Daybreak Donuts & Ice Cream

Have to grab my donut from yesterday’s «DONUT FRIDAY» and oh soo sweet still fresh and sunny!
and in the morning, Ice Cream? If you are good maybe the ladies behind the counter will go crazy for you!
*Looks like their Boba neighbors are ‘boarded up’ as I saw.

Came here at around 8am on a Sat. morning. A dozen donuts such as the regular/​old fashioned/​cake types are $ 8.50 paid in cash.
Specialty donuts cost more depending on the kind.
This small plaza appears kind of dead. The donut shop and the Pizza Hut across from it seem to be the only ones thriving.
It’s harder and harder to find family-​owned donut shops. the chain-​style shops such as Yum yum donuts or Krispy Kreme are just not the same. They are either way over-​priced or got the mass-​produced quality.
Glad to have a place nearby for donuts still being offered at a decent price.

Been coming here for years and what keeps me coming back and can’t get enough of is their croissant with bacon, ham, sausage, egg, and cheese. Great service and great food!

I’ve been coming here as a kid since before they tore down the shopping center where the new houses are and had to move across the street. I never even knew the name of this place. It was always the donut shop down the street. Still coming here when I’m back in town. They recognize my face and always give me something extra.

Fresh ingredients and friendly service. Definitely a better alternative to fast food breakfast

This place has been open for 20 yrs and serving the best doughnuts in town. As prices and rent go up these people remain still here. Thank goodness because we created so many memories taking our kids here or having relatives stay and always knowing these donuts will tie the people over. Heck my wife and her family have been coming here since she was a child! The owners child who is now an adult always greets as warmly and never fails to take the time to talk to us! Bagel with cheese and bacon and eggs is the sandwich that always rocks! My kids are the doughnut hole Champs. Fresh and at times hot. Thank you daybreak for being part of our family!

Über friendly, fast service. wide range of offerings: bagels, croissants, donuts, ice cream. sammies, coffee.
eats: french crueller + glaze donut (1.85)
–very sweet, french crueller not melt in mouth, some stiffness.
crumbs:
–cheap pricing, parking accessible…

Wonderful price, excellent service, delicious sweets~ Daybreak Donuts is located very near a handful of schools which makes it convenient for teachers and students to purchase donuts for friends and/​or parties! What makes it even better is that everything is at more-​than-​affordable prices :) One day when I was walking from my school (around 3:40PM), I called to see if Daybreak would still be open if I got there around 3:50(even if they close at 4). Anna, the owner, was so nice through the phone and said,“Of course! I’ll wait for you, dear!” I was so delighted because I was craving for their moist, high-​quality oat bran muffin

Best doughnuts in the whole Bay Area. This is the only place I will eat doughnuts from. I have know this wonderful family of owners from the time they opened in the old shopping center that now is homes and fire station. My favorite is their twist doughnuts my sister loves their ham and cheese croissants. They are always welcoming and friendly here. Plus free doughnut holes for the kids make my kids so happy.

Best breakfast croissants around! They are huge, fresh every time, and pretty decently priced. We tried the donut holes this time too and those were just as good. Would recommend to anyone!

The donuts here are like little fluffballs of heaven. There’s a wide array to choose from — I love it all; glaze, glaze with coconut sprinkles, maple, chocolate, chocolate on chocolate, chocolate with sprinkles, chocolate, with coconut sprinkles…
My children love the ham, egg, and cheese croissants — they’re huge, and they heat it up for you if they’re not making it for you on the spot. The donut holes are perfect — it’s hard not to order at least a dozen each time we’re here.
The bagels are great too — but my favorite non-​donut item here are the blueberry muffins.
Everything is reasonably priced and the ladies that work here are super sweet — they’re always throwing us extra donuts and such since we’re (embarrassingly) here at least once a week.
The magic used in creating their donuts is some sorta serious witchcraft — I’m serious. I just ate two glazed ones in row before typing this review and I think I’m going to reach in that pink box and grab another.

