Notice the address of this location - 666. It is Pizza Hell. Avoid at all cost!
In my opinion, if the Pizza Hut were located in a city that did not have an Interstate highway going through it to support it with consumers who are unaware of the poor service, it would not stay open. Most of my friends who live locally think the same thing about this place. Over the years, I have kept going back in hopes that it will improve because we do like their pizza. I will list some of the experiences we have had at this Pizza Hut:
1. We stood inside their door for 10 min or more with four kids, one being a baby that I was holding, waiting to be seated. Several waitstaff walked right by us. We finally walked out.
2. Pizza orders getting screwed up by the waitresses. Happened a couple of times.
3. Waitresses that disappeared after bringing our food. Drinks run out and nobody stops back to offer refills.
4. Many, many times - order breadsticks or other appetizers only to have them show up at the same time as the pizza. Sit there for 15 min waiting and have it all show up at once. Either the appetizers are cold from sitting, or the pizza gets cold while we eat the appetizer.
5. Finally gave up on dining in - so order take out. Sat at drive-thru for 10 min. waiting for someone to come to window. I could see a waitstaff leaning against a counter talking with someone in the back the whole time.
6. Call to order take-out. it is a crap shoot whether you will get anyone answering knowledgable enough to take an order. I am frugal and typically order when they offer special deals. They are often clueless about specials.
7. SO, I tried ordering online using their iPhone app. App totaled my bill up, I write a check that I intended to present at drive-thru, only to have them total up a different amount when I picked my pizza up.
They get kudos from me for the food though. Their pizzas are almost always good - plenty of fresh toppings and taste good. I am not a hard-ass when it comes to service as I know sometimes people can have a bad day, people don't show up for work and the rest of the staff can get overloaded, etc - and will always give a place the benefit of the doubt if we experience less than stellar service once or twice. But this place is almost 100% consistent with lousy service.
What is most odd is I believe the Pizza Huts in Tomah, Sparta, and maybe Neillsville are owned by the same guy. We have never had a bad experience at these other locations. We often drive to these other locations, driving 15-30 miles out of the way, to eat at a GOOD Pizza Hut when this one is right in our own hometown. I pray for the day that another pizza chain (Pizza Ranch, anyone? Hint, hint!) comes into Black River Falls and drives this place out of business. It will only take a month.
They only earn the 2nd star from me because of the consistent quality of their food. It pains me to give it to them, but I want to be fair. read more