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Bakery
All vegan bakery making donuts from organic ingredients. Reported also serving brunch and lunch since Dec '22. Relocated from Oakland. Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:00pm, Sat-Sun 8:00am-3:00pm.
70 Reviews
First Review by xsamx
Seahorsea
Points +132
Vegan treasure , home sweet sweet home!!! - Edit
I am so happy to find this place!!! It is a rare treasure in the Bay Area. It reminds me of places in Oregon and Washington...vegan comfort food with a punk-rock edge, nice people and sugary treats. I am at Home!
Read moreSo the donuts are really good. If you like that sort of thing. Today I ate 3,and will probably avoid this place for awhile because I don't have a lot of willpower here! I would recommend the blueberry and the earl grey lavender. Unfortunately the flavor is just in the frosting. The donuts all kinda seem the same.....pillowy cakey fried goodness! But yes they are gooooooood.
I also had the biscuits and gravy and it was delish. The portion was not huge but the gravy was good and I like that it came with greens. I also had the tempeh bacon which was also yummy, but for just a few pieces for $4 I probably wouldn't order it again.
YAYYYY for this place! I am excited to come back and try the other items for vegan brunch and I am pretty sure I will not be able to resist a donut!
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marina.peace
Points +52
Delicious Donuts! - Edit
The place is very cute and friendly, and the staff is very kind and friendly as well. We got 4 donuts, all of which tasted very good. My favorite was the vanilla sprinkle. I would definitely come back for some awesome vegan donuts and maybe stop in for a meal as well.
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vegan_ryan
Points +3878
Great vegan donuts - Edit
Title says it all!
Read morePros: Vegan donuts
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pixiesnakes
Points +196
meh. great donuts but lousy brunch - Edit
Love the donuts but I don't usually get any of the other food. Brunch is really unimpressive. Lunch is a little better. Service is not fabulous. This place is a madhouse on weekends and people wait an hour for seats. Not worth the wait.
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schumacher62
Points +503
go for breakfast - Edit
this is a place you might not visit if you were just driving by. the building is non-descript, or rather a bit unappealing to view from the outside. inside is a warm open space, with a showcase of donuts and a fine breakfast and lunch menu.
Read moremy daughter and i had the corn meal waffle and the pesto tofu scramble, both were delicious. the menu is creative and 100% vegan. the coffee was acidic and folgers-like. the donut bakers were cool and friendly and the young woman who served us and worked the counter was friendly and efficient. nothing inside the store struck me as hyper-clean, but it was easy to see where your food was coming from. the bathroom was very clean.
we took home a dozen donuts for $25. for that price you get 4 "top-shelf" donuts and 8 "bottom shelf" donuts. the donuts themselves were a 10 for creativity of flavor and for being vegan. the taste however, was on a lower scale: all the flavoring is in the icing, and those flavors were predominately sweet and sugary (i know its a donut, but why call it Earl Grey, or Lavender, or Orange and cream if it only tastes of sugar?) frosting would concentrate the flavors some, but probably add to the sweetness. the cake of the donut was good, but a little too cooking-oil tasting.
the vegan donut is a rarity, so Pepples stands pretty much alone there in the bay area. i would gladly take these donuts to a party or an event just to showcase how even a favorite treat can be made vegan, but would of course expect anyone there to compare it to a conventional donut. its not a fair comparison. its a hand made cruelty free cake of goodness, and therefore pepples wins, and i win with them.
Pros: easy to get to, young friendly staff, clean bathroom
Cons: moderately expensive, the signature food is just okay
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soma
Points +115
Unimpressed - Edit
Not that great
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ScienceGuy
Points +32
Best Donuts Ever - Edit
These are the best donuts there are. The have the larger fluffy kind and the smaller artisan style. All are delicious!
Read morePros: amazing donuts
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m@earthville
Points +10754
Yin+yang: Punk rock brunch, gourmet artisan donuts - Edit
Our first visit to Pepples was a study in complementary contrasts. The music was hardcore and the servers were gentle, helpful, and warm. The brunch plates we ordered were uber-healthy and the donuts are sweet indulgences.
