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Peter Pan Bakery
- Nearest Transit:
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Nassau Av (G)
Greenpoint Av (G)
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 9 am - 8 pm
Sun 9 am - 7 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
342 reviews for Peter Pan Bakery
Review Highlights
"The red velvet donut is another amazing pastry design."
(in 92 reviews)
"However, the apple crumb was really amazing."
(in 18 reviews)
"My favorite is the Apple crumb and the Honey Dip."
(in 16 reviews)
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342 reviews in English
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Review from Leah P.
Brooklyn, NY
2/8/2012
This place makes a mean French kruller, and their red velvet and sour cream old-fashioned donuts are delicious too.
The clincher is their no-nonsense turquoise-uniformed staff and the dexterity with which they tie my take-home box with red-and-white striped string.
Sometimes I walk past just to gaze at the forward-tilted trays of powdered delight and press my nose up against the window. I hope this place is around until the end of time. -
Review from Gianluca I.
Brooklyn, NY
1/23/2012
Probably the best bakery in NY!
I had an apple crumb which was awesome and an hot tea for a total of 3$ tax incl.
100% suggested. -
Review from Yuko A.
Manhattan, NY
1/16/2012
These donuts are very very very close to par with dough's donuts... but for $1 each and only a short walk from where I live, I favor Peter Pan!
Red velvet is of course the favorite, but gah anything is good here. I'm not one for heavily ice donuts so I love the honey dipped, red velvet and the custard filled ones.
I would give 5 stars but I had to take 1 star off for the less then enthusiastic staff. If they smiled more, this could be a very happy place. They aren't rude but they really aren't happy...
I especially love the old diner interior.
ONE DOLLAR DONUTS. -
Review from C B.
Brooklyn, NY
2/7/2012
Great little bakery in green point my co workers can't get enough of the chocolate cake toasted coconut sugar jelly & red velvet you have to split that with someone red dye u know.
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Review from Kiarììì P.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2/1/2012
Great Donuts !!! everything is soooooo cheap !!!
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Review from P R.
Brooklyn, NY
2/7/2012
Super cheap, great options, friendly staff who are also very quick. There is a small seating section but don't count on it being open. Great donuts, fantastic red velvet cupcakes, and perfect everything bagels. It is not listed on the menu but they also make egg sandwiches. You must try the bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich on a croissant.
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Review from Liza M.
San Francisco, CA
1/29/2012
Even the coffee is good! Donut spots are NOTORIOUSLY lacking in the coffee dept, in my (ahem, extensive) experience Donut-ing (coast to coast pole to pole lateral and literal I'm one donuty c*nt)
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Review from Mike F.
East Meadow, NY
1/15/2012
This is the greatest donut shop in the five boroughs. Their jelly and vanilla creme donuts are flawless and filled end-to-end (F U Dunkin Donuts!). We had family coming in from Greenpoint last night and I told them if they didn't bring Peter Pan donuts, not to bother coming.
Forget the Doughnut Plant. It's an overrated, overpriced hipster-doofus hangout. Hop on the G to the Nassau Ave. stop and get the best donuts you're ever going to eat. -
Review from Sarah K.
12/14/2011 4 Check-ins Here
You know how sometimes you wander into a Dunkin' Donuts and you get a yourself a chocolate frosted with sprinkles, hoping it'll make you feel like you did when you were a kid and you got donuts with your dad there like all chubby dads and chubby kids do on Sunday mornings? Then you eat said donut and it is just a let-down because Dunkin' Donuts don't ever bake in-house like they used to and your donut tastes like defrosted chemically-infused imitation goodness ----- Peter Pan is what you hope Dunkies is going to be but never is anymore.
This is the best place to get classic donuts done well. I have been here at awkward times of the day before and had some not-so-fresh donuts, which were really disappointing, but it didn't stop me from coming back. The best part about Peter Pan is I can get 3 donuts here for the price of one at Doughnut Plant, for example. I realize these aren't as fancy, but whatever. Sometimes I think about how broke I am and then a $1 donut helps lift my spirits, and my blood sugar. Everyone loves the red velvet - I prefer the regular chocolate glazed because it's 1) more chocolate-y and 2) sans food coloring. Had their autumn spice donut the other day - a nice variation on a plain glazed.
I had some of their donut holes along with wine from another Greenpoint business, Dandelion, at a book event at WORD. I had never thought to put donut holes and wine together before, but now I know what I'll be bringing next time I go to any house party (apartment party?) or host one of my own -- Peter Pan donuts and (cheap) wine -- two things everyone loves. -
Review from peter C.
