Bodacious, boisterous and a little bit bonkers, these badass burger joints have flipped the grilled patty game on its head with their sublime, spectacular, saliva-inducing creations.
From charred to smoked, sizzled to spicy, meaty, meat-free to ‘meet you there in ten?’, you’ll find the best burgers near you with the help of our hefty rundown.
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South East & London
Band of Burgers
Best Burgers in London
📍 Walthamstow, Camden & Brick Lane
Band of Burgers have come together in harmony to create their scintillating patty towers which are guaranteed to bring the house down. You’ll need no encore as these stacked bites render the ravenous certifiably satisfied every single time. If there was a festival dedicated to burgers, these guys would certainly be the headline act. Definitely one of the best burgers in London.
Burger Bear
Best Burgers in London
📍 15 Nunhead Green, Peckham, SE15 3QQ
Dirty, sloppy, seriously debilitating – not terms generally considered complementary, but when you’re discussing burgers, they are praise of the highest order and are undoubtedly applicable to the devastatingly delicious concoctions on offer here at Burger Bear. If you’re on the hunt for burgers in London, you’re going to want to seek out the Bear.
Lucky Chip
Best Burgers in London
📍 London Fields & Islington
There’s nothing lucky about that fact these guys are at the very forefront of the London burger scene. Just hard work, dedication, and an unrivalled knowledge of how to construct the perfect drool-inducing stacks. The only lucky people here are us, the customers, who have been blessed by their god-given talents.
Lucky Beach Café
Best Burgers in Brighton
📍 183 Kings Road Arches, BN1 1NB
Using solely local organic burgers, these award-winning patty slingers are not only ethically on point, but they’ve gone and sourced some of the most succulent and spectacular ingredients which elevate the taste to new stratospheric levels. Amazing bites, ice-cold pints, and sensational views of the sea – Lucky Beach Café offers up all three!
South West
Three Brothers Burgers
Best Burgers in Bristol
📍 Welsh Back, BS1 4SB
We’ve banged the drum for these guys before in a rundown of the best burger joints in Bristol, but their exploits are so good they’re definitely worthy of the national stage. From the 28-day-aged Herefordshire beef and the glazed brioche buns to their sensational dressing – every element has been fine-tuned to perform at its very best.
Eat the Bird
Best Burgers in Exeter
📍 183 Sidwell Street, EX4 6RD
Purveyors of a pulsating array of fried chicken sandos (delicious chicken burgers), it’s far to say Eat the Bird are top of the pecking order (not sorry!) when it comes to poultry-based burgers. Holy Cluck, Cluck Me, Clucking Hell – even the names are enough to tell you this isn’t your average burger joint… but who wants average when you can have s-peck-tacular!
The Tavern
Best Burgers in Cheltenham
📍 5 Royal Well Place, GL50 3DN
This belting bar and restaurant will rustle you up a burger which will put all others to shame. Seriously, you’ll never be able to make your own at home again once you’ve let one of The Tavern’s creations grace your tastebuds… well not unless you’re as talented as the fantastic chefs they have behind the scenes (which not many people are).
WAX Watergate Bay
Best Burgers in Newquay
📍 Watergate Bay, TR8 4AB
We could wax lyrical for hours on end about how good these guys are and how highly we rate their stunning burgers, but we’ll give you a bitesize version otherwise you’ll be here for hours. They have seven superb burgers to choose from, a brilliant booze selection, plus enviable views you can’t get anywhere else in the country. Sound good? Yep, we think so, too.
Custom House
Best Burgers in Barnstaple
📍 9 The Strand, EX31 1EU
Custom by name, custom by nature! Custom House let you construct your own sensational burger… well, in the sense you get to choose your burger, bun, salad, cheese, topping and sauce… their professional chefs will actually cook and build them, so they’re in line with their incredibly high standards. Their mission is to elevate the humble burger to lofty new heights, and we think it’s mission complete (though, they should carry on making them anyway!).
Dorset Burger Company
Best Burgers in Weymouth
📍 6 King Street, DT4 7BH
This independent burger joint in Weymouth has established itself as one of the best on the south coast and now we reckon they’re ready to take the country by storm. Their many, many, many rave reviews speak volumes of their work and their talents seemingly know no bounds. They locally source all their products, too, which elevate them even higher in our estimations.
