Donut Queen - Portland

This is a tiny donut shop that you might drive by since it's in a mostly residential neighborhood, but do not just drive by! Drive into the little adjacent parking lot, walk in, and order some of the most delicious donuts in PDX. The apple fritter is HUGE and perfectly crispy around the edges. All of the other donuts we tried were just as tasty. It's a good thing I live far away because I'd be in here almost every day. They're that yummy. And the owner is super nice and friendly. Go support this great local donut shop!

Donut Queen has no equal. I have eaten at countless donut shops from the coast to the mountain, and never have I found anything even close to Donut Queen’s heavenly ambrosia. I recommend that you go out of your way to enjoy their Apple Fritter, Bear Claw, and Maple Bar. They don’t need to make any fancy unique flavors, their execution of the classics is perfect.

Like the sign says, 'best donuts in town '. I love their version of the fruit filled donuts. Voodoo is just a gimmick and not really the greatest dough. This place knows not only how to get the fluffier donuts, but also can get that nicely done slightly crispy outside texture that is unmatched anywhere else I 've ever had a donut to date. The best donut I 've ever had by far.

The shop is not much to look at, but the service is great. I tried a few different kinds and found they are way too sweet for my taste. The fritters and old fashioned donuts are so thick with sugar, I can't eat them. The glazed yeast donuts are still sweet, but not as bad. If you can't get enough sugar, this is your place!

I got a Too Good To Go order from Donut Queen for my first visit, and daym do they spoil us. It's clearly their mission in life to give everyone diabetes, because they do not scrimp on the layers of icing inside AND outside their fluffy-yet-somehow-still-crispy dough. The apple fritter was larger than my two hands spread side-by-side, and the cream filling was literally bursting out of the center of another. I couldn't finish a whole donut without the sugar hurting my throat, but my BF had no such problem. Yes, the setting is sad and drab, and apparently that was the case even before the pandemic. I guess all the love goes into the food.