KD Donuts & Kolaches

I love Kolaches it is the one thing I miss about Texas. I was surprised to find this place and excited. I pulled in around 11:15 am and was going to get some for lunch later that day. I walked in and after about two minutes out walks an old Asian man. I said hello and he just looked at me. I am thinking OK any second now someone speaking English will be out to help me.
After we just looked at each other for a minute I pointed to what I wanted. He gave me the wrong food and then just puts it in a microwave. I told him NO I don’t want it heated. No luck.
These were nothing more than hotdogs that I could buy at Smith’s with some cheese inside on a Pillsbury roll bun. What a joke! I would get it minus stars he serve and food as well as price.

I dropped in for a coffee & cinnamon roll. Not a big variety of donuts, the cinnamon rolls were small and very greasy. Coffee wasn’t much better than an instant coffee. And while I sat down to eat it the man behind the counter kept coughing up phlegm… Gross!!!

Doughnuts are good.
Service is slow and no coffee was ready even though it is advertised on the window.

Went by because my girlfriend and I just moved in and the selection sucked. The owner looked like he couldn’t be bothered. And the donuts sucked.

One morning I was in the mood for some donuts so I sought our after some bakeries near by, that’s when I found KD Donuts on Sunset in Henderson.
This small little donut joint is located in the Smith’s shopping center on Sunset Rd. When you walk in, it’s nothing fancy and there’s one little old man working. He’s one heck of a salesman! I walked in wanting just 2 donuts and I left with 6! Oops!
The donuts are made fresh daily and the old fashions are just to die for! They are cooked to perfection and have just a slight crunch on the top. He offers them with glaze, cinnamon glaze and just plain. He had what looked like to be a nice assortment of donuts but they were mostly all gone since it was later in the day. I only had the old fashion and they were top notch. There is no need to go to Dunkin Donuts when you’re looking for the best donuts in Las Vegas. It’s these little shops that are so easily missed that steal the show!

The donuts are alight and I wouldn’t really ever go here again unless I’m nearby and need to pick up some donuts for some reason. Pretty much, I’d never come back unless it was out of convenience.
The gentleman who runs the store barely understands or speaks English but I haven’t had a hard time ordering what I need. Some people say he’s been rude but again, I haven’t had any issues with him out of the 3 or 4 times I’ve been there. I’ve gone in before at 8 or 9 am to see very few donuts left, which was disappointing.
3 stars for: convenience, prices (are ok), and it’s nothing horrible.
Overall, the place is alright.

OMG! The guy at the counter has no customer service skills. Doesn’t speak English either. But the real reason for the one star is the tasteless kolaches they have that are overpriced. Plus he pops them in the microwave before serving and you KNOW how that comes out. And I don’t like my food microwaved anyway. The donuts are so small compared to other places. How does a place like this stay in business?

All I wanted were some doughnuts and the moron owner messed it up.
So I pass by this place every day on my way to work. I’ve stopped in once or twice before. Their doughnuts aren’t great, but good. I have $ 5 cash and decide I wanted a morning snack. I stop in and ask for a cream filled, maple bar, and an apple fritter (I know I’m overindulging). While grabbing my doughnuts the owner asked if I wanted 5 doughnuts. Puzzled, I said no only 3. He rings up the doughnuts and it comes to $ 5.89. I said, «oops one moment.» I had to go to my car because I only had $ 5.
While getting additional change I second guess the total. How does 3 doughnuts add up to over $ 5 when an apple fritter is $ 1.45. I go back in. Now I am all for small businesses. Immigrant owners are usually cool too. Let me support your dream (or at least what you chose to do). The owner is an old Japanese man (and doesn’t speak much English). I asked him how my 3 doughnuts added up to the total. He said I asked for 5 doughnuts. I was a little puzzled because he just asked if I wanted 5 and I said no. He pointed to the case and said I asked for 3 cream filled. I said no thank you and I repeated my order. He took 2 cream filled out of the bag for me. The whole time trying to argue the fact that I ordered 5 doughnuts. So I asked him to please not argue with me. I know what I ordered and clarified twice.
The next thing that happened changed the whole transaction. Get my order wrong? No big deal. The owner got to the register (after trying to argue with me) then while looking down and punching into the register said something out loud in Japanese. I don’t speak Japanese nor look like I do. This is highly highly offensive. You don’t mutter something to yourself in another language in front of me. At least wait until I leave to talk about me. I don’t care what language it is or what culture you’re from. It’s rude.
I got quite heated about this. Probably more so than I should have. I told him I was trying to support his small business that probably doesn’t get many customers and told him I would never return.