Read moreBut all the pieces come together: the kale balances the sugar, everything was very tasty, and the whole experience was great.
We're super impressed with the creativity in the kitchen. There are some donuts worth traveling from afar to try. And the jackfruit "carnitas" were exceptionally good.
So, don't let the "donut farm" moniker fool you: There's plenty of salubrious savory cuisine at Pepple's, and it does not disappoint. But, yeah, the donuts are awesome.
We'll certainly return.
Pros: very creative, mix of donuts and healthy savory food, all vegan
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mslacey
Points +81
Perfect Cozy Breakfast & Lunch Shop - Edit
Very friendly staff, DELICIOUS donuts (it has been ages, and theirs are incredibly creative) and a good sized lunch menu. It is a little hole in the wall that you would be doing yourself an injustice by not coming in!
Read morePros: Creative, Delicious, Friendly Staff
Cons: More Locations
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veganonfoot
Points +86
Delicious delicious. Oh, and delicious. - Edit
I've had their vegan donuts at the Ferry Building (guess what they were? Yeah, delicious). And I've been to vegan brunch on Sundays, chik'n and waffles? Yeah, delicious.
Read moreDonuts good. Food good. Service fun! Felt like a fun little diner for a good old greasy spoon but with a vegan twist!
Will be going back. Will be eating more donuts!
Delicioussssss!
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SonjaCPA
Points +5270
vegan donuts!!! - Edit
We stopped in for lunch on a Thursday before 1pm and there was no one else there. We had two friends join us too. We all ordered sandwiches and shared an order of sweet potato fries. Two of us have the BBQ tempeh sandwich which was good, but the tempeh reuben was better. Another had the tofu burger and inhaled it, so it must have been good too. The guys got shakes as well. They had blueberry banana and plain banana. The main reason we came was for the donuts. We got the Meyer lemon, Philz coffee and chocolate. Our non-vegan friends liked them and couldn't believe they were vegan. We thought they were good, but we prefer yeasted donuts to cake ones. Overall, we had a good experience, but I think I would return on a weekend in the future as they serve brunch and have more donuts and fritters available then.
Read morePros: vegan donuts, friendly staff
Cons: more options availble on weekend only
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TheVeganFugitive
Points +152
magic vegan donuts, tasty brunch - Edit
i have to agree with the other reviewer, i lived in portland for eight years and yes pepples is better than voodoo donuts and even mighty o donuts in seattle. they are always trying new things and different flavors and the place is organic, so no gmo bullshit.
Read morethe brunch is also very tasty, i have taken a bunch of my meat-eating friends there and they have all enjoyed the brunch, even though the intial thought of eating vegan freaked them out.
how can you go wrong, nice staff, good coffee, organic, super tasty food aaaandd kickass vegan donuts .. all right here in oaktown...
Pros: great vegan donuts, tasty organic food, super nice staff
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·X·
Points +29435
Pepples Donut Farm - Edit
I liked the chocolate donuts the best. The salted carmel donuts were good too, but chocolate was my favorite by far. Another thing to note is that these are cake donuts, which are good (but it wouldn't hurt if the world was filled with Dunkin' Donut like vegan donuts in this world too).
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veganjess86
Points +529
Peeples Rocks! - Edit
Go here and eat your donut heart out, make sure to try the salted caramel. They have awesome brunch too. A grungy atmosphere with mismatched mugs. But it's full of cool people and great coffee, check them out!
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places-in-pieces
Points +679
... - Edit
the staff at pepples can be a bit slow, but they're usually friendly. the donuts are tasty, and are well worth a visit.
Read morePros: donuts, atmosphere, location
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xsamx
Points +450
Vegan donuts! - Edit
This is not your average restaurant, even though they do serve a good brunch on the weekends. The donuts are delicious and the coffee was good too. Punk-run, so be prepared for that and bring cash, even though they were taking credit cards via Square (iPhone app). Overall though, great experience; food was delicious and donuts were incredible. It's now referred to as "Donut Farm" instead of Pepple's Donuts.
Read morePros: vegan donuts, organic, vegan brunch
Cons: slow service, drab seating
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