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I miss the old Pizza Hut. In some markets overseas, Pizza Hut was positioned as an upscale pizza experience and that isn't too far from what it used to be in th

I miss the old Pizza Hut. In some markets overseas, Pizza Hut was positioned as an upscale pizza experience and that isn't too far from what it used to be in the 90s. It was great, but nowadays it's just another random pizza delivery place.

mcv 3y ago
I never saw it as upscale, but I think it was the second big US fast food chain to open in NL, although their pizzas were thick and greasy and not very pizza-like, I liked them a lot more than McD.
- glimshe 3y ago
  Maybe "upscale" isn't indeed the right word for the US experience, but perhaps a "superior" and "more fun" pizza experience? Like, going out to enjoy a pizza with your family, rather than answering the door on jammies to eat pizza delivery. It was well above McDonalds, Subway, Chipotle and other fast food places.
  - GauntletWizard 3y ago
    It competed in that way more with Applebees and TGIFridays; A "Casual Dining" or "Family Style" place that happened to serve Pizza as it's main dish, before the trend of "fast casual".
xeromal 3y ago
The Pizza Hut near my mom is the the old school shape with the salad bar and all the trimmings of the ones in the 90s
- brightball 3y ago
  Oddly enough, in my town there is a Hibachi place in the old Pizza Hut building and a Pizza Hut across the street in a strip mall.
  - Arrath 3y ago
    I play "spot the old pizza hut buildings" with my girlfriend when we're driving around new cities. They're so distinctive its hard not to play.
9dev 3y ago
That’s funny. I distinctly remember Pizza Hut as the cheap-ish place where waiters would inexplicably introduce themselves with their first name and make kind of a show out of serving fast food; as a child in Germany, where this isn’t at all customary, I was like; „what the hell? I just want to tell you my order and expect you to bring it to my table once ready, I didn’t ask for your life story!“. Hence, I didn’t like it and tried to steer clear if possible.

mcv 3y ago

I never saw it as upscale, but I think it was the second big US fast food chain to open in NL, although their pizzas were thick and greasy and not very pizza-like, I liked them a lot more than McD.

glimshe 3y ago
Maybe "upscale" isn't indeed the right word for the US experience, but perhaps a "superior" and "more fun" pizza experience? Like, going out to enjoy a pizza with your family, rather than answering the door on jammies to eat pizza delivery. It was well above McDonalds, Subway, Chipotle and other fast food places.
- GauntletWizard 3y ago
  It competed in that way more with Applebees and TGIFridays; A "Casual Dining" or "Family Style" place that happened to serve Pizza as it's main dish, before the trend of "fast casual".

xeromal 3y ago

The Pizza Hut near my mom is the the old school shape with the salad bar and all the trimmings of the ones in the 90s

brightball 3y ago
Oddly enough, in my town there is a Hibachi place in the old Pizza Hut building and a Pizza Hut across the street in a strip mall.
- Arrath 3y ago
  I play "spot the old pizza hut buildings" with my girlfriend when we're driving around new cities. They're so distinctive its hard not to play.

9dev 3y ago

That’s funny. I distinctly remember Pizza Hut as the cheap-ish place where waiters would inexplicably introduce themselves with their first name and make kind of a show out of serving fast food; as a child in Germany, where this isn’t at all customary, I was like; „what the hell? I just want to tell you my order and expect you to bring it to my table once ready, I didn’t ask for your life story!“. Hence, I didn’t like it and tried to steer clear if possible.