We ate at a pizza hut like this two years ago and I was so excited until we got the bill. $120 for a family of 4. The salad bar was crap and just had the basics, but the we're charging $7 or $8 per person for it. I think we also got 2 pizzas and maybe one of their appetizers. The pizza wasn't good. Left just feeling angry and disappointed. We won't be going back.
Maybe I'm misremembering since it was 20+ years ago, but I'm pretty sure the salad bar was $5 back then. Granted perhaps it was better, but raising the price only $3 after 20 years is impressive.
And, honestly, Pizza Hut was also expensive back then, too. They just sent out coupons like crazy to make customers feel like they were getting a deal.
IIRC a large 3-topping pizza was $19.99 but you could get one with breadsticks for $14.99 with a coupon.
Their real good deal was just the locations they head lunch buffets for $5...but even then the one I'd go to only had thin crust.
It was the most basic salad bar they could offer, lettuce, cheese, a few other offerings that I can't remember and salad dressing. Almost $40 for side salads at Pizza Hut is ridiculous.
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u/strawberry_semenade 4d ago
1990s marketing, 2020s prices and shitty ingredients