Duck Donuts

Reviews 13

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David Young

For whatever reason, donuts have been on my radar as one of my preferred dessert or pastry in the last few months. When I saw that duck donuts was opening, I was immediately excited because of the lack of donut options in Fairfax beyond the dunkin donuts. I finally had a chance to order and eat some donuts from duck donuts. I have to say that I am really impressed! I really enjoy the fact that the donuts are prepared for you after you order. They are warm and you get to decide on toppings and glaze/frosting. The donuts are soft, sweet, and oh so great. I really enjoy it. As a newbie, I think the ordering process could be simpler. It is not clear what I am supposed to do as a first timer. Eventually I figured it out but it took a while. Also, no one offered to help me. I think I know what to do now but Im not sure if I know all my options when I order. I also think there should be more options for toppings and frosting. And lastly, I think the basic donut could get boring quick, so they should have some different flavor dough to fry up as well. All in all, delicious. I would go back. But I think I will do more research on possible options before I do. (an example is that someone on Yelp mentioned you can add additional frosting to be drizzled on; how does one know that?)

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Lisa Harman

I visit this Duck Donuts often as no one can resist these cake donuts with a variety of options for glazes, toppings and drizzle. Yes the maple with bacon is very good I was put off by the though but no its great. I more often get just the following = plain glaze on bare are really good and best fresh. The others you can microwave up 15-30 sec if in the fridge or counter to a nice fresh state. Just dont burn yourself. Though this place is known for the other stuff. Remember this isnt KK. Its cake donuts not yeast. =maple glaze on bare (my top favorite) =maple glaze, bacon on bare =bare plain ---the dog and us love the plain =bare with peanut glaze and peanuts for the dog and my man =cinnamon sugar with both Berry kinds of drizzles (my favorites) =cinnamon sugar plain = lemon glaze, coconut on bare *skip coconut if you dont like it =blueberry glaze on bare =I think strawberry glaze was fine. Chocolate I was not impressed with. Its good for kids, not for women wanting true dark chocolate. I pass on chocolate its blah.

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Ivan Aranha

I was out this way for a training and the morning event was catered by Ducks. I had no idea. I grabbed a doughnut and had it with my coffee and realized I had experienced something special and promptly went back and got two more. These doughnuts were like sweet ambrosia of the gluttonous gods. I asked a local where these sweet delights originated and I was informed it was Ducks which I promptly noticed was printed on the top of the unremarkable brown cardboard packaging. Sweet ambrosia, I tell you. The doughnuts are relatively small and not very filling, hiding their likely high caloric intake; but, you will certainly not feel the guilt of devouring these delicate sweet treats. Definitely worth the trip if you are in the neighborhood.

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Erika Bustillos

Very disappointed today. It says on the door they are open at 6am, but i get there at 6:15am and the door is still locked. The employee clearly sees me wating outside the door. I waited outside for about 5 min in 29f degrees weather. He pretended he did not see me. It was such a waste of time and commute. If I could put 0 stars I would. Very poor customer service and dont customers come first. He was too busy packing donuts in a box and was not even concerned about a customer waiting outside in this freezing weather. Never coming back again..

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Alex English

Seriously, I have been to plenty of donut joints around the US (Voodoo Donuts in Portland, Hypnotic Donuts in Dallas, etc) and I cannot tell you how amazing these donuts are. Its even more incredible that each and every single single donut was made right in front of me. You get to pick everything about the donut, and that can be daunting, but the cashiers are patient and work with you to make sure everything is so delicious. I really should never have found this place to exist, because Im going to get huge going here. So good.

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John Seebach

Donuts are tasty, made-to-order fresh, and not hipster-priced. Its fun to watch them being made. Only drawback is that there are a *lot* of options and you have to choose when you order, which can be overwhelming. Tip for first-timers: ask the staff to just make you an assortment of their favorites, or spend some time watching them make stuff for other folks before you order to get a feel for what you can get.

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Fardowsa Yusuf

On the weekends you may avoid going here if you take a look at the long line, but the wait is typically quick. Theyre fast and they have a staff member at each station (two at the register, one frying dough, three icing donuts). Great experience for children too. They have a ledge that they can stand on to watch the donuts being made. I come here every once in awhile and am never disappointed.

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Shamon Smalls

First visited the location in the OBX, so my wife and I were more than excited when they were expanding to a location in NOVA. More than anything, these donuts are head and shoulders better than Dunkin Donuts because theyre made fresh; and you get to customize the donut in any way youd like. Will need to exercise some restraint so we dont kill our waistlines, but these are almost worth it.

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Mark Tyler

Sometimes the service is a bit slow if they are busy. But this is due to the hand dipped, hand made nature of your order. As far as the donuts, these are hands down the best donuts I have ever tasted. However if you dont like cake donuts these are not for you since that is the only kind they have. Be warned - do not go if you dont want to create a potential addiction!

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Alicia Costello

My boyfriend and I definitely love this place! I want to say thanks to Nicole the cashier for having great patience with us for it was our first visit. Donuts were warm, fresh, and delicious, and I love that I was able to personalize my own iced coffee which turned out just as delicious as the donuts. It was our first visit, but certainly not my last! Try this place!

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Kateri Ambrow

Fresh vanilla cake donuts with your choice of glaze and topping. Its a donut bar -- prepared as ordered. They were, of course, delicious because they were fresh off the frier. Everything is done in front of you like Krispy Kreme. Only 4 stars because I was surprised that the only choice of batter was vanilla cake; I prefer yeast donuts.

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shoshana pursley

Holy cow! Ive been putting off going here because its a bit of a drive for me (30 minutes, if no traffic) but I had other errands in the area so the family and I made a stop. Best. Doughnuts. Ever! I was sceptical. How good can cake doughnuts with toppings be. GOOD! Ill never be able to eat doughnuts anywhere else, ever again.

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Chris Perkins

As a rule, I prefer a fresh from the fryer yeast risen glazed doughnut. But a hot cake doughnut from Duck Donuts is a close second. I highly recommend the maple bacon combination. Its one of their famous combinations. Chocolate bacon is also good. Even plain old glazed with bacon. Whatever you do, put bacon on it.

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