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Dynamo Donuts and Coffee
Categories: Food Coffee & Tea Food Donuts Coffee & Tea, Donuts [Edit]
2760 24th St(between Hampshire St & York St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Neighborhood: Mission
(415) 920-1978
- Hours:
Tue-Sat 7 am - 5 pm
Sun 9 am - 4 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
1118 reviews for Dynamo Donuts and Coffee
Review Highlights
"I love the maple glazed bacon apple donut."
(in 101 reviews)
"Caramel de Sel - Delicious caramel glaze."
(in 53 reviews)
"The spiced chocolate and orange glazed are great too."
(in 138 reviews)
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1118 reviews in English
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Review from Kristina R.
San Francisco, CA
2/8/2012
Dangerously delicious.
They serve up a mean donut here, and in a dozen varieties that will challenge your tastebuds in the most taunting way. Bacon maple apple what? Huh? Just eat one and shut yer donut hole.
Actually, the bacon donut was my least favorite out of all my favorites, which was all of them. The passionfruit milk chocolate was my top choice, with that tart passionfruit mixing so well with the sweetness of the chocolate bits. Mouthwateringly good.
Some may not jive with the use of lavender and rose in sweets, and I am one of those people. However, they went well with the citrus and huckleberry flavors they offered. The coffee is also quite good, according to my husband, who thoroughly enjoyed his Philz.
These are the most delicious donuts I have ever had the pleasure of selling a kidney for. In other words, $2.00 to $3.50 a donut? This will most likely be the only time I will be grateful for overpriced food. My waistline will be spared because of my tight budget. Whew.
(One note about the "gluten-free" donuts. All the donuts are fried in the same oil, including the gluten-free option. However, big props go to the person behind the counter who offered up this information before I purchased one. If I had offered it to my friend, she would have gotten extremely sick.)Listed in: Gluten-Free and Not Gross!
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Review from Roger F.
Orange, CA
2/6/2012 1 Check-in Here
No matter what others say, you just got to have the Maple Apple Bacon donut. And once you do you will discover how your mouth just adores the sweet and the salty flavors in this breakfast anomaly. The apple part is embedded within the doughnuts. If there is heaven it will be abundant with these salty-sweet goodies, and we don't get fat anymore in heaven or course. :-)
Location is somewhat out of the way (but I guess not when you are also looking for authentic Mexican restaurants). -
Review from Lael A.
San Francisco, CA
2/4/2012
My girlfriend, an Elite Yelper for two years now, always wonders why I rarely give a five star rating to a restaurant. I told her that it's just how I interpret the five star scale. A five star has to be a place where I don't just think it's good, but also a unique. A five star place is not a place that I just crave, but a place where I would actually get into a car or bus and drive there in order to indulge that craving.
Dynamo is that kind of place. There are times when I'm on the freeway and my car suddenly finds itself on 24th picking up a Vanilla Bean dount. There are times when I wake up on a Saturday morning and I think to myself, "Damn, a Lemon Thyme donut would go so good with this coffee." And there are times when even after I've stuffed my face, I find an excuse to squeeze in a Maple Bacon donut.
I also learned something interesting during my last visit here. If you happen to buy their last donut that's in their glass display case, they're called "Show-nuts" and costs $1 less. Show-nuts, people. Show-nuts. Damn I wish I could give this place six stars. -
Review from Sabrina L.
Columbus, OH
2/3/2012 1 Check-in Here
I was expecting something along the lines of Voodoo donuts in Portland, but these donuts were far better made.
First of all, they aren't ginormous, so you can taste two or three without feeling like you're going to throw up. They also aren't overly sweet, so again, you can do a bit of sampling from a friend's plate without being in a sugar daze all afternoon.
I ordered the donut bread pudding, the passion-fruit chocolate, and the apple-maple-bacon.
The passion-fruit chocolate was my favorite of the three, but that's because I like extreme citrus. The passion-fruit used in the donut was local, and I could tell. It was fresh and tangy and paired fantastically with all the beautiful carbs of the donut and the milky chocolate shaving. For me it was a palate cleanser, but for my dining companion it was "too tangy".
