Winchell's Donut House

1501 Rosecrans St, San Diego - 92106
172 reviews
Donut Shops Donuts Coffee & Tea
(619) 222-1653

Fresh doughnuts made all day long, not just in the morning and dried up by closing. Fresh and yummy. Of course, they're not for me, I buy them for my 93 year old mother...yeah...right.

The BEST donuts I have ever had. Best place in San Diego to grab some delicious donuts and coffee ??

This is my go-to donut shop great breakfast sandwiches good coffee and great service what a blessing that it's in my neighborhood...

We were so turned off by the breakfast at the Comfort inn that we went to Winchell's to get some donuts. Great selection and very good.

Donuts are good! The crème filled Bismarck’s are a little runny.

Very nice worker she was so sweet and helpful. We stopped here for a late night coffee and snack. The Cronut was amazing.

Great food, unexpectedly. Love the bagel pizzas, but they seem to have been taken off the menu. :(

Visiting San Diego/ Point Loma from out of state so decided to visit. Tried the caramel donut which was really good. Friend had the blueberry muffin and said it was moist and would have again. The ladies working were super friendly. Very positive experience.

My favorite place to go to get hot coffee and fresh donuts in the early hours of the morning. This place is 24 hours and located on Rosecrans st. in Point Loma. It's a small place, but have everything you want like coffee, donuts, bagels and more. This is my go to place when working graveyards. The staff is nice and seems to enjoy working there. Thank you guys for working those early hours when most are sleep. I enjoy the coffe and fresh donuts are delicious ?.

I didn’t get to even try a doughnut—the worker wouldn’t let me in. The door was locked when I arrived around 5:45 PM. The open sign was lit, so I decided to wait. I thought maybe the worker might be using the restroom or taking a quick break. After about ten minutes, I saw someone in the back with EarPods talking. I decided to continue waiting outside. I know a lot of establishments are short-staffed right now, and maybe the guy had to take an important call. As someone visiting San Diego, I wanted to patron a local business. Another five or so minutes go by, and I'm finally able to get the worker’s attention. He signals back making it clear he won’t let me in. I take a picture of the doughnuts and leave.I can absolutely understand needing to close a 24hr establishment for a couple of minutes or even an hour or two—just communicate this with potential customers. Turn off your “open” sign and put a note on the door to the likes of “Reopening at 8 PM” or “We're closed for the day. Sorry for the inconvenience.” It’s not a good practice to have people waiting outside your business and just shoo them off instead of serving them.