Duck Donuts

Great place I always get donuts from here and bring them into work, and home! They are always fresh and very delicious!
The staff here are very friendly and prompt to serve there customers!
Will def recommend to family and friends, and continue to go back myself.

They weren’t busy, I walked in was the only person in line. They had a good special for two doughnuts and a coffee for $ 4. The void toner service was alright. I told the lady I had never been and she gave me recommendations. I got the cin sugar and chocolate dipped with coconut flakes. They were both warm and tasty. I recommend this place for a quick cheap spot for some tasty breakfast.

I will never go to Krispy Crème ever again! One of the best doughnuts I’ve ever had. The doughnuts were fresh out of the fryer which was awesome! We got two of the Panther specials with vanilla frosting and black and blue sprinkles and we should have got A DOZEN! I give it a 10! Check this place out!

The donuts here are amazing– unsure of their management. I stopped in to get a gift card for a friend one evening. The lady at the register was very helpful. Then her manager stepped in and was incredibly rude to her and me. Left a bad taste in my mouth.
Not something I normally see here. Go and get the maple bacon.

At long last, I have found the pinnacle of doughnut making. Duck Donuts has mastered the art and stole the crown from what I had given to Krispy Kreme many moons ago. These are the best donuts alive ever had. Let me explain why… I did not know that they serve the donuts «fresh» — meaning warm and made-​to-​order. I needed this all my life and had no idea that I did! I am a fan of the cakey type donut. Donuts aren’t meant to be flimsy crumby things, but decadent morsels. KK makes a delicious airy donut that I can get served warm if I time it right, but Duck Donuts is always has the «hot sign» on if you know what I mean. You pick the toppings and style of your donuts when you place your order and the literally make it to your specifications immediately after. I thought the maple bacon would be my favorite, but it was tied with the Reeses one on the scale of awesomeness. Both of them a ¹⁰⁄₁₀. My only recommendation is that they add a few more choices for icings and toppings. The ones they have are great and work well, but if I came here often enough, I could see myself wanting to switch it up before long. I like that service was with a smile and that the prices were appropriate. Too bad I am cursed to live in a state that only believes in Dunkin. But whenever I am in the Charlotte area, I guarantee this place will always get a visit from me

The best donuts !! You create your own donut flavors which is prefect. You watch them mach your prefect !! Love it!

Duck Donuts is simplicity to the fullest. Only serving a cake dough with very limited toppings. I feel what makes these donuts attractive is they are pretty much hot each time you order so no waiting for that «hot now sign». I’m not a huge fan of the instantly fried cake donut, it wasn’t bad, just a little crunchy on the outside. The icing and toppings are coated on by hand after they are dropped off the belt for each order which was cool, I just wish there was an assortment of dough and toppings.
My reason for giving duck donuts three stars is because there aren’t many options, but like I said earlier it is a good spot if you love vanilla cake donuts .
So, if I have someone ask where can I get a yummy cake donut … Exit stage right to duck donuts, that’s all folks.

Wow, this place is AMAZING! If you can eat them fresh right when they had it made, I can literally say ‘oh-​my-​gosh! this is GOOD stuffs!’. Funny thing is, I normally don’t like donuts nor sweets at all & for me to rave about this place is saying a lot. (I’m sitting here kind of knockin’ myself for being so crazy over them but yeah, I am a fan!)
I got to try them for the first time a couple months ago and luckily, I went on a Sunday afternoon around 1−2pm so they weren’t super busy. I was a little lost and confused when I got there but the African American lady cashier there was SO NICE and SO SO FRIENDLY. She helped me choose and picked all different & random combination to create these goodies! Even I was a little afraid of taking up too much time in line deciding whats not but she did not care at all nor seems annoyed. In fact, she won’t even let me apologized about it! That’s what you called stellar customer service! I love that you get to choose whatever you want and they’re not even that expensive! I also liked that I can watch them put the donuts together! Kinda cool of an assembly.
However, my first bite of their popular Bacon topped with Maple glaze was truly truly amazinnnngggg. It was warm, soft, a little crispy with a slight salty and sweet combo together, oh my gosh, soo soooo good. It felt like heaven biting into it! If you waited and eat it later and re-​heated it up in the microwave, it’s not the same. Definitely better if you could just eat it right there at the store when you first brought it. I loved it so much my first time, I kept thinking about it. I even came back for seconds a few weeks later but was a little disappointed the cashier lady that I liked wasn’t working. The guy who took my order was just basic, simple. Didn’t really offer much help or cared, just doing his job and getting my order done. Was a little bummed but still, the donuts were bomb-​diggity! Literally, made me happy again after biting into it.
Don’t go first thing in the morning, I heard there’s a long line out the door! There really isn’t much seating inside either so it’s really a drop in and out the door kind of place but service was quick unless it’s during busy hours.

