sprinkled donuts lol. Girl bye read more

ZERO STARS. if I could give a negative I would! Came in here around 9 [it was DEAD]. After choosing 2 donuts i asked my boyfriend what donut his brother liked and she interrupted to say "hurry! I'm busy!" Like WHATTTTT. Who says that to a customer!? I will never buy from here again. I would rather have a donut from a 7/11 than make a trip in here. Unappreciative and most impatient owner ever. I'm sure everyone leaving positive reviews is related to her because now that I'm across her page it's obvious she's rude all the time!! And clearly she sees nothing wrong with it Smh had to leave 1 star because yelp forces you to read more

The lady (I'm assuming the owner), treated me like crap because I wanted to buy 2 donuts ($1.60), I asked if I could pay w/ my card, she said $5 min. on card, so I had a $1 and a $20. I attempted to pay w/ the 20 and she yelled at me saying that I couldn't because everyone tries to pay w/ 20s and she threw the donuts down on the counter. Maybe she was mad that she was making donuts at midnight on a Sat. I'm not sure but she came w/ plenty of attitude for no reason. I left without purchasing anything because of how I was treated. Never will I go back there again. Their donuts aren't that good anyway. read more

Idc how rude they are.. they always pop an attitude and you just pop one back, simple as that. Their donuts are bomb.com, and supper cheap. I seriously only eat their donuts. Their lil attitudes are worth it lol read more

You would think these donuts would be great considering how disrespectful the lady who works here is, but alas they are pretty mediocre. Why is this place still open while Winchell's and Howards are long gone? read more

Be careful! The donut holes gave me a rash the two nights in a row I ate them. Been going there for years and this is the first time this has happened to me. Not sure if it was the oil that maybe hasn't been changed for years or a different kind of yeast they are using. Not fun! read more

Christy's Donuts - Donuts Near Me - El Cajon, California

What kind of business is this?! I told the lady I have a question, and she says she has no time for questions! I'm a owner of two pizza shops and I will never ever disrespect a customer like that. She was very disrespectful and ignorant read more

ZERO STARS!!!! my roomate and I went into christys donuts and ordered a dozen donut holes. As we were walking out we eached grabbed a donut hole and took a bite, They were at least a day old! very HARD & STALE!!!!!! I asked the RUDE woman working the counter for some fresh donut holes and she said that was all she had and that they were fresh. She was upset with our complaints and took our donuts holes INCLUDING the ones we both took a bite out of and poured them back into the tray with other donuts for sale! She then threw the money back at us and we left completely disgusted that she would put our half eaten donuts back into the tray for sale to her CUSTOMERS!!!!!! sorry if someone got our saliva on their donuts!!!! ew!!! read more

My boyfriend came here in the middle of the night tonight around 230 because I'm pregnant and I was craving donuts , he then face timed me to see what I wanted & the lady that was working was so rude! All you hear her saying is "Hurry up I have to get back to work!" Uhhhhh were paying customers and that's not something you say to any customer. Never again going back no need for the rudeness it wasn't that serious to get back to making donuts to a place that was dead to begin with. read more

The lady was a BITCH to my boyfriend. She told him to hurry up. Really? What's kind customer service? Definitely not going back.

This place will get no stars from me!!! 1st : service was terrible and with attitude. 2nd: They're were bugs inside the cases touching the donuts. Was just there for my first time and MY LAST IN THE SAME VISIT!!!! Definitely not pleased at all. And ended up throwing donuts away. Didn't catch it until my girlfriend notified me of the bugs!!! When we reached the house after.. Also I was forced to put one star for this to post this so no one else would make same mistake. Ty for Yur time read more

Donuts were okay... The reason for the 1 star is the attitude from what I've determined is one of the owners. This lady is clearly very unhappy and she seems really upset and bothered when customers go into her business to buy her donuts.. read more

My wife's family has been getting doughnuts here for years. They are always fresh and taste delicious. Definitely no nonsense when you go in to order but we like it, they know my mother in law by first name (she supplies her church with Christy's almost every Sunday!) and they are still short and sweet. We go here for the great doughnuts not to be greeted like we are at Disney....so if you want a fresh, really great tasting (especially the filled ones or chocolate doughnut with peanuts) then go here!! read more

The lady was very kind and gladly helped us even though it was late and the donuts were the best in the area!!! 10/10 would recommend

Donuts are alright, but the lady has attitude problems, feels like the lady doesn't even want your money

I must say.. Whoever said customer service is good at this place.. Prob was related to them or friends of theirs. These owners are horrible, the lady is unbelievable rude & pretty much scary. The donuts are good but not worth it. I will never give a penny of my hard earned money to them. read more

Their Doughnuts are pretty delish if you get em the day they are made....they will keep em for about 36-48 hours is to what it seems which isn't bad....I've seen some places keep em for weeks if they don't sell, their blueberry buttermilks are amazing too read more

First time here today. My husband and I came in 5 minutes before 12, donuts were fresh and it smelled soo good!! Happy to say they tasted as good as they looked. Highly satisfied with the lady who attended us, she was patient and well attentive. Support a small family business!!! read more

Fine late night dining in El Cajon after hours? Indeed. Very close to a 24 hr. Sobreros. Dinner and dessert within walking distance of eachother after midnight? Am I in San Francisco? No, I'm dreaming. Decent donuts. When options are limited, Christy's is there. read more

I want to like this place - It's close to my house, it's family owned, and the owners are friendly. The donuts are not good, they have a distinct aftertaste. I do not recommend the donuts. The cheese danishes are good though. read more

I get a haircut right next door to this donut shop. Once in a while ill pop in and grab some donuts to take home to my siblings or even to a friends house. The donuts are made fresh daily and are so soft and fluffy, they will melt in your mouth! Be sure to get there earlier in the day because they tend to run out by 2 or 3 and only have like 4 donuts left (usually the ones no one wants). read more

Great donuts, always fresh. Great prices. Sometimes the older lady at the counter gets a little grouchy, and impatient(maybe even rude), but I just ignore it. read more