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Pizza Hut Buffet

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 17:46

Posting here to hopefully get some quick answers.

So I will be going to Pizza Hut for the buffet, at the weekend with my child for one of her friend's parties.
There's a few of us going, and I've had a look online and at weekends it is 15.99 per adult and 10.99 for children !
I am absolutely not going to eat 15.99 worth of pizza! And I doubt my child will eat £11 worth.
Would I be unreasonable to just pay for my child and maybe have a slice of pizza or 2?
I know they charge different per head to stop this. But how do they police this ??
It's not a huge deal, but I would definitely like to know before I go, and like to know if other people do this or not ?
Thanks !

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tonyhawks23 · 14/10/2024 18:30

The average person knows pizza doesn't magic up.theres huge costs involved and if everyone cheated the system they'd go bankrupt and the rest of us who likes it there would be very sad.

AllHisCaterpillarFriends · 14/10/2024 18:30

If this is Pizza Hut HQ drumming up business then it has worked. I want a pizza hut!

I know the definition of stealing very well and this definitely is not it. So what's your definition. Because it is stealing in mine

BobbyBiscuits · 14/10/2024 18:29

Get the kid the buffet and just order something small for yourself. A personal pizza, or whatever else they do now.
You don't want to get shamed for pinching food off your children's plate in pizza hut. If you can't afford a kids meal plus a small meal of your own then you should just get a drink and let the kids enjoy the food. It's not like pizza hut pizzas are that great.

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 18:29

bryceQ · 14/10/2024 18:24

But it's not £15.99 for two slices of pizza, the money is paying for the rental, upkeep of the property, staff wages to make food and clean up, the cutlery, the tables and chairs, menus, marketing, insurance, electricity, WiFi and all the hundreds of other things. That's how eating out works!

When you want to get political with it, yes. But there's no breakdown of this on the menu is there ? Because the average person doesn't think of all of these things factored into the price tag of their meal, when eating out

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zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 18:29

Tink3rbell30 · 14/10/2024 18:19

I don't see the problem OP. The party is for the children so not all adults will want to eat. If your daughter had the buffet option and picked 5 slices of pizza but her eyes were too big for her belly and she only ate 4 then you'd eat the 5th rather than it going in the bin surely? Same thing.

It's not.

stichguru · 14/10/2024 18:29

I think just don't go for the buffet if you don't want to eat that much. Order something off the menu for the two of you to share. Buffets are designed to be "all you can eat", they are a rip off if you don't want much!

SpiggingBelgium · 14/10/2024 18:29

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Of course they would.

downwindofyou · 14/10/2024 18:28

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 18:01

Could you just buy the buffet food then take home slices you don't eat? That way you might not feel so ripped off?

You can't go to an all you can eat buffet and fill bags to take home 😂

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InsanelyItchy · 14/10/2024 18:28

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 18:01

Could you just buy the buffet food then take home slices you don't eat? That way you might not feel so ripped off?

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Justgoodforthegetting · 14/10/2024 18:27

OP some of the comments on this post are wild 🤣🤣 of course it’s not stealing!! People getting unreasonably annoyed by a simple question.
I know the definition of stealing very well and this definitely is not it.
So in the OP’s example, she would pay for her child to eat then would eat a slice or two from her child’s plate…. Unless I’m mistaken?
she would’ve already paid for that pizza so who would she be stealing it from? would it also be stealing if she paid only for her child, her child could only eat half the pizza so OP finished it off?
Come on, let’s not be silly. It may be a flagrant disregard for the rules of Pizza Hut…. But stealing it most certainly is not.

OP I would just buy a pizza to share and bin off the buffet, seems you’ll be getting watched by tons of Pizza Hut spies😳

tonyhawks23 · 14/10/2024 18:27

Ah I see maybe pizza hut prices vary around the country,ours is all in,so maybe better for us.but still,no reason to steal,just eat before you go in and say you had a big breakfast,or send kid on their own.

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 18:27

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 18:05

I have a feeling if I'm being attacked enough for asking a question like this.. that someone will be sure to tell me it's absolutely not acceptable to take home buffet food 😆

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It isn't. Otherwise lots of people would.

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 18:27

Sethera · 14/10/2024 18:24

According to the menu of the one near me, it is £10.99 for just pizza at the buffet (adult) - the £15.99 option includes a 'bottomless soft drink' and the foul pit of bacteria that is the ice cream factory.

That's weekdays. Weekends it's £15.99 for just pizza or £19.99 for drink and icecream.

Damb it OP you have me googling pizza hut now 🤣 Now I want pizza!

InsanelyItchy · 14/10/2024 18:26

Another classic case in AIBU...OP - am I being unreasonable? Everyone - Yes. OP - well, no I'm not.

Bluesclues1 · 14/10/2024 18:25

Do you squeak when you walk OP?

tonyhawks23 · 14/10/2024 18:25

It really is a bargain!when we went on a weekday we realised that as a family of 5 it would be cheaper to eat once a day at pizza hut all you can eat than do our normal shopping for the week.and it's really fun and kid friendly as they make their own deserts and choose what they want.

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 18:25

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 17:55

Steal pizza ?? Jesus Christ 😂

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That's what you would be doing.
Their terms are clearly provided.

Sethera · 14/10/2024 18:24

According to the menu of the one near me, it is £10.99 for just pizza at the buffet (adult) - the £15.99 option includes a 'bottomless soft drink' and the foul pit of bacteria that is the ice cream factory.

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 18:24

tonyhawks23 · 14/10/2024 18:18

Pizza hut buffet is a really good deal even on weekends,,you get a huge salad bar,two types of pasta,all the drinks you want and a huge range of pizza, and the ice-cream maker- you are paying for the fun family experience aswell,the kids love making their own deserts!I can't believe anyone would go to pizza hut and be so grinchy about it,don't go if it sounds too much or you don't like their food,but Def don't steal!

It looks like you have to pay extra to have the unlimited drinks and icecream, but only about 4 quid extra.

ManchesterLu · 14/10/2024 18:24

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 17:55

Steal pizza ?? Jesus Christ 😂

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If you eat food you haven't paid for then of course it's stealing. Your attitude sucks. The price is the price. You either pay it or you don't, but you can't just take things for free because you don't like the price.

bryceQ · 14/10/2024 18:24

But it's not £15.99 for two slices of pizza, the money is paying for the rental, upkeep of the property, staff wages to make food and clean up, the cutlery, the tables and chairs, menus, marketing, insurance, electricity, WiFi and all the hundreds of other things. That's how eating out works!

tonyhawks23 · 14/10/2024 18:23

On GF they may have changed that now as when we went they asked us if we had any dietary requirements or preferences so I imagine they now cater better.

CloudywMeatballs · 14/10/2024 18:22

I've never been to a Pizza Hut buffet. The price includes pasta, salad, drinks and ice cream? It sounds like a bargain!

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