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Duck Donuts - Patterson Place
5320 McFarland Dr, Durham, NC 27707, United States
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Duck Donuts - Patterson Place
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Na
Review №1

Duck donuts are like no other donuts out there. They make them on the spot so it will be the freshest donuts you can buy. The glaze on them is also super fresh, it melts right off. I got the glaze, vanilla with sprinkles and the Oreo one. They’re so crispy on the outside yet so soft on the inside. I’ve never had anything like this, it’s so yummy! The service is quick and the workers are so nice.

Sh
Review №2

Keeping this short and sweet. Ordered fall favorites. Got spooky box. Half my fault for rushing to look because they were busy. I also ordered ahead of time. It said my order would be ready by 1124. Got it at almost 1140. The people who ordered in the store got theirs before me. I tried to let it go. I even stated to the people that I ordered the fall favorites. Got home and was looking over which was which. Called told them I got the wrong order. They stated I could come back inside and get it fixed. Told them I was home 20 minutes away and their response was oh sorry. At least it’s Halloween hope you enjoy. I’m allergic to coconut and had to throw 4 doughnuts out. This was a surprise for my family. The guy at the register was super nice but it’s disheartening for my first time here to have this happen with what felt like no feeling behind the mistake. I probably won’t be back to this one and will go the extra few to Cary. I’ve heard my friends rave about them. Please read your tickets correctly. Have a good holiday season.

Tr
Review №3

First time at this donut shop. They are super fresh and super good! 😋 although my kids wish the donuts 🍩 were a little bit crispy on the surface then it would of taste amazing! Another thing is..... is it normal when you pick up the donuts is it supposed to stuck some portion of the donuts on the box? Anyway, overall the donuts was good.

Da
Review №4

Checking out how they make them right there is cool. Donuts are not especially our kind of treat, but I imagine folks who like them would be delighted. We liked the cheesecake flavors, especially the blueberry and key lime ones.

Ch
Review №5

I remember my first Duck Donut experience in Virginia 7 years ago going to Austin today on 4817 if you have a carry-on bagand to this day it is still amazing. The donuts are fresh and custom made to each order.This time I got peach pie, Oreo, strawberry lemonade and caramel. Oh so gooood!!

Ch
Review №6

The donuts were delicious as always; however the bagel egg and cheese sandwich I ordered had a really small egg “patty” that was way smaller than the bagel. This left a lot of bagel with basically nothing in it.

Fe
Review №7

My first time there,definitely not my last fresh Donuts and coffee, way better than Dunkin!

Ta
Review №8

The donuts were great. The customer service was excellent. Such a great variety of donuts to order. The Maple bacon and Oreo donuts were fantastic. Look forward to visiting again and trying something new.

Sa
Review №9

Yum! Courteous and fast service and delicious, warm donuts!

Ka
Review №10

Absolutely amazing ! These donuts are made to order. Hot and fresh! Tried out Ducks for the first time tonight for family night and we will definitely be returning customers!

Ch
Review №11

My kid who is duck driven loves the name and the toy ducks throughout. The guys inside were patient with my group as it was a first time for them. The donuts were made to order and fresh. Some of the things they have on the menu at the time are no longer available so ask before you get it set in your mind what you want. Would return again...

Je
Review №12

A creative donut place that allows you to customize your donut toppings. Even the ones that are on the menu are made fresh right after the order is placed, so all the donuts are initially served hot (which makes them taste way better).

Gr
Review №13

Some of the best donuts Ive ever had! They are a nice occasional treat. Its always clean inside, and service is typically fast. I will say that getting a speciality drink does take some time. Oddly enough, longer than the donuts. Thats the only thing that I dont neccesarily love. However, the coffees and shakes are just as delicious as the donuts!

Ni
Review №14

Awesome experience as always! The young ladies there were very pleasant and quick. Donuts were soft, warm and delicious 😋!

Ad
Review №15

Not the best doughnuts Ive ever had, but pretty darn good. If you like warm doughnuts, this is the place for you.Good variety of flavors and the two people working were professional and kind.

