Donut Haus — Restaurant in Estes Park

At the recommendation of everyone on the internet, we ate here before heading out of town. We arrived about 10 minutes after they opened, so the case was well stocked. It's a small space and depending which door you go in (we went through the front gas station door), it can be hard to get in line.

Upside - everything we had tasted lovely. Textures were fluffy and the custard was set just right. The donuts weren't greasy and sat well in everyone's stomachs. We'd stop here again for a morning treat.

Downsides - Nothing has a label. We had no idea what was in the case. I asked about a couple items and felt people were annoyed and a line was forming, so I just ordered a plain long John. Later, I overheard people ordering a peanut butter creme item. I would have definitely gotten that had I known it existed! Although even the workers weren't entirely sure what they were selling (maybe a triple berry creme...maybe raspberry...he said he didn't know what it was).

Not only are the flavors not labeled, but the pricing is missing as well. Each of our items was a different price (ranging from $2.19-$2.89), which we didn't know until we went to pay. I appreciate price transparency, so this irked me.

As for atmosphere - there really isn't one because it's in a gas station. There are some tables, which was nice since we didn't want to sit on the curb and our kids aren't skilled enough to eat something frosted in the car. Fewer boxes and supplies stacked up everywhere would help make it feel less like eating in a storage room though. From what I can tell, this place does well, so I'm not sure why they're in a gas station to start with. A nice little shop would do wonders for the overall vibe (and maybe signage)...

I have lived in Estes Park since 1996. The Donut Haus has changed hands multiple times in those 20+ years. Our family has a long tradition of supporting local business. We previously ate at the Donut Hays at least four times each month. But after their move to the gas station, we have been nothing but disappointed. The new owner doesn’t make fresh donuts in Estes Park. Instead, they bring them less than fresh from their 29th Street location in Loveland. As well, the donuts are increasingly overpriced. In the recent past, the cheesecake donuts were $3.50. Now, they are running around $5 each, an increase of 30 to 40%. Most alarmingly, they don’t have any signs or tags indicating the price of the donuts. You just have to trust the math-challenged teens to correctly calculate the cost of your purchase, and take their word for it. Should five cake donuts really cost $15? Are they that good? Sign me as “extremely skeptical and...

Very overpriced. $3 per donut and the donuts are good not great. I've been to amazing donut places that charged $1.50 per that are far better, granted we went at 10:00 a.m. and a lot of the donuts were already gone, but if a variety of the donuts we got were just good then the rest would naturally reflect that, even if a little better. Service was great, the one worker there looked like your stereotypical biker with sick facial hair and a kinda hardened look to him, but he was patient and very nice (not that bikers aren't that way it's just that stereotypes are often wrong and misleading). The atmosphere was non-existent, it's in a gas station so they don't get to customize their atmosphere to fit their needs appropriately, and as such the experience suffers for it. But at it's core, the problem remains the pricing. Get those donuts to...