What can I say about this donut shop other than it’s amazing, inexpensive, and encompasses so many childhood memories. I’ve been going to this donut shop since it was across the street, before the new homes were built, and I was still in middle school. Anna, the owner of this shop, is the coolest, sweetest, and toughest lady out there (you gotta be tough to handle those rowdy high school kids that show up after school!). After all these years she still remembers me and she and her daughter make me feel so at home every time I’m back in town. Seriously… LOVE THIS PLACE!
When you come here, make sure you order a dozen donut holes WITH your order. The chocolate cake donut holes are moist and the breakfast croissants are 1000x better than any fast food breakfast sandwich.
I hope this place stays around for a very long time, and I get to carry on the tradition and become one of those neighborhood old people that come to this donut shop every morning to drink coffee, chitchat w/​Anna, and snack on donuts while making fun of the youngins that come in before 1^st period at PHHS. :)

I’m really picky with my donuts. They need to be fluffy and not ridiculously sweet. I came here skeptical with not a lot of reviews. It’s located close to where I live so I thought I would give it a chance. I’m so glad I did!
It’s very cheap. Lines aren’t too long when I go. Quick friendly service.
My favorites are the maple bar and apple fritter. The apple fritter is crunchy, not too doughy. The maple bar is nice and fluffy! Both so delicious! And most importantly it doesn’t hurt my teeth when eating them! Not overly sweet. Just perfect!
I will definitely be back!

OMG! There is a lady in line arguing about the price. If you don’t want to pay .80 go to Safeway then :/​stop complaining in your local mom and pop folks.
Oh no. Where is the daughter that works here? :(The lady was really nice always asking about my sister. I had a blueberry muffin, blueberry bagel w cream cheese, turkey sandwich and my favorite… Apple glaze fritter!!! She even gave me a few donut holes hehe.

This place was good! I did come on Valentine’s Day so most things were gone! I did not get to try their donut holes… I did get a dozen for $ 8 and then a donut for myself. It was pretty good!
They take card here!
Next time, I will have to try their breakfast sandwich!

Ahhhhh. This place brings back the high school memories! I remember coming here weekly trying to buy some donut holes! Everything here is made fresh and the donuts here are light and delicious. not to mention CHEAP! :) Their ham, egg, cheese and bacon sandwiches are huge and made fresh. and I especially love the croissant they use for the sandwiches! I just wish their hours were a little longer. but I guess it’s only fair since they’re open so early in the morning.LOL.

0ne of the staples in life is being consistent, and familiarity. I could see this «dive» donut place in the not so posh area of San Jose being one of those haunts, id frequent if I lived near by. Mom and daughters? run read the stellar reviews and we took a gander. No Range Rovers out front, no doggies while maybe cute hanging around with their precocious owners. But fresh friendly and frugal.

I’m actually writing this review to curb the profound disappointment I experienced because I stopped by an hour ago thinking they were closed at 5pm rather than 4pm.
I so rarely crave sweets or donuts so naturally, the donut shop has to be closed when I wanna stop by.
Regardless, no amount of sadness can distort my feelings toward the donuts they have here. They are seriously so good. What makes em so perfect: they’re not too sweet, not too fried, perfectly soft and fluffy… just seriously so good.
I was hosting a bunch of kids from Socal the other week and I was too lazy to figure out breakfast so I bought a variety dozen from Daybreak and all the kids were going crazy. They said, «wow… donuts taste so much better in Norcal…»
Now, they are making unreasonable generalizations. because there are definitely good donuts in Socal. But I guess the point is… these donuts will fool people!
My favorite is the sugar donut. Daybreak kills the sugar donut game. Krispy Kreme couldn’t even get a foot into the competition with that category (let’s be real, without their glaze, Krispy Kreme wouldn’t even have stock).
They also have this crumbly covered donut. I don’t know what it’s called, but it is also super super super awesome.
This is my favorite donut spot. Now mind you, I am not a donut connoisseur, but you can still trust me that these donuts are of the upper tier of the donut kingdom.
They accept credit card if you spend over $ 8 (aka, if you buy a dozen.)

Got to love this doughnut store. Even though it closes a bit early, I don’t mind at all coming early to get a few doughnut balls for around $ 1.75.
They have a few selection on doughnuts, and sandwiches, I haven’t tried the sandwiches yet, but I’ve heard it’s good. Sometimes the owner will throw in a couple doughnuts if you buy a lot, which is really nice of her.

Don’t let the run down small shopping strip deter you from stopping by this donut store. Parking is plentiful and there are plenty of donuts, muffins, bagels and croissants to choose from.
The employees are friendly and often smiling.
The glaze donuts are super soft and light and not overly sweet. I’ve also tried their twist and old fashioned donuts which are also very good.
They will fill it for you right then and there. They have raspberry, lemon and custard fillings to choose from.
Their breakfast croissants are large and really filling. The croissants are soft and buttery. I usually get mine with no cheese, but that’s just my own preference, but it comes with ham, egg and cheese and you can always change the meat to either bacon or sausage.
They also offer plenty of drinks in the fridge from milk, juice, soda and water.
The apple fritters that they have look amazing… I guess I’ll have to try it the next time I’m there.
Overall, a great spot if you have a craving for donuts.