Du
Review №16

Fresh donuts made to order with a dazzling and delicious array of flavor combinations! Once you’ve had a hot, custom made donut, you’ll never want to eat a cold one again. Don’t miss this specialty shop for delightful desserts!

Ja
Review №17

Great donuts (from what I hear). They don’t have any vegan ones so I haven’t tried them but the rest of the family likes them. Services was a little slower than expected.

Jo
Review №18

Donuts made to order? YES. Customized glazes toppings, and drizzles? YES. Deliciousness factor...fantastic. I had a peanut butter glaze, bacon topping, with chocolate drizzle, it was fantastic. No photos of it because it didnt make it to the office. But here are the other custom donuts, I didnt order.

sa
Review №19

Amazing donuts and amazing people. I went there this morning and although I could tell the workers were under a lot of pressure they were still nice and kept things flowing.

Ku
Review №20

A friend recommended Duck Donuts and this one was next to our hotel so we tried it. The donuts are custom made after you order so they are hot and fresh. They were delicious but a bit overpriced ($7.10 for four). We will have to have more of these. I highly recommended this place.

Ro
Review №21

Donuts were great. But they had no coffee at 4pm when they closed at 7pm ? Ordered Cappuccino and the guy didnt know how to make it ! I highly doubt if will go back. I will go to Krispy Kreme next time.

Mi
Review №22

While I think that hot donuts are great and these donuts at Duck Donuts are tasty there are reasons why I think that they cant be nearly as good as other local donut shops. First they sell only cake donuts and no yeast donuts and yeast donuts are my favorite. Secondly, they only make one flavor of donut so there are not chocolate cake donuts or other flavors of the actual donut. The toppings are really tasty but not as original or creative as Ive had at other places where they sold only one type of cake donuts with different toppings. Their local competition is very stiff with both Monuts and Early Bird Donuts within 10 miles. I would give them 3.5 stars if I could.

Th
Review №23

Wonderful people. Always very nice. The food is epic!

Ch
Review №24

I love the doughnuts here! It’s made to order so fresh so delicious! The maple bacon is my favorite:)

Do
Review №25

Not from area but my second stop here. Staff helpful and friendly. Donuts are amazing.

JP
Review №26

Kids loved their donuts! Service was poor but I don’t go to donut shops for service. The design of the establishment seems to be made to allow the customer to watch their donut be made, however, we were not shown. I could careless but my kids would have loved it!We will try another location because the donuts are quite good.

Ra
Review №27

My favorite donut place.. love the dough itself, not overly sweet.. love the lemon coconut and cinnamon sugar ones.

Mo
Review №28

Duck Donuts is the best donuts Ive ever had in my life! That maple bacon donut is soooo addicting! I love this Duck Donuts store. Its my favorite one I go to when I come and visit my Mom. I love the little ducks that are lined up in the window when you watch them make the donuts. I love the fact they show you the donuts before you leave to just in case if something is messed up

Da
Review №29

This is the only place people should be getting donuts and coffee from its that good

Sa
Review №30

Excellent donuts and my online order was ready right when requested

ال
Review №31

Bad service I came here 10/05/2021 at 09:35 am I waiting until 09:50 am and they serviced 4 people after me and when I ask him he said we working on it it’s only one item I never recommend to you.I’m so sad 😞 and not satisfied from your bad service.

sh
Review №32

So yummy! First time having these after hearing and seeing the hype on instagram. Definitely understand why now. Who doesn’t want a fresh, warm donut!

Da
Review №33

My Donuts were fresh and good... love those guys. We were in town for the weekend and the donuts hit the spot

Va
Review №34

Amazing!! The strawberry shortcake donuts was so delicious!

Ta
Review №35

Duck donuts is the best! Especially if you want your donuts made to order. Before covid, you could stand and watch the donuts being made behind the counter. And they have just about any flavor combo you could think of- glazes, toppings, drizzles, etc. We order from here at least once a month. And the staff are always friendly and sweet! We love Duck Donuts!!!

