19th Donut Hole

We read the reviews for the donuts in the area and all were favorable. We decided to try the 19^th Hole and weren’t disappointed. We got there before 6 and they were still warm! The guy was really friendly. We got a mixed dozen for less than $ 10. My favorites were buttermilk, maple glazed old fashion and the apple fritter.

Fresh donuts every day. The place is packed every morning. Reminds me of a donut shop in Ohio where the whole town started their Saturday at the donut shop. Owners work hard and have done a great job. The cronut is nuts.

Cute little store! Went in on a whim, just to try it out — owner was very nice, and they were a little busy, so I knew it must be a good find! I was right. Donuts were delicious and fresh, coffee was good — definitely coming back soon!

They have cronuts !! One of the owners was present when i went in to get a few treats. He added the chocolate drizzle over the cronuts. I always get the same cream filled guys. Unfortunately i haven’t tried any of the other donuts. These little are not cheap at $ 2 each.

I am a huge fan of this donut shop. I work nearby and stop in once a week for a coffee and a freshly baked donut because I simply can’t help myself… The donuts are made every morning by the owner (who is a fellow Michigander!) and he is the type of small business owner who gives you the service and the product that makes you want to support him. He even makes the Boston crème filling in his donuts from scratch! If only the rest of his service staff was as genuinely kind and neighborly as he is when it’s bright and early just after he’s just finished baking his daily batch of product… But hey. This shop also serves Thrifty brand ice cream. Gotta love that for creative dessert endeavors, especially in the summer after a long shift if I can catch it before it closes at 5 on weekdays.
America doesn’t have to live on Dunkin! Local family owned businesses ftw.

I’m from Ohio and I’ve been trying to hunt down crème filled sticks or crème filled long johns (whichever lingo you prefer). I went into 19^th Donut Hole hoping for a sighting. Again they had the long bars with chocolate icing but no filling. After I questioned about them having any, they offered to filled them for me. They split the donut in half lengthwise and filled it with crème. It’s not visually what I’m accustomed to but it was decent and fulfilled my craving. I also had a cinnamon/​sugar twist which was excellent. My husband had 2 cake donuts and a maple bar and I hear no complaints. Will definitely visit again!

Best doughnuts around and the people are so sweet. I love getting the Doughnut holes!

Hidden Gem**** Family owned and operated small business. The owners are extremely friendly and I love their doughnuts.

Doughnuts are good, but the coffee is horrid. The staff is is either super sweet or super sketchy depending on the day.

This place has good donuts. We have been there in the am and also late at night. Service is like night and day. I think the owners are there in the day because the people working in the AM seem to have good customer service.
At night, the 1 man crew is very unpersonable and a bit rude. Since the night person makes the donuts and can close up and leave whenever they are done, they seem to be irritated when someone comes in and interrupts thier work.
So you never know when they close on a certain night. You just have to call.
But as far as the donuts, we have always been happy with whatever we get.

Reviews are right about service. Dude didn’t even take out his headphones, then after every donut selection he was like, «HUH? WHAT?»
I wish the owners read the reviews and fixed their employee issues.
Cake donuts are awesome. Raised donuts are … hard and chewy… it’s difficult to describe. But the complete opposite of light and fluffy like they should be. The buttermilk is decent. And apple fritters are hard and the ones we got were a little overcooked, maybe on a different day they’re better, the flavor is ok though.
I’m not going to start going to this place instead of BOSA, but the late hours are pretty nice even though the help makes you never want to go back.

I was never a fan of cheese danishes before I discovered this bakery. Up until this point, every danish I had eaten was sticky, cloyingly sweet, and covered with greasy icing that failed to hide a dry dough.
The cheese danish at the 19^th Donut Hole may be one of the best things I’ve ever eaten. The dough is flaky, with a crispy outside and chewy inside, with buttery soft layers. The cheese has a nice consistency to it, with a sweet, creamy flavor and the while thing is drizzled with just enough icing. No cloying, sticky glaze here! They sell quickly so if you want one sleeping in is not an option. They usually sell out before 9AM.
I also need to mention the chocolate chip donuts. When I was a kid, the local bakery had these and I loved them so much. They went out of business years ago, and I have since moved out of state and had yet to find them until now, and they make them just as good as the my former town bakery. :)
I’ve never eaten a donut from this bakery I didn’t like. The owners and employees are always polite and wonderful. They love what they do and it shows.

