Pizza Hut Is Still Just...Well, Pizza Hut
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112864)
United States
June 20, 2025 10:06am CST
Maybe when I was a kid Pizza Hut appealed to me. But I do recall we hardly ever went there when I was a kid. Straw Hat in California comes readily to mind as a place we frequented. And beyond that there were others.
But Pizza Hut has just never been "my thing." It's always come off to me as mediocre at best, and generally speaking, I have not been to a Pizza Hut in over a decade. Maybe more. In fact, probably more than that.
But yesterday, while out with mom, she was kind of feeling like pizza, and I figured, well, our Pizza Hut here has a an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. We might as well just go there.
I won't say it was bad. It was just...Pizza Hut, which for me is "nothing to write home about" even though I am writing about it here.
It was okay. It filled the bill. But it rekindled no flame for me and did not give me any reason to go out of my way to eat Pizza Hut again. It's okay eats, but not good eats.
The most bland, boring pizza I have had next to Chuck E. Cheese or lately, Little Caesar's. And speaking of Little Caesar's, not sure what happened to them. Their pizzas were actually good at one time, but now they suck.
And I'm not at all picky.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
20 Jun
Pizza Hut always reminds me of that brilliant Joe Piscopo spoof of Andy Rooney on SNL when he was skewering Yasser Arafat: “What’s with Yasser Arafat’s head covering? He looks like he stole it from Pizza Hut. He should eat at better restaurants. And what kind of name is Yasser anyway, the opposite of no sir?” 
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
20 Jun
@porwest — it’s funnier if you hear Andy Rooney’s voice saying it!
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
20 Jun
I've eaten at Pizza Hut... Not often, though. They were expensive and weren't the best pizza I've had.
There are two other places here in our town that have some good pizzas. We like a take-out only convenience store in our area called Casey's Pizza. They make a really good Taco pizza and that's what we normally order there. They have other pizza toppings but we aren't interested. The other one is called Your Pizza Place. They do a variety of pizzas that are good. We call and order one once in a while and are happy with them.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
5 Aug
@porwest Everybody has their own taste in what they like.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
5 Aug
@DaddyEvil Well, of course. That's why we have so many different restaurants, ice cream parlors, retail stores and whatever else you can think of. If everyone liked Ford cars and trucks, we wouldn't have any use for Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, GM, or anybody else.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Jun
They've changed a lot. I can't speak for where you live, but the area where I live cut corners. They got rid of all but a cook and manager. ingridents are frozen and pre-made. I know that won't make the food taste fresh. No matter how baked it gets.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Aug
@porwest Agreed. I had to have George make my pizzas for me. Otherwise I'd get sick.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
24 Aug
@kaylachan lol. I guess it is what it is. But how did his pizza not make you sick and the ones made by the other people did?
It's the same ingredients. lol
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
23 Jun
@BACONSTRIPSXXX It does. But at the same time, it's their fault. lol
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
21 Jun
But when that's what you have, you'd be surprised at how good their pizza can taste. lololol Sorry you were disappointed.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
23 Jun
@porwest Then I have yet to have a good pizza.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
23 Jun
@LindaOHio There's still time. Trust me. Pizza Hut is probably at the bottom of the heap unless you consider Chuck E. Cheese or a frozen pizza. lol
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
22 Jun
That's why I like to say, "Pizza Hut is a place one goes who wants something that looks like pizza who doesn't like pizza." In other words, once you've had a good pizza, you just can't accept Pizza Hut as a good pizza.
In my opinion, of course.
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@Ineeddentures (34954)
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20 Jun
All you can eat is good
Pizza Hut here is not good.
But I do like Pizza
Did your Mom enjoy herself?
That's the main thing.
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@Ineeddentures (34954)
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20 Jun
@porwest
Like Pizza
Don't like Pizza Hut
Sounds about right Jim
Glad your mum had a good time
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@RasmaSandra (98039)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Jun
I really miss the awesome pizzas that the pizza places made in NYC
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@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
20 Jun
I haven't had Pizza Hut or any franchise pizza in ages. I do love pizza and we get a pretty decent one at our local pizzeria.
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun
@porwest To me, it just the epitome of what you described in your post: adequate. We had one in my small college town, and I knew what I'd get if I went there. Plus my friend was a manager there, and we knew we could "score" some free pizza if we went there as he was shutting down. 
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
20 Jun
To me Pizza Hut relies on a "certain" demographic—which is probably a pretty dumb thing to say since every business big or small does. But how I describe it is this way; Pizza Hut is a place one goes to eat something that looks like pizza who doesn't like pizza. Which just means, if you've ever had a GOOD pizza, you don't even consider Pizza Hut in the mix. Just my two cents.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
21 Jun
Pizza Hut or for that matter any other similar chain don't have pizza that would stand any close to my younger daughter's home made ones. She makes it from scratch and it's delicious. We are spoilt and we look down upon every other pizza 
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There is one local one here called fresh pizza from oven. They have delicious toppings and make cute small pizzas. They are quite affordable too.
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There is one local one here called fresh pizza from oven. They have delicious toppings and make cute small pizzas. They are quite affordable too.2 people like this
@porwest (112864)
• United States
20 Jun
Domino's is not bad pizza. I used to like to get their Extravaganza and used to order from them quite often. Still, when we lived in Milwaukee, there was a local place there we liked very much called Tarantino's that got 90% of our pizza business, and here where we are now it's a local chain called Pizza World that gets it.
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