Favorite place in the world!! No place on earth makes better donuts & believe me I have LOOKED!!!…read moreMy boys & I love to go get our mixed dozen (if we can get up early) on the weekend & have lazy days

Happy employees, very clean inside, lots of great choices for donuts muffins and coffee…read more It could use some updating on their atmosphere for the sitting area.

With an impressive 4.77 rating across all user-driven platforms online (108 total votes and…read morecounting), you would imagine Fresh Donuts would live up to the hype. On paper - actually on an Excel spreadsheet I created - those scores rank them as the third best donuts in Middle Tennessee! Having now eaten at the entire top 25 donut spots, I can provide my impartial review. I found this tiny, unassuming shop in a strip mall with no sign. Unlabeled with a lackluster, no-frills interior, you'll find the secret store adjacent to a Fantastic Sam's southwest of downtown Columbia. In the first few bites, I realized that the donuts at Fresh Donuts were shockingly mediocre for such lofty ratings. But you must consider that a Columbia 4.77 isn't a Nashville 4.77. In a smaller town with fewer bakery options, ratings are always going to be skewed higher. That's true throughout the country. To pull off a 4.77 in Nashville is nearly impossible unless you have a really special product that distinguishes itself among some serious competition! So you must temper your expectations in a town of fewer than 50,000. The maple frosted donut here, my favorite donut flavor, wasn't bad. But it struck me as average and unremarkable. The cinnamon twist wasn't as light and airy as some of the exemplary versions you'll find in Nashville, and the cinnamon was nearly undetectable. While the donuts were fresh even in the late afternoon with a dwindling supply, which is impressive and lives up to the name Fresh Donuts, I wouldn't make this a destination for Nashvillians who are thinking of driving an hour down to Columbia. If you happen to be in Columbia, yes, this is a good stop for donuts. But don't make a road trip out of it just to sample what are allegedly the third-best donuts in the region. They simply aren't what the ratings imply, and I made the trip so you wouldn't have to.

Vefy friendly and great donuts. I think someone was malicious marking it as closed. Good price…read moreand stays busy

Found K-May donuts by a total whim!! From MI, wanted donuts on way home from FL. No one had them…read more Publix was closed-Easter. Wanted a new cast iron from Lodge Store-closed. Stopped at Kay's, bought 6. BEST ever! She was so kind, super polite! Will stop here over Buc-ee's any day!! Donuts were light, super fluffy, excellent flavor, nice and tall, and just melt in your mouth! Thank you!!

We stopped by to check out the bakery located next door to the tamale store in Athens. For every 1…read morecustomer going to the tamale store, there were 6 going in to buy freshly made donuts, bear claws, fritters and filled cream puffs. This is a locally owned mom donut shop I believe. The sweet lady behind the counter was busy with customers ahead of us. She has 3 other people working behind the counter so the wait isn't long. You need to get there early in the day for the large selection. We got there about 2 hours before closing. Because there were people ahead of us I watched 3 dozen pastries go out the door. The selections were slim but something is better than nothing. I purchased a cream cheese filled donut and a chocolate donut to go. The cream cheese filled donut was divine. Hubs asked me why I didn't buy more. I bought the last one that's why I didn't buy more. The chocolate donut was very good but not as good as the cream cheese filled donut. The pastry was soft, not overly sweet and the delicious cream cheese filling was velvety and not very sweet resulting in delicious bites. We highly recommend this store. You might not care for the tamales next door as we all have different tastes. The donut shop has enough variety that a person can find something sweet and delectable. Please give yourself some love and visit K-May Donuts. They are fire!!

I have been buying for years I'm 42 now. I live 45 minutes away and still make the drive for the…read moretiger tails and apple fritters. If you want to place an order by the phone they will gladly do so where you can get what you want. Kind staff and excellent pricing. Love love Sunrise Bakery!

Ordered a cake & it was done professionally & delicious to boot & while there got a great doughnut…read moreto start the day ...

