Donut Express

New favorite donut spot! Light and the perfect amount of sweetness. They have cinnamon roll things and apple fritters bigger than my face! You definitely get your money worth.
Donut holes, French crueler, and blueberry donut for the boyfriend. Everything is delicious and they are super friendly here! Parking lot in the back or on the street in front.

I love donuts, but I haven’t had one in a loooong time. I passed by this mom and pop and decided to roll the dice. Simple shop, a lady sorting donuts up front and a cook in the back making donuts. They had a good variety, and I got a six count. Price was cheap, donuts were good, my craving was satisfied, BUT it’s cash only. So bring some cash and so you don’t have to go to the ATM in the bar next door like I did… although the bar two doors down was nice and welcoming.

I have tried the «fancy» kind– and frankly they sort of suck. These are the best donuts. You would think «how can anyone mess up fried bread caked in sugar?» Well– others can. These are light and fluffy and perfect.

Maple bar is the antithesis of the World’s Faire. Both bars live firmly in place on each end of its spectrum. Light a proper amount of grease and a crunch that sets it apart from others. More like a maple beignet. Strawberry frosting lives atop a few items too. Strawberry is made for old fashions! Try it if you want something slightly different.

Great donuts! I’m a big fan of the sugar donuts, cinnamon sugar donuts, and cinnamon sugar cakes; the cinnamon sugar cakes have bits of apple inside. Yum! With a cup of coffee. Double yum! Too bad they sometimes run out of these, including donut holes (husband’s favorites), and many times pretty early in the day.
They accept cash only.

Ok donuts– not exceptional. I was there at 8am so they were recently fried. Had an old fashioned which was a bit heavy and raised glazed donut holes– exactly 12. I know this because the guy behind the counter made painstakingly sure by counting them one by one and was determined to give me no more than I paid for. He seemed to be the baker and most likely should have stayed in the kitchen as he essentially grunted as his form of communication. Give me a break! If you are going to take my time to do that at least give me a bakers dozen. They were raised glazed donut holes so they cost about $.03 to make and would have gone a long way for their customer service. I bring up cost because the price was $ 1.50 for about $.36 of product. Some shops throw in several for free with donut purchases and still seem to be in business with happy customers. 2.5 stars for product –1 star for service rounds to 2 stars. I wouldn’t recommend as there are many more donut shoppes in the area with better or equivalent product and far better service.

Donuts were good, big, and they filled the custard donuts when you order them.
We had a blueberry muffin, custard, and old fashioned. They were all good but the old fashioned tasted really citrusy. The coffee was terrible. The Prices are great.

I’ll preface this review by saying: donuts are very important to me.
I spent a lot of time trying to find the best donut joint in Castro Valley, as I go over to my grandparent’s house about once a week to catch up with them over donuts and coffee. This place has the best donuts in Castro Valley, without a doubt. Here’s why:
*The prices are reasonable, meaning they are what you’d expect from a donut shop. regular donuts are under a dollar
*The donuts themselves are always delicious; the sugar donuts in particular [my grandpa’s favorite] are very good. They use the coarser, granulated sugar, which is preferable. Unlike most donut shops, they don’t run out of sugar donuts either. Finally, a place that actually makes enough sugar donuts to meet demand!
*They sell french crullers, and they come in plain glazed, chocolate, strawberry or maple.
*They have good blueberry cake donuts
*They have crumb donuts
*They have phenomenal croissants. I’m not usually the type to turn down a donut in favor of any other pastry, but the croissants here are amazing, and sometimes I will go for one instead of a donut… or in addition to a donut, whatever, same thing. Details, details…
The man and woman who own the shop are pretty nice and always remember me, and usually there is a friendly older fellow in there strumming his guitar. All in all, this is a good donut shop because they have a good variety of donuts that are sometimes not available other places [or that other places often run out of], they have great croissants, reasonable prices, and parking is surprisingly never a problem. I have always been able to pull up to the curb right in front, or park around back. No problem!

Donut Express sells donuts and farmers/​superior coffee
no prices listed anywhere. passed on coffee
eat: jelly filled donut (1.5)
–donuts bigger than average, fluffy, airy, red filling, probably strawberry.
–donut filled at time of purchase.
crumbs:
–cashier/​owner works in back, comes out to service patrons when they enter.

They seriously make awesome donuts, but run out fast. It’s a mom and pop kinda shop with a couple that runs it and sometimes their teenage son is there. It’s 70 cents per donut. They have croissants, muffins and custard they’ll fill your donuts with if you want. They even have a strawberry glaze now! Get there early though, every time I go in past 9:30 they dont have a big selection anymore. It’s an old fashioned place, I’ve been going here since I was a kid and it’s always been a hit when I bring these donuts to a party. They have drinks too — milk, soda, juice, water. They have a limited assortment of gum and candy by the donuts as well. Go here!

Best donuts in town. Make sure to ask for a James Tran if he is there, he’ll hook it up! (Maybe)
And if you tip him. He’ll hit that dougie and cat daddy for you.

the man at the counter was nice however this is not the donut haven that
Rudy’s is. After traveling down the blvd i discovered rudy;s was closed for the holiday weekend. I could not disappoint my littles so i made a stop at donut express. the donuts were decent but the chocolate raised my personal donut love was lacking the lusty excitement of the rudys version. They did have Hawaiian Hazelnut coffee which is this places only saving grace.

There are only a few donut shopts to choose from in Castro Valley and this is an okay option. Not great but not bad either.

They have the best donuts in the world.
James Tran has the most swag in all of Castro Valley.

Once again face covered in frosting looking like a fluffer in a Bukakki porn shoot. No, i’m not talking about a night in the Castro district i’m talking about an orgy of delicious flavor at Donut Express in Castro valley. The Coffee was strong, but the fried dough is the star of this tale. The glazed was so tasty I ate four of them. I’m almost positive the joint i smoked before going here did not alter my opinion of the heavenly donuts served here. Anyhoo, cheap, sugary and delicious but i’ll try to not be so high next time i come here and we shall see how you hold up
Mr. Donut Express in my next updated review. And yes, i am quite high as of this writing… MMMMDONUTSMMMMMM.

The boss and I used to come here all the time for coffee and donuts. He would order the mocha and a blueberry scone and I’d go for a mocha and a ham and cheese croissant.
The ham and cheese croissant is DELICIOUS. It must be the type of ham and cheese that they use or the croissant itself, but whatever it is, it’s good! The coffee is pretty decent too. Not too strong, just enough mocha flavor and tasty.
The owners are sweet. They remember customers and their regular orders so the boss no longer has to put in his order. They see him, start on his mocha and hands him the scone. So spoiled. Me, I sometimes change my mind and order something else.

Yes, I admit, I make a pit stop here every morning 7 days a week! They always seem to be open whatever time I’m starting for work! The coffee has a taste to it that I crave every morning and don’t mind paying a dollar fifty for it either! Chan and his wife are excellent hard working owners, very nice people! Oh and don’t let me get started on their prize donuts!!! The chocolate glaze is my fave! It’s gooey and fresh tasting! Excellent!

I like this place! It’s one of those donut joints that the ‘regulars’ or the ‘old timers’ have probably been coming to for years. Every time I run in to get a WARM apple fritter (which I try to limit to about once or twice a month), there is that same bunch of ‘friends’ hanging out at the back tables. Hmmmm, someone might want to check their cholesterol if they are eating there every day…

This place is ok… not great, but ok. The owners are very nice. My kids like to walk over to this place because they will make a sprinkle donut to your specifications ont he spot… very important to a 6 year old!
The donut are just ok, not spectacular.