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    Winchell's Donut House

    3.3 (42 reviews)
    Open Open 24 hours

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    Victoria D.

    Good donuts, great bagels and sandwiches, friendly customer services and clean. I've been here a few times and it's a nice location

    a variety of doughnuts
    Kim C.

    Haven't been to a Winchell's in so many years I can't even remember when. We prefer to support family owned businesses especially for donuts. I always base my reviews on the Apple Fritters. Here they offer large and small sizes of Apple Fritters. We got the small ones as there wasn't a huge difference. These were just ok. Fried until crispy a little dense and lacking in real flavor. Generic, reminds me of Safeway donuts.

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    Santa C.

    Had to kill some time on a Tuesday morning so only place open at 5am is Winchells donut shop on south main Slns. Besides Donuts they serve breakfast burritos and bagels of all sorts. I had a burrito. All I have to say is stick to the Donuts unless you want microwaved chewy eggs. I have been here before but never experienced the burrito menu. As a positive, Service is great. They greet you at the door and attend you quickly. Unless there's a line of course. Recommendation? Do donuts and coffee.

    Jim U.

    I never heard of Winchell's, but apparently they are a fairly established donut chain extending across much of California and parts of the Midwest. As a chain, they are comparable to Dunkin Donuts. Their donut selection, at least at this location, seemed somewhat limited covering a number of traditional choices. This is definitely not the place to try an avant grade kind of donut (cocoa nibs, hibiscus, etc.), so you've been warned. I went with a chocolate cake donut with chocolate icing, a regular donut with chocolate icing and rainbow sprinkles, and a sugared donut. I was able to eat all three donuts readily without that heavy, doughy feeling afterwards. With that said, none of the donuts that I tried was particularly light or airy. Moreover, the chocolate icing was straightforward and boring. While I was never particularly taken with any of the selections, they were all decent enough. For the calorie conscious, my selections ranged 200-300 calories each. Beware the bear claw though chiming in at 700 calories! Yikes! The service was very friendly, and my purchase was take-out so I never got a sense of the ambiance, but it seemed typical enough for a donut shop. Oh, and they don't take AMEX.

    Cathy C.

    I was craving Donuts and grew up on Winchells so found this gem and enjoyed it .... they have a ton of flavors and options for anyone... even if you gave a picky palette ... prices are reasonable ... and this place is 24hrs

    Yummy!

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    Had a great experience popping into Winchell's on south Main Street in Salinas.

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    Kristys Donuts are very light and fluffy/flakey…read more It definitely tastes like they change and take care of the oil they're dunking their donuts into. Out of: glazed, cake with sprinkles, chocolate glaze, maple bar, maple donuts and creme filled chocolate here are my rankings in order of best to worst: 1. Glazed - I'm plain. I judge a donut by its base and I enjoy that nice pure taste of a fresh glazed donuts. It was flakey and fluffy, the glaze wasn't too sweet and wasn't sticky and gross. It was all a very good package. 2. Cake with Sprinkles - ok, first - I don't like cake donuts. I love cake, I love donuts - but they're two separate entities. However, this cake donut (chocolate or vanilla with sprinkles) blew my mind. It was still kinda hot, crispy on the outside and soft and taste on the inside. If you ever tried an Andagi this is EXACTLY what they taste like. This was a hard #2 3. Chocolate with filling - it was good, but I love frills and the custard filling was a grill. The donut was good and the filling wasn't too sweet. 4. Chocolate Glaze And then the maple bar and maple donut were too sweet for me. In any case I took one for the maple bar and then also because I think Salinas donut is giving them a run for their money. I enjoyed this donut but the location and taste will keep me Salinas donut loyal.

    Such a rip-off. 3 donuts = $21? Idk if they charged us the correct price but charged my family $21…read morefor THREE donuts. Absolutely ridiculous.

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    I believe this yelp site is in desperate need of update as the business name does not reflect the…read moreproducts sold. To be clear, yes, they sell donuts, but no, they do not sell ice cream; and, furthermore, it feels as though the donuts only exist because of the lottery tickets and scratchers that they sell as those have a better selection than donuts. That said, I did purchase a donut from their meager selection in the afternoon. Not sure if that selection was limited by the time of day, or simply reflects all that they have but the donut was decent, I believe it was called a cinnamon crunch, but the remaining selection of donuts were a small collection of cake and old-fashioned. Still not sure why ice cream is listed in the name as the sign outside the business does not reflect that either. I went to purchase my donut only to learn that they only accept credit cards for purchases over three dollars. Good to know my donut was under three dollars, disappointing if you fail to bring cash they have a decent sized sitting area in the back behind the lottery section. Ironically, I feel as though it is more generous than the area used to sell their tickets and donuts, the attendant was neither nor cordial. Experience was less than memorable. The only reason I chose to do a review to help others avoid a similar disappointment. My final advice, walk across the street buy some box donuts from Grocery Outlet and you'll be similarly pleased.

    Found this place on yelp and decided to stop for donut. I wish I hadn't. I got a doughnut and it…read moreturned out to be all wet on the bottom side that was not visible when I saw it in the case throwing it out.

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    Cinnamon crunch, doughnut, or so I believe. Decent but probably the only one worth trying in the display.
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    I'm pretty surprised this location has such low stars La Plaza bakery is a staple in Salinas my…read morelove was craving Chilaquiles so we went! Everything was delicious for the most part. The only thing I would say is the Asada would not rate he added it on and probably could've went without what was not pictured was the pan we took home that I already know will be a hit! It always is -the ladies were super friendly as always , and we left feeling full and content Classic Mexican style restaurant decor with videos of them making their pan- great way to start the day

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