Burgers

• National Burger Day 2025 - London's burger deals and specials

  

  National Burger Day is upon us once more, taking place on Thursday, 21 August 2025. Every year, London's best burger restaurants create special burgers and also have some great deals lined up for the day. Here's what is planned for this year's Burger Day. 

• A guide to the best of London's smash burgers

  

  Smash burgers are a big thing in London right now, so here's your guide on where to find the very best.

• The best burgers in London

  

  Right now, London has some amazing burgers all across the city, so here's our guide to tracking down the very best of them.

• Five Star Chef Joyce Kudia is making her viral plantain burger permanent at Boxhall City

  

  She was a standout star on Channel 4's Five Star Chef, and her summer pop-up at Boxhall City saw people absolutely freaking out over her plantain burger. So we've got good news for all those fans: chef Joyce Kudia is now opening a permanent kitchen at the City food hall.

  Biléyi by MsJoyceK is going to be an official trader kitchen at Boxhall City, serving up Congolese-inspired dishes. On the menu there'll be

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• Heard heads to Soho with its burgers from a two Michelin-starred chef

  

  Just six months after he graduated from slinging burgers in a food truck to opening a burger restaurant in Borough, chef Jordan Bailey is already planning an expansion of his burger empire. The chef who won two Michelin stars at his now-closed Irish restaurant Aimsir had a slew of great reviews for his smash burgers at Heard. But now he's expanding both the restaurant and menu with a new opening in Carnaby.

  The restaurant in

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• Supernova's burgers have arrived in South Kensington, around the corner from Museum Mile

  

  We're still waiting to find out what's happening with their Mayfair opening, but in the meantime, Supernova have quietly opened their second smash burger bar, this time in South Kensington. 

  Announced in typically low-key fashion on

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• HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI takes an Asian-inspired approach to smash burgers in Victoria

  

  No, we still haven't reached peak smash burger - here's one we missed (it opened about a month ago). Called HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI, it's an Asian-inspired smashburger restaurant that's opened in Victoria not too far from Bleecker and Shake Shack. 

  There are just three burgers on the menu, kicking off with the standard Another Double Cheese Burger.

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• Junk Burger's smash burgers are coming to Marylebone

  

  It would appear that London simply does not have enough smash burger restaurants as Junk is getting ready to open its second burger bar in Marylebone. 

  The first Junk (which hails from France) opened in Soho and they've also opened a Puffy cookie shop right next door. This Marylebone

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• Shake Shack and AngloThai team up for a one-day-only special burger

  

  Having trouble getting a table at Michelin-starred AngloThai restaurant now that they're one of the hottest tickets in town? Well, their new team-up with Shake Shack might be a little easier to get your hands on. 

  For one day only, John Chantarasak is creating two AngloThai specials for the menu. First up is the burger. That's an Aberdeen Angus beef burger

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• Bleecker hit up Soho for their next restaurant

  

  26/6/25 - updated with the opening date

  Is it a sign of the times that a celebrity-backed vegan burger restaurant's former site in Soho has been taken over by a longstanding London independent group? Well, that's what has happened on Old Compton Street, where Lewis Hamilton-backed Neat Burger's old space is being turned into a Bleecker Burger.

  Bleecker Founder Zan Kaufman is clear that she sees it as

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• HBR brings smashburgers to Victoria via Kuwait

  

  The current smashburger craze shows no sign of slowing down and a brand new addition (at least to this country) has just arrived in Victoria. HBR first started in Kuwait, and this London opening is their first overseas. 

  It's a mix of smashburgers and chicken burgers, with the menu including:

  • The OG – double smashed patties, melted cheese and pickles
  • Double Trouble -
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• French smashburger hit Dumbo is heading to Shoreditch

  

  A year on from their fellow Parisians Junk Burger arriving in London, Dumbo and their smash burgers are also crossing the Channel. Of the two burger companies, Dumbo were the first to introduce smashburgers to Paris and their arrival in London will be the brand's first place outside of that city.

  If you haven't tried the burgers before, then the Dumbo approach is very minimalist and much more along the lines of

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• Supernova are bringing their burgers to Mayfair

  

  When they opened in Soho last year, Supernova were an instant hit. It certainly helped that they carefully cultivated scarcity by only opening at certain days and times to start with. That meant that queues built up quickly and soon one of their burgers became the thing to try.

  It was also right at the forefront of the smash burger revolution that's continued ever since, and saw rivals

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• Black Tap Burger's massive Crazy Shakes are descending on Soho

  

  If you've been around Piccadilly Square recently, perhaps on your way to The Devonshire right around the corner, you may have seen that Black Tap Burger is incoming. Not familiar with them? Let us help.

  They're a New York burger chain, but they have already landed with one UK outpost over in Westfield Stratford. This is their much-more-central flagship London burger store, and as for

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• Bleecker Burger's next stop is at Baker Street

  

  21/3/25 - updated with the opening date

  They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London Bridge, Bleecker is ready to expand again, this time opening on Baker Street.

  It's planned to be their biggest Bleecker yet, fitting in 28 seats (as well as having takeaway, of course). It also

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