Both their yeasted and cake donuts are all worth trying. Super easy to get one or a dozen to take home right before hoping on a train. I had a bit of a mind blowing moment when I tried their "cacio e pepe" donut, it was an absolute 10/10 donut.

Carrot cake donut is elite, so is Elijah! So much love to him and whatever he plans to do in life! The donuts are fantastic, highly suggest the one he chose for me bc i was having a meltdown. Kindness goes a long way for people like me (autistic and trying my best). Thank you for seeing me Elijah and being so helpful/ kind. The atmosphere sucks because grand central stinks.

The manager, Marina, and her staff are always friendly. When I stop by, I am always greeted with a smile. They also know what I am going to order before I place my order. The service is excellent. I would recommend Doughnut Plant to anyone. I love their peanut butter/jam doughnut. It is delicious.

Great doughnuts and friendly, helpful, and quick service. Fun and tasty seasonal varieties!

My son and I have eaten so many types of donuts in our lives. These were by far the tastiest and fluffiest donuts I’ve ever had. I’m a typical glazed girl and holy cow! That glazed donut was pure heaven. I wish I could’ve brought some home with me. The blueberry cake donut was also pretty good. My son LOVED the pb and j donut. Tasted just like a pb and j. I really enjoyed this place.

This was my first time visiting Doughnut Plant and I must say they are delicious! I'm not really a doughnut/donut type of person. I mean dont get me wrong I like them but I dont crave them. Well my cravings might have been a little different today after trying one of these. They are definitely the perfect combination of everything you could want and the only thought I have now is when am I going back and what am I having next???

I was so happy to find this in Grand Central station. These donuts are amazing. Like are the cooks meditating or something, why are they so delicious? I especially like the Grand Central donuts, they're beautiful. :) Eating the bag didn't really work so well though.

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Yess soo good. I had the banana peanut butter one and it was delicious 🤤

I used to work in a bakery for years, and trust me this donuts and coffee are on point! I tried the cappuccino with the chocolate and vanilla donuts! They were so tasty and highly recommend visiting next time you come to Grand central!

Great spot for when I’m craving something sweet. I don’t consume any dairy, and I love that they have plentiful vegan options that are always available. One staff member, Marina, is always very attentive and kind. She has consistently provided professional, high-quality service.

Vegan pistachio donut was delicious. They were out of the dark chocolate vegan but staff was very vice and helpful. Good coffee too. Best vegan donut I had in nyc

Best donuts I've had ❤ The texture is smooth and the softness is so mellow it just melts in your mouth and the sweetness is just right. I loved how many varieties they had to keep customers coming for more. Little expensive at a donut been around ~$4 but definitely try them out!

Some of the best doughnuts I've tried! We tried the ones made with cake dough and they were soft, moist and delicious.

My experience is always a high 🤚. Miss the shop with a disco ball detail (so to speak), good location for this one though. Keep it up and Happy Holidays!

I stop by at least once a week to have their delicious doughnuts. But the real reason I keep coming back is Yusuf, always brings a smile to my face and starts my morning great. The combination of great customer service and doughnuts are the perfect way to start a hectic NY morning commute.

Shout out to Elijah for the great recommendations, I got the best donuts EVER! I stopped by earlier today just having a look, not sure if I needed the sugar & he convinced me to just try a mini to see how I liked it. I ended up leaving with 3 flavors (Mexican wedding cake, strawberry crumble & tres leches donut.) Chef’s kiss, will def be back to try his other recommendations.

Would give 6 stars if I could for service. The person behind the counter gave me an extra creme Brulee donut for free when I bought a single one.

The doughnuts are amazing and fresh! The grand central doughnut was my favorite. The Brooklyn blackout was very rich chocolate and really good. But if you are not a big chocolate fan stay away from this one. The peanut butter and jam doughnut is to die for!

I love their sourdough strawberry vegan donut. Tasty, fluffy, sugar glazed. Perfect, plain and cruelty free! :)

Opted to try something new on a trip and Alissa was SO BEYOND HELPFUL! Recommend the strawberry vegan donut and I was skeptical at first but gave it a shot and I gotta say it was the best vegan donut I ever had!!

Great flavors and service. Doughnut Plant is a staple for family events. Allergy friendly with gluten free and vegan options.

