Three Sydney Hooters restaurants have gone into voluntary administration only months after employees claimed that the Australian franchises of the US restaurant chain were not paying them superannuation.

It is the latest blow for the ailing US-style barbecue diners dubbed "brestaurants" after fires, slushee scandals, legal stoushes and protests about the objectification of women further tarnished the image of the chain in Australia.

The Hooters restaurant at Campbelltown Credit:Jeff de Pasquale

On Tuesday the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published notices that five Hooters restaurants in NSW and Queensland had entered voluntary administration.

Deloitte Australia has been appointed to manage the administration of Hooters restaurants in Penrith, Campbelltown, and the flagship Parramatta store in NSW as well as stores on the Gold Coast and in Townsville, according to ASIC.