Always fresh and delicious! Luckily they are located near our house, so it's easy to stop in and…read moregrab some donuts on a weekend or when we have our granddaughter. Staff is always friendly and helpful. Establishment is clean and welcoming.

This place is amazing, I honestly don't know why it doesn't have more reviews. Just make sure to…read moreget here early. They do run out quick, because they are so delicious. Also the owners are so incredibly nice. Please come check them out, you won't regret it!

Donuts were good and aplenty on a Sunday afternoon. Went to Daylight Donuts first but they ran out…read morefor the day, so ended up at Donut Palace. There were seriously a lot of donuts. They were on average $3.50-$4.00 each. Extremely expensive. I've come from LA where family owned donut shops were in every corner, so I'm always in search of these small shops in TN. I've been never a fan of dunkin. Glazing was a bit much but didn't mind it too much. I've paid a lot for desserts before but never this much for donuts. I have to say that at this price, you would expect gourmet donuts. HOWEVER - I would actually very much prefer this over those gourmet ones nonetheless. Something about the Asian donuts just tastes much better :)

Absolutely disgusting. Shop was filthy, don't know how they have not been shut down by health…read moredepartment. Way over priced and the donuts were nasty. Spent $25.00 took one bite and stopped at next garbage can and threw them away. It was that bad. Place smelled like raccoon grease. I now have to go home and change my clothes because I smell just from stepping in for two minutes

The box of doughnuts I purchased... Top row: chocolate,…read moreglazed, old-fashioned, old-fashioned, maple, glazed, old-fashioned. Bottom row: blueberry, chocolate, glazed vanilla cream, glazed doughnut. Apple fritters not pictured. Never knew this place existed till I read reviews on Yelp. People saying they came from all over to try the pastries. Had to join the crowd and try them myself. Some, I was eager to get, weren't available when I went. They said they didn't make as many, when schools were in session. I'll have it go back in the summer, when sales increase. Anyway, the ones I chose today were delicious. My favorite was the Maple Old-fashioned (yum yum!) Hope they have that every time I go because I will want it again and again.

I've been trying to make it to this place for years!! While the daily closing time is listed as…read more3:00 p.m., the store actually closes when they sell out of donuts. And as popular as this spot is, they sell out well before 3:00 every single day! So on several occasions over the past five years, I've driven an hour down to Lewisburg at 1:00 or 2:00, only to find a closed store at the end of a fruitless trip. Finally, I made the pilgrimage to the Lewisburg Donut Shop on a weekday morning and found it open! Hallelujah! And indeed, the donuts did not disappoint. The apple fritter is among the best I've had, almost as good as Fox's in Green Hills. But that maple with a soft, yeasty, melt-in-your-mouth dough is astounding! I can understand the lofty ratings now!

The donuts were soooo good. The kolaches looked good so we're planning to come back for some soon.read more

Being from the Pacific Northwest, I love maple bars. This is one of the few places that actually…read morehas them and they are yummy. The breakfast sandwiches are delicious. Service is always excellent!

Recently did an online order for 2 dozen donuts for my daughter birthday. I wish there was more a…read morevariety between the two boxes but it's fine. Definitely would love to go back & try the other donuts we didn't have. Everyone raved how sweet & delicious they were! The Lemon donut was the talk of the party!

Service - great! The servers are friendly and quick…read more Ambiance - I liked it. It's retro feeling but don't have a lot of seating. It's also kind of hot in here. Probably miserable in the summer. Donuts - amazing! The best way to describe them is a sweet croissant. It's a yeast donut with multiple layers. We've tried the maple bacon, honey glazed, blueberry, turtle for the sweet ones. Savory - chicken bacon ranch, fig & pig, buffalo chicken and Margherita. So far haven't tried one we didn't like. If you have a dairy intolerance or allergy, there are options but be sure to ask first.

This place has always been very good. I would quickly give 5 stars, however on feb 21 the employees…read morehad closed the location early. I was going to buy 3 dozen donuts, but the employees had removed all the donuts from the main room and were mopping the floor. They looked closed, the sign was still on though.