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    San Carlos Chuck's Donuts

    4.0 (128 reviews)
    Closed 5:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed
    Happy hour specials

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    Traditional Banh Mi
    Bethany W.

    This is a cool local donut and sandwich shop with quick and friendly service. I got an apple fritter, which was good but a little too soaked in oil....I also got the traditional banh mi which for some reason had regular American ham sandwich meat which was so disappointing....maybe I came on a bad day. But I wish my visit was consistent with all the great reviews of this place! Not sure if I'll be back....

    Coffee Station
    Alyssa M.

    Open Early, great Donuts and breakfast and lunch options an great service. I've ordered from here many times but took my first trip to come an enjoy a nice cup of coffee on an early morning. So peaceful and great customer service. Cute shop that has such a comfortable atmosphere and cute decor.

    Belmont on croissant
    Tiffany M.

    These folks are too sweet! Literally! They have such an extensive menu. The Banh Mi sammies are so good! I love the Mushroom Lovers Banh Mi. Their breakfast sammies are really good, my fav is the Belmont on a croissant. The doughnuts are really good, as well. Fluffy, chewy, light, fried, fruity, glazed, caked, cream filled...you name it, they've got it! Stop by if you're in the neighborhood. They have treats for everyone!

    Yuan Yuan T.

    This is the best traditional Vietnamese sandwich and donut shop that I love in San Carlos ! Most time I just DoorDash and it never let me down ! It just makes my life happier when I eat the food there. Eat and enjoy !

    Glazed Cronut & Cinn Sugar Cronut
    Mono L.

    Yes the cronuts are good!! Yes they are friendly with a smile! Yes I definitely recommend this place! Yes I will definitely come back!

    David L.

    This place has been here forever and I can see why. The service is friendly and prompt and the donuts are solid! I can see that they get a lot of regular customers. Lots of different varieties and flavors to choose from especially in the mornings. The prices are also decent. I can see why this place is popular and has been a mainstay in San Carlos!

    Gina C.

    i've been here multiple times in the past and have unfortunately noticed a downgrade each time. today i ordered a breakfast burrito and was so excited to enjoy it after having a rough monday to begin with and a few bites in i noticed a hair. i did not want to continue eating and just hoped there were no more. i should've assumed something like this would happen based off how dirty the floors and counter tops were this visit. so bummed about this waste of a normally delicious burrito they make, and waste of money. please step up your standards of cleaning.

    Ivy C.

    Yum! I've been hunting for blueberry old fashioned and any version of cronuts I could find. Surprisingly, blueberry old fashioned is far harder to find and I've finally found it here! Everything is made fresh in house daily and there are a ton of flavors to choose from. Nice, fluffy plain glazed, to Psycho Donuts type flavors with cereal on top. Their cronut far exceeded my expectations. I haven't had anything close to the original in New York and that's ok. I just want it to be good damn it! And most Cronuts are not. Theirs is perfectly flaky on the outside like the original! The staff is super nice here too. It's a small family owned shop which I love to support.

    Dozen Fancy Donuts
    HanNa P.

    Quality was there and I like that they have a private lot in front. Inside was pretty clean and organized.Donut case was filled with all different kinds. You can sit indoors if you want to. The donuts were fairly fresh and fluffy. We got variety including chocolate glazed and maple bar. Most of them were good The place is in a small strip mall. Also service was very friendly and nice!

    Su W.

    Such a cute little old town vibe in here. I kinda like it! Whoops I meant to check in this location but I yelpled and checked into the Redwood City one. Either way , the donuts wassss mmmmhhhhhmmmmm yummyy! To me it was so good I had like 4. The display is picture perfect. Very friendly staff and fast pick up. First time here to pick up a surprise bag and oh yeahh I will definitely be back. By the time I looked all around, my order was done. I was in for less than 5 minutes and out before I know it

    Traditional
    Nicole M.

    Who would have thought that this random donut shop in a strip mall in San Carlos would have such delicious Bahn Mi's?! The people who work there are also soooo nice! The traditional Bahn mi has everything you'd want...pate, pork, jalapeños, cucumber, carrot, and cilantro. Fresh and savory and the toasted bread is perfectly crunchy! The spicy pork is also really delicious. The sauce is amazing and it's got a nice kick. Will definitely be back for more!

    Banh Mi sandwiches now!
    Amy W.

    Had the bbq pork banh mi. Pretty tasty wished it had more cucumbers and meat.. Of course I had to get some donuts holes while I was there too. I think the sandwich was about 10 inches long. They have a deal to pay $4 more to add a boba drink but I rather have some donuts as my extra calories.

    It looks like a Bahn Mi but in no way has any taste like it. 4/28/24

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    3 months ago

    Place an order via DD for donuts, donut holes and breakfast burritos. Everything was fresh and tasty.

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    Oh my gosh the raised crumb donut was the best donut I have ever had! Amazing!! Thank you for making my tastes buds leap for joy!!

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    Decided to try this donut shop because of the reviews but the lady with the EarPod was so rude I wouldn't come back.

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    A donut/coffee/ice cream shop in the corner of a strip plaza in San Mateo. We had just finished a…read moremeal and were looking to follow up with something sweet so popped in here. They don't have a huge selection of donuts but you can get your classics here as well as some more unique options, such as mochi donuts, or donuts with unique flavors, like blood orange and raspberry. We decided to get a lemon mochi donut, a blood orange mochi donut, a classic chocolate, and a chocolate "cruellar" donut. All the donuts tasted freshly made, had a soft dense interior, and were very delicious. The chocolate ones in particular paired very well with a cup of coffee the next morning. They also have unique ice cream flavors here. We look forward to trying those on our next visit.

