Mr Chau Donuts

Support small businesses, especially with great customer service! This donut shop is located next to The Boiling Crab and is a great place to get a drink or snack while you wait to be seated!
Their apple fritters are my favorite, so delicious and moist!
Besides pastries and coffee, they have assorted snacks and bottle drinks; milks, Thai iced tea, soy milk, grass jelly drink, water, Gatorade etc.

Glad this donut shop is just down the street from where I live. Stopped by for the second time on a Saturday morning with my son. Picked up 5 original glaze donuts and a sprinkled donut that my son picked. The lady that helped us was nice enough to put the sprinkled donut in a separate bag for my son since he started throwing a tantrum and handed it over to him when he paid for our donuts. Definitely coming back!

Warm service, good donuts, expanding my waistline, it’s all good. =)

What can I say that the other Unilocalers before me haven’t? There’s only a few mom-​and-​pop here in San Jose, and Chau’s Donuts just happens to be one of em (like others said, support local businesses!)
Since last decade, this place has consistently baked up big, fat, delectably delicious donuts for extremely cheap, making it a good comfort food location for me and other locals. Mrs. Chau is, as usual, extremely nice and friendly!

First time here. Donuts looked fresh and delicious. MRS. CHAU Was super friendly and funny. I think she was Mrs. CHAU. Other than that great donuts. Dozen donuts for 11 $

Very nice and cheery lady! Came at 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday, not crowded and plenty of donuts still. If you come later, there probably wouldn’t be anymore!

Sweet donuts and even sweeter lady behind the counter.
Every time I hand over a dollar+ tip, she calls it «lucky money». Deserves every bit of it too, thanks!

Mrs Chau is the sweeeeetest lady ever she’s so kind and gave me a discount! I’m definitely coming back to buy more! :D

Cake donuts with chocolate frosting and colored sprinkles, my favorite! Being a true cake donut fanatic, I did some research on Mr. Chau Donuts to see if they sold them. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any pics of cake donuts from this donut shop online. I happen to be in the neighborhood at the time, and decided to stop by to see for myself. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they did in fact sell cake donuts here. Any donut shop with these tasty bad boys can expect future visits from me! I also got a chance to try their yummy cinnamon crumble cake donut! OMGAHHH sooooo goood! And for all of you donut connoisseurs, they indeed have other types of donuts to munch on besides cake donuts. I just really LOVE my cake donuts.
I would also like to add that Mr Chau Donuts is one of the few donut shops in my area to close relatively late (7pm). Now I don’t have to wake up too early to satisfy my donut craving!

Nothin’ like a little jalapeño in the morning! First time here and after other Unilocalers mentioned ham, cheese, and jalapeño, I had to jump in the band wagon!
Sweetest lady behind the counter kept apologizing after I asked for 4 ham, cheese, and jalapeño croissants. She said a lady came in and bought 5, so she only had 2 left!
Well, the early bird got the worm and that wasn’t me. Will need to wake up earlier next time!

The donuts were way toooo sugary. I ordered a cheese and egg bagel. It was sooo greasy like they put butter on the whole thing.
Not going back — waste of money!

$ 1 donuts looked big and fluffy, no one in sight.
didn’t care for the farmers coffee on display.
will return for donuts someday
3.5 stars.

I’m not too enthusiastic about donuts (glorified bagels, as I call them) but this place has been incredibly quick, friendly, and convenient for those days you just can’t find the time to make breakfast. My mom would occasionally stop by here when I was in grade school to bring us donuts with a glass of milk before she ran off to work. It’s always warm inside, and the owners are some of the best people.

Me & the hubby absolutely LOVE this place! Ham, cheese & jalapeño croissants fresh baked on the daily! And their French Vanilla Cappuccino!!! Wow! Can we say
one time?! Soooo good, hits the spot every time!
The owners are especially super sweet! Love me some Mr. (and Mrs.) Chau’s!!!

I LOVE this place. I have eaten these donuts since I was in the womb! I remember Saturday mornings my mom coming home from work bringing in a big pink box full of donuts and a chocolate milk for me!
They use to make Chinese food in to go boxes. My mom LOVED it! She is a huge Chinese food fan.
The donuts are amazing! There are so many kinds. You can’t get a bad donut here!
My mom is a regular there. The owner specially makes these huge cinnamon rolls for her. You have to go in person and ask a day in advance if you want them.
(We live super close by)
The owners are really nice people. The owner’s wife holds down the store front. She truly is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. She is always so happy and friendly.
If you live in San Jose you have to try this place at least once!

Love this place. So much memories. At lunch, I would hop in my car and drive out of silver creek hs to buy their delicious Chinese food in a styrofoam box. Yes, back in 2001 they use to sell Chinese food! The best part was opening the fridge and checking each box to pick out which entrée you wanted :) Each day was different and it was pack with kids eating! It was worth the risk of getting caught by TABS just to eat her sweet and sour chicken.
13 years later, I still come here to get my donuts and coffee. The owners of the shop are really nice and welcoming. A true example of a mom and pops shop.

OMG. This place brings back so much memories.
I used to go Silver Creek across the street and always hang out at this place after school. I totally was a chubby kid in high school because of the donuts from this place but not regretting one bit. also, before this place used to have fried rice and sweet and sour chicken sold in a box for less than 5 bucks
I love the owner of this store. she is such a sweet lady. she totally fed us kids during our high school years. give us free water and everything. and even now when I revisit this place, she is still very nice .
and of course the donuts are super yummy. I am glad that San Jose still have these family-​owned store that just make me feel so warm and happy

Not the best donuts but it was good enough to satisfied my donut craving.
A little pricey for dozen of donuts.
Friendly customer service.
If you come here late, there won’t be a lot of selection of donuts for you to choose from and of course donuts won’t taste that fresh.
CASH ONLY. Really inconvenient for some people like me: D

BEST DONUT HOLES!
This place has one of the best donuts in San Jose and yes just as good as Krispy Kreme.
The sweet lady that owns the store always makes my visit pleasant, shes very nice and sometimes lowers the price if you’re short a quarter or two if you buy in bulk.
NOTE: the donut holes go fast and usually sold out by 8−9am so come early if you want them.

8^th day of overtime. And to make up for oversleeping and already late, after I got gas at the Chevron and had phở at Beef Noodle #1 :D … I decided to pop by and grab some donuts for the guys at work.
It was about 7:50am when I walked into the donut shop, and once again, the lady behind the counter was pleasantly smiling, doesn’t appear grumpy, doesn’t appear tired. ALWAYS SMILING. She’s so sdorable.
Labor Day today, I don’t know how many guys will be working this morning with me before the afternoon/​evening shift takes over, and I know it will be busy at work. So I grabbed a dozen mixed donuts and just went with it.
Cinnamon donut is so flavorful! :) It’s like a crispier version of a cinnamon bun :) Maple frosted donut with a custard filling is also one of my favorite.
But since I just had phở, I didn’t eat any today. :) The guys at work trust the morning snacks/​breakfast I grab for them, they automatically jump in and grab. No lies, they were all ranting and raving at how delicious and fresh tasting it was :) I don’t know how early they get in to make donuts, but this donut shop opens at 5am! :)
I would’ve taken a picture of the mixed assortments, but these guys basically inhaled it all in less than 10 minutes after I got to work. It must be good karma, because I wasn’t considered late :)
$ 9 for a dozen donuts … wished I came here for the past weekend instead of trying the overly hyped Psycho Donuts.