The apple-maple-bacon was great, but mostly maple and bacon and not so much apple.
The donut bread pudding tasted like regular bread pudding with a little bit of coconut thrown in. Not usually my thing, but it was still a tasty breakfast treat.
Some people have talked about a line, but at 10 am on a Friday we had no wait at all. When I return to San Francisco, I'll be back! -
Review from Jennifer L.
San Francisco, CA
1/31/2012 1 photo
MAPLE GLAZED APPLE BACON.
That is all. -
Review from gabby m.
San Francisco, CA
1/30/2012
Ok, so I got a large coffee and a donut. This cost $5.75. Kinda cray cray when one considers that anywhere else you'd pay half that for the same thing. Thus, I was expecting this donut to be amazing. Maybe I put too much expectation on it, I don't know. I got the maple bacon donut. I got the bacon flavor, but it just tasted like a glazed donut that was salty. I'll take your run of the mill donut over this any day.
I should have figured, since I also don't like krispy kremes. Just gimme a chocolate old fashioned and call it a day!!! -
Review from Krystal G.
San Francisco, CA
I wouldn't consider myself a doughnut aficionado. I just always thought plain or glazed was good enough, if I would opt to even have that for breakfast. It just always seemed that other donut flavors were too sweet or greasy... But I recognize delicious food when I taste it.
I came here with a friend on a Saturday morning. We actually drove across the bay bridge to get to this place. We found parking (street parking only) and fell in line. We looked at all the different flavors they had available and in the end, we opted to order a baker's dozen of donuts and basically split the whole box. The girl behind the counter was extremely helpful and patient as we excitedly tried to decide on what we would try out.
Here is what we ended up ordering:
Vanilla, Lemon Pistachio, Passion Fruit Milk Chocolate, Lemon Sichuan, Caramel Apple, Bacon Maple Apple (that's right, I said bacon), Chocolate Rose, Spiced Chocolate, and a Gluten Free donut.
...and they were ALL so delicious! I kept making this-tastes-so-good noises while trying them. My personal favorites were the Bacon Maple Apple, Passion Fruit Milk Chocolate, and the Spiced Chocolate. Dynamo Donuts now has me daydreaming about their assorted array of flavors and tastes. It really wouldn't be fair to compare their donuts to chain restaurants. -
Review from Tiffany L.
San Francisco, CA
1/29/2012
I think a donut is a donut. Why mess with it? I feel like this is happening all over SF where a very simple food is tweaked and made into something it's not intended to be.
Say a donut. Donuts are great once in a while and are so delicious when given the chance. I bought 5 donuts: maple bacon glazed, passion-chocolate, 2 vanilla beans, and caramel. I mean they were soft and flavorful but the donuts were just okay to me. Maybe I prefer a crunchier donut, or one that melts in your mouth, or just a little bit plain like chocolate or plain sugar.
Dynamo Donuts IS unique and interesting but personally, does a donut really have to have fancy caramel or exotic flavors? The donuts were just A-OK. -
Review from Loretta M.
SOMA, San Francisco, CA
2/8/2012
OMG! I love this place! I really don't care that the some doughnuts are $3, the coffee is great "4 barrel coffee" I think, the guest service people are super friendly and helpful. The freshness is really evident when you bite into these gems. I am still waiting to try a monete cristo, but since I have discovered this place I have been there one a weekend. I need to remember to check in next time!
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Review from Angeline L.
Burlingame, CA
1/26/2012
Came planning only to split one w/a friend... boy, was that a silly plan!
After looking at the unique flavors we ended up getting 2.
+ Service: kind and helpful
+Ginger Orange: tasty, and loved the chunks of ginger
++Candied Orange Blossom: GOOD, my friend and I described it as a nice aromatic sweet cup of tea with milk. Surprisingly nice!
I don't know what I was expecting but I liked COB so much I had to get one for a friend to try.
Doughnut comparison: More substance/dough than a KK, but soft like KK. You can definitely polish one off without feeling guilty or fat ladden like with others.
FYI: We came @ about 2:30p and there were only 4 flavors left.
Dynamo... I came for only 1 and left with 3, you win and will continue to win as my fitness resolutions lose ;) -
Review from Erica S.
