The Donut Hole

Lose the attitude! Good doughnuts, lousy customer service.

I kept my eye on that little building for the longest time, wondering what (if anything) would eventually end up there. I was pleasantly surprised when The Donut Hole opened it’s doors. A quick stop for coffee on the way to the office (bypassing the mega-​corp up the street), or getting a donut for the kids on the way to school (only on the last friday of the month, but don’t tell mom…). The staff always has a friendly welcome (no matter how early in the morning), and their donuts, etc., are always first rate. The only problem is that my kids sometimes have a hard time deciding among all the choices.

They make great kolachies and the variety of doughnuts is going to provide every option you can dream up! Great place for breakfast.

Grabbed a kolache. OK, but was just OK. First time I had stopped and wanted to give them a try until traffic died down. Also, I try to support local businesses when I can. I didn’t get any donuts or holes, which was probably a mistake because that would have lasted me awhile longer. Went down to Jack to get a regular chocolate milk shake to go with it.

Decent option

I’ll keep this short…
I went here for the kolaches. I’m more of a savory breakfast kind of guy and my wife is more a sweet breakfast type of gal.
The kolaches are standard. Nothing special and offer only one size, but will do in a pinch.
The éclair my wife ordered was awesome though!!! I know people have different donut/​pastry preferences, but if you enjoy a super soft, moist éclair, this is the spot. So, it appears Donut Hole will be our donut/​éclair stop and I’ll have to sneak down the road for my kolaches.

Great local spot with their own variations of fun, delicious and fresh donuts. The kolaches are scrumptious. The bread is awesome!

Too expensive for just mediocre doughnuts and kolaches. Everything tasted like it was from a box at a grocery store. Would not come here again since there are many other places to get doughnuts in the area.

By far worst paint job and I’m unsure about the monkey going to jail unsure the meaning behind it. Donut were not that great either.

I love this place! They have fun innovative donuts. peanut butter and chocolate chips. They have rainbow donuts that my kids love. My kids love them.

This place is awesome. It’s a step above most donut places, offering a really great verity of fun and traditional donuts. They also have adorable doggy donuts. I’ve been many times and have always had a great experience! I will be back many times.

I live right down the street from this location. So I went in yesterday and purchased two dozen donut holes, coffee, one blueberry filled, chocolate milk and a glazed twist. I have visited this location plenty of times. And yesterday was the worst service that I have ever had. The lady working definitely was not in a good mood. And I’m pretty sure that we both know why. That’s why I put everything that I purchased yesterday on this post. She was very unfriendly. Their are plenty of more donut shops where I don’t have to feel like someone does not want me their. Too bad because you guys have some great donuts.

It’s good and easy to get in and out if your headed east. The kids love it, and you have to like the painting of the cops unloading the donut truck. Sometimes I’ll take my kids to school early and we will stop here for a special treat the only problem is there’s only 1 table. Please add some tables!!!

The service is friendly and the location is convenient.
However, i’ve had far better donuts.
And the kolaches sure seemed like they came out of a box.

I live in Oak Hill and every day I would pass this place before it opened. I watched as the horrible paint job was taking place and trashy looking inflatable donuts hung from trees. I never even wanted to try the place out! I kept thinking the water theme paint job meant that their donuts were soggy. I even referred to this place as «Water Donut» instead of Donut Hole.
On a hangover morning on my way to work, I decided to ditch the traffic and pull into this place for coffee and kolaches. Big mistake. The kolaches, as my boyfriend (the kolache connnoisseur) described, they taste like they came out of a frozen Walmart box. Instead of getting actual jalapenos, you get jalapeño paste with some time of cheap tasting cheese product!!!
It’s worth the trouble to drive 2 mins down the road and make a u-​turn to Donut Taco Palace.

Very yummy! Ordered ½ dozen variety and all were good. Fav was the Sweet & Salty — regular donut with chocolate frosting covered in salty peanuts.

I wish I weren’t giving this place 4 stars. I also wish we weren’t practically next door neighbors because both mean that I’ll be frequenting The Donut Hole far too often. All it took was a peanut butter & chocolate chip donut and a spinach & artichoke kolache to make me say, «Oh. Snap.»
Which, coincidentally, will also be the fate of my belt buckle some time dangerously soon.

Yikes. I started to give two stars because it was clean and the service was pleasant enough. But upon reflection, it really is a 1-​star «Eek! Me thinks not!» If you are in need of some air conditioning and a bottle of water, this is a good stop. But for donuts, it’s a big negative from me.
We ordered a selection of donuts, holes, and a kolache and also a few bottled juices from the little fridge. Our child under 4 actually spit out the donut hole. Doesn’t that say it all? Our six year old liked the festive icing, but the taste he said «wasn’t good at all.» To be fair, they do have creative designs on many donuts, like a yellow happy face, a one-​eyed purple people eater, etc. Cute and inviting, but he didn’t enjoy the biting. :)
I tasted a chocolate donut, a twist, and a glazed. These donuts are dense, heavy, and the flavor isn’t the usual must-​eat-​more of a good donut. In fact, we took our box o’ donuts and looked for a hungry hobo to feed. When we didn’t find them we threw them in the garbage (recycling the box.)
Insult to injury — it wasn’t cheap! Two juices and seven donuts was over $ 16. Ridiculous. Howdy Donut is generous with extra donut holes, and we can make it out of there under $ 12 with beverages and a variety dozen.
The over-​the-​top paint job on the outside (clouds that look like water waves) pales in comparison to the monkey business inside. It’s cute enough, but they should have spent that time and money on research at better donut shops, like Howdy Donut (see my review — they have THE BEST donuts)!
Bottom line — keep on driving!

Donuts make me happy. The Donut hole finally opened in oak hill half a mile from my house with quite a quality selection of the eponymous hollow pastries. I am so so happy. the Maple Bacon doughnuts are Elvisarrific.
FYI they are doing the Belly card which is free – you get points every time you go in and eventually… free donuts!!! Yay!

Having a hankering for some donuts and decided to try The Donut Hole out. I live out near the Y and also had been wondering when they would open.
I have to say the donuts were good. The service was friendly. The building and shop look fantastic. Very Austin, very local business owner. You can tell that they really took a lot of pride (as well as time) to build their business up. Now onto the donuts!
I had to get several (my plan was to get one). Personally, I love cake donuts. So I got a plain and a chocolate one and both were delicious. I also spied one called Peanut Butter which had a peanut butter glaze and chocolate chips on top so I grabbed that one up too. Then there were kolaches (several kinds) there as well. I just got a regular one (ham and cheese, I think? if not it was just regular with cheese) and I gotta say… it was dang delicious! (They had ones with jalapenos in them for those of you who enjoy them).
So delicious donuts and kolaches really close to my home. Will I be back? Oh you can bet on it. However my waist line says I need to restrain myself.
Oh and adorable sign in the window. I’ve posted it in the pictures. I wasn’t able to sneak a picture of the donut window. I’ll have to try that next time I go.