Pico Donuts

Reviews

• Lila L.

  star star star star star 4 June 2026

  Delicious donuts, homemade. I love them and I'm not even usually into donuts.
  
  They're also $1 each.

• Frankiee H.

  star star star star star 2 June 2026

  If your looking for a delicious donut Pico Donut is the spot, the donuts taste great super fresh and even after having them for a day or two they stay super good, also to mention their prices you can't beat $9.75 for a dozen of donuts that's not bad less than a dollar a donut, I definitely would recommend this spot if you're in the neighborhood and they have parking!!

• Melissa W.

  star star star star star 26 May 2026

  Next day update::: I still ate the donuts and the dough is still darn good and soft and fluffy. I love this donut shop. Pretty good price and soft dough.
  
  Update:: got there around 12 today and got some cereal donuts. I thought they were $1.15 each but I don't think so?
  Donuts we're good and fluffy. 4 cereal donuts and 2 glaze. $9 - with 75 cent card fee.
  They had one Nutella creme one I wanted to try but someone ahead of me got it.
  The only thing was that the Cereal was rather stale.
  
  Yummy yummy! Fluffy, glazy and sweet little treats. Half a dozen for $5 and a dozen for $9.
  
  Lady was sweet, working on New Years. I decided to stop by after seeing the reviews to bring home a nice treat.
  
  It's located at Pico-Union across from my favorite Thai spot so I stopped by. They have a parking lot there.
  
  You can use card but it's a 75 cent fee.
  
  Anyway, donuts were very soft and the lady helping behind the counter was sweet.

• J M.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 22 May 2026

  .Don't believe the hype?
  Arrived at 6 pm. Paid in the meter out front to park. Guess what? No cookie monster donuts, no elmo donuts and no fruity pebble donuts available.
  Complete wild goose chase.
  I think I startled the guy hanging out in back chilling with his coffee and the paper, but as he told me, he doesn't make the donuts and seemed completely indifferent to my request for one of the donuts I had come for
  I'm bummed.
  I will attach a pic of the sad case, with none of the conversation piece donuts.
  Save yourself the trip!

• Paul V.

  star star star star star_border 21 May 2026

  I wasn't sure what to expect upon strolling into Pico Donuts even though I had no intention of doing so at around 5P on a Tuesday night, but what I found was a great little community spot with good donuts but even better service.
  
  Star 1: How were the service and atmosphere?
  
  At this point I've probably been to close to fifty donut shops in the LA area, and one thing that experience has taught me is that with very few exceptions, Donut shops are not crowded at 5P. Never. That being the case, you can imagine my surprise when I found Pico Donuts nearly bursting at the seams at that exact time with a combination of kids and adults alike. It would appear that Pico Donuts has done a hell of a job diversifying, and just about everyone there was asking for either a Starbucks-style coffee drink or ice cream. While there was only one woman behind the counter doing it all, she was a champ, and burned through the line with ease (and impressive Spanish to boot for someone who was clearly not of Spanish-speaking decent). I got my fruity pebbles donut after a brief stop at the ATM and was on my way. Star.
  
  Star 2: How were the portions relative to the cost?
  
  $2 for a pretty decent sized fruity pebbles donut was a reasonable price, and the rest of the items on the menu were priced accordingly. Refreshing in what is becoming a world of $3-$5 specialty donuts in LA. Star.
  
  Stars 3 and 4: How was the food?
  
  I'll admit that the fruity pebbles atop my fruity pebbles donut were stale to the point of being distracting, but what was I to expect at 5P? Cereal freshness aside, this was a perfectly good donut. Single Star.
  
  Star 5: Would you eat here every day if you could?
  
  This neighborhood needs a little love, and Pico Donuts is giving it exactly that. Star.