Midlands
Beefy Boys
Best Burgers in Hereford
The Meat Boutique, Old Market, HR4 9HU
Regular visitors to our Burger Blog will recognise these familiar faces, but how can we possibly ever omit them when they constantly keep raising the bar for the industry with their immense creations. Seriously big; Seriously bold; Seriously delicious; we’re seriously mind-blown by their immeasurable talents. Make the pilgrimage to Herefordshire for one of their burger stacks – you certainly won’t regret it.
Original Patty Men
Best Burgers in Birmingham
📍 9 Shaw’s Passage, B5 5JG
Birmingham’s burger scene is highly competitive, but the Original Patty Men stand out from the crowd and it’s easy to see why. The drool-inducing, self-professed purveyors of filth are not only certified innovators, but they also execute their creations to perfection, each and every time. Originals are worth way more than copies, that’s why these guys are worth their weight in gold.
Fargo’s
Best Burgers in Birmingham
📍 377 Ladypool Road, B12 8LA
How far would you go for a sensational patty stack? If you’re the same as us, the answer would be far… and wide. We’d traverse towns, countries, continents, time zones for the perfect burger, but luckily for us, we only need to go to Birmingham. Fargo’s know food and they certainly know burgers. One of their stacks with a side of cheesy fully loaded fries is a combo that’s not worth missing.
Blues Bar & Grill
Best Burgers in Leicester
📍 Filbert Way, Raw Dykes Road, LE2 7FQ
For sports fans who are partial to a burger (or burger fans who are partial to some sport), the Blues Bar & Grill in Leicester is the place to head. Not only do they show all the premier sporting events, not only do they serve ice-cold pints, but they also craft some stunning burgers our patty-loving American cousins would be proud of. So head on down for the ultimate sporting experience and enjoy the perfect hat trick of sports, pints and delicious burgers.
Lyons’ Den Gourmet Burger
Best Burgers in Shrewsbury
📍 1 St Mary’s Water Lane, SY1 2BX
The Lyons’ Den in Shrewsbury are showcasing burgers in their finest forms and not only are they sensationally produced, but they’re also seriously stacked! The guys behind the scenes gave up their previous jobs to pursue their love for fantastic food creation, and it shows in every one of their tasty bites. It is always evident when a job is a job, and when a job is a passion, and with these guys, it’s clearly the latter.
North
Flames Smokehouse
Best Burgers in Manchester
📍 Brierley Avenue, Failsworth, M35 9HA
The home of the charcoal bun… now, don’t be fooled into thinking this is a mere gimmick, Flames Smokehouse have taken the burger bap and elevated it to elite new levels. Why would you put loads of effort into crafting the perfect burger and then put it into a below-average bun?! It just wouldn’t make sense! And these guys know how important the bun is to the integrity of the burger, which is why they’ve taken the time to perfect theirs, the results of which are unrivalled.
MEATliquor
Best Burgers in Leeds
📍 Albion Street, LS1 5AT
Real finger-licking stuff with a hefty booze selection to boot, MEATliquor has all the elements you could ever need for a top tier eating experience. Laidback vibes, great drinks, colossal burgers catering to all tastes and appetites – what more could you possibly want? Leeds, you don’t know just how lucky you are!
The Branding Villa
Best Burgers in Newcastle
📍 Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL
Gosforth’s finest – a brilliant boozer specialising in live music, tasty ales and belting burgers (a hat trick Alan Shearer himself would be proud of!). From beef chilli to masala spice, to bratwurst, blue cheese and Gochujang, they have taken stunning flavours and fine-tuned their recipes to create some spectacular patty stacks you simply will not find anywhere else.
Down the Hatch
Best Burgers in Liverpool
📍 Basement, 62 Duke Street, L1 5AA
This veggie/vegan junk food joint is testament to the fact that you don’t need meat to enjoy a deliciously dirty burger. In fact, in spite of the name, you’re not going to want to fire it straight down the hatch, you’re going to want to savour every insanely tasty bite because they’re just too damn delicious to wolf down in a flash.
The Unit
Best Burgers in Sheffield
📍 88 Headford Street, Broomhall, S3 7WB
You can take the man out of Sheffield, but you can’t take Sheffield out of the man, and one of our content writers was very insistent on the inclusion of this American-style burger joint being a regular visitor when he lived in the Steel City. America blazes the global burger trail and The Unit have not only imitated their style, but they’ve gone above and beyond putting their own twists on it for superb results.
