Pizza Hut Bistro
I was intrigued the first time I passed by the Pizza Hut Bistro at the Gateway Mall. From the outside, it reminded me of a fine dining establishment. It had the looks of hotel restaurants with its crisp white linen tabletops and classy interiors.
We did not get a chance to eat there until now.
I haven’t been to Eastwood Libis in a while so the new dining places were a treat for both my husband and I. But of all the new places to go to for filling up our hungry stomachs, we chose the Pizza Hut Bistro. Why? Because it was nearest to where my hubby’s appointment was and I grabbed the chance on indulge my curiosity of the place I once wanted to try.
I was impressed by the ambience, by the security guard who opened the door for us, and by the hostess who ushered us to our seats. I then became nervous that we had chosen a restaurant that would blow our budget for the week.
We were handed state of the art menus that were big on color and big on design. It had the colors of Pizza Hut – red and black. The choices were varied and interesting. We ordered the usual – bolognese for ChrisH and penne in tomato cream sauce for myself. The price was reasonable, ranging from P120-P200 for a dish. My taste buds were getting excited.
The food came. Both of us were disappointed. 
The penne in tomato cream was swimming in sauce, like the chef accidentally put in more sauce than he wanted or there was suddenly a shortage of penne noodles. I was more inclined to think the latter as I found some spaghetti noodles mixed in underneath all the penne.
My husband majorly disliked the bolognese (it was obvious from the expression on his face). He uttered that it was sweet and left a bitter aftertaste. I figured it was the beef and the cheese. I also thought, that maybe they used processed tomato sauce like Ragu instead of using fresh tomatoes. It just didn’t taste like bolognese… at least the bolognese that my hubby has come to love.
More pictures at my Gallery.
Oh and another thing I severely hated about the place – the booths! From afar, they did look fancy and chic. However, I doubt anyone greater than a size 4 would fit into it (OK! I’m not thin but I am not THAT fat!). The space was so small I had a hard time getting into my seat. And although the sofa was cushioned, it was too close to the table that I had to sit up military straight. Last but not the least, the table top came up to my neck that my armpits got sore after we ate there. Ok ok, maybe I’m just pissed off about the food but hey – at least I should feel comfortable. Which I weren’t.. at all.
This is one place I would be hard to convince to return to again.
Pizza Hut Bistro
C-1, Eastwood Citywalk 1,
Eastwood City Cyberpark,
E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Bagumbayan,
Quezon City
True that some Pizza Hut foods satisfy different people’s tastes, I’d rather order pizza from them rather than other dishes since they specialize on pizza.
Too bad on your bad experience in dining there. There’s other great restaurants that offer better Italian dishes but I have to recall where I dined back then. ^_^ I’ll post an update if I can remember.
DeSquallie – I used to love their pizza’s because I felt “bitin” on thin crust way back. But now I love thin crust and just looking at their thick crust pizza makes me dizzy.
And I guess my view on their food is based on standards set by a lot of other better, and cheaper Pizza and Pasta places in the city.
Ciao!
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i felt sorry to hear that, bistro is another concept of pizza hut making it a casual dining restaurant unlike the usual enhanced dine-in outlets. on my own view, i think they should hire kitchen people for bistro with knowledge on food, not just bunches of cooks but people w/ at least background on food theories. hmm, the bolognese, me as a chef wanna-be thinks that the bitter thing you have mentioned might be the basil dried herb, when i cook i just put very little amount of it or you might be eating grass already when it exceeded 1/8 tsp., i guess cooks there was not aware of their herbs effect. too bad, i might suggest you dine at usual pizza hut restaurant, they are more established & the food are not that bad. worth every penny,at least.
mgt – I must be a fan of the original Pizza Hut as this modernized concept really did not impress me. Nice idea. Poor implementation.
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