Updated - 1/24/2012 1 Check-in Here
This time, I got here at 10:30 so there were plenty of donut types to choose from. There was a line, but it was only a 5 minute wait. I wanted to try different ones this time so I got the Caramel Apple, Bacon Maple, Sticky Bun, and Chocolate Almond Rosemary. Grabbed an extra Bacon Maple for a friend. 5 donuts = $15.
Service was friendly.
Of course, I didn't eat all of it at once. Wanted to take some home. The first one I tried was the Caramel Apple. It was soft, fluffy, and filled with chunks of apples. It wasn't very sweet, which I liked and the caramel and peanuts were just right on top. I didn't get to the Sticky Bun and Maple Bacon until 2 days later, but it still tasted good. It wasn't rock hard at all. The Sticky Bun was my husband's choice so I wasn't too crazy about it, but he enjoyed it. I enjoyed the Maple Bacon though. I can't say that it tasted heavily of bacon so it may disappoint the bacon lovers, but I was okay with that since I'm not a huge bacon lover. My least favorite was the Chocolate Almond Rosemary. Didn't care for it at all. The donut didn't have much of a chocolate taste and the topping was salty, which to me, didn't go together. Until next time.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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1/31/2010
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Review from Andrew D.
Fremont, CA
1/16/2012
DUDE!!!!! BACON DONUTS!!
We were on a photo shoot that day. Hitting up some spots around the mission. It was still early and I needed coffee. We walked in here and bam I was hooked. The gourmet donuts here are amazing, I usually do not eat donuts but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to devour one of their bacon rings of doughy goodness. They craft their pastries right in full view right behind the counter. Watching this occur, my eyes began to glaze over just as the hot freshly fried O's were being as well. I ended up eating 3, one with pistachios. I was about to pass out in a coma of warm sugary deliciousness, luckily the aromas of freshly brewed dark roast brought me back from the the temporal plane of frosted and glazed existence.
Needless to say I'll be back! -
Review from Erika C.
Friend and I split the last donut sold that day, the cornmeal rosemary cherry, narrowly beating out these girls who arrived around the same time but appeared dazed by where the donut display was. Suckers.
We are determined to come back bright and early and order all the donuts our arteries will handle. And then when they can't, we'll walk a couple of blocks to SF General.
Just the one donut was more like three stars, but I need to go back and find out if they're earning that fourth star I gave them for their selection. -
Review from A. B.
East Bay, NY
I love Donuts.
Great lil spot in SF.
fresh donuts.
lines can be long but they move super fast.
Just watch out for the novelty Yelpers taking pics or checking in making the line slower then it needs to be. -
Review from Mark i.
San Francisco, CA
1/22/2012 2 photos
+4 for being very cool with the service. Very cool and our gang. Took care of us.
+4 for the doughnuts. Just. Dam. Tasty. -
Review from serena l.
San Francisco, CA
1/19/2012
Love this place! I'm not the biggest fan of donuts - or fried foods in general - but there's something about Dynamo that inspires me to travel completely out of my way to pick up a few of these tasty delights.
My favorite is the lemon sichuan - a completely unexpected melding of flavours that works incredibly well. I also love the apricot cardamom and the strawberry earl grey. (Again, both combos that I would never think to work.) I've found that the chocolate ones are more bundt cake-y whereas the vanilla (or basically non-chocolate ones) have more of that do-ughy, do-nuty, do-melt-in-my-mouthy texture. I prefer the latter...but both are worth trying! -
Review from Nick R.
San Francisco, CA
1/8/2012
Great donuts, exotic flavors and a mostly friendly staff. Unfortunately, a BIG minus for all the d-bags that frequent this place now. Be ready for the indecisive yoga mom with 3 strollers and the loud and obnoxious biz execs on the weekend crowd who loves to claim they are "slumming it" by coming to the neighborhood..
I know it's out of their control who eats there - and frankly maybe these are the people that can regularly spend $40 on a dozen donuts - but it makes me sad to see another great Mission spot co-opted by the yuppie elite. -
Review from Zara-Maria S.
