Pizza Hut has come along way since the old school days of dark and seedy, sit down style restaurants that smelled reminiscent of a 1980's roller rink mixed with the everlasting aroma of processed mozzarella cheese. Woof! Ah, yes ... The good old days where dining in at Pizza Hut was a treat (imagine that). We'd go there after trick or treating on Halloween night, or as a reward when I would read a book and get a sticker on my Book-it button. Holy hell! They'd even give you a free personal pan pizza for that, and as an eight-year-old kid having a personal pizza all to my greedy, little self was the holy grail. Okay, I'll stop with my boozy reminiscence of the 1980's Pizza Hut chain. This review is for the current Pizza Hut take-out and delivery in Geismar near Dutchtown High.
I agree with reviewers that when this place opened a few years ago it was less than sensational. Orders were either screwed up in some way, or you would wait for like a century to even get your order. My pizzas were always okay, but they did have a tendency to forget my bread sticks or chicken wings which meant I would be stuck there for at least another 20 minutes while they scurried around making them for me. On the bright side, they would usually comp me a free order of cinnamon sticks. Who doesn't like the warm, spicy, fatty gooziness of cinnamon sticks? Cinnamon sticks can even make a traffic ticket or an IRS audit okay, right?
Anywho, the Pizza Hut chain in general has upped their game quite a bit and this includes the Geismar establishment. Sometime during late 2014 and into the spring of 2015 this particular Pizza Hut has really come into its own and is now my favorite place for take-out pizza. Pizza Hut is badass in general, and has always been my favorite of the national pizza chains (read my glowing praise for it above. You may even throw up in your mouth a little). Having a clean, efficient, and well run Pizza Hut where the service is friendly and the pizzas are hot right down the road from me is downright fucking awesome. I order pizza from this place about every 10 days or so. Being that I'm a vegetarian who is not particularly fond of vegetables, pizza is a stable in the diet that keeps me living.
I don't think this is unique to the Geismar Pizza Hut only, but they now offer some pretty snazzy additions to their pizzas such as Peruvian cherry peppers. Yes! You can now get Peruvian cherry peppers at a fucking Pizza Hut! They sure as hell didn't have that back in the 1980s. Also, for no extra charge you can get a choice from a smorgasbord of gourmet crust seasonings such as Asagio cheese and honey sriracha, or a flavor drizzle over your entire pizza such as Balsamic vinegar, or my favorite: buffalo sauce. Don't knock it until you try it. Hot buffalo sauce is simply divine on top of a cheese pizza with magical Peruvian cherry peppers. You gotta admit that Pizza Hut is certainly putting on the Ritz with their new line of highfalutin, gourmet pizzas.
The Geismar Pizza Hut is definitely on board with this. Over the past year they have stopped screwing up my orders. The pizzas, bread sticks, waffle fries, brownies, whatever you order- are hot and ready to go on time. I haven't had any issues with my pizza not being cooked completely. The vegetables are always fresh and as glossy as in the menu pictures. I always get take out and never delivery, but when I go in there to pick up my pizza the service is pleasant. The place clean. Maybe they're under new management, or maybe it's all the Balsamic vinegar and swanky designer pizzas, but someone (the Peruvian cherry pepper fairy perhaps?) has really kicked this place's ass into gear and it shows. read more