{"id":16352,"date":"2016-09-01T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=16352"},"modified":"2016-09-01T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:22:31","slug":"pizza-hut-buffet-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=16352","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Hut Buffet Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160901_120049.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16354\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16354\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160901_120049-225x400.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza Hut Buffet Review\" width=\"154\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a>As a regular reader, you know I try and find positive things to write about every time I stop someplace. Spoiler alert: not here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve been in a Pizza Hut maybe three times in the past ten years, <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2010\/10\/nationwide-pizza-huts-big-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once in a small town in Western Kansas<\/a>, the place was filthy, the pizza worse. I liked <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2015\/01\/pizza-hut-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pizza Huts in China<\/a>, tho, it was before the Chinese became amenable to liking \u201ccheese\u201d and the menus said the pies had \u201cmelted topping.\u201d Selections were ample and the salad bar (which the Chinese adored) was always well stocked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Went into a <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2010\/04\/godfathers-a-pizza-you-can-refuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Godfather&#8217;s Pizza Buffet<\/a> a few years ago, and that was dreadful. <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2015\/06\/pizza-ranch-buffet-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pizza Ranch<\/a>, a fast growing chain based out of Iowa, has so-so pizza, but drop dead fried chicken and a lot of other choices. And it&#8217;s a good value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2009\/10\/portland-or-round-table-the-last-honest-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Round Table<\/a>, based in California, has a pretty fair buffet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But Pizza Hut? At least this one? Ugh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They had six pizzas out, nothing exotic, either standard thin or thick crust. I went in because I thought it would give me the opportunity to sample some of the innovations they have been bragging about lately \u2013 stuffed crusts, added flavors, blah blah. But this operator was interested in minimizing costs and maximizing revenue, so choices were pretty basis. There was a single bin of plain spiral pasta and plain red sauce to accompany it. One bin of \u201cdessert bread sticks.\u201d No salad. No chicken. I expected wings, since Pizza Hut has that whole \u201cWing Street\u201d thing going. Buffet price, without drink $6.99 plus tax and gratuity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I had a slice of sausage, a slice of pepperoni, one with pork pellets, one with &#8216;everything&#8217; and one with cheese. The plain cheese was the best, despite being drastically under-cooked. \u00a0To me, Pizza Hut just doesn&#8217;t taste like much. \u00a0It will always be in a three-way tie for pizza of last resort with Dominos and Caesar&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The joint was clean. The help was friendly. They seem to have some &#8216;regulars,&#8217; at least based on overheard conversations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is next door to a KFC which was empty at high noon. No buffet there. KFC buffets are kind of hard to find, but they can be a real treat!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The basic menu is below, I notice they have &#8220;rebranded&#8221; their specialty pies as &#8220;Flavor recipes,&#8221; and I also see they no longer offer salads or other alternatives at all. \u00a0But speaking of rebranding, remember about 5 years ago or so, they made a big hubbub about how they were going to become just &#8220;The Hut?&#8221; \u00a0Whatever happened to that? \u00a0It was about the same time Radio Shack announced they were going to start calling the stores just &#8220;The Shack,&#8221; but that ultimately changed into &#8220;The location permanently closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160901_115606.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16355\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16355\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160901_115606-400x228.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza Hut Buffet Reivew\" width=\"400\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160901_115911.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16356\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16356\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160901_115911-400x283.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza Hut Buffet Review\" width=\"400\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16360\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160901_0001.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16360\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16360\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160901_0001-261x400.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza Hut Buffet Reivew\" width=\"395\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Pizza Hut Menu<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"View Menu, Reviews, Photos &amp; Information about Pizza Hut, West Dundee and other Restaurants in Chicago\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/chicago\/pizza-hut-west-dundee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px; padding: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/logo\/16751082\/biglink\" alt=\"Pizza Hut Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPizza Hut Buffet Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a regular reader, you know I try and find positive things to write about every time I stop someplace. Spoiler alert: not here. I&#8217;ve been in a Pizza Hut maybe three times in the past ten years, once in a small town in Western Kansas, the place was filthy, the pizza worse. 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