San Francisco, CA
1/21/2012
Pretty dayam finger smacking good! I was late for work one morning and in our office if we are late, we bring coffee or goods. I brought the goods...I grabbed the Vanilla Bean, Lemon Thyme, Bacon Maple Apple and the Caramel Apple. Out of all the four I have to say the Vanilla bean was the best. It wasn't too over powering in taste and sweetness. The lemon thyme reminded me of pizza. The Bacon Maple Apple was good and interesting. I know bacon on a donut, sounds kind of crazy and weird but it was very good. I didn't get a chance at the caramel apple because my boss and co-worker snatched it up pretty quickly. But all is good and so was the donut according to them.
The guy that helped me was very entertaining as he was dancing and singing to the music on the radio. Honestly it was good to see since it was like 8 something in the morning. He was also friendly and super helpful in assisting me in choosing the right donuts for me. The shop is kind of small and you have to really look for it on 24th st. They do have a little sitting area inside if you want to have coffee and a donut. Prices are kind of expensive for donuts not much bigger than my palm but they are worth it once in awhile. -
Review from Kevin J.
San Francisco, CA
1/26/2012 1 Check-in Here
Who puts BACON on a donut??? Dynamo does and it keeps me coming back for more, and more, and more.... and more. I have never had a better donut or a bad bite. Sometimes these little devils are hard to let go of. After spending a pretty penny ($2-3 each) for a box for the office it makes you second guess your upbringing when it comes to manners and sharing. Grab one for yourself and try other flavors for everyone else... I'm sure they'll let you have a bite. Just one.
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Review from D.C. P.
San Francisco, CA
1/21/2012
It's 7 o'clock on a Saturday morning. I'm awake, my stomach is saying feed me, and Dynamo Donuts pops in my head. I get up, brush my teeth to get rid of the morning breath, wipe off the eye boogers, throw on my Niners sweater (after all, it is the NFC championship weekend, gOoOo Niners) and I make my way to the Mission District.
I think coming here early in the morning has its advantages. The donuts are freshly cooked, there is no line, and finding parking is a breeze. I really came here for one thing only: The bacon maple apple donut. Having a gourmet donut is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. Yeah, it's a few bucks for a donut but I think it's worth it. The donut itself was super fresh and light. The maple had the perfect amount of sweetness to it. The bacon provided texture to the soft donut. This was a well rounded donut. Eat time: Devoured in less than 45 seconds. Could've been faster if I didn't wanna enjoy each bite.
This was a great start to my Saturday morning. -
Review from Shawn C.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2012
I've had:
Bacon Maple Apple
Vanilla Bean
Lemon Pistachio
Caramel Apple
Monte Christo
Caramel De Sel
Candied Orange Blossom
Blueberry Cornmeal
Bitter Queen
All were delicious and fun, as are the workers.
But next time I order a cup of milk for $2, can you fill it up to the top please?
Twice I've walked the 12 or so blocks from my house to Dynamo only to have them be closed for whatever reason. My fault for not checking their website before I left! -
Review from Lee H.
12/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
Duo of lemon thyme and passion fruit chocolate makes for fried dough heaven. Yes, this place lives up to the hype.
The ginger lemonade is not too sweet and provides a refreshing way to wash down your donuts. -
Review from Charlie G.
San Francisco, CA
2/7/2012
These folks are seriously nice. It matters when they're charging a lot for a product that is an expensive take-off on a common food. And they rock it. Bacon is a common problem in my family and the Bacon Maple Apple really works. The banana donut was incredibly good, the vanilla is excellent. Spiced chocolate wasn't my top choice but it was tasty -- especially with their well done coffee. A good neighborhood for eats of all kinds.
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Review from Mary M.
Coronado, CA
I'm coming back. Great variety, great location and I absolutely adore the staff! Nuff said. If you've been here.... Then you know ;)
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Review from Tim A.
Herndon, VA
1/20/2012 1 Check-in Here
I was expecting good things from the Yelp reviews here but was rather disappointed. We tried the Molasses Guinness, Cherry Rose, and Kiffar Lime filled. They weren't fresh being it was in the afternoon, but the flavor and quality just weren't there. Definitely NOT worth $3. I was hoping for something comparable to The Doughnut Plant in NYC, but they were half the size and nowhere near as flavorful or creative. If you've never had better donuts than a fresh Krispy Kreme, then you might enjoy Dynamo a little, but I won't make any effort to go back or recommend it to anyone. Oh, and the coffee was not good at all.
