Pronto Donuts

Quality: great, fresh donuts that taste awesome! (Get maple anything)
Price: 70 – 80 cent a donut and 7.50 a dozen
Store: good seating, fast service, and donuts, what more can you ask!
Summary: these are not fluffy air like donuts, more of a cake type texture. Really great value, try it out. If it’s been their for 50 years they have to be doing something right.

I honestly want to help local small business and give credit where is due but I think this place is just okay. The donuts are not particularly soft or tastey. I had Winchell’s yesterday and they were much softer. I keep seeing best donuts ever and I’m not convinced. I’ve had them 2x and both times just okay, purchased in the AM.

Best. Donuts. Ever. Seriously have yet to try a donut shop that beats this place, especially when they are right out of the oven and warm. My favorite is the chocolate with rainbow sprinkles. Yum!!! Love this place. Love the staff. Love the food.

Thee best Donuts ever! I come with my grandfather very week and I love how they know us very well … They have our order ready before we walk up … Very kind people Nd I love the Apple fritters! You will make this ur donut home!

Best donuts ive had. get there early and the glaze is is nicely still warm

I go to this Pronto joint, it is late. It is so late it is 10:35 PM. LIM, the only person ever working here is a short man from another country than my home of Russia. He makes delicious donuts.
I walk up to the window and LIM continues to make donuts in the back even though I am waiting for close to 5 minute. Hello? I know you are much working but please let me in! Hunger has come over me!
Thank you for coming to window. I got maple buttermilk for 75c. It is tasty and thick. Subtle overtones of milk. I appreciate. Goodnight LIM, don’t work too hard.

I don’t eat a lot of donuts but when I do I only come here. Love them especially the maple old fashion but you have to get there early because the often are all gone.

The donuts were really good! I’ve gotten them fresh first thing in the morning, and later in the afternoon. Prices were good, textures were good, flavor was good.
I’m hooked.

Great donut spot. Small but just right for a shop. Good donuts and scratchers inside. Get them while they hot.

This place opened up in the late 1960s. In the 70’s it was where we hung over from partying high school and college kids went for an apple fritter and a coffee. The apple fritters were full of apple chunks, gooey glaze and cinnamon. Wonderful. Crumb donuts here are superb as are the maple bars For some reason the devils food is not so great but the old fashioned is awesome. Had a burger here once. It was good in that late 1950s non chain way…

donuts somewhere above OK. the place is kinda big for a donut place.
cheapest happiness you can get around here.

Great place for donuts in the morning. Been located here since the 70’s fast friendly service with easy access parking

Average donuts, a pretty big place for a donut place. Plenty of seating!

It is a donut shop, so what can you really say? They make some good donuts here, but make sure you have cash on you. Great selection though at all hours of the day.

Wow! As someone who loves a late-​night dessert run, it’s always good to know there is somewhere close by that will knock your socks off. We stumbled upon Pronto while driving through Pasadena with friends. The walk-​up window was open and the man inside was literally dipping hot donuts into fresh glaze as we approached. I have NEVER had such a treat.
Great, fresh donuts and nice man.
Good place. Worth the trip!

I’m not much of a donut person, but I know my mom drives extra miles to get donuts here… i just love the hot drinks (anytime of the day/​night) and Lotto Scratchers… shops lucky, i swear! :-D

Middle of the road donut shop. They have ham and cheese croissants but they are nothing special and they run out quick like everywhere else. The coffee is just hot brown water. But it is donut shop coffee so what do you expect. Decent selection of donuts. The people who work here are really nice. Always parking available. Conveniently located next to a Rite Aid. They have lottery tickets at the donut place too. Only down side is that there are usually dudes smoking outside in the parking area or near the newspaper dispensers. Yuck.

Decent spot is grab donuts at the low price of something like 60 cents a piece. Nothing too fancy but it tastes like a donut should taste and believe me brother. I know my donuts.
So get there. Pronto!

As others have noted, their donuts are bigger than usual, and also less oily/​greasy. This is a huge plus, since this is the main thing that sets most donut places apart from others. The apple fritters are, as best I can recall, the biggest I’ve ever had.
The donuts, as far as taste and texture, are solid. They’re not over-​fried (a problem especially common when it comes to fritters). I don’t know that donuts can be mind-​blowingly good, but if that’s possible, these donuts probably don’t quite hit that mark. There is absolutely nothing offensive about them — again, they’re good, solid donuts.
They have good hours (open early, close at 11 even on weeknights). They only take cash. There is plenty of free parking for access to the complex. The service is quick and, like the donuts, bears nothing ot take offense at.
Overall, a solid donut place you can safely suggest to friends and family. The large sizes especially make this a better-​than-​average shop. There’s nothing to write home about here, but for your donut needs, it’s certainly a good choice. The fifth star is withheld only because there might be a truly extraordinary donut shop out there which this one does not quite compare to. But the missing star is in no way a reflection of any deficiency of Pronto’s.

I was craving some donuts since I had a Cinnamon Sugar Donut candle from Bath & Body Works lit at home.
As I was picking up a pizza at Papa John’s, I saw Pronto Donuts. After a quick check on my Unilocal app and seeing the 4-​stars, I decided to give it a try.
I ordered a sugar-​raised, a chocolate-​chocolate chip, and a glazed jelly donut.
The sugar-​raised was not good. Light on the sugar, and the donut was kind of more bread-​y and thick than a sugar-​raised is supposed to be. It was very doughy and not airy.
The chocolate-​chocolate chip also didn’t pass. The frosting and sprinkles were generous, which was good, but the cake donut itself was dry where it should be moist.
The jelly donut was good, especially since there was ample jelly in it.
I wouldn’t come back again and would say Winchell’s has better donuts.
CASH only.