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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53 Reviews
First Review by schumacher62
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 +138
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 +104
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 +1468
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 +247
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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SofiaZarfas
Points +158
Great! - Edit
Great find! Tasty donuts and good smoothies
Read morePros: Custard filled donuts
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Brenda Jauqe
Points +663
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 +3198
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 +2040
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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mmeghani
Points +552
Great vegan options - Edit
Great vegan donuts & vegan ice cream in this coffee shop. Street parking. Good service.
Read morePros: vegan, baked good, ice cream
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mariahgz14
Points +39
Lots of choices - Edit
Nice variety and friendly staff.
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TammyM
Points +57
Yummy vegan donuts. The lemon filled and chocolate old fashion was scrumptious! - Edit
Lots of great vegan options!
Read morePros: Many yummy options, Nice setting
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dfz812
Points +28
Sooo Yummmy! - Edit
Good food and very friendly owner
Read morePros: All Vegan Donuts with lot of selections, The chocolate old fashion was the bomb!
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chickendude
Points +54
Best vegan donuts i've had - Edit
Maybe i've been out of the vegan donut loop for a while but i was never super satisfied with the vegan donuts i'd tried before so i always just made my own. These were much better than the ones i've been making. I brought them in to work and had no trouble finding people to help finish them off.
Read moreParking can be a bit of a pain and they are sweet (and rather large), so if big sweet and sugary is your thing, it's definitely worth checking out.
Pros: Lots of options, Not terribly expensive
Cons: Parking
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VeganicSD
Points +22
Love it! - Edit
Wow, what delicious vegan donuts! The person working was very kind and attentive and, though the donuts hadn't arrived yet, let us come in and have coffee while waiting. The donuts were definitely worth the wait! Both cake and raised vegan donuts, including cream filled, fritters, donut balls, and apple pie filled bear claws. Every flavor was so delicious! Our personal favorites were the maple raised and lemon filled powdered sugar but it was hard to choose because they were so good. My husband had the Vietnamese iced coffee and said it was one of the best coffees he's ever had. If we lived here, we'd go all the time! We're hoping to have the gelato before leaving town but it was so early when we went so it wasn't in the display cabinet yet.
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SFcalling
Points +16
Best donut ever! - Edit
Okay, I rarely eat donuts, but I returned twice in the same week and bought a dozen for the office. My favorite donut was just the right blend of soft dough to crisp crust. The sweet glaze was mouth watering and tasted so fresh. My coworkers are picky about treats, and even the moodiest of the bunch raves about the flavor. She even asked for the exact location. Go and enjoy. ☕️
Read morePros: Quality, Selection, Flavor, Friendly, Clean
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schumacher62
Points +434
donuts only, so far. - Edit
serves donuts baked at a second location in Oakland, probably 15 different varieties of cake and raised donuts, filled and maple bar types, and some fritters as well. unimaginative candy toppings on many donuts, with no truly interesting conceptual flavors. very much a dunkin donuts selection. serves coffee drinks and other beverages so far. the staff was delightful, and i am told a food menu with vegan meals will be coming soon. the two donuts i had were very good, and ill surely return when that particular and irresistible sugar and fat combination again calls me. hoping for some creativity in donut flavor and variety at some point in the future. maybe theyll take some inspiration from Doe Donuts or Blue Star in Portland....
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2018-10-27
Pros: spacious, not busy. only open till 5pm, super friendly service, by vegan people, close to SJSU and Tofoo Com Chay
Cons: limited metered street parking, donuts only
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