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Review from Akvile H.
If I could be a donut..I would be one from here...and I kid you not, there is a book with that title at this place so check it out for a good laugh while enjoying your coffee/donuts!
Seriously though, I live in the East Bay and I trekked out here two days in a row last week to try their amazing and famous donuts. The first day they were closed, but to BART then walk here just for a donut means a lot. Although they were closed due to the holidays, I came back the following day and they were open. We ordered a bacon maple apple donut, a coconut one, and they were so kind, they gave us another on the house, so we tried the salted caramel..OooOh my gee golly wow holy moly gracious delicious like whoa! My taste buds went on a fantastic voyage as I indulged in this sugary deliciousness. I was very impressed with how tasty they were and how they weren't all greasy like most other donuts.
I needed more dynamo in my life so I ordered another bacon one to go and they gave me yet another one on the house (thank you SO much!) so I decided to try out a vanilla one as well. All equally delicious. The place is great if you want to order to go or to sit down and enjoy, it's clean, well priced, delicious latte's, mind blowing donuts, and super friendly staff.
Dynamo Donuts is a must do!Listed in: San Fran Sweet Tooth, Caffeine-ding in the Bay
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Review from Mark L.
Daly City, CA
1/4/2012
This is my place! There's not a single person I don't talk about this place to. The name Krispy Kreme is a distant memory to me...if you like good doughnuts I swear, you will not be disappointed! When was the last time you had a doughnut and it wasn't greasy? Their flavors make your eyebrows twitch and your brain spaz but fear not! Every flavor is AAMMMAAAZZING! Let's cover the ones i've had...bacon maple apple, huckleberry lemon, cornmeal rosemary cherry, passion fruit milk chocolate, vanilla bean, and banana de leche. I am a sucker for that passion fruit! The glaze is light and tart and just the fruitiest amazingness ever!
I'm no coffee drinker but I hear the Four Barrel coffee is a must!
A key to a great dynamo experience every time is to:
1) Check their twitter for what flavors they're putting out that day (changes daily)
2) Go early! They will run out of flavors fast!
If it sounds weird, it's most likely a good choice!! GO DYNAMO! -
Review from Craig R.
Do you know what your friends are doing at 6:30am?
I know what mine are doing. Well, at least one of them. This particular friend was sending me wake up texts while I was on vacation in SF informing me that Dynamo Donuts would be serving their famous Lemon Pistachio donut, a donut that she has always wanted to try. Since she has never steered me in the wrong direction when it comes to food, I jumped out of bed, got dressed and headed over to Dynamo.
Located in the Mission, Dynamo Donuts is an SF legend. Dynamo is a small place with an outdoor pick up window and a small, indoor dining room. I've honestly had this place on my radar for ages but for some reason I was never able to make it here till now. In the week I was in SF I visited Dynamo twice.
These are all the donuts I tried, in order of my favorite to least favorite;
Passion Fruit Milk Chocolate http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Lemon Pistachio http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Candied Orange Blossom http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Bacon Maple Apple http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Caramel Del Sel http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Apricot Cardamom http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Chocolate Spice http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Sticky Bun http://www.yelp.com/bi...
All of the donuts from Dynamo were light, fluffy and flavorful. The reason I liked the Passion Fruit the best was the icing was really tart but because it had chocolate chips on top it was also semi sweet. It was an interesting donut indeed. The Lemon Pistachio, which was the one my friend wanted me to try, was a very close second. It was both salty and sweet, which is my favorite flavor combo. The only donut I was not thrilled with was the Sticky Bun. It was too dense and the flavor was a bit off. We also ordered a mocha and a hot chocolate from Dynamo, both of which were great.
The prices per donut here range from $2-3 dollars, which isn't too bad. All the employees here are really cheerful and friendly.
So I guess I should thank Ciara G for the wake up text. Dynamo was so worth waking up early for. You're still a pain in the ass though!Listed in: Sitting on the dock of the…
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Review from Erin G.
