Sub-base / Dandy Donuts — Restaurant in Chamblee

Updated (7/2021): The 5 stars are for the donuts. The subs are fine. Go early so you have a lot of donuts to pick from! They don't take American Express.

My favorite donuts: Butter Milk, Blueberry Cake, Apple Cinnamon (with apple pie-like filling), Sour Cream, Honey Dip, Solid Chocolate.

As far as their subs, they don’t have very many toppings. They have: lettuce, tomato, and onion. They have mayonnaise, mustard, and Italian dressing. They have a variety of meat. I only had turkey, but it was really good. A 7-inch turkey sub is $5.19. Not bad!

I’ll definitely keep going back for the donuts!

Original (11/2020): 4 stars. This review is for takeout only. It’s also just for donuts, not the sandwiches. After seeing reviews though, it looks like we should check out their subs next time! We went at 2:30 pm on a Sunday. They were out of most of their donuts, so we definitely recommend going earlier.

It’s a very unassuming shop. Nothing special on the outside or inside. Plenty of parking.

We got a half dozen donuts. This is what we got, listed in order of my preference: Sour Cream - delicious Honey Dip - very good, didn’t taste like honey though; reminded me of a Krispy Kreme donut (not a bad thing!) Solid Chocolate - also very good, reminded me of an Entenmann’s donut (also not a bad thing!) Sugar Raised - decent, kind of plain Cinnamon Twist - just okay Lemon - didn’t have too much lemon, but I’m not a fan of lemon anyway

For a half dozen donuts, it’s only $5.69 + tax, which is so cheap!!

We’ll be back, and we’ll make sure to come earlier so we have more donuts to choose from. It’s good for the area, but we wouldn’t...

Stopped in today for a quick lunch. The shopping center itself is quite unassuming but this place is a total gem. Was greeted by an older man (who I assume is the owner) and he immediately took our sandwich order. I got a turkey on white with everything (lettuce, mustard, mayo, tomato, onion, oil, and vinegar) and my husband got the Italian with everything on top as well. The bread was SO good! I forgot to ask if they baked their own bread because if they do, I need to buy it.

The other owner is an older woman who was super friendly. She asked if we wanted a drink or chips in the same way your mom would ask you to make sure you had enough to eat. It was adorable.

We got some donuts after eating lunch and the pickings were slim since it was 1 PM. I made an offhand remark to my husband that we need to come back so I can get an apple fritter, since they were out. The woman immediately said she had some in the back if I’d like one. That made my whole day! It was so sweet of her to make that offer and omg it was delicious.

They also make sno-balls which I need to try. I’ll report back once I do.

I cannot...

The donuts here are hands down the best I’ve ever tasted. I’m no connoisseur of donuts, in fact I wouldn’t previously have even considered myself to be a fan of donuts at all, but these changed my mind. I think these are considered cake donuts rather than yeast, but I could be way off. Regardless of what type of donut classification they fall under they are 100% delicious!! I like the chocolate and sour cream best. My least favorite that I’ve tried was the lemon, and that was because the lemon tasted kinda artificial. I passed by this place a billion times never thinking anything of it, it is definitely a hole-in-the-wall establishment, until I read an article in Atlanta magazine. That’s when I finally decided to give it a try and my donut life changed forever! Try to get there early for the best selection because the regulars have been known to wipe them out pretty early. I’ve never tried the subs so I can’t comment on those but now I think I might need to grab a...