Donut Palace — Restaurant in Castroville

Before venturing off to San Antonio for work, I took a risk. I decided to try the "new" donut place in town... If you're from Castroville (or Medina County for that matter) or are familiar with the area, you know Haby's Bakery is a breakfast staple.

But I had heard a few people raving about Donut Palace, one of those being my dad, and I consider him fairly reputable. But being as stubborn as I am I refused to support any establishment other than Haby's. However, this morning I guess I awoke without that particular sentiment and I decided to take the turn up the steep slope off Hwy 90 to give these new donuts a try.

And as much as I don't want to admit it, they were good! I still don't think their donuts are better than Haby's, but they do have different breakfast options that Haby's doesn't have. For instance Kolaches! They have both fruit and meat kolaches that are tasty.

I purchased for my office, 1 dozen glazed donuts and 1/2 dozen sausage and cheese kolaches. With the purchase of a dozen or more donuts, they throw in the donut holes for free too :) The total for my purchase came out to be about $15.

I'll go back again and work them into the rotation with Haby's. My loyalty for the moment lies with my Alsatian bakery, but who knows, one day that may change!

FYI their hours are from 4 AM - 3 PM, 7 days a week! And they are in the old Dairy...

We were passing through as we usually do and have never tried this donut palace before. We didn't have a big order but I was craving a lemon filled donut and my husband got something called a fruit kolache which was pretty much like a danish. We pulled up and didn't get greeted nicely, just like a oh hi what can I get for you. We both gave this place a 1 basically because his fruit kolache was hard (they could've asked if we'd like it warmed up) the cream cheese tasted off, so he didn't eat it at all. My lemon filled donut was NOT filled just had a small quarter sized dollop of lemon on top like what? Lol 😆 I honestly don't think we'd be trying this...

A must try...again and again! Very friendly and welcoming customer service, walk-in and drive-thru service available, very big selection to choose from and the doughnuts are light, fluffy and full of flavor! Very reasonably priced, they also have coffee, breakfast sandwiches and kolaches just to name a few... if you’re like me and can’t decide on just one type of doughnut, go for the mixed dozen and take home a whole assortment of different ones for you and your family to try...or even just for yourself, that’s how delicious and tempting they are! Lol you only live once after all,...