If Christmas for you means enjoying the key components of a Christmas dinner in a bun, then our roundup of London's best Christmas burgers is a list you're going to want to work your way through.
Santa's Little Gobbler from MEATliquor
Across London
The key draw from MEATliquor's Christmas menu this year is their Santa's Little Gobbler burger - featuring fried turkey, red-eye mayonnaise, sprout slaw & cranberry hot sauce. You can order that alongside sprout slaw, pigs in blankets with mustard BBQ sauce and Xmac 'n' cheesier with cranberry hot sauce.
When: Until 31 December 2021
The Moving Mountains Christmas Burger at Unity Diner
60 Wentworth St, London E1 7AL
Vegan restaurant Unity Diner have teamed up with Moving Mountains for their Christmas menu. The Christmas Burger in question is filled with stuffing and brussel sprouts, along with cranberry sauce and rosemary aioli and served in a toasted brioche bun which is then topped with gravy. They've also got a plant-based version of pigs in blankets - No Pigs in Duvets - and a sprouts side with spinach and cherry tomatoes sauteed in garlic soya, dusted in pumpkin seed parmesan.
Jingle Buns Burger at Byron
Across London
This festive burger sees Byron collaborating with Guinness for a 6oz patty topped with a Guinness paste, deep-fried onion ring, candied bacon, crisp lettuce, blue cheese and a Christmas caramelised onion chutney in a glazed brioche bun. If you want to go all out there's also a Baileys hard shake to have with it.
The Truffle Burger from Shake Shack
All London Shake Shacks
The truffle burgers and fries have become a yearly Christmas special from Shake Shack. There are two burgers, beef (with black truffle mayo, crispy shallots and rocket) or chicken (topped with black truffle mayo, pickled shallots and rocket) and if that's not enough - black truffle topped fries too.
When: Until 31 December 2021
Cheesus was born from Patty & Bun
Various locations
Patty & Bun have launched what they modestly refer to as the "messiah of Christmas burgers". That's an aged HG Walter beef patty, Ogleshield cheese, beef brisket, Edam cheese, bone marrow butter, pickles and aioli.
When: 1 - 31 December 2021
The Sweet Baby Cheesus Burger from Butchies
Shoreditch, Victoria, Fulham, Clapham
This year, one of London's top chicken restaurants has this mammoth burger on offer. It's Butchies fried chicken with deep-fried brie, cranberry sauce and their house-made hot chilli honey. Might get a little messy.
When: Until 31 December 2021
The Tommis Christmas Burger
Marylebone and Soho
The Tommi's burger has a Nordic touch - it's Turkey topped with melting brie, green peppercorn mayo, braised red cabbage, cranberry and rocket, all in a Tommi’s bun. They'll even be making up the Marylebone branch to look like an Icelandic lodge with a live projection of the Northern Lights (along with mulled wine).
When: From 1 - 24 December 2021
The Gravy Burger from KFC
All KFC locations
A big hit from last year is back as KFC has realised that people really like extra gravy at Christmas. The burger is a chicken fillet, a slice of melted cheese and a "Hash Brown Gravy Boat" - which is a hash brown with a dip in the centre to act as a pool for the "gravynnaise". You can order lots of gravy with any meal during Christmas and they're also launching a "grib" - aka a gravy bib. But good luck getting your hands on one of those, they'll be very popular indeed...
When: Until 31 December 2021
The Honest Christmas burger
All Honest Burger locations
Honest have a monthly special and Christmas is no different. This time around, it's an Honest beef burger with smoked bacon, deep-fried camembert, cranberry sauce and rocket, They have a vegan version available too, which is a plant-based burger with THIS Isn’t Bacon, double Applewood Vegan cheese, shoestring fries, cranberry sauce and rocket.
When: From 1 - 29 December 2021
The Eggslut Christmas sandwich
Notting Hill, Fitzrovia, Shoreditch
Eggslut's Christmas sandwich features a turkey and sage burger patty with Christmas spiced butter, cranberry sauce and rocket salad topped with a Clarence Court Burford Brown fried egg sandwiched in a Bread Ahead brioche roll. On top of that, they have (of course) an Eggnog drink but without the alcohol.
When: Now until 31 December 2021
The sNOw Turk*y Burger from Leon
All Leon locations
Leon has a special vegan turkey burger on this Christmas which is a brand new crispy vegan 'turk*y' patty, served with red cabbage, Gouda-style cheeze, cranberry sauce and crunchy slaw, with sage and onion mayo. It's part of a whole range of Christmas food, including the non-vegan Pigs on a Blanket Muffin and a Turkey Christmassaman Curry.
When: Until 31 December 2021
The Festive Stack from McDonald's
All McDonalds locations
McDonald's main Christmas burger is the Festive Stack - that's two beef patties, red onion relish, white cheese sauce, bacon, crispy onions, red onion, lettuce and cheddar cheese, all in a glazed brioche-style bun. (No, we're not sure what makes that festive either). There's also a Festive Crispy Chicken, Cheese Melt Dippers and, of course, a Celebrations McFlurry.
When: Until 31 December 2021
More about the McDonald's Christmas menu
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