Vegan
Fast food
Take-out
Bakery
British
Vegan donut shop opened here Jan 2018 serving light food like toasted cheez sandwiches and brunch plus coffee drinks. Reported closed, Jul 2018.
26 Reviews
First Review by robz
MikeLarry
Points +22
Why has it closed? - Edit
Why has this place closed down all of a sudden and no trace? Deleted their website, facebook and IG! WTF....
Read moreWhy why why?!
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deadly.nightshade
Points +80
very big yummy doughnuts - Edit
the doughnuts are bigger than all doughnuts i’ve eaten before. sweet and intense taste. nice staff.
Read morePros: doughnuts for dog, wc for costumers, huge variety
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Plumesworld
Points +882
Great Doughnuts - Edit
I really loved spending the afternoon at Dough Society, sitting in the sun in the little courtyard with my iced mocha and custard & jam doughnut. Definitely going back to try different flavours!
Read morePros: Dog friendly, lots of tables
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jayhay23
Points +218
Serious Supply Problems - Edit
The doughnuts are obviously great but I have been here three times and every time they have had next to no doughnuts in stock... but today arrived at 2.30 and they had just totally sold out of stock for the whole day. It's a Saturday... but come on! This is not how you run a business. Feel sorry for the staff who have to work here and front up their management's poor planning.
Read moreDoughSociety
Hi Jay,
Read moreThanks for taking the time to write this review - we understand the frustration in arriving at 2:30 and there being no stock left - believe us when we say we get upset when this happens.
We just want to take a few moments to explain how this happens, and how we’re not that different from other donut shops (especially popular ones) around the world.
We have sales data, and using that sales data we do plan our stock accordingly - throughout the last few weeks we have had stock until the end of the day, or at least until around half an hour before closing, we have to trust this data - the impact of making too many donuts than we may need has a a really detrimental impact in terms of waste and revenue.
Today was no different in that respect, we made as many donuts as we did last week, which took us until the end of the day.
We are scratch bakers, we have a team come in at 2am to begin work and we make the amount we believe we will need during the day, if we have a particularly busy morning we will attempt to make more, but we normally begin to get busy around 11am/12pm, and from start to finish the process to make donuts takes around 3 hours.
We do not make donuts from batter, as stated before we make our donuts from scratch and they are a yeast leavened enriched brioche dough, this unfortunately takes time but it’s the price of creating the product we do, and we firmly believe that this is why they are so popular.
I understand that the above does not solve the problem of us running out of donuts today, and we genuinely are truly sorry for this, weekends can be unpredictable at times but we do not want to be selling out as early as 2:30. We aren’t however unique in this respect, the world renowned and absolutely fabulous team at Brammibals in Berlin frequently sell out early at their two locations, and many vegan donut shops in the USA simply have their opening hours as “until sold out”.
Again, this doesn’t alleviate the disappointment in arriving to no donuts, as a gesture of good will we’d like to offer you a free donut and coffee at our Hackney location when you next come. If you just show the server this message and then your account profile page logged in to show that it’s you we will sort you out.
Ed @ Dough Society
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HaileyPoLa
Points +1118
Loved this place! - Edit
Donuts are my all time favorites, so having a vegan donut shop is like a dream come true. I got a lemon lavender flavor and also tried the Nutella flavor my friend ordered. They were both amazing! A bit too sweet for me, but delicious anyway. Will definitely come back!
Read morePros: Amazing donut , Big portion
Cons: A bit too sweet for me
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uschiverena
Points +546
As good as they look - Edit
Tried the peanut butter & banana, Boston cream and notella donuts and they were all really good! And huge! Great selection and nice atmosphere.
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VeganAnnaS
Points +2748
Fab French toast - Edit
Nice toasties, tasty donut (coffee and nut flavour), fabulous French toast from the brunch menu which I will definitely go back for again. The coffee is good too - oat milk as default or bonsoy for 20p extra.
Read moreThere is spacious seating area which is light and bright (although a bit minimalist). If the weather is ok you can enjoy the outside space which is tucked away from the main street away from any roads.
Pros: All vegan, Quite good value given the size of the donuts, Did I mention the French toast ;)
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sfio
Points +2886
A lot of choice-and all vegan! - Edit
Stopped by here for a quick bite, but since there are currently no gluten free options, I grabbed a donut to take home instead and went to another vegan place nearby where my companion could also enjoy a sweet treat. There’s a lot of choice, including filled donuts. They are rather big and full of sugar, but you’d hardly expect anything else from a donut. Definitely a guilty pleasure, but what a delicious one!
Read morePros: All vegan , Seating space, including outside
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suede_apples
Points +104
Good coffee and donuts - Edit
The donuts are massive and we went overboard and got a box of 6. They do some amazing special editions but if the donuts were smaller I think I would give it a 5
Read morePros: All vegan
Cons: Donuts are too big
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TrudiBruges
Points +18927
Nice dougnuts, not so cosy atmosphere - Edit
Great selection of (big!) doughnuts.
Read moreAlthough there was a wall with plants in the back, the atmosphere was kind of cold and not so cosy (wooden stools).
https://brugesvegan.com/2018/04/18/dough-society-london/
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Hayles888
Points +77
BEST DONUTS EVER - Edit
Best I’ve ever eaten. Simply phenomenal
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Layra
Points +720
Fluffy, huge and delicious - Edit
This doughnut shop is so nice and spacious and has a wide range of vegan doughnuts. The doughnuts are enormous!! I tried the special baileys cheescake one and it was insanely fluffy. The dough could have been a tiny bit less sweet for me personally, but I thoroughly enjoyed the doughnut anyway and will go back for sure to try some more! Their coffee is good too.
