Cardigan Donuts - IDS Center

Great stop for coffee and donuts! Very friendly service and good selection of some unique donuts and good coffee. The coffee cake donut was really good; coffee mixed in the donut batter and espresso in the frosting, I’ve never had one similar at another donut shop, I’m glad I took the recommendation when I asked what was good to try. There’s also a nice area to sit and enjoy the donuts just down the escalator adjacent to the shop.

🌟 5-Star Review 🌟 Thank you, Cardigan Donuts! We are so grateful to Cardigan Donuts for sponsoring TCWEP’s 16th Gala & Awards Show at the beautiful Leopold’s Mississippi Gardens! Their support made the evening even sweeter—literally! 🍩✨ The donuts were absolutely delicious—fresh, flavorful, and gone in minutes. Guests couldn’t stop raving about them! And the display was just fabulous, adding a delightful and elegant touch to our event. Cardigan Donuts, your creativity and generosity helped make our gala unforgettable. We can’t wait to work with you again. Thank you for being a part of our celebration and for supporting the local event community! #TCWEPGala #CardiganDonuts #SweetSupport #EventSponsorLove #tcwepnetwork

punch cards are back! They have 2 seasonal vegan flavors, one is a loaf the other a mini Bundt cake. This is the blueberry mini Bundt and it is moist and has the most delicious frosting that tastes like a vegan cream cheese. The strawberry white chocolate loaf slice has vegan white chocolate chips and is very delicious too, but I prefer the blueberry Bundt because of that frosting- both great options and I love that they change pretty regularly. Also look for the 1/2 off signs if they have too much product at the end of the day! It’s a great way to reduce food waste. Also shout out to the vegan employee at this location for being amazing!

Absolutely amazing doughnuts. Very delicious. My daughter says the Butterscotch Latte is better than Starbucks. Very reasonable price also. 6 doughnuts and 3 drinks 26.00. This place is a must go to in Minneapolis.

The old fashioned donut (just plain glazed) was the best donut I’ve ever had. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this place.

This is a nice inviting donut/coffee shop. The old fashion donut was very good. The latte has a nice nutty flavor and the staff were all friendly.

Excellent donuts, and excellent customer service. Had a last minute order and the fulfilled it no complaints. Highly recommended. Great team!

Easily the best donuts in Minneapolis. Made with great ingredients too so you don't feel heavy or tied after. Always impressed with their new pieces too. So creative

Great experience for my first visit! Located near my hotel in the Skyway, the donuts looked so good, I just had to give them a try. I asked for suggestions since a few flavors caught my eye and I was completely happy with my selections. I got an Apple fritter, an old fashioned snd a classic chocolate. The old fashioned was my favorite (the you man at the counter actually gave it to me for free since I part of it was broken off). I was also given a first time customer discount that sweetened the experience further. The donuts and Apple fritter were excellent! I wish I had stopped in earlier on my trip because I would have had them every morning if I had known how much I would enjoy them! Overall my experience was great: friendly staff, great prices, great donuts.

I got treated a whole box of donuts here and they were soooooo good! They have so many options and each donut was so fresh and flavorful. My only complaint is that they couldn't find my order that was placed online so it was not ready upon arrival to pickup. My friend had the confirmation and everything on her phone but they couldn't find the order in their system. We did have to wait a little for them to box up the donuts but they threw in a few extra to make up for the mistake.

Requested by customers I'm visiting dtwn. Found it easily right off the elevator from the IDS parking garage. Huge line to get into Starbucks, (fools) but walked right up to the counter at Cardigan!

This Cardigan Donuts is on the second floor of the IDS building, near the escalator. There are no tables or seating at this location, though you can go down to the main floor of the IDS building and sit in the common space, which is nice (there are trees inside, and a water feature). Cardigan is known for donuts, and they are delicious. I love that they have special weekly donut flavors which rotate (they even have an online schedule and a weekly email, so you don't miss out). They offer online ordering with in-store pick-up, which is a nice time-saver if you are in a hurry. There are other items on the menu, but I have never tried their bowls or ice cream or smoothies. My favorite donut is the Blueberry Cake, which tastes like a blueberry muffin in donut form, but is glazed like an Old Fashioned (another favorite). I have also ordered the Glazed Apple Fritter and the Coffee Cake donut multiple times. My favorite Inspired so far has been the Mocha Bar, which had chocolate custard, espresso buttercream and chocolate-covered espresso beans. It was not overly sweet, and was a good companion to my milky tea. Sometimes, in the afternoon, they offer a free baked item with a drink purchase (I can't remember if this is every weekday after a certain time, or only on a particular day, but go check it out and let me know). 5/5 stars for their donuts. Only 3 stars overall because of the lack of seating and limited bar menu. I prefer their City Center location because it's bigger and has a full coffee bar and thus more options (so I can get a tea latte and have a place to drink it, but the IDS location is nice if you need to pick up a sweet treat or more straightforward coffee and you are closer to that building.

I am a big fan of donuts, especially concoctions from Cardigan's. Although I am not in the downtown core very often, I was in the IDS center recently and saw their new location in the IDS Center's Crystal Court, on the Skyway level. The donuts are exquisite, and I especially like the blueberry cake donut. This location is not quite as big as their nearby City Center location and does not have seating, more of a take-and-go thing. That is ok though, since a lot of people work in a nearby building or you can go down to the street level and sit at one of the many tables. But let's be honest if you are like me, you will be eating your donut as you are walking out of the store, and on the escalator down to the street level and will be done inhaling it before you even make it to a table.

Great service. I tried their most popular donut but found it overly sweet - more icing than I like. The donut itself had a good base and was a little crunchy on the outside and soft inside.

By the time we arrived mid-morning, all the donuts with 'filling' had been swiped from the case due to 'health and safety' reasons. Apparently, ones with filling can't sit around very long. I'd never heard of that rule before, but alright. This left us with slimmer pickin's and we had a difficult time deciding as nothing was really appealing, but we wanted to try one while visiting M'polis. I ultimately tried the blueberry riesling, but I honestly couldn't taste the riesling. My husband tried a very cakey coffee donut. It was ok. The store has an upscale appeal. Prices are a little steep. The staff were friendly and helpful. We sat in the Crystal Court below the store and enjoyed our donuts. It's one of those things that's a little over-hyped and I wouldn't bother again, but it was fun to try. If you want ones with fillings, make sure you arrive early or else...

Donuts are very dense, great service but would not come back. Great customer service though

I was recently introduced to Cardigan donuts. I am a huge donut fan, but my favorites are the traditional cake donuts. I can honestly say that Cardigan's donuts are perhaps the "best" cake donuts I have ever had! Also, their blueberry is delightful, but the maple is also excellent as I am a fan of anything maple. I will be buying more donuts from Cardigan. Mary