Gu
Review №36

Super cool Donuts made to order.. incredible and fun. And really good too!

Br
Review №37

Duck has a good selection of toppings and flavors. Its not the best donut shop Ive ever been to, but it is definitely one of the best in the area.

Ma
Review №38

All of their donuts are made to order. 🙌🏽

Be
Review №39

Terrible service. Rude and offensive. I don’t care how good the donuts are if a business refuses to deal with a problem that was their fault and tries to blame a second party and refuses to honor their own promise to remedy the problem it’s not worth it.

M
Review №40

Walked a mile here to get a couple dozen donuts and happened to forget my mask for ONCE. I pulled my shirt over my face and entered the store. I let the employee know I had forgotten my mask but was willing to wear one if they could provide. I don’t think it is a businesses responsibility to provide masks BUT telling someone you will serve them outside negates the entire point. They allowed me to enter, and wait. If I was going to spread covid I would have done it when I touched the door handle. I love this store and frequent it but I no longer will. There was one other person on the opposite side of the store and plexiglass. It was not crowded and I was social distanced. This is getting out of hand!

La
Review №41

We got a half dozen and these doughnuts are the bomb!

Mi
Review №42

Highly customizable, affordable and absolutely delicious! Their maple bacon donut is a must-have. I also love the texture of their vanilla donut base.

Jo
Review №43

My first time eating fresh made to order donutA lot of topping yes includes bacon

Da
Review №44

It was good but I am not a fan of cake style donuts.

Zw
Review №45

If youre a black person DO NOT go inside when the manager Lynndon is working. She is rude and borderline disrespectful! But only if youre black, the white people got treated with a smile. Donuts not that good for the service. We dont deserve to spend our dollars where they dont want us!

Ed
Review №46

OMG - these are the best doughnuts Ive ever had! 😲 They are served warm with your favorite topping. I got cinnamon sugar. DELICIOUS!

le
Review №47

Best doughnuts.abundance of choicenever experienced such delicious doughnuts

Mi
Review №48

Excellent experience and the donuts are like cake. The taste is the best I ever tasted. Drove from a different city and was well worth the drive.

He
Review №49

Doughnuts made in front of you. Nice and fresh! Love the not so light doughnuts Sunday. Staff needs training, but overall good experience. My kids love their doughnuts.

Xi
Review №50

The donut are sweat and soft. Very delicious

Co
Review №51

This is my first time trying out the donuts. Really delicious and love all the different flavors!

Kn
Review №52

Hot fresh donuts, always a win

Ma
Review №53

If you havent had Duck Donuts youre doing yourself a disservice. Your tummy will thank you for visiting!

Da
Review №54

Duck donuts is amazing. You can customize your donuts with many different glazes and toppings, and they make it for you right there in front of you. Hot, fresh, and delicious!

Mi
Review №55

Vanilla cakes Donuts, made fresh to order! You can get the specials (see photo) or customize them yourself. Large selection of coffees and breakfast sandwiches as well.

Tr
Review №56

Good donuts just wished theyd stay open till 9 atleast on the weekends. 7 seems very early being next to several restaurants full of people who might be interested in dessert afterwards.Edit: We got here at 6:20 on a Friday 2/26 only for them to tell us they are closed and taking the last customer now. This place already closes early enough as it is.

Tw
Review №57

Delicious, made to order donuts. The donut has a rich raised donut flavor and each of the frostings we had was delicious with a deep true flavor. We will be back.

al
Review №58

Wow. Just wow. The donuts are like eating bliss. You cant put something like this into words. The taste of these donuts is beyond all words and concepts. You just have to experience it.

Ca
Review №59

This is the best place for donuts. Its a small shop but they have big taste. Since I first went there I cant stop. At least a weekly trip for some donuts. Plus there is such a large variety I always get something new.

Ra
Review №60

Only cake donut (vanilla cake base) available. You can make your own or order from their menu of a few favorites. Donuts come out warm so most glaze actually doesnt work since it thins out and pools to the bottom of the donut (unless thats your thing). Donuts is meh (I had the peanut butter and chocolate donut) and I feel like the novelty is watching them make it fresh.