Brooklyn, NY
1/26/2012
Fat Peter rating system.
as follows:
STARS- standard yelp
CHANCE I WILL BE BACK- Yes.
Reason I went- Brother Told me about it
I love this donuts shop, its what dunkin donut aspire to be and what dunkin donut is killing off. Its a real donut shop where real people make real donuts and real fat people like me eat it.
Roast Coconut donuts. OMG !!
Chocolate Cake Donuts OMG!! -
Review from B L.
Waltham, MA
1/23/2012
Love the donuts from here!!!!! I live in Boston and when my sister brings me these donuts they are a real treat! I've been in side the place which is kinda throwback but pretty divey. Not sure I'd eat in but damn they got some good donuts!
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Review from Gary L.
Very delicious donuts! 10 donuts for 10 bucks. I've had donuts from Peter Pan before but always from a friend who always brings it over. I finally came in here for the first time and had a overload of donuts for lunch. The service here is great and finding a parking spot on this part of Manhattan Ave isn't too difficult.
Verdict - Get a box of donuts and some milk and that should put you in a good mood for the rest of the day :) -
Review from Rachel M.
Brooklyn, NY
2/2/2012
Rude staff each time I've gone. I'm done.
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Review from Roberto Z.
Oceanside, CA
1/5/2012 1 Check-in Here
WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!! This place was dirty, people working there didn't care at all, and I wouldn't mind if the donuts were good but the greasy, doughy piece of crap of a donut they gave us with chemically altered colored frosting on top wasn't good at all. I think there may be another magical location in Wonderland that messes.with people's head in order to give them good reviews.
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Review from Lauren W.
11/27/2011
Holy donut heaven! Me and the bf were exploring the area and I saw a girl walk by with a delicious looking donut and I said - I want that! Luckily, the next block we came upon Peter Pan and I saw that yummy donut sitting in the window waiting for me.
There are so many choices and they're so cheap! The bf had a chocolate cake and red velvet. I had chocolate coconut. The red velvet was the best. It had an amazing taste - better than any red velvet cake I've ever had.
SO delicious. This will be a regular stop for me every time I'm in the area. -
Review from Edna C.
12/29/2011
Glazed red velvet donut........DO IT. Worth the calories, I promise. Plus its so pretty to look at.
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Review from stavo c.
Brooklyn, NY
Updated - 12/3/2011
Same situation. The best donuts around but are there ANY LEFT? 1:30 on a Saturday and not a single frosted donut, & little of anything else! Yet they had 3 people hanging Xmas decorations to drape around their empty donut-less shelves...3 people who could have been back there MAKING & FROSTING donuts!
Judgement stands: "Time to make the donuts!"1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/15/2010
Amazing variety of donuts, amazingly fresh & delicious, even amazing black & white cookies. Best… Read more »
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Review from Saori E.
Finally, a donut place with regular donut prices! ($1)
Though I'd still rather eat Dough or Doughnut Plant donuts, this place is the most "donut shop" of them all. I went expecting another yuppie establishment, but Peter Pan just looks like an old diner. In fact, the donuts didn't even look that appealing to me.
They were out of red velvet and most other flavors and wouldn't be out with more for an hour, so I settled on old fashioned glazed, honey dip, and white cream coconut. I love honey, and this honey dip donut wasn't enough for me-- it just tasted like a regular glaze to me. My favorite of the three was the super dense, super sweet old fashioned glazed. The cream coconut didn't do it for me-- the cream was too thick.Listed in: New York Dessert
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Review from Ashley S.
If I am EVER in this area I make a point of dropping in. I am a diehard Donut Plant lover (and live near the original one) but at that price I try not to drop in all that often.
At Peter Pan's the price point will keep me flying high in the baller dept for nights to come, and I like that.
Since I am so rarely in Greenpoint... when I stop into Peter Pan I go buck wild. Last time I nursed my hangover saddled up at the 1950's diner counter with a hot made just for me croissant breakfast sandwich filled with a gratuitous amount of sharp cheddar cheese. Yeah I think there may have been an egg and some super crunchy greasy bacon strips enveloped in the cheese somewhere. It was pretty magical and bad for me.
The service was neighborhood friendly, its feels like a family or group of friends run the place.
Good people watching here with all those who drop in and out quickly to grab a red velvet.
I witnessed a girl who was far more hungover than myself fall asleep sitting up on the bar stool, then fall off her stool and then abruptly leave the store, full plate of food still piping hot. Embarrassing. Perhaps you should know when to get your food 'to go."