Passed by this downstairs in the dining concourse of #GrandCentralTerminal on 42nd st. I was drawn to the cute and colorful donut display. But of course I had to try some😝. The pistachio and wild blueberry were delightful. I am going back for the others. There are other #DoughnutPlant locations in NYC like in Chelsea, Long Island City, Brooklyn, Grand St downtown, so if you are hankering for flavorful donuts, you should definitely try them out.

So impressed by the sourdough vegan donuts!! I had the salted pecan it was incredible. Excited to try more.

I use to tell people there were no good donuts in manhattan… and then I came here! The normal selection of donuts is so great, and the rotating ones are always exceptional (Mother’s Day jasmine donuts were next level). Shout out to Luis who noted my hesitation about a coconut donut, and just threw one in for free! Seriously made my day and opened my mind to the genius of a coconut donut. I now try all the obscure flavors. Happy to be a customer for life, you should definitely give them a go!

(first, you don't expect a great atmosphere from the Grand Central Dining Concourse :)) They serve such delicious black tea with milk! And their doughnuts are amazing.

First of all, I love doughnut plant. I think they are the best doughnuts ever, and what’s cooler is that they are egg free! You can never feel they are missing something! This branch is always nice every time I pass by. Elijah helped me with my order. I came by for my birthday, and Elijah eagerly helped me even with the app snafu. He made my birthday special. Really great customer service that matches the love and care and yumminess of their doughnuts!

11/30/24 update. Coming here for several months since I first tried their horchata, Marina suggested I should tried it with espresso. I decided to give it a shot with a “cappuccino” AMAZING staff finally a spot in Grand central that serves great coffee . Their products are amazing, you can taste the freshness. Tried tres leches, and their seasonal strawberries short cake, with an horchata and chai masala I wasn’t disappointed at all. Ladies @ counter were AMAZING!

We loved the donuts here & it’s nice there are so many vegan options

My main man Elijah here at Doughnut Plant is incredible. First timers, he gives us two incredible recommendations! I can only recommend the donuts and service, delicious and awesome people!

I ordered the Valentines special. It is done perfectly and my partner love it!!!

Great tasting donuts! I had MARZIPAN STAR and CHRISTMAS TREE. Many items will be sold out by end of the day. Both good. I usually don't like mint but barely tasted or wasn't too strong not to like Christmas Tree. CHRISTMAS TREE $5.45 Fresh mint glaze on the outside. Chocolate pudding on the inside MARZIPAN STAR $4.95 We make our own marzipan with real almonds. You'd need to go down the cafeteria inside Grand Central to access. No where to really sit down and eat.

BEST Donut Shop in NYC! I visited this spot on 05/03/2025 after being let down by that overhyped viral donut place called “I’m Donut” (1 hour wait for favor less overpriced donuts. don’t even get me started major disappointment). Thankfully, this gem completely turned my night around. No crazy lines, super friendly staff, and actual delicious donuts that don’t cost a fortune—yes, even on a Saturday night! I got 5 donuts and a drink without breaking the bank. Elijah, in particular, was an absolute star and so kind. I told him how disappointed I was with the other place, and he went above and beyond to make sure I left happy. You can really tell he cares about the customers and values loyalty. So glad I stopped by! Please support this place. Their donuts are the real deal—soft, flavorful, and just perfect. Eat now, count calories tomorrow! Xo, A New Yorker

I love Doughnut Plant! They always have unique and exciting flavors, and I like their rewards system. I appreciate that their doughnuts are all vegetarian and made with natural flavors. I eagerly look forward to going to Doughnut Plant each week. Highly recommend!

Let's start with the location! If you are looking for the doughnut plant, it's located within the dining concourse. I got the peanut butter and banana cream and a coconut cream doughnut. Some of the best in the city. They are so light, yet pretty airy and filling. The flavors as well are not overpowering and it's not just covered in sugar. You can taste the dough as it rips apart on each bite. Great doughnuts and a great snack to walk around Grand Central or New York City. You gotta put this place on your list.

Some of the best donuts I have ever had - and I have tried many places in NYC and beyond! The gluten free donuts are delicious and you cannot tell no wheat was used.