By kolaches they mean sausage and cheese only. And those were very disappointing. I am waiting for a real czeck kolache place to open here in Vegas… They didn’t even have jalapeño sausage…

I’m all for small business, local and minority-​owned. I’m all about empowering immigrants to grab their American dream! But if you own and run a donut shop and know such limited English that you cannot comprehend my order, and I have to use fingers and hand gestures, you should be paying someone to run the counter. That’s all I’ll say about the service.
I had high hopes when I saw the word kolaches in the sign– but the kolaches here are an asian take on them, with tiny hotdogs wrapped in croissant dough. They’re sad and small and not worth the $ 1.20−2.50 they cost. You can do better for less, locally.
But the donuts here are pretty dismal, too, despite being the alleged highlight. Holes are barely more than dough with very little sugar or glaze; other options are similarly tasteless and nothing in the case is visually appealing.

Items suffered:
Blueberry Cake Donut
Cinnamon Sour Cream Old Fashioned
Apple Fritter
Considering myself a bit of a donut connoisseur I found it somewhat surprising that I’d not heard of KD’s Donuts and Kolaches when browsing local eateries down in Henderson, the small shop with more than a handful of Unilocal!reviews and a fair number of Foursquare Check-​Ins, as well. Located on Sunset with clever signage and clean décor it was to an admittedly amusing display that I entered the small store and left with plenty of time to peruse the options as an elderly couple attempted to speak English to a store clerk lacking knowledge of even the difference between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ I took a simple point-​and-​nod approach, my three item order tallying just $ 3.47 as I sat to dine-​in. Admittedly a skeptic based on an already diminished selection as early as 9:00am it was with a small fritter that my sampling began and as the lone one remaining my early suspicions were quickly confirmed, the doughy disc either a day-​old or the result of a base entirely lacking anything but flour. Discarding the fritter after only one bite it was onto the old fashioned that I moved and although a step in the right direction the results were not much better — a bit of tang amidst a decent crumb beneath a sugary glaze flecked with dark bits of unidentifiable taste. Last, and thankfully not least, a basic blueberry cake donut was clearly artificially flavored but at least offering some semblance of freshness it was the only option of which I ate more than a bit, the server staring blankly from behind a small television as I discarded the rest and made my way to the street.
Failing at even the most basic task of serving fresh donuts while presenting the sort of language barrier I’d assumed only present by crossing a border I cannot fathom why anyone would visit KDs except out of convenience, and even then I’d much rather spend the money on gas than suffer such a lackluster experience.

These donuts might now be my favorite donuts in Vegas. They are some of the lightest in texture making me not feel so bad eating two.
I picked the chocolate glazed and cinnamon old fashioned. Both were lighter in texture than I had expected and the glaze was perfect. I will have to bring these into the office soon.
Check them out. Not sure if they take credit/​debit.

I just took my daughter and her friend here looking for donuts as we are new to the area, we have never heard of a Kolache before but the girls got one to try, they loved it and said the donuts are good as well ! The gentleman working was very nice and helpful but doesn’t speak English so well. Looks like we’ll be coming back. Wish they were gluten free for me :(

I stopped in before work one morning about 7:45amon a week day, and I have to say the selection was disappointing. They had tons of kolaches, but I wanted donuts. I got a glazed and a sugar, they were about 90 cents a piece but small. They tasted fresh and were good but I could get the same quality in the supermarket. The guy that waited on me was pleasant but that’s about all I can say about this place.
I say skip it.

