Winchell's

78395 Varner Rd, Palm Desert
(760) 360-5011

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Kiki Mansfield

Open on new years day and super friendly

Stephanie Battaglino

Fabulous donuts, friendly staff!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mima Valladarez

They have very good service, they are very friendly. The donuts in this place are delicious, I am not going to deny them that.
For me and my family it is a privilege when we buy donuts here since they are out of our budget. I am going to give you some advice, teach yourself how to prepare an iced coffee this Sunday I went to buy two iced coffees and donuts the coffees were horrible I will never buy there again a coffee was the worst thing I made that day for the price I paid it should be 100%

Nate Mach

This was always our favorite nearby donut spot for years. The donuts were just always really great quality and the service was great too. They made one of the best cruelersI’ve ever had in my life!
Over the past year or so, the quality has just completely fallen off. Came in today for a full dozen to feed a house full of visiting kiddos. Even the children were uninterested in finishing their donuts and we threw half of the dozen away. The apple fritter was a dry lump without any of the crispy chunky texture, you would want in a fritter. Glazed crueler looked like it was about five days old even though I suspect everything was made fresh. It had a strange dried out look to the glaze. The maple crueler was very lopsided and shrinking on one side. My kid threw half of it in the trash because he said it tasted bad. Everything kind of tasted like it was cooked in two week old fry oil that was also used to make Chinese food. Chocolate twist was about half the length they used to be.

Not sure if the place is under new ownership, but the donuts went from excellent to pretty lousy. Service was not like it used to be either. Really a shame and I hope they can turn it around. Will try other places for a while and check back in a year.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Jaime Aguilar

Love the place , all tho they should have their shelves stocked more often

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Neil Moryson

Is anyone going to talk about the fact that donut shops like Winchell’s are charging Starbucks prices for their drip coffee? Why are we charging $2.69 for a small drip coffee when it costs literally 50 cents to make and is 95% water. When I shop at Ross I don’t expect Bloomingdale prices and when I shop at Winchelle’s I don’t expect Starbucks prices.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Darrel Ferguson

Good service, fresh pastries.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ben

Came across this place around 11 pm and saw they were open. I was fully expecting little selection and also dry bad donuts.Holy smokes these donuts are amazing!Huge selection of delicious donuts.5 out of 5 totally coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marco Castillo

thank you for your service's I order 100 donuts ... not problem thank you

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Rudy Hane

Wonderful staff, great selection of donuts, try the croissant, ham and cheese or turkey. Get in early because they sell out.

Karina Ramos

Very good attention, and everything is freshly ✅️ done!!

Miguel Ratón

All the donuts had a metallic taste & the chocolate tasted like dust which I still don't quite understand the physics of that!

Michael Jackson

My kiddos love the donuts from the local Winchells

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Donut Variety

Ebony Nelson

Always has fresh donuts and customer service is amazing

Charly Pazdor

We ordered 5 different donuts when I went in the late morning. They were are all fresh and tasted great. I'm planning a return trip.

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