During the Christmas break, we went to Duck Donuts for an outing and our first visit. I ordered the donut (one kind, no chocolate) with peanut butter glaze and a coconut topping. It came warm and was very delicious, I must say. Why three stars then? I think this place could have been SO much better.
After going to Voodoo Donuts in Portland a couple years ago, everything else is pretty disappointing. Apparently, they’re kind of a mecca for donut lovers. The consistent line out the door and down the street was a definite indication. Why? First, their donuts are huge. Duck Donuts’ are regular-​sized. Second, there are endless combinations of unique flavors. Duck Donuts has only a handful. You can pick out one glaze and one topping. That’s it, no more. No, you can’t have both peanuts AND sprinkles; are you crazy? And where are Oreos? Donuts and Oreos were made for each other. Third, at Duck Donuts, you create your own. While the warm donut part is nice, there aren’t all of these magically created donuts already made for you to gawk and drool over. I had a tough time deciding which donut to pick at Voodoo Donuts. At Duck, it wasn’t that hard given the very limited options.
Lastly, there are about three two-​seater tables in the whole restaurant. That’s it. We had to stand around to eat our very sticky donuts (and then rush to the bathroom to wash our hands). There’s a huge wasted space in the middle of the store that could easily be filled with a lot more tables, if rearranged better.
Anyway, while I really enjoyed the donut I tried, I’m not jumping on the Duck Donuts bandwagon and making it a regular thing when I know there are so many things they could do to make it a truly magical experience.

This is a great addition to the Charlotte donut scene. Yes, I know Duck’s is a chain, but they are doing donuts right. These are cake donuts so don’t expect a krispy kreme. I’ve been here twice now and happy every time. They have a simple concept and they don’t try and be fancy. Pick your type of cake donuts and frosting and pick it up at the end of the bar. Simple and sweet. For 1.20, this is a great little treat! Also, if you heat up the donuts as the box recommends it’s heavenly. The staff is friendly, the donuts are fresh and the line is quick.
For the price of Dunkin’ I’ll take Duck’s any day.

YUM! Duck is a special little place. It isn’t like the other donut shops that have pre-​made donuts sitting neatly on racks waiting for you. Duck rolls out warm donuts fresh and glazes them after you order them. This ensures a fresh, delicious donut. I recommend the maple bacon, strawberry bacon, cinnamon roll and almond joy. Want to take a whole bunch home? Make sure you pop them in the microwave for 10 seconds before you eat them!

OMG such good, warm, fresh donuts with all kind of frosting and toppings options!
I saw that they also offer breakfast egg sandwiches so I’ll be going back to try one of those as well.

Where do I start?! If donuts weren’t full of sugar and fat, I’d have these every single day!
The set up of duck donuts was awesome. It was similar to an assembly line how they prepped them for you. They were made fresh to order and you could watch the employees making them which I thought was pretty cool. And for how many people were there, it was packed, they were going to the line pretty quick! The one thing that did catch my eye in a negative way was that the girl who took my order at the cash register was texting in between customers which was holding up the line longer than it needed to be. Other than that, all the employees were super nice and attentive.
Now to the good part! The donuts were delicious, they literally just melted in your mouth. I don’t think I’ve ever had a cake a donut before but it’s now my favorite go to treat! We got the maple glaze with bacon, the cinnamon bun (the daily special), and a glazed with rainbow sprinkles. We could not get these donuts down fast enough! They had sooo many different toppings and glazes, I didn’t know what to do! The ones we had were awesome though. I can’t wait to go back and try some different mixes!

A donut is a donut, is a cake, is a pancake. (A tribute to my favorite scene from Girl, Interrupted.)
I successfully avoided donuts for 6 months, only to be taken down 2wks ago in one fell swoop during an intense 2 day event where unlimited free donuts were available. Returned to Charlotte and haven’t slowed down. That ‘famine-​feast’ thing I guess.
So, Duck Donuts. Mentioned to the cheerful woman at the counter it was my first time. She gave me the run down (which of course I quietly already knew, being an informed Unilocaler) and it was showtime. Despite the warnings of excessive oiliness from other reviews, ordered both a maple & a chocolate coconut. She spied my donut lust, so offered at no charge one that came out too small to sell. Hell f***ing yeah. Chose vanilla.
While I awaited my order, dove in to the gift. Warm, moist, pleasing. The other two arrived, and the maple RULED. At one point, I felt like I was eating hot pancakes. Thick & cakey.
I did observe something, which is more of a note to management than anything else. The card machine was down, so cardholders were asked to leave their card numbers for processing later. One particular patron was visibly uncomfortable with this arrangement but agreed. The nice woman at the counter did try to run the transaction several times, but the system remained stubborn. Thinking the woman was just buying 1 donut, I began to offer to pay, but she had a whole box and I only had $ 3 cash left. The woman even doubled back before she left and asked the clerk to ensure her card info would be destroyed. All I could think was «just give her the da*n donuts!». I mean, what, it would have set them back, what, $ 12??? Plus, the store was closing in 15min anyway. The woman was clearly concerned, and a man eventually came out from back, who seemed managerial. It would have been an enormous act of customer appreciation and bred tremendous brand loyalty to just give her the donuts at no charge, thank her for her patience, and apologize for the delay.
After the 2.5 donuts I ate, did feel slightly nauseous. Only one next time.

