I had the Ashley #2 and wow!!! They have perfected the basics! Everything on my plate was delicious and exactly how I like! the amount of bacon they gave me was impressive! IYKYK! Good bacon is hard to come by now lol. I always get this burnt tasting clear looking bacon! Not here. I even loved the coffee and that is rare for me as well! I would give 10 stars if I could. Just wish the place reflected the goodness of the food...could use a few upgrades but who cares when the food is that great!! Taste like home read more

Here we are again. lol this has become a spot I come to every time I visit my brother. My brother got his usual...the Mexican Omelette. And I shared the Breakfast Sandwich with my mom. The service is always good, the food is consistent and always tastes good, no matter what we get. This casual little diner with a relaxed atmosphere is cozy. Nothing fancy, just good food, friendly people and a good place to enjoy a your company while you eat. read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Egg Breakfast Sandwich with ham. - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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A great small diner vibe with no frills food. They great you win you walk in and are quick to serve. A1 service. Personally, I could devour many plates of the French toast! read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Waffle, sausage and eggs - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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I've always enjoyed Ashley's when I've had the time to sit down and grab breakfast. The menu is full of classic diner options and it's likely if you're a frequent visitor, everyone will know your name. My last visit I watched two people fight for who could pay another regular's birthday breakfast tab. I love the sense of community. I typically will stick to a breakfast combo #4. It's pancakes or hashbrowns with a side of sausage, bacon, or ham. I'm not a big fan of eggs, so this is always a safe route without feeling wasteful. The service is always friendly but they definitely don't waste time with getting you in and out. read more

I'm a foodie. My husband & I dine a lot so we've acquired a taste of so so to great. Ashley's in Hartford was ok. I ordered breakfast & the potatoes were mediocre. They were peeled & boiled & slightly fried but not much flavor. The English muffin was wrenched with butter..not good. The bacon was a cheap brand. I'm definitely not coming back. The waitress was sweet as pie, the restaurant was clean and the parking was good for 2 hours. I know good food & this wasn't it. It's ok for a quick bite & if your pallet is average. read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Over cooked & flavorless potatoes & cheap bacon - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Me and some friends are fans of dining at places that we can't find at home. Unfortunately our experience here was less than stellar. The staff forgot alot of things and took very long to get with us. The saving grace was that the food was great. To be fair this place looked very understaffed but for what its worth I would try this place again for the food alone. read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Breakfast Sandwich - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

The food at this location was awesome. Staff was really really nice reasonable pricing. Nice family owned and operated restaurant would definitely recommend it if you are in the Connecticut area. read more

Clean and friendly. Staff was lovely and made sure we were happy with our meal. Food was amazing with generous portions. Everything was also very speedy in coming out and had great value for the cost (which was great btw) read more

Ashley's Restaurant - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

If I could give this place no stars I would. I waited forty minutes- it was not full - not even half way, we were just ignored as the waitress loudly ranted about another customer giving her a bad review. Finally our order was taken. A simple order, pancakes , steak and eggs and cheese grits. So another almost 40 minutes later it comes out. Cold pancakes, cold steak and extremely cold bacon. Upon complaining to the waitress she told me the grill was 400 degrees and I was wrong and had let it sit so there would be something to complain about. Why would I want to just sit there even longer especially since you have to pay a parking meter. I left, refusing the whole order. Horrible service, Horrible food, horrible experience. Oh- cheese grits had a slice of cold cheese on cold grits. See photo read more

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I was looking for a place to get a quick breakfast and found Ashley's. It's a cute little diner type establishment! It's a no-frills restaurant that provides a hot, tasty meal! I ordered at the counter from the cook and it seems that just as I got settled, my order arrived. Everything was hot and tasty! read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Soft scrambled eggs with cheese, home fries, and sausage with wheat toast. - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

I tried the French toast special . It was very bland, I did not enjoy it. The coffee was ok as well as the service. Dining in was an option but it was to tight in there so we just took our food to go. read more

A little diner that's very accommodating with good food. I really enjoyed my food here. The pancakes and French toast were both good. The turkey meat substitutes were also delicious. The turkey sausage is a kielbasa with a little heat. Good food with nice people. read more

