gax Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Pizza Hut have decided to change many of their UK branches name to 'Pasta Hut' to promote a healthier image. As far as I'm aware this isn't happening in the US, and due to the bad reception, looks like it'll be a temporary thing. Full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3145545/Pizza-Hut-to-become-Pasta-Hut.html Very strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintballer Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Actually, We're (The States) transistioning some of it's restaurants into "The Hut", which is more of a sit down, nice T.G.I Fridays style. I recently went to a before opening test of one of "The Huts" and if the pasta is the same, It was really really good. Surpassed my expectations... So, I'm down with it, only thing I noticed was the Pizza wasn't so greasy, like the specialty ones... So, I want every so often a greasy pizza, I do hope they still have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Well, they did this as a marketing stunt during the launch of their new 'Tuscani Pasta' dishes. Then they joked that if the Pasta became more popular than the Pizza they would consider changing their name. In Korea we ate at something called Pizza Hut Plus, which had a few of the original pizza's but many more thin crust and 'designer' style pizzas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I know one Pizza hut around here is becoming "Pizza Hut and Wing Street" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm still peeved that there's no sit-down, lunch buffet Pizza Huts in Florida. I miss those places a LOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I have never seen a lunch buffet Pizza Hut, but we did have a Pizza Inn (and then it was Leonardo's) buffet place. I wish Terre Haute had a CiCi's pizza place. Five dollars for a pizza buffet is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalepi_Konei Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm still peeved that there's no sit-down, lunch buffet Pizza Huts in Florida. I miss those places a LOT. What are you talking bout' theres one right down the street from me, you go in sit-down and get the buffet when you want. (I think thats what you meant.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I wish Terre Haute had a CiCi's pizza place. Five dollars for a pizza buffet is excellent. The price is enticing, but everyone I know says it's edible and not much else. Pizza Hut buffet may be more to your liking than CiCi's. Heh, now I have a Pizza Hut craving. Hmmm....guess what's for dinner Tuesday night. lol! Back to topic, this rebranding almost parallel's McDonld's contempo updating, sans a Mcname change. Pasta Hut just sounds wierd. I'd have to see one of these redos to full understand it. It almost comes across as a way to compete with Sbarro and their pasta dishes. The Pizza Hut and Wings sounds like something fun to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Pizza Hut - Italian Bistro...? Pizza Hut - Buffet...? My mind = Just Blown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 In Korea we ate at something called Pizza Hut Plus, which had a few of the original pizza's but many more thin crust and 'designer' style pizzas. The cheese dipping sauce with the stuffed crust pizza was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyoverlord71 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Here we have a Pizza Hut and a Pizza Hut Express. They sell spicy chips, smaller pizzas, rolled up pizza and other crazy pizza related objects of edibleness. I can't see "Pasta Hut" being the name of Pizza Hut for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jten11 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm still peeved that there's no sit-down, lunch buffet Pizza Huts in Florida. I miss those places a LOT. Oh there are a couple of sit-down buffet Pizza Huts here in Tallahassee. And Sharktums is correct. They did the same in the states a while ago. For a sec I thought it was a April Fools joke or something when I first heard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterJunkie Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I'm still peeved that there's no sit-down, lunch buffet Pizza Huts in Florida. I miss those places a LOT. What are you talking bout' theres one right down the street from me, you go in sit-down and get the buffet when you want. (I think thats what you meant.) Yep, have one around me as well...It gets VERY busy at lunch time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printersdevil78 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 See, that's the difference between the UK and where I live. In the UK, they turn the local Pizza Hut into Pasta Hut. Where I live, they turned the local Pizza Hut into an abandoned building. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 ^LOL! Ours turned into a used car lot! Now that you all have mentioned this, I'll keep an eye out for these variations. Have had the buffet on travel and it's small, but it's good. Just for a laugh, I was a little kid traveling cross-country with my mom when the Personal Pan Pizza debuted (early 80's). We tried them somewhere around St. Louis. It's still a favorite, and it has some good memories attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Not that I ever go but I don't think Pizza Hut even does pasta here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobafett Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 It's a new marketing gimmick. They are now serving pasta in their restaurants, which they always have, but they have some how "jazzed them up" a bit, serving them 'family style' in which you get 1 to 2 pounds of pasta, depending on how many are in your party, salad and drinks all for a special price. And as the commercial goes," if they like the pasta so much we just might change our name to Pasta Hut". So I don't think it is a permanent thing, just to sell more of their pasta. We also have a Pizza Hut Express and Wing Street combo store in our neighborhood. Not as good as dine-in but it does the trick when we can't to our local Pizza Hut, especially for the "all you can eat lunch buffet"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfreak Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 The only thing they're doing to the local Pizza Huts here are changing the roof from red to black. But yet the logo on the roof has the mini red roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Kind of off topic, but... Does anyone know if Mr. Gatti's pizza buffet exists anywhere outside of Kentucky and Tennessee? They offer THE best Apple Cinnamon pizza I've ever had; I would seriously sit in a booth for 24-hours, eating nothing but that sweet, tangy, crunchy goodness... (Oohh, now I'm really craving some!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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