The 10 bestBurgersin Vienna.
Smash, organic or classic, from snack bar to brewpub. We have scored 19 burger venues using an open points system: guest reviews, food press and our own tests. No place can be bought.
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An open points system. The same for every venue.
How we calculate in detail+
The basis is the average star rating of the publicly displayed Google reviews. So that a small number of reviews does not carry too much weight, we calculate a weighted average: the fewer reviews a venue has, the more strongly its value is pulled towards the mean of all venues checked.
weighted average = (n ÷ (n + 500)) × stars + (500 ÷ (n + 500)) × 4,40
points = (weighted average − 3.8) ÷ 0.8 × 40 (full 40 points from 4.6)
The more guests have reviewed a venue, the more it has proven itself with a great many people. Up to 1,000 reviews the points rise steadily; above that there are fixed steps. The steps are adapted to the sector.
We count where a venue is recommended for its burgers by independent editorial teams or in international rankings. Specialist media and international rankings count for more than travel guides. Posts with entries marked as advertisements are not counted. We do not adopt other publications' rankings or texts, only the fact of the recommendation.
The editorial team visits venues in person and awards up to 25 points. Venues not yet tested are not disadvantaged by this: their score is calculated without this component and scaled up from 60 to 100 points. We keep testing more venues.
Several locations of one brand count as one entry. The original location, i.e. the first one, is rated. If the original cannot be documented, the location with the most Google reviews counts. Food press recommendations for the brand count for the entry. “Tested by us” marks venues where the editorial team has eaten in person. The grade feeds into the score with up to 25 points. For untested venues, the score is calculated without the test and scaled up to 100.
The best burgers in Vienna 2026.
- Addicted To Rock Bar & Burger · 1060 Mariahilf · rock bar with a burger kitchen near the MuseumsQuartier
- Beaver Brewing Company · 1090 Alsergrund · brewpub with its own beer
- Hotline 5 · 1050 Margareten · smash burger, tested by us
- Hawidere · 1150 Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus · beer and burger joint since 2001, vegan options too
- Weinschenke · 1050 Margareten · unconventional creations, recommended by eight media outlets
- Die Burgermacher · 1070 Neubau · organic burgers since 2008
- Rinderwahn · 1010 Innere Stadt · beef, vegetarian options too
- Le Burger · 1220 Donaustadt · Viennese chain, started in the Donauzentrum
- Kvetch · 1020 Leopoldstadt · smashed burger on Taborstraße
- Smashbox · 1040 Wieden · smash burger with organic beef
As of 1 November 2026. How the points come about is explained above under the method; all figures are in the table below.
Good burgers near you.
All venues from our evaluation, sorted by district. Most of the good burger places are in the 5th, 2nd and 9th districts.
Rinderwahn (Weihburggasse 3), Brioche und Brösel (Rotenturmstraße 11), munchy am Schottenring (Franz-Josefs-Kai 57), vegan: Swing Kitchen Schwedenplatz.
Kvetch (Taborstraße 21A), Burger’s Bar (Vorgartenstraße 204), 2nd Street Burger at Praterstern.
Smashbox (Margaretenstraße 11).
The burger district: Hotline 5 (Wiedner Hauptstraße 111), Weinschenke (Franzensgasse 11) and XO Grill (Kettenbrückengasse 15), named best burger in Europe by enjoytravel in 2024.
Addicted To Rock (Getreidemarkt 11), Shiso Burger (Theobaldgasse 19).
Die Burgermacher (Burggasse 12), Flatschers (Kaiserstraße 113–115).
Vegan: Swing Kitchen (Josefstädter Straße 73).
Beaver Brewing Company (Liechtensteinstraße 69), Omnom Burger (Sechsschimmelgasse 24), El Reno Grill (Schwarzspanierstraße 15).
Ensu Kitchen (Ratschkygasse 14), the best-rated venue in the evaluation with 4.9 stars.
Hawidere (Ullmannstraße 31).
Le Burger in the Donauzentrum (Wagramer Straße 79).
Best burgers in Vienna.
Our 2026 ranking of the best burger restaurants in Vienna is based on Google ratings, recommendations from independent food media and our own tests. Top picks: Addicted To Rock Bar & Burger (6th district), Beaver Brewing Company (9th), Hotline 5 (5th, smash burgers), Hawidere (15th) and Weinschenke (5th). For smash burgers try Hotline 5, Kvetch or Smashbox, for vegan burgers Swing Kitchen at Schwedenplatz. No restaurant can pay for its position.
Burgers without meat: Swing Kitchen.
We do not compare purely vegan burger venues with classic beef burgers, which is why they are not ranked. If you want to eat vegan, Swing Kitchen is the best-known address in Vienna. After the insolvency of the Swing Kitchen group in 2025, the two franchise locations continue to operate.
4.6 ★ from 2,703 Google reviews. Vegan burgers, nuggets and shakes in 1930s style.
4.5 ★ from 1,545 Google reviews. Second franchise location with the same menu.
Very well rated, but still too few reviews.
These venues do not yet meet the minimum of 300 Google reviews. As soon as they do, they will automatically enter the ranking.
Places 11 and 12.
All venues checked.
Open table with all figures+
| Rank | Venue | District | Reviews | Weighted average | Quality (40) | Beliebtheit (10) | Presse (10) | Test (25) | Score |
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Where the data comes from.
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Stars and number of reviews: publicly displayed Google business profiles, read on 1 November 2026. Reviews change constantly. We update the list at least twice a year and state the date. The descriptions are the editorial team's own wording based on the sources named. No guarantee.
Questions about the ranking and about burgers in Vienna.
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The ranking is based solely on the points system. Businesses pay nothing to be included and have no influence on the score. Is a venue missing or is a detail wrong? Write to us, we check every tip.
Transparency note: bestinvienna.at is a medium of Eura Media e.U. The advertising agency looks after munchy The Urban Kitchen am Schottenring (Franz-Josefs-Kai 57) as a client. The placement results solely from the points system, which applies equally to all venues.