    No line on a Saturday afternoon. Can and ordered the donuts with no problems. Inside is just take…read moreout and doesn't feel the cleanest but gets the job done. The strawberry shortcake donut was delicious. The strawberries were a little too tart but the glazed donut was delicious. Mochi donuts were ok but I probably wouldn't get again. Tried a chocolate donut log with egg custard. Do not recommend the custard filling. It isn't done lengthwise and wasn't tasty. Donut itself was soft and fluffy. Overall, I'll come back for a sweet treat. I think service at this one was better than the other cause just less customers.

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    Chuck's Donuts

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    3.6
    (271 reviews)
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    I came here the other early morning to buy coffee and donuts…read more The first red flag was that as I was sitting, parked in front, I took a bite of the plain old fashioned and discovered that it was stale. I went back inside and was immediately given a fresh old fashioned. The glazed cruller was ok, but it had an artificial (custard) flavor that I found a little off-putting. I had purchased two "chocolate" cruller. The glaze on this donut was NOT chocolate. The glaze tasted absolutely artificial, overly sweet and probably a health hazard. I ate just the underside of one of these donuts and threw the rest away. Sadly, the workers had not bothered to change the frying oil in a long time, so even the fresh old fashioned donut from this place, which was relatively inoffensive, suffered from an ever-so-slightly rancid flavor. The coffee was solid and they offered a lot of different options for it, such as milk and cream as well as the usual nasty French vanilla "creamer," which is the only reason that Chucks gets a second star. This business owner should radically restructure their business model to include quality over cost-cutting, because they would do better to use clean (and not soybean) oil, real ingredients without artificial flavorings, and authentic chocolate instead of whatever unpalatable garbage I experienced. They offer all kinds of superfluous menu items and they should really consider making better donuts. If I hadn't exchanged the first donut, I would have wasted money on 3 out of the 4 donuts. It is telling that rather than selling out, this business had inventory left from the day before, and they tried to sell it to me. Stan's donuts in Santa Clara often has to close early because they sell out hours before their 3PM closing time, and they don't do this disgusting quality compromise.

    I rarely find a donut I don't like. This location of Chuck's has some super hard donuts. Like over…read morefried maybe. Also more flies than I'd like buzzing around.

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    I recently stopped by Apple Fritter in San Mateo and tried the Naughty Burrito to go along with the…read moreBrunchurrito, which I ate there. Both burritos were satisfying and definitely worth trying. The restaurant has an open layout with plenty of parking, making it easy to stop by. It's located next to a car mechanic shop, and I liked that they had old-school Pokémon playing on the TV--it added a fun nostalgic vibe while I was eating. Customer service was acceptable, but nothing really stood out. It's more of a self-service experience, so if you want water or anything else, you'll need to get up and grab it yourself. It would've been nice if someone checked in once or twice. One thing that did confuse me happened on a different visit. I arrived around 1:50 p.m. hoping to order food to go, but the gentleman locked the door and told me they were no longer taking orders. If you close at 2 i dont see how you were closed already. It was a little odd since there were still plenty of customers inside eating. I understand kitchens have closing times, but it would've been helpful if the hours or last call for food were clearer. Overall, it's a solid spot for a good breakfast burrito with a laid-back atmosphere. Despite that one experience, I'd still come back and recommend giving it a try.

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    Ambulance... Five out of five. Nicely done for what it is. Welcoming the vibe, upscale, but not…read morestuffy, comfortable. Nicely decorated not overdone. Service... A+ except it did take them a long time to bring the check and we had to flag the guy down to get it. Otherwise attentive and the meal was reasonably well coursed. They let us split dishes and didn't give us a bad time about it. Food... Also an A+. I'm super picky and tend to not like to venture off the beaten path for different kinds of ethnic foods but everything here that we had was delicious. We split the salad with pear and goat cheese, and except for a couple of decayed pieces of spring mix, which is always a problem with that stuff it was delicious. The dressing was crisp and citrusy. We split the jambalaya with chicken and it was interesting in that it was basically a large scoop of rice with a good sized piece of chicken on the side, which you had to cut up, which is not how I've seen jambalaya prepared before, but it worked. The chicken was insanely good, and the rice also was very delicious, heavy on the bell peppers. We also tried the beef empanadas and the chimichurri sauce was insanely good. We wanted to get beignets, but they were out and none of the other desserts appealed to me so we didn't do dessert. We ordered a French 75 cocktail and the Pinot Noir wine and both were very nice )although pro tip French 75 are supposed to have a lemon peel in them and ours didn't). There is a parking lot and they also have a few tables outside although I don't think anybody would really choose to sit there since it's in the middle of the parking lot and the plants are too low to hide that fact. My friend and I meet regularly in the Redwood City area to dine out and this place is going to go into our regular rotation because it was that good. They were probably somewhere between a four and a five but I'm going to give them the benefit of doubt and give them Five Stars because we did enjoy our meal so much. You should try it!

    Beautiful space. We went for lunch. Took 5 minutes to be acknowledged... staff said they were…read morecleaning and apologized for not seeing us. I don't know if they don't get frequent customers? We were only customers for well over an hour. Seemed there was no waitstaff & the manager eventually took our order. She was pleasant, but not attentive. They were "out of crayfish due to supply issues". I recommend calling first to see what's in stock. I was craving crawfish, but the braised short rib was good, mu friend was pleased with the catfish po boy. I will try again, but call first to see if they have fully stocked menu.

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