We stopped at Ashley's on a road trip from Montréal to New York. Wow! We were so pleasantly surprised with this restaurant. A truly local place in downtown Hartford with a wonderful sense of community. The breakfast was freshly made and insanely delicious. Coffee even came for free with most of the meals! The service was incredible. Our waitress was kind and attentive to our every need. Homey seating inside or street dining outside. Street parking is free for 2 hours, close, and convenient. We will certainly be coming back any time we are in the area! Thank you Ashley's for a wonderful breakfast experience! read more

Little hole in the wall that's run by an 85 year old lady where the locals apparently come in droves. Huge props to the only girl who was serving everyone. Her dishwasher walked out and she was all on her own. She worked her butt off as the restaurant had a constant flood of locals coming in for breakfast. She never stopped moving or smiling. Food was great, with big portions and a grandma homemade taste to them. Not a 5 star establishment by any means but the service was stellar so it gets 5 stars from us. read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Big breakfast...delicious - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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In town for a couple days and was looking for a classic diner. So glad I stopped here. Neighborhood spot, exactly what I was looking for - a diner breakfast. Gonna go back tomorrow AM! read more

Ashley is the owner's granddaughter. Other reviewers need to stop griping, if they know nothing about dining, are 85 years old from Boston wearing dilapidated dentures. At this place you sit at the counter - culinaria, is culinaria.. and has rules. It is classic, old-time New York diner fare. Everything they do - they do: and I mean they do right. Welcome smiles, hills of steaming food, add-ons, omelettes, bacon, large pancakes cooked to perfection. Sausages, veggies, 'taters and jellies available. Room to sit, friendliness, hustle and we left on a weekend AM (yes, duh - breakfast food is morning food) full and completely happy! The ambience needs pictures, but this is a food review. (Also a sticker that says: Smelly dogs + red sox fans not allowed) Rebel View: 4+ stars read more

Ashley's Restaurant - the grill - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

No "guest" WiFi connection here so don't bring your kids and their iPads to distract them while you eat. You will be using your own data as you eat instead of free WiFi. Food and service is great though. read more

I ordered pick up. Service was fast. They also called to make sure they had my order right because I added special instructions. I got eggs white toast with butter and home fries. Food was good to taste. read more

Food is good enough u won't be mad but service can be a lil so in so depending on ur server that morning price is very decent all in all it's my go too breakfast spot when it's jus me read more

Ashley's is my go to spot, love the home style meals. The wait staff are the best by far. However, today the food was great as usual but the fighting amongst the owner, his mom, family and beautiful friend was unbelievable. I was completely embarrassed . Sorry to say but mom was wrong, and the owner was also cursing and threatening the waitresss. The ladies walked out several times to cry but miraculously came back. They were totally mistreated. I'll pop in just to give tops to my girls. I'll still order but via Doordash but don't know if I'll go get n and eat read more

We had a big breakfast with pancakes eggs and turkey bacon which was absolutely delicious. Our waitress was courteous and very pleasant. We received our food in a timely manner and really enjoyed our visit. We got to meet the owner and she's quite a diva. She shared her story of how it all started so I also left truly inspired by this family business. read more

So if you don't care about cleanliness like I do and just want a friendly family owned diner style restaurant then that's on you. I had a very unfortunate sight of John (the owner) touching and drying his hand on the wet cleaning rag while making our wrap and breakfast sandwich (switching back and forth between the food and the dirty rag) like he was anxious. I got so grossed out so I asked him to change his gloves after he touched to answer the phone as well. The food was okay, it's the sauces that that douse it with that makes it. I truly couldn't enjoy it after what I saw. The price was okay. We were not told there was an extra charge for food modification and there was so we had to the waitress where we were at and she fixed the receipt in the end when I told her I will review based on what I saw and suggested they should create a system that can protect their clients health. Thanks for reading and take a stand for yourself. read more

