Cardigan Donuts

My favorite donuts in the Twin Cities.

While yes, I feel it's a tad pricey, I also feel it's worth it. I used to stop by a lot more when I lived in the area, which was nice. Especially on the bad weather days when things were slow and they'd offer deals to clear out product. I was once offered a dozen for the price of one. Sadly I declined since I was on a diet and had no business being there in the first place.

Their raised & cake donuts are so soft, and moist. My favorites/ recommendations are always the: glazed donuts, glazed old fashioned, powdered, vanilla glazed with sprinkles (raised), French crueller, and anything with coconut That said, everything is delicious so you can't go wrong!

I've been to Cardigan Donuts both times I visited Minneapolis.
Their donuts were amazing! So fresh and tasty. Not overly sugary sweet, soft and light texture. Perfect size, not too small or too large.
The flavors we've tried include: glazed cake, blueberry cake, chocolate iced cake with sprinkles, jam filled powdered, cinnamon sugar cake, old fashioned glazed and apple fritter glazed. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be the blueberry cake but they were all delicious.
The service was great both times as well. The staff members were friendly and helpful.
We will definitely be back next time in town.

I'm not a donut person so to go out and get a few on a whim and say, yeah it's great is a good endorsement. Located inside the IDS tower, Cardigan is a small donut and coffee shop located on the 2nd floor overlooking the main "plaza" inside the IDS tower. Great for a quick bite, they offered glazed and season donuts at a reasonable price.

Ordering is standard, you walk up to a cash register and take the order from there.

Can't really go wrong with any of them, as none of them are overloaded with sugar at all! I did enjoy that it you can taste the donut without it being overly sweet and overpowering. I did enjoy the apple fritter (the one with the decorated flakes" the most.

Overall, good donut spot for a quick bite.

Absolutely divine! The strawberry maple French toast donut is 10/10. Great service- super friendly staff and great recommendations.

Scrumptious, delicious doughnuts!!!! We bought the Old Fashioned based on other Yelp reviews and the public was right! The doughnuts were amazing. The hot chocolate was delicious as well.

The girl at the counter was brilliant, showing how service can make a difference even in a place where you don't need to contemplate the wine list.

The fried pickle fritter kept that state fair vibe even as I had to leave town. If you're looking for something less paradigm-shattering but still quirky, strawberry rhubarb is a fine choice.

Decided to give in to my love for pumpkin this week ! I don't even like crullers usually so this was a full send.

Not overly sweet which was great, the pumpkin pie filling was my favorite part. It was a little soggy, but that might just be a cruller thing. Definitely want to go back and try a donut that I would typically order

Easy enough to find inside the building, where it's grouped together with several other businesses. Service was quick for me to grab three donuts to go. It was hard to decide from the selection, but I felt like I chose some good ones. My favorite was the apple fritter.

Lots of space inside to eat and chill out for your morning breakfast.

Also kind of fun to see the unique flavors out. Not adventurous enough that day to eat the fried pickle fritter!

I've had this place on my list for months and decided to give them a try. Unfortunately a few things fell flat for me and this ended up being more of an average experience.

First, unless you are working/staying in the area, you will pay for parking. I paid $8 in a parking ramp close by to come and try these doughnuts. There really isn't an awesome accessible way to get to this shop. There are plenty of restaurants in the area, so may be consider this place for dessert or take home?

The ambiance here was lacking for me. I'm not sure if they were cleaning or remodeling but there were chairs missing, a bunch of boxes out on the floor and shelves that were empty. It just didn't feel welcoming. Due to that factor, I took my doughnuts to go.

The service was good. The woman who helped me was nice and not over bearing as I tried to decide what flavors to try.

I got 4 doughnuts. The strawberry and lemon tasted fried and were FANTASTIC! Very very good! The fillings tasted like they were made from scratch and they just melted in your mouth! The cake based doughnuts were a full miss for me though. The blueberry flap Jack was almost inedible... it states it was topped with a maple butter cream but it just tasted like butter. My kids also tried this and did not like it due to the butter topping. The caramel delight was ok but I wish it had more icing on it. I also didn't love the texture of the doughnut. I had seen so many pictures of beautiful (almost to pretty to eat) doughnuts and I really didn't see that while I was there.

Overall, i had to give 3 stars due to location, ambiance and only liking half the doughnuts I got. I would say if you are in the area go ahead and give this place a try. I would not make a special trip out here. I definitely thought the filled doughnuts were the best and worth trying!

The donuts are amazing! Very light and flavorful! I love to check the donut schedule to see what new flavors are in rotation.

Service is always lovely! The staff are very friendly and have great recommendations as far as drinks and other items.

The ambiance is very beautiful. Fast and efficient service!