Berkeley, CA
12/20/2011 1 photo
What I ate: Donuts of the lemon pistachio, bacon maple apple, and coconut variety
Visit date: December 15, 2011
First time? Yes.
Well done, Dynamo. Well done.
I'm usually a plain chocolate glaze donut kind of girl; 'fancy' donuts scare me most of the time because they are usually disastrous. Dynamo may have potentially started a new food craving. They do donuts right. They are fancy without being overwhelming--both visually and...tastefully? What's really nice is that they incorporate the ingredients you see on top of the donut into the the donut itself. This creates new layers of flavor and brings the dough, glaze and toppings together seamlessly.
The lemon pistachio -- Refreshing. Yes, really, refreshing. The lemon adds the right amount of sour. With crushed salted pistachios, you've got yourself one fine dessert/snack.
The coconut -- has real toasted coconut shavings. And there are smaller pieces in the dough. Yum.
The bacon maple apple -- I like bacon but usually only by itself. Dynamo has changed my mind. Breakfast in my mouth. You can't go wrong with this donut. -
Review from Krystal d.
Orange, CA
12/28/2011
We ordered the Bacon Maple glazed donut. These donuts are so fetch. (Mean Girls reference). I like bacon. I like donuts. It's like they combined 2 powers. The outcome: a Super Donut. Mm-mm... We also ordered the Lemon Sichuan. it's a lemon-filled donut with a kick.
And the best part of Dynamo Donuts:
Wait for it....
Donut books galore! Ahhh... It really gives the place a good vibe. Very inviting. Eating donuts, reading donut books. Now that's livin' the life. -
Review from S. B. Hadley W.
San Francisco, CA
1/13/2012 1 photo
An exotic, delicious assortment with a friendly, cute staff.
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Review from Unkl- T.
Oakland, CA
12/25/2011
Delicious donuts. Try them all and decide for yourself which is best. The staff are fun, coffee delicious, donuts amazing.
I recently moved from the cupcake city of NYC and I am now a donut convert. I vote donut over cupcake. -
Review from JazzMarie C.
Burlingame, CA
11/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
Apparently these DynaDon'tNuts gave my brother the runs and I'm to blame :(
So after all they hype I read here on Yelp.. I felt compelled to drive into the city just to buy a bunch of these donuts to share with my family.
If you haven't read some of my other reviews, let me inform you that I am a 'Carb'avour.. I LOVE any type of bread/dough/pasty based food. Especially donuts!
Anywho... I went there with the intention of trying as many flavors as possible. Of course # 1 on the list was the bacon glazed donut (tasted like a pork bun with no flavor in the glaze).
I walked away with 10 donuts. Dished out $19 (included 1 cappuccino). NOT cheap! At that cost I expected gourment, mouth watering, fluffy, moist, melt in your mouth donuts.
I wish I could review every flavor one by one, but honestly they were so bad I didn't care to remember any of it.
Two different people at the house who tried them separately made the same comment without each other hearing it.. They both said the donuts tasted like they were cooked in old oil. And everyone else agreed that the donuts had a strange artificial aftertaste that lingered in your mouth.
My brother says maybe they were having a bad day. Having one bad batch would have been acceptable but this experience of every single donut tasting foul earns this place a spot in my very first Yelp list: "Don't believe the Hype!".
SorryListed in: Don't Believe the Hype!
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Review from Naureen H.
Dublin, CA
11/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
Ridiculously over priced donuts and sweets!! Why have you guys tried and make donuts hipster....so ridiculous!
Also...paper straws? Who thought this stupid idea up? Its not like they used paper cups to go with is...they still have plastic cups....
I was not impressed...We had the sticky bun and the chocolate anise...both lacked flavor. The sticky bun was sticky but thats about it. The chocolate anise barely had a hint of anise! -
Review from Tiffany N.
Westminster, CA
11/4/2011
Oh..my...god.. Maple Glazed Bacon Apple Donut.
sweet, salty, and crunchy = perfect combination!
They have a lot of unique tasty flavors!
For $3/donut. It's a bit pricey, but the donut is huge.