Mi
Review №61

Great place. Awesome donuts.

Br
Review №62

Friendly service and Good Hot Made to Order Doughnuts.

Ga
Review №63

They have some awesome tasting donuts here. You order them on one side of the “shop”, they do their magic and then the final master pieces are delivered on the opposite side. I ordered a maple bacon donut and it carried me for about a three-hour car trip with a big smile on my face. I highly recommend toy get one of these delicacy every once in a while. You eat too many of these and ... the outcome for you would not be too good.

Je
Review №64

Just sinfully good and great customer service!

Ra
Review №65

By far the best donut shop around. Every singledonut is made to order. Really! Staff is also friendly.

Bo
Review №66

There was 1 customer ahead of my wife&i,which just stood there while the cashier was refilling coffe machines. After 8 minutes she took the guys order of 2 donuts,gave him his change&then we were told to just give here a second. So 4 minutes later,we were told just a minute which involved more coffee&2 trips to the back,another 9 minutes. So after 21 miutes I just wanted to leave&was over it. My wife insisted we stay because we already waited this long....afyer all You get a Big Hot Donut! NOT!! The donuts are not like donuts. The cornbread/cake like texture was not what i was expecting,ehhh....they were warm,the toppings were a gooey texture,so it was basically a hot mess. After waiting 20+minutes it wasnt worth the wait. Disappointing overall. Would not recommend.

Ta
Review №67

Fresh and fantastic every time! The holiday options are devine! These were not sitting in a case, they were warm and made to order.

Jo
Review №68

This location doesn’t make donuts “made to order”. They make them earlier in the day and put toppings on it when you order. So you’re getting cold, old donuts. For this price you might as well roll down the street and get old donuts for a fraction of the price.

na
Review №69

You cant beat these donuts. Lemon glaze and raspberry drizzle. Ive always been a Krispy Kreme man but these just have so much more flavour and customization.

Mi
Review №70

OMG the maple bacon, glaze, and the vanilla prep Donuts are soooooo yummy I cant wait to go back for more!!!

Mo
Review №71

Very different donuts made to order

Ja
Review №72

FANTASTIC! Took my grandson & he had fun picking his toppings & watching them make his donuts, STAFF WERE GREAT!!

Da
Review №73

I’ve eaten at this location twice and I will not be returning. Usually Duck Donuts are fresh-tasting with a hint of crisp on top. Both times I’ve gone to this location, the donuts were soggy and stuck to the inside of the box. They looked and tasted old. Overall, I like Duck Donuts, but I would not recommend this location.

Je
Review №74

These things are so good. Love this place quick friendly and an amazing product.

Ju
Review №75

Donut wise, this may have been the best donut I have had, I wont lie. But I have to say this, STOP ASSUMING PEOPLE ARE UBER EATS. Im not trying to pull the race card, but come on, the profiling is very blatant. I am in town visiting for the weekend, and both trips to this location, the associate has stopped everything he is doing to ask me if im Uber Eats, even tho I am FIFTH in line! I didnt even make eye contact or look up, so why am I the only one asked this queation?? And doesnt ask anyone else who follows the same question but of course no one else looked like me. Its 2021, yall gotta stop assuming and profiling. Its not a good look and its highly offensive to an out of towner like myself.

Ad
Review №76

That maple bacon tho.... mmmmm.Seriously they are such good doughnuts. Well worth the premium you pay.

Ti
Review №77

Not bad...

Ve
Review №78

Delicious donuts and shakes.

Ka
Review №79

Friendly staff and hot n delicious doughnuts! Grab a cold brew and a maple bacon doughnut...yum!

ho
Review №80

Their selection for specialty diets is severely lacking. I walked in and they said had no vegitarian options.

Ka
Review №81

Love Love Love! Great crew of folks that money

De
Review №82

The doughnuts are made fresh and you get to see them in action as they make them.Yhere is a wide variety of choices to choose from and they have coffee to.

