Which is better for donuts in Melbourne: American Doughnut Kitchen or Doughboys Melbourne?

American Doughnut Kitchen ranks higher on BestDish (66 vs 62 points). Both are excellent — Doughboys Melbourne is a very close second.

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American Doughnut Kitchen vs Doughboys Melbourne

the top two for donuts in Melbourne, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: American Doughnut Kitchen beats Doughboys Melbourne for donuts in Melbourne — it leads our ranking by 4 points (4 community mentions · 4× called the best · seen in 2 tiktok/ig posts · dish praised in 1 of 5 recent google reviews · confirmed on the menu). Both are excellent — Doughboys Melbourne is a very close second.

American Doughnut Kitchen vs Doughboys Melbourne — donuts in Melbourne (September 2026)
	American Doughnut Kitchen	Doughboys Melbourne
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	66	62
Google rating	4.5★	4.2★
Google reviews	1,131	505
Price tier	$	$$
Suburb	CBD	CBD
Known for	—	—
Community mentions	4	5

Go deeper: American Doughnut Kitchen dossier · Doughboys Melbourne dossier · the full Melbourne donuts ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.