What to get: THE HONEY DIPPED DONUT. Yes yes yes everyone is raving about the red velvet and its delightful, but I am a sucker for all that is honey.
This place is also a cake lovers haven. Yeasties like myself will have to try to appreciate and enjoy the finest this city has to offer in the cake doughnut dept.
Hobble your peg legs over here and sink your hook into Peter Pan.Listed in: Yelply Honorable Mentions
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Review from Maddie O.
11/15/2011
I've been hearing about this joint since moving to Brooklyn, but I rarely find myself in Greenpoint, and even more rarely find myself willing to indulge in a donut.
A friend and I stepped into this throwback and grabbed a seat at the ample counter. We ordered a Bavarian Creme, a Chocolate Cake filled with custard, and a small coffee. I generously picked up the $3.45 tab.
The coffee was good, and the donuts were GREAT. The cake had a great crisp-on-the-outside texture, and neither were too sweet.
The best part of the experience was being directed to the restroom via the kitchen, and passing a happy employee enthusiastically singing along to "California Girls" whilst attending to a muffin pan. -
Review from ReviewHaiku F.
Manhattan, NY
11/20/2011
Yay cream-filled donuts!
Such a cute place, classic glazed
Must be tried as well.
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Review from Kyla C.
Brooklyn, NY
10/21/2011
Peter Pan Bakery is ruining my life.
I ride two trains to get here (including the G, aka The Actual Worst) at least twice a week and it's starting to become a legit problem in my life. Donuts and coffee are both $1. Cinnamon buns and apple turnovers the size of your head for less than $2.
The red velvet donut is as good as you think it would be. The powdered creme-filled are also incredible. Notable mentions: toasted coconut, autumn spice, and the apple-filled one that tasted exactly like October.
It's usually packed, so I'd plan on getting my baked good to go. -
Review from Ari P.
Waltham, MA
10/22/2011
Oh my god. Tina Fey was right. I would possibly stick it in one of these doughnuts.
Unfortunately, I went here at 6pm after a dinner at Lomzynianka. So, when I got there, all they had was original glazed. Unfortunately, this meant I didn't get to try the custard filled which are apparently all the rage. (I'm saving star number 5 for that fateful day when I brave the G train again in the early morning.)
Only a dollar each. ONLY A DOLLAR EACH. My sister and I almost went back to buy the rest of the glazed they had left. -
Review from Chiraayu K.
New York, NY
1/3/2012
NOT WORTH THE TRIP!!! As a doughnut junkie, I was so excited to come here for the first time. I heard nothing but amazing things from Travel and Leisure and from reading Yelp reviews regarding this place. First off I come around 9:30 am and the variety of doughnuts available is scarce. They did have Red Velvet and autumn spice flavors so I was excited to try those. But oh how awful these doughnuts taste -- the frying oil overwhelmed and I could still taste it in all of the doughnuts I tried. Even the donut pub in Chelsea is better than this place.
Sorry but Doughnut Plant is the #1 doughnut place in my opinion! Its how a doughnut should taste!!! The consitency, the sweetness, the use of fresh ingredients make it all WORTH the price! I will pay $10 for three doughnuts from them in stead of paying $10 for 10 doughnuts from Peter Pan!
Sorry Peter Pan but you failed me! -
Review from Justin L.
Brooklyn, NY
10/30/2011
A
Classic
Bakery
With really good
Red velvet donuts. Would like more flavors. -
Review from Alexandra C.
New York, NY
10/9/2011
Such a cute old style bakery (although super crowded and a "B" health grade rating), I wanted to love this place. Thought I would based on the raving views but we tried 3 flavors and all were great disappointments.
It was like eating sugar and too much bad tasting oil for breakfast.
The honey dip was an overly greasy and overly sweet underwhelming waste of calories.
The chocolate coconut donut - I seriously like a fresh Dunkin D's better than this one. Wayy too greasy, too sweet and too crunchy.
The best was the chocolate cake donut - which again was too sweet and just too chocolately but I liked the soft texture of the "cake donut" inside.
Nothing I would want to have again though.
For an amazingly low cost of $1 each, it's a fun place to try and that's what gives it it's 2 stars. -
Review from catherine p.
Oakland, CA
1/21/2012
I don't really like donuts, but I get the occasional craving for the French cruller. There are lots of things that you can order that aren't on the menu or that you don't see displayed...it's THAT kind of a place. I like the non-greasy croissant sandwich with thin-sliced, non-fatty ham, egg, and cheese. My only gripe is that you can't bring in your own coffee...but they never complain when I bring my own mug that I've used as a hand warmer during my walk from home. I once sat down next to a 54-year-old woman who said she'd been going there over 40 years. There really is no place that makes me happier for $3. This isn't fine dining, but that's what makes it great.
