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Doughnut shop with daily vegan cake doughnut options, and on Friday, Saturday, Sunday vegan raised doughnuts. Accepts custom orders. Will close early when donuts are sold out. Open Tue-Fri 6:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun 6:30am-3:00pm. Hours change seasonally.
9 Reviews
First Review by FatTonyBMX
ssshapir
Points +70
So many donut options! - Edit
You know when you go to a bakery from HappyCow that supposedly has vegan options and it’s only, like, two flavors of donuts and they’re both some sort of tropical fruit? Well this is NOT that kind of place. Sweet Retreat has sooo many vegan donuts, including both raised and cake types. I got the cinnamon twist, apple fritter, and sprinkled cake donuts. All delicious. (Also, Taylor Swift was playing inside with the lyrics on a tv…that alone deserves five stars.)
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SusanVScott
Points +51
Fresh Fresh Fresh! - Edit
I don’t know if there’s anything better than a fresh lilikoi vegan donut. Except may a fresh Ube donut, or apple fritter, or chocolate glazed… every vegan donut here is fresh and totally delicious. You can not make a bad choice.
Read morePros: Fresh , Delicious
Cons: Can be slow, but worth wait.
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lucky.mud
Points +35
Delicious vegan donuts! - Edit
I was really impressed with quality of these donuts and how creative the flavors were. They were gorgeous looking, too! And the staff was friendly. (:
Read morePros: Creative vegan flavors, Great quality, Beautiful presentation
Cons: Not all vegan
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Poobalu
Points +30
Insanely good - Edit
I moved from the East Coast to Long Beach and have had many doughnuts from various cities. While there are exceptional desert-like options elsewhere, these are some of the best cake and yeast vegan doughnuts I’ve had. They tend to sell out by the end of the day, so definitely head here around breakfast time.
Read morePros: Several vegan choices, Good cake and yeast options, Lots of flavors
Cons: Limited hours, Vegan yeast doughnuts only available on weekends, Vegan doughnuts can sell out by mid day
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KitWinnRose
Points +47
I love vegan donuts - Edit
Sweet Retreat offers great vegan donuts in a clean, open location staffed by friendly people. The donuts are a little pricey, but so it goes. Normalize vegan donuts 😋
Read morePros: Both cake and yeast choices, Great apple fritters
Cons: Expensive
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PennyOrellana
Points +63
Amazing vegan donuts - Edit
Awesome and delicious vegan options! When you go, ask them to make all their options vegan hehe.
Read morePros: Many vegan options
Cons: The vegan options are more expensive than the, Non-vegan options
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Bri_vegan
Points +150
Delicious and well priced - Edit
They have at least 10 different vegan donut flavors (raised, cake, and bun style). They have everything from traditional glaze to taro root.
Read morePros: Lots of options, Good prices, Friendly staff
Cons: Use palm oil, Not suitable for but allergies
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Awake1234
Points +1432
Sweet retreat Great treats - Edit
Great donuts and coffee! Come before 10am for best selection - and on weekends for even more vegan donuts to choose from.
Read morePros: Many vegan donuts, Great coffee, Very nice owners
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FatTonyBMX
Points +1236
GO GET THEM NOW!!! - Edit
My wife and I are doughnut addicts, and until now there weren’t any vegan raised doughnuts around Long Beach. Sweet Retreats to the rescue!! The raised ones are only available Friday-Sunday right now, but maybe that’s a good thing…otherwise we’d eat them too often!
Read moreThey are seriously incredible! I can’t say enough good things about them.
The owner is super nice too. We like the chocolate on top of regular glazed, so she does that special for us. And she will drizzle chocolate or maple on top of a cinnamon bun for us too! Perfection!!
The shop is in a little strip center with a laundromat and sadly a reptile store with a lot of great animals in tiny cages. The inside of the place is cozy with some games to play and a nice, relaxed vibe.
Oh, and did I mention the doughnuts are freakin AMAZING!!!
There's a sign on the case that says the vegan doughnuts are cooked in the same palm oil as the non-vegan doughnuts. I'm okay with this. Others may not be.
(Can only give four stars because it's not an all vegan place. But the vegan doughnuts get 10 stars.)
Pros: Taste Like Heaven, Better Than Sex, Best Thing Ever In Life
Cons: They Make You Fat, They Cost Money, They Are Addictive
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