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A good burger is a simple thing, really. All you need is a fluffy bun, a juicy patty, oozing cheese, some relish and maybe some veg for crunch. And yet, burgers can taste wildly different depending on where you’re getting them. Some might be soggy disappointments, others could give you one of the most mind-blowing bites of your life.
To help you find the latter, this month, the people behind the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants revealed its ranking of the 101 best burger restaurants in the world. The ranking takes into account the burgers themselves, of course, as well as consistency, service, cleanliness, atmosphere, hospitality and the ‘overall integrity of the concept’.
Taking all those factors into consideration, World’s 101 Best Burger Places concluded that the best burgers on the planet right now belong to London’s own Bleecker.
At Bleecker, less is more. Its cheeseburger is comprised of dry-aged beef cooked pink with vivid orange cheese, onion and ‘secret sauce’ all inside a glossy toasted seeded bun. The menu also offers a bacon burger, a blue burger (with Saint Agur blue cheese instead of American cheese) and a vegan burger with a patty made from mushroom, beetroot and onion. World’s Best Burger Place described Bleecker’s winning burgers as: ‘Bold, direct and unapologetically flavour-first. No distractions. No decoration. Just identity.’
Bleecker can be found in eight locations across the city, but Time Out’s two favourites are at Spitalfields Market (where it opened its first permanent kiosk in 2015) and Seven Dials. Its other outposts are at Victoria, Bloomberg, Westfield White City, London Bridge, Baker Street and Soho.
The Big Smoke can also lay claim to the second best burger in the world and the most burger places in the top ten. Coming in at number two on the list was Black Bear Burger, which serves meaty buns from nine locations across the city. Hawksmoor St Pancras landed in seventh place with its Royale burger that’s stuffed with beef and bone marrow patties, spicy mayo, raw onion, dill pickles and American cheese. Burger and Beyond took eleventh place.
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Ekkehard Knobelspies, Publisher and co-CEO of Upper Cut Media House Ltd said: ‘A truly great burger is not fast food. It is the result of product knowledge, sourcing, technique, balance, consistency and hospitality. The best burgers in the world are created by people who understand meat, bread, fire, seasoning, texture and service. This ranking is our way of recognising those places that go beyond the ordinary and set a new global standard.’
Full list of London burgers on World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026
- Bleecker Burger (1)
- Black Bear Burger (2)
- Hawksmoor St Pancras (7)
- Burger and Beyond (11)
- Meat Stop (28) (now closed)
- Hanbaagaasuuteeki (53)
- Heard (54)
- One Club Row (65)
- Black Cactus BBQ (82)
- Dove (87)
- Leytonstone Tavern (98)
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