I was so excited to try this place. My grandmother made kolache every year at Christmas. It’s a pastry with sweet filling, usually poppyseed. KD does not sell kolache. They sell pigs in a blanket. Sausage and bacon wrapped in a croissant. There is a czech version of pigs in a blanket, they are called klobasnek. Still, not kolache.
Anyways, they have donuts…

Time to talk Kolaches if you don’t know what a Kolache is
It’s a cheese hot dog (usually a mini) inside of a roll sometimes
with jalapeños they are one of the best things you can ever find
Inside a doughnut shop
The Kolaches are great here and the doughnuts are very good 2
If u live in Henderson Ill bet this is the best doughnut shop
With Kolaches that you can find
Very affordable prices

I stopped in really quick a Kolache. It was pretty good. The aroma of them when heated is lovely! Buttery and meaty. I know it isn’t healthy but hey it’s delicious. The place offers donuts also but I’ll try em next time.
They have a variety of drinks, it was very clean, and they accept both cash and cards (over $ 5).
The older man was sweet.
I will return.

Not so hot. The lady was friendly, but the selection was sparse. Just kind of a let down, but the last donut place I ate at was that amazing place in downtown San Diego. Probably won’t come back unless I’m in green valley and need donuts ASAP for a funeral or something.

Umm, I don’t quite understand what all the hype is about??? I mean they have decent tasting donuts and kolaches but nothing to write home about — in my opinion…
This place is better than some but not the best…
Everything we tried was A OK —
If I was in the area and wanted a donut or a kolache — yes I would go here but I wouldn’t drive across town for it either.
The kolaches are better tasting when warm…
The strawberry donut had real strawberry bits mixed into the frosting — nice touch!!!

KD Donuts & Kolaches is not what I expected, not even close. First off let me give everyone a background story. I lived in Nebraska for awhile and lived not too far from the community of Wilber which has a sizable Czech population. And they love to make good food! YUM! They introduced me to sweet kolaches, basically a generous dollop of fruit sitting inside a light, almost fluffy type pastry that would quiet any sweet tooth cravings one might have. I’ve craved them since leaving Nebraska and haven’t found anything else that’s close. But when I heard of KD’s Donuts and Kolaches I was like maybe, just maybe I found what my sweet tooth has been demanding!
This morning I found myself across the street from KD’s so I decided to stop. It’s in a strip mall… the grand opening sign from January is still hanging outside… doesn’t seem sketchy… I’ll check it out. I walk in and am met by a pleasant young woman who lets me look around and there’s not much to see here. A cooler with milk and a few odds and end drinks, and this one itsy-​bitsy display case with several rows of donuts.(I snapped a picture of the case with the Unilocal app on my phone). On the top shelf I see something besides donuts. I see sausage, cheese, bacon… kolaches. My shoulders slump in total disappointment… they are technically kolaches but they are not what I expected, and not at all what I was looking for.
If you’re from Texas and are familiar with kolaches from down there, you’ll like this place. If you’re from the Midwest, unless you want a not half bad donut don’t waste your time. I ended up getting a «Boston crème» donut and leaving. It was almost overfilled with crème and it made for kind of a mess to eat while driving away. But as good as it was it was like leaving with a consolation prize when you know what you really wanted.
2 Stars: Unless the rest of the donuts and kolaches are like divine manna from heaven, I don’t know if this place has what it takes to survive a year. The contents of that one little case just doesn’t seem like it’s going to be enough.
Edit: After getting some feedback from Unilocal users I will give this place a second try and post another update. And I’ll bump up my star rating… having had time to think it over it’s really worth 3.
Kolache: The Wikipedia definition for reference.
A kolá (Czech pronunciation: [kolat]; diminutive: koláek; plural: koláe), known in English variously as kolache or kolace (pronounced /​klti/​), kolach (IPA: /​kolt/​), or kolacky (IPA: /kltki/),[1] is a type of pastry that holds a dollop of fruit rimmed by a puffy pillow of supple dough.[2] Originating as a semisweet wedding dessert from Central Europe, they have become popular in parts of the United States. The Polish version is the koacz. The word kolache itself means ‘a small cookie’ in Macedonian.