Call me a doughnut plant planted reviewer but this is the truth and only the truth—the blueberry doughnut had the freshest blueberry cream, immaculate flavor all around, not too sweet 👌

There are few establishments in the City that define Five Star quality, the best of the best, with no competition and no rivals, Doughnut Plant is one of a very few that everyone knows is the absolute top Doughnut shop in NYC

We ordered a coffee and a donut and the coffee was held up for just a few minutes (we didn’t mind at all), but the staff offered to give us a donut on the house for the wait. It was a really sweet gesture — thank you to whoever it was! The donuts we tried were delicious as well :)

The best donuts in NYC! The strawberry shortcake donut is amazing. Elijah helped us out and was super friendly!

Great doughnut spot that serves donuts on par with the main location. I got the coffee, coconut cream, carrot, Brooklyn blackout, and tres leches and they were all decent but my favorite is still the carrot cake. Worth stopping by for sure

+5

First trip to NYC and imagine my delight when I found you guys at Grand Central Terminal! I had to buy several donuts after Alissa and Gabriella kept pointing out favorites! What a fabulous surprise!!

I’ve tried a few famous donut shops in NYC and Doughnut plant is by far the BEST ever. PB&J and creme brulee are the best! I don’t eat extremely sweet and these 2 are just the decent sweet level for me. The plain glazed one is too sweet but the dough is super good. I also tried Brooklyn blackout cake one and it was ok for me, not too sweet, dark, cakey and a bit wet :/ If you’re getting the one will filling inside then I recommend to eat right away after you get them from the shop because the sauce will sink in and make it less doughy.

Just tried their vegan doughnuts and they were SO good. Couldn't tell they were vegan, fluffy and delicious just like regular ones!

One of the less crowded places in the terminal, I came for a vegan donut and they have 4 sourdough options which have such a soft airy but slightly dense crumb and not too sweet it was one of my favorite desserts! 6$ for a single doughnut was steep but considering the location and variety it isn't so bad

You can never go wrong with doughnut plant! They are the absolute best! Be sure to get there early in the morning because there is line and a bit of the wait.

+6

One of the best coffees on grand central, not burn and with amazing flavor and definitely you have to try the doughnut, they have, gluten frees and veggies its incredible the menú that they have, If you passing around grand central you have yo try it, good service and perfect if you are in a rush😄🥰

Wow the service was stellar at Grand Central location… the donuts were so wonderful. Thanks

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I tried the blueberry lemon crumble, and the salted pecan donut—both were absolutely delicious! There’s no option for dining in; it’s for takeout.

Quick , fresh and lovely customer service. Shoutout to Harold for the smiles and efficiency.

Soft and amazing donuts with vegan and eggless options .

Doughnut Plant satisfied my sweets craving tonight 😋 I stop by this store frequently when my commute takes me thru Grand Central station. A+ customer service tonight from Harold - friendly & warm smile 😃 Try the Meyer Lemon 🍩 (limited edition thru Feb 4)

The grand central location has fresh doughnuts, delicious coffee, and excellent service. Specifically Luis who recommend the tres leches cold brew. Absolutely incredible!

Went here at a food festival and loved the apple ciderdoughnut! 🍩 It was perfectly airy and flakey on the outside!

Over the years, Doughnut Plant has been making delicious, vegan donuts for everyone, and they have many flavors! The location is in the Dining Concourse inside the Grand Central Terminal, and it is located below the terminal. I highly recommend them on your visit to the Grand Central Terminal! Enjoy!!!

Great donuts, great service, very good coffee! I gave atmosphere 3 stars only because of the GCT location. Crowded and noisy. Other than that, awesome!

This is my favorite coffee/matcha place. The fact that they have fermented oat milk is a huge plus. I love Gabriella, by far the best customer service and the best tasting coffee and matcha lattes. I also always get my doughnut plant points—that’s not the case with everyone who works there.

I grab my coffee every morning here, the Pecan Glaze and the Tres Leches cold brew is amazing!!! The donuts are unique and my faved are PB Jelly, Coconut Cream!! Gabby and Marina are the sweetest!!! Sometimes customers will place large orders and they do a great job keeping the line moving!! Really sweet girl and customers always have a smile.

it’s expensive but the donuts are outstanding which makes this my go-to treat when I’m in the city. The vanilla jam is strategically placed so you get jam with each bite. But my favorite is the crème brûlée- a perfect donut interpretation of the French classic.

