Take-out
Bakery
Serves fully vegan donuts, gelato and coffee. Donuts include raised, old fashioned, filled, cake and 'special'. Online ordering for pick-up. (Formerly listed as "Vegan Donut & Cafe." The actual name is "Vegan Bistro.") Open Thu-Sun 8:00am-2:00pm. Closed Mon-Wed.
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449 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, California, USA, 95113
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Last update on 27 Feb 2023 by sandycv27
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62 Reviews
First Review by schumacher62
JPJackie
Points +146
The Best - Edit
This place deserves 5 stars for sure! Big selection of delicious donuts, donut holes, bear claws etc, really good coffee and super friendly staff! I love starting my Sunday morning motorcycle rides with their coffee and sweet goodies.
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JeweliettePearson
Points +197
Delicious - Edit
Awesome donuts and delicious Thai iced tea
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trina_reese
Points +62
DELICIOUS - Edit
they have an amazing selection of donuts & they’re very delicious & addicting!!
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LaurenShanklin
Points +16
Vegan Donuts - Edit
All vegan donuts and all so good. That old fashion was amazing.
Read morePros: All vegan pastries!!
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Shelo83
Points +30
Worth it! - Edit
Amazing donuts. Great choices. Friendly staff.
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Conniemm
Points +1857
Amazing! - Edit
I can't believe I've never been to this place before. I felt like a kid in a candy (donut!) store! So many amazing choices.
Read moreAs a vegan, I'm grateful when I have a choice of an item but to have SO many choices?! We couldn't resist getting several sweeties and they were all so wonderful.
I especially loved the custard filled chocolate iced donut and the apple fritter.
I'll definitely be coming back the next time I'm in the San Jose area.
Pros: So many different baked goods , Reasonable pricing
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CamilaHolm
Points +154
Best vegan donuts - Edit
They have all the classic flavors and they taste just like I remember nonvegan donut. They also have some drinks and coffee. My favorites are the chocolate cream filled donut and the Vietnamese iced coffee.
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veganlucie
Points +129
100% Vegan Donuts - Edit
This place has a beautiful array of donuts, donut balls, smoothies and coffees! Everything is vegan so you don’t have to worry about picking around. I was told people drive two hours out of their way just to come here, so it’s worth the drive!
Read morePros: Vegan Variety, Desserts and Smoothies, Reasonable Pricing
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katy3
Points +185
Best vegan donuts in town - Edit
We've tried vegan donuts from other places (whole foods, Psycho, Voodoo, Wheatsville in Austin), and this place and the Wheatsville donuts (formerly Red Rabbit recipe) were the best raised type donuts. Vegan Donut and Cafe has both raised and cake style donuts. We prefer raised style, so got half a dozen variety (chocolate with sprinkles, powdered sugar, maple glazed, matcha glazed). They were all fluffy with a nice chew. After moving back to CA, I was really missing the Wheatsville donuts. So glad we found comparably yummy donuts at Vegan Donut & Cafe in San Jose!
Read moreUpdate: they are under new management. The donuts were great before, but they are even better now! The raised donuts are fluffier. Yum! They also have an online ordering site: https://veganbistrodonuts.square.site.
Updated from previous review on 2020-05-23
Pros: Excellent raised donuts, Good variety , All vegan
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MatFace
Points +20
Great place. Good to know it was not a Coronavirus casualty. - Edit
Fantastic customer service and food!
Read morePros: Excellent old fashioned donuts
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SonshineEvieK
Points +233
Best donuts EVER - Edit
I get in so much trouble every time I walk in this place. I go in for one donut, and I walk out with a bag full. Worst part… I eat several in the car! Seriously… These donuts are so good I lose all self-control! 🤣 I love all things maple. My daughter loves the chocolate glazed. They have an incredible variety to choose from. 💛
Read morePros: A great variety, Worth the money
Cons: Parking is not always easy
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JenniferFanoeWolf
Points +158
Great selection and donuts! - Edit
Great selection of traditional donuts including my favorite- glazed old fashion. Good texture and taste. Also enjoyed the pop-up shop I the restaurant - delatierra. Excellent Mexican food options!