Definition of a hole in the wall, which is usually the best! The food was good but, sadly, I cannot recommend this restaurant. Super busy with only two waitresses. I could have survived waiting over 40 minutes for our food, but not when a party of four (we were two) who gets seated at least 10 minutes after us gets their food 15 minutes before us. Our waitress was apologetic and kept thanking us for our patience but it wasn't until I finally got up to say we really needed to get going that I heard her say, "I need that big breakfast asap." Really? I know she's not doing the cooking but she couldn't have said that about 20 minutes earlier?? We were served quickly after that - except for my husband's pancakes. Those arrived as the party of four that was seated 10 minutes after us were walking out the door. I'm patient - to a point. read more

This is a great little breakfast spot. My husband and I love going out for brunch and were looking to try somewhere new. This was recommended to us and did not disappoint. We loved that the specials also included coffee! We both got breakfast with coffees and an additional side for only $17! The home fries were delicious, the coffee was freshly ground, the corned beef hash was phenomenal. The only reason I would give it 4 stars out of 5 is simply because it's not a 5 star- style restaurant- it's simple. read more

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Ashley's my favorite place for breakfast. Every time I'm there they treat and talk to me like I am part of the family. And the food is consistently great. And it's always good to see Mom and John plus the staff. read more

Ashley's Restaurant - Eggs over easy with corn beef hash, sausages and rye toast. Fesh and fantastic like always. - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

If you want a crepe breakfast cook to order for great price you cannot pass up Ashley's. The service is good fast and to order. There is nothing bad on the minion everything is good come in try it and tell me what you think. read more

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1.) Just to warm you up: I've been eyeing this place, because I love going out to eat breakfast, yet I'm always very skeptical. I have this dilemma with wondering if I'd be wowed by a breakfast place, or if I should just stay home and make my own breakfast/brunch. I had to try it due to the reviews on Yelp. 2.) What your eyes may see: Clean, nice and light, larger than what I pictured from the photos. This place is run by an older Greek woman, who you will watch run the show. She cooks, cleans, takes down the orders, everything. 3.) Food: This hungry jack ordered French Toast, a Breakfast Burrito with veggies and a side of Corn Beef and Hash. Everything was great. Right off the grill everything was served hot. The french toast tasted rich, being full of egg; breakfast burrito was great, having a good amount of veggies, and the flour tortilla did not fall apart. The corn beef and hash was great, too! I noticed that salt was a big component in the hash browns, I was too busy eating I couldn't see it all. 4.) Service: Ashley, the owner, was a very sweet woman. She gave me the feeling that I was at home visiting my grandmother, who is Dominican. I heard some Spanish music playing at that moment so I automatically assumed this was a Latin run place. Nope. She told me she was Greek. Awesome as well. Ashley and her staff were very attentive. To be honest, it was amazing how this woman of her age was able to gracefully do all of this stuff without skipping a beat. I mean, I was in love! I kinda wanted to go behind the bar top I was sitting at to give her a hug. 5.) Impressions: I'm going back here for breakfast, and giving grandma Ashley a hug! :) read more

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That was fun. Ashley's is a divey diner. I sat at the counter and enjoyed the action. Uh oh.. my coffee cup remains empty after the initial fill... the cook glances over at me and asks (heavily accented. . Greek?) If I want more... then directs me to the pot and tells me to help myself.. sweet! That's the family feel to the place. It's family run, noisy with happy patrons... I can see why some people aren't as enamored with the place... they got busy and service was .... interesting.. personally, I had a ball. So did the group of four down the counter from me... the server was really busy with the tables, so the cook had a guy from that group (see picture..patrons pitch in) serve his group.. he got into it and seemed to have a good time. I had the big breakfast.. it was kind of big. The eggs were slightly under cooked. . But not enough to complain about. Bacon was crisp, sausage was decent. Home fries were excellent. . French Toast was good too, it was eggy. Coffee was just OK. The cook also checked me out, my bill was 12.76 but she didn't want to deal with change and just rounded out up to 13.00. LOL, I am completely amused.. stuck a good tip in the coffee cup next to register..just because. Four stars because I enjoyed myself so much. The counter... that's the place to be. read more

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I'm just not going back here again. Prices always change n the broad in the front has an attitude not knowing mine is bigger foh. No seasonings even on the steak I always carry it home n spice it up myself. Don't go here they don't even wear gloves. read more

