Ashley (restaurant)

Ashley (Korean: 애슐리), is a restaurant chain based in South Korea owned by the E-Land. As of 2014, the chain had over 140 retail stores in South Korea. Ashley is a buffet which specializes in beef and steak. Ashley consists of sub-brands that include general buffets like Ashley W, Ashley Queens, and Ashley Delivery, as well as more specialized stores like 83 Grill by Ashley. Depending on the type of restaurant and time of visit (lunch/dinner and weekday/weekend), pricing and food items vary. As of December 2021, Ashley Queens and Queens Plus, which make up the majority of Ashley restaurants, both began contactless operations due to COVID-19. As part of the policy, diners must clean up their own dishes after dining. Some Ashley Queens Plus locations have also begun employing serving robots to help bus dishes in order to minimize contact in-store. Ashley W, Ashley W+, Ashley Classic, and many other Ashley sub-brands closed down during the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2016, the Ministry of Employment and Labor revealed that part-time workers at Ashley were not paid their regular wages and other expected pay including non-duty allowance, overtime allowance and night duty allowance. This event led to extensive boycotting against the brand.