Read moreGuest
gotashima
Points +224
I keep going back! - Edit
Living so close is dangerous, I can’t get enough of these doughnuts and so many flavours to try! They are just the right amount of fluffiness while still very chewable. Huge sizes, be warned! ;)
Read morePros: many flavours, size
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CLRtraveller
Points +8103
Good coffee and doughnuts - Edit
Roomy seating area, which wasn’t packed at 10:00 on a cold Saturday. There were 16 flavours of doughnut, including a St. Patrick’s Day special, Guinness ganache. I would happily have any of the flavours on offer. Good coffee.
Read morePros: all vegan, variety of doughnut flavours
Cons: rather expensive
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ConnieB
Points +378
Damn good donuts - Edit
I tried the coffee one and the lavender-lemon one. Both huge and delicious, highly recommend.
Read morePros: Good value, Great donuts
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FatCow
Points +508
was expecting more... - Edit
When I arrived they had only two variety of doughnuts left: the chai and strawberry basil. Was very disappointed about how poorly they manage their stock. We had both the chai and strawberry basil. I found them both very sugary and doughy. The dough was too compressed and dense, not fluffy enough.
Read morePros: Unique concept in London
Cons: If you do only one thing, you better be sure that
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Harmonia Monday
Points +114
Decent - Edit
Good stuff. Not as good as Brammibals, but what is. The place itself is in desperate need of character, but hopefully that will come in time.
Pros: Mushroom toastie
Cons: lots of white walls
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TeaAddictedGeek
Points +63
Amazing donuts and chai! - Edit
I had their chocolate brownie donut and chai latte. Super delicious, super chocolatey, and chai was fantastic. A must stop in London.
Read morePros: Super big donuts!
Cons: I have to fly back to London for them! wait, that'
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mjveganfitness
Points +1693
good doughnuts but waiting for vegan and gluten free options! - Edit
good doughnuts but waiting for vegan and gluten free options! Also offers plant mills for drinks.
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shanassaf
Points +33
average doughnuts - Edit
The flavour combinations available are interesting enough, and the actual cafe is pleasantly decorated, but the doughnuts themselves were quite dry. There are other places to get better doughnuts in London.
Read morePros: lots of different flavours
Cons: dry doughnuts
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The London Vegan
Points +2109
delicious doughnuts! - Edit
Loved this place - great to see it was really busy too! Lots of variety, we tried the peanut butter and banana, jam and custard and the cookie dough and all were delicious!
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josexhonor
Points +70
hella good donuts - Edit
I’m visiting from California - land of the donuts- found this place, the donuts here beat all donuts in the world.
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amberspades
Points +120
So so good - coffee and donuts - Edit
Set in a back lot near the high street of Hackney is a brand new donut shop. When I first walked in, they had a whole array of choices and was already busy 20mins after opening for the day.
Read moreWe tried the lattes, along with the cookie dough donut & the white chocolate cream filled - and they were out of this world!
Would definitely recommend. Only a short walk from Temple of Hackney (Temple of Seitan) - can hit both in one go.
Pros: amazing selection, delicious coffee, baristas/donut bakers are so nice and friendly
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kingoftheducks
Points +75
Doughlicious - Edit
In March last year I was in Berlin and I visited Brammibals vegan donut shop, it instantly became my joint-first-place-with-Black-Cat-Hackney favourite vegan place in the whole wide world, and I wished that London had its own Brammibals...
Read moreWell, now we have the Dough Society's first cafe, and whilst it doesn't have the range of food that Brammibals has on often - and, to be fair, it's only been open a couple of weeks - it could well give Brammibals a run for their money!
It's a nice space, very open, airy and wide, and they do a darn fine oat latte. You're not here for that though, you're here for the donuts, and we had a box of six on our first visit, and we came again a week or so later for another three. I'm planning on making this a regular stop on the way to the cinema!
Our firm favourite so far is the Boston Creme, but there's a huge variety of tasty and inventive flavours, and I expect there will be plenty of specials and one-offs and experiments as the years go by!
I also fully intend on popping in to try their toasties in the not-too-distant future, but, as it stands, this is a delightful spot to grab a tasty treat, to sit and enjoy a good coffee, or to pick up a few goodies on the way somewhere else. There's also a loyalty card, a stamp per visit, as if any incentive were required to keep going back!
It's early days for this little cafe, but if this is how it has started I can't wait to see where it goes!
Pros: Yummy donuts, Nice, open cafe, Good coffee
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AlbaLangley
Points +30
Delicious! - Edit
I've only got the chance to try three of their donuts so far, the Homer, Peanut Butter and Pretzels and Brownie, and they were all so delicious.
Read moreI will definitely be going back for more!
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robz
Points +513
Great coffee and wide selection of vegan doughnuts - Edit
Dough Society's new shop in Hackney is a clean minimalist space serving a wide variety of doughnut flavours and great tasting coffee, with the option of soya or oat milk.
Read morePros: Great coffee, Wide choice of doughnuts
Cons: Would be nice to have a sugar-free option!
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