Pretty good. I’d say these are on par with bosa donuts. Donuts are a little smaller but also cheaper I think. Friendly owner. Good luck!

The donuts are really good! They aren’t out of this world amazing but they are good and are at a fair price. The service is also just good and not over the top but it isn’t really bad either. Cronuts are amazing. And the best time to get the donuts are early in the morning when it’s still fresh and soft!

Saw lots of good reviews and im always looking for a late night coffee joint. Hubby and i went at 10:30 am. Not busy at all one table with 3 kids running all over… even behind the counter!
Heard the apple fritters were good. Not so much. Quite dry and not much in the way of apple flavor. I also ordered a blended iced mocha. What i got was some creamer and a premixed drink of some sort over ice… last i checked blended implied the use of a blender.
Service was soso. The lady wasnt behind the counter when we came in. Slow to make drinks. Disappeared again after we sat down. Every table was dirty and both do it yourself bus tubs were full. Not the least bit impressed. My coffee maker and Albertsons are both closer to home… and faster.
Rather disappointed and not sure what the other reviewers were raving about.

Finally tried this place after many weeks of longing for a cronut. It is an old school neighborhood style donut shop. Several senior citizens in there that seemed to be regulars since the employee was sitting with them when I walked in. Promptly greeted and I told him it was my first visit. He gave me a run down on the favorite donuts.
I ordered the crème filled cronut and the cherry filled donut burrito. The cronut just might be the best pastry or donut I have eaten. Certainly earns a place in my top 5. I really enjoyed the cherry burrito. Basically a sweet tortilla filled with cherry filling and fried then glazed with donut icing. Quite the yummy departure from a normal breakfast pastry.
Service I thought was great. Very friendly and helpful. Good enthusiasm for the product and someone new to the store. I will definitely be back and have placed the 19^th donut hole on my regular rotation of donut shops on the east valley. Enjoy!!!

This place has an old timey feel to it, I mean if you woke up here you probably wouldn’t be sure what decade you were in, but it is a quality to love about it.
Come here for the good old fashioned donut and a cup of joe, and do not expect anything else. I had the sour cream, which is an all time favorite of mine, and it did not disappoint, perfectly crusty and glazed on the outside, with a soft and tasty middle. To drink I got a vanilla iced coffee which came out of a pre-​mixed dispenser, therefore it was a lot sweeter and thicker (almost like chocolate milk) than I’m used to, but I drank it regardless because it paired well with my already bad-​for-​me donut.

Crappy donuts. Rude workers. They almost seemed pissed when you want to buy a donut. There are a ton of good donut places around but this is not one of them.

We had high hopes for this place as the hours are so abnormally awesome for Mesa. We are new to this area and we have found it odd that nearly everything closes at 8PM most nights. We were happily surprised to read that this place was open most of the night. So we planned a family outing and went to check it out.
We were looking forward to trying the Cronuts and maybe an iced coffee. We stopped in and found only one young man working the counter. Unfortunately we quickly saw he had an attitude as if we were disturbing whatever he was doing in the back.
We asked about Cronuts and were told «you see what we have, we are all out». We asked about iced coffee drinks and if they have those and were told he doesn’t have time to make that.
He couldn’t even speak well enough to be understandable when we asked about ordering a dozen donuts. I wasn’t sure if they even sold them by the dozen after his response.
So while their service sucked, the donuts looked pretty good. Aside from one completely stale and hard as a brick cake Donut we had, the others all were quite tasty.
It’s a shame their service turned us off of this place as we live in Mesa and would love to make this a frequent place to stop for a late night sugar high.

I was pretty excited to check this place out, especially after all the great reviews. I love supporting local business but unfortunately our experience was just so-​so.
For a Saturday morning, I guess I expected there to be a greater variety of donuts. The offerings looked like what I could have gotten at Safeway. The price was reasonable and quality was ok. I had a chocolate covered old fashioned, the kids each had a sugar covered twist, and my husband had an egg and cheese croissant.
It was pretty busy when we walked in and from what I overheard it sounded like a lot off the snow birds were headed out of town until next winter. The lady working behind the counter was chatting all of them up, so she must have known them pretty well. As for us newcomers, I felt like I was getting stared down when we were trying to decide what to order (and when two kids were trying to make up their minds) so we ended up with stuff we probably didn’t really want. And the coffee? Forget about it. We didn’t order any because there were way too many choices for a small donut shop and it cause unnecessary anxiety.
I’m sure we will be back to give this place a second chance. It is just down the street after all.