Royal Pin Donuts

The interior hasn’t been cleaned in a long time. There was a huge case completely empty as you walk in, and then the donuts I had tasted like very old oil. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s been over a week since it was changed. Skip it. I threw the donuts away

So here's my experience. I'm going to be blunt, the donuts are crap here but then again I grew up eating donuts from Rolling Pin in SB back in day....like the '80s and '90s. First of all the service sucks here and the lady owner is very stuck up and likes to bully people especially her employees. Well I guess it's obvious I don't recommend this place. You will leave with a bitter taste in your mouth and regret you spent your hard earned money here:(

I will preface this review with the fact I didn't go into the physical location, the donuts were delivered so I can't rate the atmosphere. I got a raspberry filled donut (not a bar) with glaze on the outside and it was delicious!

A first look:
Let's start with the donut itself. The one I got seemed pretty fresh. The donut itself had good structure to it, not deflated or overly dense. This held true even after picking it up, I didn't crush half the donut before I had enough hold to pick it up.

The first bite:
When I first bit into the donut, it had a nice resistance when going through the glaze which gave way for a soft and bouncy dough. To my surprise, the filling was present in the first bite! While I don't eat donuts often, when I do get a filled donut, I'm usually not getting filling until bite 2 or 3. The filling itself was good, not overly sweet.

The final bite:
A good barometer for how good or bad of a decision it was to eat a sweet is how sluggish I feel after. I didn't really feel that sluggishness after eating the donut. I could definitely tell I ate a sugary dessert but in relation to other sweet desserts, the sluggish feeling was much less.

Overall Thoughts:
The donut I had was great! I recognize that donuts might differ significantly based on how soon after production it was consumed, the type of glaze/chocolate, etc. so everyone's experience will be different. It's hard to draw a straight line from a single point but if you find yourself in the area and not sure where to go, hopefully this convinces you to give this place a try.

Best customer service and delicious donuts! I always love coming here for a quick pick up before work. They even gave me a free iced Vietnamese coffee in the drive through for buying so many donuts. Thanks again!

Fantastic local donut shop. Donuts are good, as well as the service. We have been going there for years. Owners are great!

Really worse customer service . I'm delivery driver when I get delivery I never go this place direct rejected . Soo rude for me guys better go San Bruno is best place

Food: 1

Service: 1

Listen to customer concerns and feedback. Recommending to improve customer service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Such a great place to get donuts, coffee and breakfast. Always great to see Kim and her crew.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vanilla Cake with Nuts

Ordered a 20 oz Orbitz Vietnamese kofi but gave me the 12 oz one

Rude staff

I bought a cinnamon roll for my morning breakfast yesterday. It was so disgusting to see rat feces between roll and glaze. I was about to throw up in my car. So disgusting! See photos

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I bought a cinnamon roll for my morning breakfast yesterday. It was so disgusting to see rat feces between roll and glaze. I was about to throw up in my car. So disgusting! See photos

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Pretty good

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

What a waste of time! This place shouldn't even be listed as a donut shop. What a joke. I drove a few miles to get here to find that they had almost no donuts; a couple of colored glazed old fashioned, and 90% of empty shelves. Thanks for nothing. I won't be back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Best breakfast sandwiches ever great

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5