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Review from Ron L.
Brooklyn, NY
12/24/2011
So I drive 20 minutes and get there at 730am on 12/24, having called to confirm that they're open. It's Hanukkah, festival of lights and oil and donuts. And I arrive and... no donuts. No apologies. Again, 730am, Saturday morning, week of the donuts. Maybe we'll have them around 930am, says the person behind the counter.
Am I missing out on some secret code here, that it ought to be normal and acceptable that the donut shop has no donuts at that hour on a weekend morning when lots of Jews in Brooklyn are seeking donuts? Or maybe I'm the idiot, bringing my whiny/demanding self into an old-timey spot and expecting, you know, the thing that they're known for on a weekend when people might be looking for it. I dunno.
Anyway, moral of the story: The donut shop might not have donuts at the precise moment when you think that they'd of course have donuts. Call first - to see if they're open (the hours above are wrong) and to see if they're bothering to serve what they're in fact famous for. (And for what it's worth, Dough in Bed-Stuy was open and fully stocked - but no cake donuts over there, alas.) -
Review from Anthony V.
Brooklyn, NY
8/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
Reminds me of donut shops that used to be all over Brooklyn when I was younger. Freshest donuts I've had in a long time. The bavarian ecclairs are amazing and so is the red velvet donut. The place can be REALLY packed sometimes but it is worth it.
Get a bagel with creamcheese and jelly. They use the donut jelly on the bagel. -
Review from Rich W.
7/6/2011 3 photos
Peter Pan felt like the old-fashion 60's bakeries I visited back in the 70's.
Inside there are the wrap-around counters like the Chock-full-of-Nuts of yesteryears.
The donuts delicious! (so I was told by my kids)
My Yelp friend brought a bag of Peter Pan donuts for them: red velvet, coconut, chocolate and glazed. All donuts are $1 each and after four donuts you get 5 cent off for every additional items.
After getting home with the bag the donuts were gone in about 20 minutes!
My kids rated the donuts: excellent
Their favorite: red velvet- delicious, soft, cake-like, very fresh.
I will be back but this time a bag for me only.Listed in: Sweet!
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Review from Roberto A.
Brooklyn, NY
Updated - 8/4/2011
BE CAREFUL!!!
I was here recently on my way to Brooklyn Brewery.
I got 4 donuts for me and my friends. I ate three of those... It's not my fault their donuts are so cheap and delicious!
On our way back from Brooklyn Brewery, I had to make another pit stop and grab another donut.
Yes, I admit it... I ate four donuts.
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1/8/2011
DONUTS!!! Makes me feel like Homer.
The donuts ate delicious and cheaper than the Dunkin Donuts down… Read more »
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Review from Chad J.
Garden City, NY
8/15/2011
Too me second best donuts in NYC,
But as regards to price per deliciousness of Donut it is the best in NYC.
These donuts are a dollar a piece for all that goodness,
compared to the fantastic donuts of the Donut plant which are 2.50 dollar a piece.
Red Velvet donut a must try!! -
Review from Kendra C.
New York, NY
9/16/2011
Hallelujah! I am from the midwest and grew up on the cakey sour cream donuts. Peter Pan sour cream donuts even put many of the midwest bakeries to shame! These are so good and sooo cheap!!! Greenpoint is a little out of the way for me, so I usually go and get a half-dozen. Between me and my boyfriend, they are always gone within a day. The red velvet donuts are something special! I'm not a huge fan of red velvet cake, but these have the perfect ratio of cocoa flavor to sour cream donut.
Something that most people don't review, this place is also a really great throw-back diner! Grab a seat and order donuts and coffee on the cheap, or even an egg and cheese sandwich. Everything is great and so inexpensive, you will forget that you are in NYC. If you don't live in the area, this is worth the trip to Greenpoint just to try a traditional donut!
By the way, while Doughnut Plant is wonderful, you can't compare these two...literally. Peter Pan has the donuts from your childhood, Doughtnut Plant is reinventing the traditional donut. They're almost two different types of foods. -
Review from Shelly R.
Long Island City, Queens, NY
9/5/2011
With kitschy patriotic decorations (around September 11, at least) and sweet smelling pastries wafting around, there's little not to like. Just $1 for each donut is pretty special. And to boot, they are really generous with the jelly quantity in the jelly donuts.