Definitely try if you're in SF! -
Review from Monelle P.
San Francisco, CA
11/6/2011 12 Check-ins Here
Move over, Bob's.
Take a seat, apple fritter.
There's a new donut in town and it is NOM NOM NOM scrumdiddlyumptious.
5 words that you never thought would be in one phrase: maple glazed bacon apple donut. And surprisingly, it works. The perfect marriage of salty bacon and sweet maple glaze. Crunchy bacon bits and fluffy donut goodness.
I've also tried the lemon thyme, chocolate anise, and caramel de sel. The lemon thyme was also very good. Light with just touch of citrus. The chocolate anise and caramel de sel were ok, but they were a bit heavy in texture.
Now, if I could only figure out why my car steers itself toward 24th St. every time I'm in the area...Listed in: Screw 7x7's list of places to…
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Review from Austin R.
San Francisco, CA
1/18/2012
I'm not a huge fan of the donuts, coffee OR HYPE. But on a sunny day the back patio is a nice place to read and get some vitamin D activated because the building itself doesn't block the southern sky - allowing the low, winter sun to beam onto you!
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Review from Rob P.
11/8/2011
MAPLE BACON APPLE DOUGHNUT....nuff said! One of the best bacon concoctions I've had, easy 5 out of 5. The bacon adds a nice smokey saltiness that balances perfectly with the sweet maple glaze and the subtlety of the apple. I had a few of the other doughnuts there and they were ok, as was the mocha I had. The Maple Bacon Aple Doughnut was the star and alone worth the visit!
I will be back!!Listed in: Adventures in Bacon!!!, The Caffeine Shakes
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Review from Shannon K.
Mountain View, CA
11/2/2011
BACON DONUT (3.5/5): I think my expectations were set too high by the hype. I was expecting a maple glazed bacon donut worthy of making my teeth fall out. However, I just got a mediocre cake-y, dense brown donut with not enough glaze or bacon on top. Maybe it's the fatty in me, but I wanted to see a ridiculously unhealthy donut, but I felt like this donut didn't have enough butter to make it one of those satisfying donuts. This tasted more like a dense cake than a donut.
(3/5): I think I got a whole bunch of other donuts, which were pretty good. I got 2 bacon donuts and 4 of their specialty donuts like the candied orange blossom, caramel de sel, a blueberry one and a chocolate one...
Again, I thought these donuts tasted a little dry and cake-y. I think Sprinkles cupcakes makes even richer, lighter and fluffier cupcakes than these cake-like donuts. I definitely needed some milk to wash them down. I think they have to adjust their recipe. If they could take their glaze and slap it on a revamped donut, then I think they'd be in even better business with those of us who were mildly impressed.
GO GREEN (5/5): Dynamo does NOT look like a donut shop. It looks like a cute little warehouse-y cafe that's focused on being environmentally friendly. I like the vibe, and I also like the stores around the shop. I could grab a donut and coffee and go shopping at some of the boutiques around the area. The donuts come out in nice trays, and the "kitchen" or work area looks like an industrial, professional shop with heavy-duty industry mixers, ovens, a broad table to work with dough and racks. Definitely the most professional and "upscale" donut shop I've seen. I'm more used to the dinky ones (e.g., the Berkeley donut shop at the Asian ghetto) or the ones that look like an assembly line (Krispy Kreme)). You can tell Dynamo spent time and thought into the architecture and layout of the store.
PRICE: For 6 donuts, I think I paid nearly $20... not worth it when that could buy me a cute top or even a pair of shoes on sale at the outlets. -
Review from Joshua C.
11/1/2011
Maybe they were having a bad donut day, but the donuts my sister brought for us to try all tasted weird. There was a funky, chemical taste. Like they used really old, rancid oil. I love a good donut but I couldn't get past the off taste. Every single donut I tried had that same weird taste to it. I can't even tell you what "flavors" I tried because they all tasted bad. I think the donuts gave me the runs.
I'm sure it was just an off day for them. Maybe my sister went at a time when the oil had been used all day and wasn't fresh. I have no idea what the problem was but I seriously don't see what all the hoopla is about. I've had better donuts from Safeway. Just saying.