Burgsy’s
Best Burgers in York
📍 9 Castlegate, YO1 9RN
A corker in the heart of Yorkshire, Burgsy’s range of burgers are spectacular, from beef to chicken, to pulled pork to veggie; you can double up, upgrade your fries, dig into their loaded fries… So many sensational options are available you could go back over and over and never have the same meal twice. Not only do they have the choice and the style, but they have the substance to back it up.
We Don’t Give a Fork
Best Burgers in Preston
📍 20 Guildhall Street, PR1 3NU
They may not give a fork, but they certainly care greatly about creating some of the finest burgers to grace the British Isles. Their passion shines through with every bite and their flavour combinations are certainly on point. They locally source their produce so it’s extra fresh and they treat it with the care and attention it deserves, so their burgers maximise their deliciousness potential.
Scotland
The Raven
Best Burgers in Glasgow
📍 81-85 Renfield Street, G2 1NQ
A sensational Glasgow boozer with some seriously badass burgers. There are three to choose from, but three that are packed with flavour and oozing with deliciousness. Turn up for the food, stay for the fantastic atmosphere, delicious beers and live sporting action. The Raven ticks all the boxes and their burger game is on a seriously high level.
Lebowskis
Best Burgers in Glasgow
📍 1008 Argyle Street, Finnieston, G3 8LX
The Dude abides, and so should you when we recommend heading to this outstanding burger joint. With a mouthwatering array of stacked towers to pick from, plus a sensational selection of White Russians, you can relax and indulge like the Dudes you were born to be. And, if you’re up to it, you can take on their epic Man vs Dude challenge which is truly monstrous!
Angus & Ale
Best Burgers in Aberdeen
📍 28 Adelphi, AB11 5BL
Traditional Aberdeen Angus beef which has been dry-aged on the bone for twenty-eight days to ensure it’s at its succulent best, plus a range of delicious ales… heaven really is a place on Earth. Nobody wants a dry, bland burger – you want melt-in-the-mouth juiciness washed down with a pint of something suitably hop-fuelled, and that’s exactly what you get at Angus & Ale.
Holyrood 9A
Best Burgers in Edinburgh
📍 9a Holyrood Road, EH8 8AE
A returning favourite of ours, Holyrood 9A once again make the grade because they’ve maintained their impeccably high standards and continue to be at the forefront of the Scottish (and UK) burger scene. Big bites, stunning cocktails, friendly atmosphere – it’s a winning combination we see zero flaws in.
The Black Fox
Best Burgers in Edinburgh
📍 17 Albert Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5HN
‘Your Edinburgh local with a difference…’ The difference, presumably, being that they serve some of the finest patty stacks the Scottish capital has ever cast eyes (and tastebuds) on. They also boast a great array of craft beers and colossal cocktails meaning you can go with the intention of grabbing a quick bite, and end up staying for hours.
Coyote’s Inverness
Best Burgers in Inverness
📍 21 Academy Street, IV1 1JN
Coyote’s have turned the Scottish Highlands into a hotspot for burger connoisseurs on the hunt for the perfect patty stack with their ever-growing reputation increasing by the day. Rave reviews, stunning food, wonderful staff and a brilliant atmosphere make it a great place to gorge on a hench burger… because, if you’re going to treat yourself, you may as well do it properly!
Wales
Bagel and Burger Kitchen
Best Burgers in Cardiff
📍 98 Salisbury Road, CF24 4AE
From a Nuclear Naga to a Krispy Kreme Doughnut Burger to all your classics and gourmet variations, Bagel and Burger have upped the creativity stakes to bring you one of the most unique ranges of burgers you’re likely to find anywhere in the UK. Not only do they have the style, but they have the substance to back it up with each one cooked as good as the last.
Hydeout Bar-B-Q & Smokehouse
Best Burgers in Anglesey
📍 1 Coronation Road, Menai Bridge, LL59 5BD
The meat at Hydeout Bar-B-Q is cooked low and slow to create that melt-in-the-mouth texture, whilst they also smoke it over hickory and fruit woods to give it that extra depth of flavour – the results of which are out of this world. If you’re yet to go, you’re going to want to angle your way up there to see what all the fuss is about – you won’t be disappointed.