We love diners. We love breakfast. We're food-lovers, but breakfast is one of the meals we'd rather not cook. So we go out for breakfast -- a lot. We were greeted with a smile and served coffee soon enough. Everything else was okay -- yep, just okay. The coffee was, well, diner coffee. The eggs were done very nicely -- and to order. Breakfast potatoes were run-of-the-mill, but certainly edible. However, the ham ordered with one of our meals was cut in a peculiar fashion and appeared as if it'd been re-heated in a deep fryer. Now, I rather enjoyed this, next to the potatoes, but I don't know that our more health-conscious friends would be as happy with it. The place is bright and airy, but not the cleanest. When we arrived at 10 in the morning on a recent visit, there were several tables in need of cleaning -- we had to dodge them in order to find a place to eat. And moved again, when we discovered nobody was checking the side-room. We sat in the main room, across from the counter, and endured cold blasts from the front door. We *really* wanted to sit in the side room, but felt that we'd have been forgotten had we done so. Well, despite our efforts, coffee came rather late on this visit. If you're downtown and want breakfast, this is the place to go on Main Street. The only other options are Max Bibo (uber-expensive and carry-out; no service) or Dunkin'. read more

Love this place! Classic diner with yummy omelet and home fries. Great, friendly service and hometown feel. Love to find a nice homestyle diner downtown Hartford. Will be back! read more

Really great place! The food was not only delicious but the prices were amazing for a breakfast that kept me full all day! I will definitely be coming back ! read more

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We are from out of town and looked this place up. Seemed to have good reviews. Was very disappointed! We got seated fairly quickly however it took like 45 minutes to get our breakfast. There was only two of us. A group of four men came in 15 minutes after us and sat across from us. They had a different server who seemed to work very hard and was responsive. They ordered and got all of their meals and even finished them before we got ours. Pretty sad. Our server apologized once for the wait but when I got my meal it was supposed to come with pancakes, so she said it would come right away. Well, I finished almost my entire meal before they came. Didn't really feel like they cared. I would not try this place again, which is sad since it has potential. Too busy with to go orders taking precedence over customers in the restaurant! Food was just average at best and I asked for turkey bacon and turkey sausage as it was a choice. I got the turkey bacon but it was burnt and then the turkey sausage was just a hot dog (not turkey) cut in half. read more

While this may seem like a hole-in-the-wall at first glance, the food was fantastic! I was pleasantly surprised at how delicious everything was. The staff was friendly, the service was great, and both my fiancé and I left with smiles on our faces. Definitely an unexpectedly great experience! read more

Quiet, casual, small town feeling. Food was excellent with large portions, and at a great price. Service was quick and friendly. Recommend for a filling breakfast. read more

Terrible. Cook was arguing with older lady trying to help. A customer walked behind counter and grabbed a take out order. Corned beef hash was canned. $11 for one egg toast and hash. read more

We stumbled upon Ashley's restaurant on a Sunday morning after we found out our fave restaurant in the area was closed. I have to say, I'm glad we came here for breakfast. The atmosphere is interesting...there were tons of knick knacks for Christmas and a few family portraits. The decorations give the restaurant a quirky but homey feeling. When we arrived, there weren't too many people there but a few at the counter. We pushed some tables together for our party and was quickly helped by the waitress. I have to say, service was kind of slow and at one point they allowed me to go behind he counter to help myself to coffee and water. But..,there are only two women who run this joint. So, don't expect speedy service and enjoy the charm of this restaurant. For food, I had the farmers omelette which was pretty tasty. The omelette was a tad over cooked but the hash was super tasty! I was worried that the hash and onions would be too much but it wasn't at all. The home fries are cut up potatoes with seasoning...pretty basic stuff. Unless if you specify, you will only get white toast. The other menu items Are your basic breakfast items: pancakes, eggs, home fries, hash, french toast, etc. Just peaking at the lunch menu, I think I need to come back and have a gyro. read more

Good breakfast during working hours, no food on the weekends which sucks for me when I'm hungover and want pancakes on a Sunday. Place is old school like a dineete in the back of a Woolworth's. Always friendly too. A jem in an otherwise crap ghetto city. read more

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A solid breakfast place no thrills but good home fries. You are served by a little old lady who is there everyday. In Hartford there are few places to choose from read more

Ashley's Restaurant - American Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut