Pizza Hut
11928 Elam Rd.
Balch Springs, TX. 75180
(972) 557-1400
www.pizzahut.com
For some reason I have not had very good luck with pizza places. I will call up to order some special deal they have and find out that the deal is no longer available, or it really costs more than they said it would be. I have also discovered on more than one occasion that my house is a little outside of the restaurants delivery zone. And they will not venture one block beyond that designated area. I often just hang up the phone in frustration and call some place else or just give up on the pizza idea altogether. Fortunately I have discovered one pizza place near me that is reliable and has never given me any problems. It is the Pizza Hut on Elam Rd. in Balch Springs.
Now, not all Pizza Huts are the same. I’ve had plenty of trouble with other Pizza Huts like the one on Buckner in Pleasant Grove. This one, however, is a good one. It is not a sit-down diner, though. It’s just for carry-out and delivery. I always just go to pick up the pizza since it’s so close. Hey, we can use every dollar we can manage to save in this economy.
Speaking of the economy, it has forced Pizza Hut to come up with a great deal. You can get any size pizza you want, any style, any toppings, any crust for just ten dollars. That sure beats the old prices. Pizza Hut has six specialty pizzas to choose from. There is the good old Supreme Pizza (pepperoni, beef, pork sausage, green peppers, red onions, and mushrooms), the new and improved Super Supreme (ham, pepperoni, beef, pork sausage, Italian sausage, red onions, green peppers, and black olives), the Veggie Lover’s pizza (mushrooms, red onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and black olives) the Cheese Lover’s Pizza (lots of cheese along with two toppings of your choice), Pepperoni Lover’s pizza (two layers of pepperoni so you get pepperoni in every bite), and the Meat Lover’s pizza (pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham, pork sausage, bacon, and beef). The Veggie Lover’s pizza allows people to fool themselves into thinking they are eating healthy or at least feel better that they are not eating animal flesh. Personally, I almost always get the Meat Lover’s Pizza. I like lots and lots of meat.
Of course you don’t have to get a specialty pizza. You can always do the Build-Your-Own Pizza option. You tell them the size, toppings, and crust, and they give you whatever you want. This is what my wife likes to order. Her pizzas always have to have extra cheese and mushrooms. Oh, and she always orders the pan-style crust for her pizza. I am happy with pan or thin-n-crispy. She usually gets several other toppings as well. But as long as it has the extra cheese and mushrooms on a pan-style crust, she will be happy. However you make your pizza it will be just ten dollars. Unless of course you get a stuffed crust pizza. That extra ring of cheese in the crust will run you an extra two dollars. It used to be only one dollar extra but they changed it. I used to order the stuffed crust when it was just one dollar more. The ten dollar pizza deal is not the only good deal Pizza has going on right now. They also have three items on their value menu. Stuffed Pizza Rollers (jumbo-sized rolls stuffed with pepperoni and cheese) cost five dollars for an order of four and come with your choice of ranch or marinara sauce. The Personal Panormous Pizza is four big slices of pan pizza with your choice of one topping. I think that is also five dollars but don’t quote me on that one. The P’Zone Pizza is like a one pound, foot-long calzone. You can choose pepperoni, classic, or meaty style. It costs $5.99 and comes with marinara sauce.
For you pasta lovers, Pizza Hut also has three pasta options. The Tuscani Creamy Chicken Alfredo (grilled chicken breast strips and rotini pasta with Alfredo sauce and melted cheese) comes is a single pan which feeds two or a family size pan which feeds four. The Tuscani Meaty Marinara (meat sauce and rotini pasta topped with cheese) also comes in the single pan and family size. The Tuscani Lasagna (Lasagna noodles with Ricotta, Parmesan, and Romano cheeses in meat sauce) also serves two or four. Of course you can order breadsticks, cheese-sticks (bread sticks smothered in cheese, not to be confused with mozzarella sticks) to go with your meal.
If you have a big sweet tooth and have room for dessert you could get the Hershey’s Chocolate Dunkers (fresh baked dessert topped with white chocolate blended with Hershey’s milk chocolate, and served with a rich chocolate dipping sauce), or the Cinnamon Sticks. Personally, I don’t like the desserts served at pizza places. They always seem cheap and sickly sweet.
Whenever I go to pick up my pizzas at the Pizza Hut on Elam Rd. it’s always hot and waiting to go. I have never had any problems with them and the pizza has always been very good. One time my wife went to pick up the pizzas. She was waiting for her pizza to be ready. A Pizza Hut employee asked her what her name was. Then he asked if she had lost something. She had. It was her credit card which had apparently fallen out of her pocket on her way in. He had spotted it and returned it to her. So while not all Pizza Huts are alike, and pizza joints can be a pain, I really like this one and recommend it.
If you are in the area give them a shot. They are open Sunday thru Thursday from 10:30am until 11:00pm and on Friday and Saturday from 10:30 until midnight.