Very tasty and delicious fresh donuts. Staff was friendly, attentive and handled the line traffic well. It can easily get overwhelming in such a busy and popular public transportation space but they do an excellent job maintaining their delightful little shop. Always a special treat to pick up a unique donut on the way home. 🍩 ✨

bruh h

I came on a whim to wait for a late train. I tried the Brooklyn blackout doughnut and it felt exactly like having a donut at dunkin felt when I was a kid. Definitely way better and the chocolate is better balanced than I expected. I'm thankful I had Elijah there to give me that experience. Will be coming back for my transfers again.

Cate Lee

What a lovely experience. My sister and I were grabbing a snack after a day of shopping and the man at the counter was so sweet and helped us choose the right mix of donuts. We love the Grand Central donuts! I hope you read this and it makes your day as much as it did ours - on Sunday January 11 at 3:30pm.

HUSSAIN BAJWA

Hands down, the best doughnuts I’ve ever had—to die for. Doughnut Plant absolutely lives up to the hype and then some. Every bite was incredibly fresh, perfectly balanced, and bursting with flavor. These aren’t just doughnuts—they’re a full experience. The texture was flawless: soft, light, and never greasy. You can taste the quality in every detail, from the dough to the glazes and fillings. It’s clear why this place is legendary in NYC—once you try them, nothing else compares. If you’re in New York City and don’t stop by Doughnut Plant, you’re seriously missing out. Worth every calorie and every minute of the wait. I’ll be dreaming about these doughnuts for a long time. 🍩🔥

+4

Lin

Surprisingly good donuts! Every time I've gone here whilst at Grand Central, the staff are very friendly and the donuts are always great. A little pricey, at $5+ per donut usually, but a lot of food in Grand Central and Manhattan can be pricey, good for if you're in a rush though!

Mar Pepin

My sister really wanted to try a Crème Brulee doughnut. We came to the location in Grand Central Station one evening, but they had run out. So we went the next day, earlier in the day, and we were able to get one! They have a case at the front that shows what they have available, so we were able to see if they had them in stock before we went up to the register. We ordered one doughnut, and it was $5. The person who took our order was very nice. It was a very interesting and unique doughnut. It was very sticky and there was not as much cream filling on the inside as I would have hoped- but the flavor was really good, and the texture was nice. They have a special Grand Central Station doughnut that is made to look like the ceiling, which is super cute! I would definitely come back to try a different flavor.

Ayodele Adeyemi

Red offered a great service! I really loved the raspberry filled donut, just the right amount of sweetness. I’ll definitely stop by every time I’m in town. If you’ve got a major sweet tooth, I’d definitely recommend.

TC Yeh

I really love hot apple cider—it’s my go-to winter drink, especially when I don’t want anything with dairy or caffeine. One day, I noticed the store only had cold apple cider, so I asked if it could be heated. The staff—always different each time, and I regret not catching their names—were so kind and happy to help. Their attitude and service really left an impression on me. Today I learned it’s the last day you’ll be selling apple cider, and I was honestly so sad to hear that. Most coffee shops don’t offer apple cider anymore, and this has been the only place in the area with such a delicious one. I truly hope it can stay on the menu. I also want to give a shout-out to the team, especially Luis (and Sam), for their kindness and great service during today’s visit and all the previous ones.

Auday Sami

Amazing and very delicious Each doughnut tastes different that you really feel the flavors

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Sumo XL

Donut plant is the evolution of donuts. . Make no mistake about this. The quality is top teor and the variety as well as their season selections is off the charts. Will always go to them .

Tysha K

I had to come back and get another donut. This place just doesn’t miss. I can not remember what this donut was called. It was so moist. There was like a brown sugar taste. The glaze was so good.

Harris

One of NYC’s best donut shops with a convenient outlet in Grand Central station. It’s underneath in the Dining Concourse before you go down to the LIRR. My favorites are the Peanut Butter and Banana Cream, and the Strawberry!

Sara Lancaster

OMG!!! Gluten Free Donuts, Say What!!! Sam and Walter took really good care of me at the Donut Plant in Central Station. Walter let me know that they not only feature the two GF donuts but that they take their Specialty Donuts and rotate them out making them GF. Love this! I was so excited to be even able to eat donuts again that I bought both of this months Specials! A Marcona Almond Cake Donut and an Apple Cinnamon Glaze. So freaking good! I’m going to have to make a trip next month just to try the next two they decide to do!

Ruben Jimenez

The service by Luis was perfect! He was awesome and made us fresh coffee. The vegan doughnuts were the best!