Ka
Review №83

Ridiculous! Soooo good :-). Hot donuts with whatever toppings you want. Don’t miss out on this amazing treat. Great service, too!

Ju
Review №84

The lady was very disrespectful until I stepped in to the establishment to tell my girlfriend to not worry about it...

De
Review №85

Nice duck donuts location. Quick service and a bit of outdoor seating

An
Review №86

STAY AWAY - HORRIBLE STAFF. The business closes at 7, we walked in at 6:50, and while the cashier was taking the order of three other customers, they said they were closed and rudely pushed us out of the establishment. This location has lost our business.

ev
Review №87

Not that great, it’s just a cake donut that’s covered with super sweet icing. The icing although it looks pretty it doesn’t taste that great, I suspect its just food coloring with a hint of flavoring...The only redeeming quality is the chocolate variety, which actually had flavor, although the doughnut itself wasn’t chocolate which seems like a missed opportunity.

da
Review №88

I stop here every so often to get doughnuts as a treat for the kids, they get so excited when they see the box! So delicious and fresh, very yummy!

Ch
Review №89

Donuts are made and glazed fresh while you wait. So good.

Ku
Review №90

Good variety of donuts. I specially love their peanut sprinkled donuts.They have done very good job in curb side pickup, fast and accurate.

Jo
Review №91

Great doughnuts. Very different from Krispy Kreme and in my opinion better than Dunkin Donuts.

Te
Review №92

Glazed donut with bacon whats not to like🤤🤤🤤 All gone. Every warm delicious bite

Li
Review №93

Fresh donuts and a ton of options to personalize your donut masterpiece. I will be going back for sure.

Ra
Review №94

Today was our first time at Duck Donuts and it will not be our last. The donuts are made to order so they will be hot and fresh every time. I loved the chocolate nut sundae and their simple yet completely satisfying glazed donut. Prices were reasonable, staff were friendly and the place was clean. I would recommend Duck Donuts to fulfill your sweet tooth cravings.

Do
Review №95

The employees here (especially those making donuts) were working really hard. I came in right before a huge rush, but my order was forgotten. I was told it would be a while given the rush, which seemed unfair to me. Putting this on management, not the employees. They did their best.The sandwich itself was mediocre. Nice that the donuts are fresh, but I didnt think they were that tasty, nor that functional for a sandwich (very soft and crumbly).Coffees not great.There are three tables in the space (and a couple more outside), which felt insufficient/empty. Its not a stay-and-enjoy vibe.Fun that they give kids a little step to watch the process on; watching the machine was the best part for me.

Zh
Review №96

Amazing place!

Ga
Review №97

Loved the doughnuts, very friendly staff and great selection and prices, highly recommend.

Le
Review №98

Very good donuts. Taste like cake more than donuts. They offer a real nice variety of stuff like chocolate lovers and key lime donuts and even strawberry shortcake donuts. The only drawback if $14.95 for a dozen donuts is ridiculous.

Cy
Review №99

Courteous staff, donuts ready quickly after order placed

Ro
Review №100

OMG!! I dont know where I have been but these donuts are on a level of their own. Dunkin Donuts cant touch this place. This is by far the best cake donut I have ever had. 😍😋😋😋😋

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  • Address:5320 McFarland Dr, Durham, NC 27707, United States
  • Site:https://duckdonuts.com/location/durham-nc/
  • Phone:+1 919-973-1305
Categories
  • Donut shop
Working hours
  • Monday:7AM–7PM
  • Tuesday:7AM–7PM
  • Wednesday:7AM–7PM
  • Thursday:7AM–7PM
  • Friday:7AM–7PM
  • Saturday:7AM–7PM
  • Sunday:7AM–7PM
Service options
  • No-contact delivery:Yes
  • Delivery:Yes
  • In-store pickup:Yes
  • Takeout:Yes
  • Dine-in:No
Health & safety
  • Mask required:Yes
Highlights
  • Great coffee:Yes
Popular for
  • Solo dining:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Offerings
  • Coffee:Yes
Dining options
  • Dessert:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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