I dropped in on a weekend afternoon and the line was longer than I expected. But the staff was efficient and it was worth the wait. -
Review from D. J. H.
Fresh Meadows, NY
7/5/2011
So, what's the deal? Many of my fellow yelpers clamor for this place, so I got in on the frenzy to find out why.
First off, I think New Yorkers are jaded by the likes of Dunkin Donuts, frustrated by the dearth of Krispy Kreme's, and tired of paying exorbitant prices for designer donuts. Enter Peter Pan.
Located in a mainly Polish area of Greenpoint, Peter Pan is one of the last bastions of the old world donut shop. Once plentiful around New York, places like this, featuring the snaking, white melamine counters, the ever-brewing Bunn-o-Matic's full of joe, and a wall of fresh-baked donuts are now a rare sight. Twenty years ago, a place like this was considered the norm, nothing special. Now in a world of baked-good mediocrity, where everything is made in a massive bakery and shipped out to limitless corporate outposts run by disinterested clerks, places like Peter Pan are seen as hidden gems. As I've grown up having visited many places like this, I can't treat this as anything special, so I'll review is for what it is.
The donuts are freshly made. I doubt they've been in a position where they ever have to sell a stale donut. In fact, there might be something as too fresh. The bavarian creme-filled eclair was too soft, with the confection folding in half as I picked it up. While it was still tasty, and I did appreciate the quality, I would have preferred it to hold up just a little better to handling. Perhaps a creme-filled donut would have been a better choice.
My other purchase was a red velvet donut. Will somebody please explain why red velvet is popular at all? To describe red velvet anything is note excessive food coloring, too much sugar, and no perceptible flavor other than sickenly sweet. Yes, the donut was fresh, but I needed to wash away the cloying sweetness immediately, which ironically was alleviated with a 99¢ iced tea special from the nearby Dunkin Donuts.
Three stars for being average (sorry, I don't grade on a curve based on everyone else's mediocrity), plus one star for the freshness, minus one star for my specific criticisms on each of the items I bought. -
Review from Sally W.
7/4/2011
Lin Y, my sista, dragged me to Peter Pan with me screaming!! hehehhe.
Let's see I tried the Honey Dipped Donut, Honey Dipped Cruller, Whole Wheat Donut and Bavarian Creme Donut. Yes I shared them all with a friend who is an aficionado. All these represent the different varieties of donuts....cake donut, yeast donut, filled donut, cruller style with a lighter texture.
MAN TALK ABOUT A SUGAR HIGH. I had a pounding headache from all the sweetness! No fault of Peter Pan! I enjoyed the cruller. I love the light texture of the cruller. It's my favorite donut. Every other donut is immense on the sweet albeit enjoyable.
My friend didn't think they taste much different from Dunkin Donuts though. I didn't think so either. Thank goodness I don't really crave donuts. TOO sweet in general. The varieties here don't really differ from Dunkin Donuts either. Same types. No Lemon Poppyseed Donut, no Lemon Meringue Donut, no Hibiscus Flower Donuts, no Tres Leches Donuts, no fancy smancy donuts. Regular donuts here.Listed in: Don't believe all the hype!
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Review from Lee H.
7/25/2011 1 Check-in Here
It's old school meets the hipster crowd and the juxtaposition is laughably funny. One counter was filled with the above-mentioned hipster crew while another was occupied by what appeared to be the older generation.
I really loved the waitress's pink and green See's Candies style uniforms.
My custard filled was delightful and I was inclined to order a chocolate egg cream to wash it down, however, it was a bit too sweet for my taste. -
Review from Jennifer B.
Pasadena, CA
11/19/2011
I have to go back here again for the Crumb Donut with the sweet whip cream like filling!! Wow, it was sooo delicious!!!
The place is fast pace, in and out!!
Coffee tasted crapy, but did the job...they do have options of milk and creamer (low fat and sweetners). -
Review from Jillian N.
New York, NY
4/17/2011
This review is based on 1/4 of a red velvet cake donut that a coworker offered to me.
Five stars. It was THAT good. I must have more. I'll be sure to plan a trip to this place next time I visit my Brooklyn friends. -
Review from Hong L.
7/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
Came by on July 4th. My boyfriend was shocked that there wasn't a line. Even though we had just eaten brunch at Five Leaves, we decided to take advantage of this rare opportunity and picked up a donut (the chocolate sprinkle cream).
The donut was very good. Even though they piled on the cream on top, the donut was still very light and not too sweet.
Next time, we'll stay in and sit at the counters in the back, have a donut, coffee, and an egg cream. mmmmm.....