Cristina Molinar

We go here everyday when we visit NY. We always bring donuts back with us too! We first saw this place on the Food Network. We been to NY 7 times. PB&J is my favorite donut!

+5

Jody Menzel

Best Gluten Free donuts. Haven’t had a good donut in 30 years and these were great. Even good 2 days after I bought them. They were the size of a normal donut.

I've been to this donut plant so many times. There's a lady who doesn't want to work early in the morning and gives attitude. She told me to get a coffee at Joes. But the other staffs are friendly and attentive. Their coffee is way better than Starbucks

Update (3 years later): I don’t know what changed. Sourdough Vegan Chocolate donuts do not taste the same since this past year. I definitely don’t like it. Might have to make a trip to their original spot but who knows when I’ll be back there. Never thought this place would be back. I was able to enjoy this angelic chocolate vegan sourdough piece of heaven. Picked up a whole box with a few coconut cream and pumpkin sourdough. Life is good.

The vegetarian and gluten freeoptions are amazing, the doughnuts were still moist and the flavor came through well but wasn’t overpowering.

I tried their vegan sourdough donuts, they had only 3 flavors - chocolate, coconut and guava. They're not too sweet and overall pretty good donuts, but I just prefer regular yeast donuts and those weren't vegan. I would also like to see better selection of flavors.

I was extremely happy to find a doughnut plant in GCS. I've been going to the Soho location for years and was all but too excited to see this location open. The doughnuts are incredible which is to be expected. Happy to know I can pop into Grand Central for a delicious test when coming home after a long day.

The vanilla bean with strawberry jam doughnut tasted good and relatively fresh as I got it early in the morning. They have a lot of options to choose from. I also tried their seasonal pistachio sourdough doughnut. Chewy but you can't taste any pistachio and too sweet. The strawberry sourdough yeast doughnut was good. The glaze is pretty sweet.

+2

LOVED the iced mocha. it was really velvety and balanced. got a few doughnuts, tho i like the texture, i felt like it was missing a few notes from being amazing. wished there were more jelly in the pbj doughnuts. also service was fast and they were nice.

Colm Tierney

Grand Central is a unique setting so that's the atmosphere, but the service was poor. The skinny guy looked so grumpy and told me there was no jam donuts when their holiday special has jam! The Grand Central mini donut was a little stale or it had been soaked in something. The crème brûlée donut was tasty. The custard filling was nice and the texture was good.

Jugdeep Saini

Lovely doughnuts, tried the chocolate one with coffee. Situated in Grand Central station with other eateries. Shared standing and seating options. 4 star. Will be back again.

+4

This Doughnut Plant hasn't been my favorite to go to. For a $4.50 filled doughnut, you wouldn't think you'd get an unfilled one. The staff didn't seem to want to be there and the quality was lesser than other locations.

Brooklyn Dark and Creme Brulee were decent but don't go out of your way to get one. We thought the sugar was over-burned and the Brooklyn oddly dry. Angelina's destroys this place.

When we got to this donut shop there were sold out of a lot of donuts. We ordered three donuts and they were all good. The mini grand central donut was by favorite. We also got the Brooklyn blackout and black and white donut. I was surprised that the black and white was a half chocolate donut dipped in chocolate.

Steph W

The donut spot is located on the main dining concourse of Grand Central. There were so many to choose from and I like how they cycle out different flavors. The donuts all looked great but were very standard donuts. We tried two of the flavors and were a bit let down.

Giusi

Delicious donuts at the Grand Central Station, a bit pricey but very good choice and quality. The coconut cream donut in particular is scrumptious. One of the employees was a bit rude, but the one who served us was nice. Coffee was ok, a good breakfast overall.

Staff is great, super friendly But! The donuts we tried were really just kind of meh. The coffee my husband and I got was terrible. I definitely wouldn’t go back. Although, like I said, the service was really nice.

I got a vegan doughnut and cold brew with oat milk and vanilla syrup to share with my boyfriend with a dairy allergy, he immediately had an allergic reaction after sipping the cold brew, they are not careful about allergies. When I informed the girl working there of the incident, she did not care. We ended up having to go to the hospital after administering an epipen, this kind of carelessness is unacceptable.

Steven Sinatra

I’ll never order from this business again. We placed an order for delivery and purchased gluten free donuts along with standard donuts. They combined all into one package. Any business providing gluten free food should know that is the first thing you don’t do, this cross contaminated the food can get people sick. Do better.