Read morePros: Good selection of donuts, Clean shop and friendly service
Cons: Location
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isavegebel
Points +18
super yummy moist donuts! - Edit
the vegan donut selections are a lot, and they are so moist and fluffy 🤩❤️ i recommend getting a half dozen specialty donuts and half dozen donuts balls 🥰❤️
Read morePros: lots of vegan options, fairly priced donuts, super yummy and fluffy donuts!
Cons: metered parking
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Kabir
Points +25
Amazing vegan donuts - Edit
Super friendly owners and super bomb vegan donuts for when I am craving a classic glazed sprinkle donut.
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vegangrocerygrabs
Points +1722
Pretty Good! - Edit
I was so excited to try vegan donuts for the first time, but if I'm being completely honest I was left slightly disappointed. I'll give them props for having an all vegan menu, however, the donuts were kinda dry and lackluster. Still a cool place to check out though! Vegan donuts are hard to come by so these are still worth it in my opinion.
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PierceKimberling
Points +18
Cake donuts and apple fritter great - Edit
Love this place. Friendly staff. Cake donuts and apple fritters are really good. Raised donuts missed the mark with a weird aftertaste and flavor.
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nspanee
Points +255
How donuts have to taste - Edit
They do it right! Love them!
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veganpatch
Points +5252
Vegan Donuts - Edit
We had gone here around noon to grab some donuts while we were ordering to go at a nearby vegan restaurant.
Read moreThe entire shop is vegan which is really great. They have cake and yeast donuts to choose from.
We ordered donut holes, a chocolate donut and a maple twist. They were all yeast donuts and the breading was a little dry. The icing was delicious especially the maple donut which is always my go to.
Donuts could be improved but in general a good option, especially near campus.
The seating inside is large and looked like a great place for work/study. The place looked fairly clean.
The main drawback is parking. There is only street metered parking from what we could see.
Cons: Metered street parking only
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SofiaZan
Points +200
Great! - Edit
Great find! Tasty donuts and good smoothies
Read morePros: Custard filled donuts
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Brenda Jauqe
Points +748
All Vegan and they're fluffy! - Edit
It's an all-vegan place in San Jose that have a large selection of regular donuts to specialty donuts! They also offer drinks such as cappuccinos or smoothies and pop ups of other vegan foods. Great place to study or to chat with friends!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options, Pop ups, Inexpensive
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Passittowill
Points +3670
Nice Spot - Edit
It was nice to walk into an all vegan donut shop. The owner was extremely nice and helpful. The donuts were good. Nothing special to rant and rave about, but it’s an all vegan donut shop, so I’ll take it!
Read morePros: All vegan
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jpereira59
Points +54
Great vegan donuts - Edit
Was in the area and wanted to this place. Just had a donut with a cup of plain Americano. Delicious donut and I would say even better than a traditional place. A great addition to the vegan atmosphere in San José.
Read morePros: Vegan, Price, Delicious
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AliGuitron
Points +528
So good! - Edit
Love the donuts here! Vegan junk food heaven!
Read morePros: Great variety!
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nope
Points +45
Delicious Donuts - Edit
I’ve only had vegan cake donuts and never liked them. This place has delicious flakey donuts and the gelato is really good too. Everything is at an affordable price.
Read morePros: Delicious Donuts , Affordable
Cons: ?
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badgirlsvegan
Points +2137
Go nuts for donuts - Edit
I love this place so much! Donuts are delicious
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KarenVieth
Points +32
Sooo many vegan donut options! - Edit
Fast, friendly, and delicious. You can’t go wrong with the Oreo donut!
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ntrovert
Points +16
Really good - Edit
Spacious and nice decor. Excellent donuts!
Read morePros: Good selection , Tasted fresh
Cons: A little pricey
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