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    Empire Donuts

    4.8 (13 reviews)
    Closed • 4:00 am - 12:00 pm

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    Kolaches in lots of diverse flavors.
    Rok J.

    Bottom Line: Cheap carbs & caffeine on the south side of town. Top Line: Blueberry donut and cinnamon roll, plus medium size cuppa joe ran $3.40'ish. So economical breakfasting. While the blueberry donut had good berry flavor and the roll had a modicum of cinnamon taste in it, the predominant taste was sweetness. Lots & lots of sugar showing up for your morning jack-me-up. Coffee was a shade on the bitter side, with not a lot of richness to counter it. A bit thin on flavor overall. But it did have caffeine so it's still passable. Premises were clean and bright. Counter help was friendly and good at their job. Lots of drive-thru and walk-in traffic, so they're doing something right. Obviously plenty of regular locals drop in here given the joking & back-and-forth between staff and a lot of their customers.

    My son LOVES his blue iced donuts!
    Christine W.

    Our family has a weekly tradition. Every Sunday we stop at a local donut shop and splurge on a donut and kolache. Being new to an area is difficult because you have to find new places for your normal tradition. We did a search and found several different choices. Empire was our first choice since it is on the way to church. All I can say is WOW! We are so glad this place was our first choice! Since we had plenty of time we decided to eat inside. At first glance the inside is a typical donut place with a few tables, coolers stocked with various drinks, and the display case. However, once you are close to the case you can see the delicious difference that sets this place apart. Their selection of kolaches is vastly superior. Yes, they have the typical with cheese, with jalapeño, smaller ones, big ones, etc. however, they also have several other flavors available to tease your tastebuds. They have several levels of spice or heat. Next the donuts. The bear claw is absolutely divine. It is filled with a pie filling and therefore has that slight tart to the apples and the perfect amount of cinnamon. Now, while I was looking at the vast selection of donuts I came across one that looked different. I was informed that it is the crumb donut (popularly known as the crack donut because it is so addictive.) With a slight crunch and a sweet buttery flavor, it is easy to see why it has the nickname! Our children LOVED the fact that they had blue icing and sprinkles on their donuts. Upon talking with the employees of the store, you can definitely tell there is pride for the store. The place was definitely clean and neatly organized as well. We will definitely continue giving Empire our family's business! I encourage you to stop in, try the kolaches, and the crack donut. You will definitely not regret your decision!

    Khadijah B.

    Great breakfast stop with friendly and awesome service. The Kolaches and doughnuts were amazing.

    It's Krispy Kremes on steroids! Everything is so delicious and fresh!!What a Gem!! The destination to go if you are visiting Nacogdoches!

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    With no shortage of donut shops in nearby, this one stands out from the rest. Friendly service. GREAT burritos and the best salsa around.

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    Great fresh pastries! And very friendly. The dough for kolaches is very light & airy. The wrap the sausages well so they stay in the bread.

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    Dunkin' - The crumbled napkins yall :/

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    I'm not sure where I can't start with this place. Dunkin' is our jam. We're a military family,…read moredunkin' is all over military installations and we live them. Except this place.... We drove up for the drive-thru. Super slow Saturday just before noon. We see a white female and black female with headsets on both coming out of the dumpster area on a smoke break. Great. They go back in and we can place our order. We order: 2 bacon egg cheese wraps (because it's on special), 1 egg and cheese bagel (they only have multigrain and raisin cinnamon so we go with multigrain, 1 maple glazed donut, 1 glazed donut. We have to repeat our order about 3 times before it's correct. "Pull to the window the total." We pull up to the window, pay $8 and change and get handed a bag, told to pull around to wait for our sandwiches. In bag #1 is a maple glazed donut and a chocolate glazed. We check the receipt and everything is correct for our orders so no mistake on them getting the information. Gal brings us bag #2 from inside. There are two wraps with egg white and cheese only (no bacon). We can live with that. We tell the gal we need our glazed donut and bagel sandwich. She huffs as she goes back inside to retrieve the correct items. She comes out with two more bags (#3 and #4). A glazed donut and an egg white and cheese plain bagel. (Didn't ask for egg white, wanted multigrain bagel). At this point we have 4 bags and not the correct orders with 20 minutes wasted. This place HAS to work on customer service and get a strong leader. It is CLEAR from my review and others that employee training is severely lacking. I've stopped to get coffee here a handle of times and it's never correct either. Their donuts are dry and cold. Dunkin' is a big name for military families and you're really ruining it for us. We'll probably just stick to the local donut joints.

    I mean it's dry donuts. If that's your jam come here. Very nice employees but decent donuts at…read morebest. If you like donuts, like good donuts. Drive to Dallas or Houston. Don't waste your calories on any place in Nacogdoches. Sorry..

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