For all the running I do, I usually find ways to «treat myself»… after all, this kid has got to eat sometime… Donuts are probably up there as far as my running rewards. My run group even had a Thursday morning run in which we decided to run from the running store, through Dilworth, and finish at Duck Donuts (to «check it out»).
Granted, we came right when they opened at 6am (our runs start at 5:30am)… so I think the staff was expecting a ‘normal’ morning and ended up being a bit «deer-​in-​headlights» that morning. All in good fun. They took us in stride (there were about 20 – 25 of us so it took a while (especially since they make the donuts to order for you).
I tried the maple glaze with bacon topping and it was amazing. We also just finished doing like 3 miles so it probably put me over my daily calories, but it was darn worth it. All the different glazes and toppings, there is a donut for everyone here. I’ve even started seeing some cyclists ride up East Blvd, with a Duck Donuts box tucked into their cycling jerseys in the back.
This location has a small parking lot and shares it with the other businesses. The important thing to note is that its not in the «main» lot where the Harris Teeter is… it is one away… closer to Kenilworth and next to the Bag Lady.
I know Charlotte/​North Carolina is «KK» territory, but I’m glad to see these guys in the Queen City. I’m all about competition to make each other better.

Hi, I’m Denise and I love donuts. If you know me, you know that I will almost never turn down a donut.
I’m a fan of donuts that are light, soft and flaky (like the original glazed from KK). These are not like that, yet they still impressed me. I loved that these donuts were warm, fresh and MTO. They start with a vanilla cake base and you are able to add icing (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, lemon, maple etc.) and other toppings like bacon bits, sprinkles, coconut flakes and more. They also have special donuts like orange creamsicle and pumpkin!
My donut came out to be about $ 1.29~ a piece. It’s well worth it. See you at Duck Donuts!

Um, Hi. My name is Sydney and I don’t like doughnuts.
Well, I didn’t like doughnuts. I still don’t think I like doughnuts. I’m not sure what happened.
What the duck was that? A doughnut or a magical piece of heaven dipped in lemon icing and coconut flakes? I literally cannot even right now, it’s too basic… but the pumpkin… and the chocolate chips… and the hot cinnamon sugar.
(Heavy Breathing)
(More Heavy Breathing)
This place is entertaining and converts the doughnut non-​believers with it’s hot and ready customizable doughnutty goodness.
Bring the family, bring a date, bring your best friends dog if it gets you there. Duck Donuts is the new black.

The busy store shows the popularity of the place. It’s a very cool concept — made to order donuts. All donuts are made using cake donuts and then you can choose your icing and topping. There are a few specials to choose from as well.
I thought the donuts were good but a little greasy. I ordered two and couldn’t eat more due to the richness and grease content of them. All in all, it was a good place.

Had my first trip to Duck Donuts last weekend during its first week of operation. I was extremely impressed with the speed, process, facility & workers.
The donuts are all the same: traditional cake donuts. You can pick your frosting/​glaze, and then any addition toppings they offer. Everything is MTO so you know it’s gonna be fresh! And with the endless options, you’re gonna want to get at least a ½ dozen to try a bunch.
My favorites so far: maple bacon glaze with bacon crumble, orange glaze & vanilla frosted costing in cinnamon & sugar.
I was very excited for the strawberry frosting, but was disappointed in the end. It was good, but not nearly the strawberry flavor that I was anticipating/​hoping for.
Peanut butter loves will love to peanut butter frosting with a chocolate drizzle and chocolate sprinkles

Mmmm what a treat! Duck Donuts’s freshly made donuts were just what I needed on a rainy Sunday afternoon. The donuts are made to order and are only $ 1.20 so you know I couldn’t settle for just one.
Naturally, I ordered a half dozen:
1. Glaze with coconut
2. Orange glaze
3. Peanut butter glaze
4. Strawberry glaze with rainbow sprinkles
5. Maple glaze with bacon
6. The daily special– cinnamon sugar with vanilla glaze
Wow these were awesome! My favorite was the glaze with coconut. It was delectable! The donuts are soft, but also a little crispy around the edges. I liked the fact that you could essentially build your own donut. You can mix and match the glaze (ex: orange glaze with vanilla glazed on top= orange dreamcicle donut). The only downside is that they only have one batter– cake. So don’t expect to get a chocolate donut here.
Ps. This is also a grab and go location. There are only 3 2 person tables inside with about 6 bar stools along the window, however there are benches outside.