The Best Burger in Texas
Looking for the best burger in Texas? It is hard to beat a mouthwatering, melt in your mouth burger. One that has been seasoned and grilled to perfection and topped with flavorful cheese and dressed with your all time favorite fixings. Whether those are crisp lettuce and juicy tomato slices or crunchy pickles and onions, we usually each have our idea of the perfect burger.
Here, we have struggled through our differences of opinion to bring you the most regionally acclaimed burgers we could find in Texas. To make our top burger list, these burgers had to consistently receive top marks taste test after taste test! This was research we didn’t mind doing, these burgers also were liked by the widest palette of tastes. So give our burger list for Texas a try. If you find a better burger in Texas let us know and we will make sure to try it out and weigh it against the competitors.
Also, we would love to hear what you think the best burger is to you, what qualities do you think are most essential? Or do you know of a burger joint that is the best kept secret in Texas and you want to share your love with the nation? We want to hear it, what you have to say is important to us!
Googly’s
Corpus Christi, TX
Check out Googly’s menu of delicious American classics like pizza, wings or gourmet hamburgers. They offer a relaxed dining atmosphere, that is perfect for the whole family.
Burger Bar
Austin, TX
Burger Bar in Austin is a burger aficionado’s haven for downtown Austin burgers that go above and beyond your expectations. Unique and handcrafted, using premium locally bred beef and regional ingredients, these burgers in downtown Austin are not just delicious, but memorable. This restaurant offers an appealing al fresco dining experience for a quick but crafted bite. Be sure to try their signature Big Mouth Burger, topped with blistered peppers, jalapeno jam, bacon and zesty cheddar.
The Hoppy Monk
El Paso, TX
Pappas Burger
Houston, TX
Pappas Burger is more than your typical burger joint, it’s a one-of-a-kind burger haven serving Texas-sized burgers with fresh and flavorful toppings. A classic 1950’s diner meets energetic, fun sports bar.
Stanton’s City Bites
Houston, TX
Established in 1961, Stanton’s City Bites started as a family-run grocery store which has evolved into a restaurant that serves unique, made-to-order burgers. Try one of Houston’s best burgers.
Toro Burger Bar
El Paso, TX
Established in 2007 Toro Burger Bar is ranked as Texas Monthly’s #4 Burger Joint in Texas. The legend of the Toro Burger has made Toro Burger Bar a growing sensation in El Paso. Featuring 15 varieties of burgers all on a toasted sesame brioche bun with shredded lettuce and tomato or bunless on a lettuce wrap with side options included traditional or sweet fries and a small house salad. Their menu, locations and hours are all found online.
Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack
Houston, TX
Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack has been serving Houston’s finest Buffalo burgers for over 30 years. They have cooked over a million Buffalo burgers in their little shack, and through that experience they have found the highest quality source and developed the most effective methods for cooking a juicy, tasty burger.
Hawx Burger Bar & Electro Lounge
San Antonio, TX
Hawx Burger Bar & Electro Lounge, offers their customers high quality gourmet burgers with the highest caliber of the freshest ingredients with consistent quality, value, and commitment to them. They take great pride in their restaurant being family owned and operated.
Counter Cafe
Austin, TX
Counter Cafe in Austin is known for it’s good food and good company. They offer a wide variety of burgers such as The Counter Burger, a sweet buttery bun, melted cheddar, hand-formed patty, Bibb lettuce, red onion and ripe tomato with a side of sweet potato fries. Or try their Counter Chicken Burger featuring hand ground all natural curly seasoned chicken burger topped with organic bibb lettuce, vine ripened tomatoes, red onion on a wheat bun. Counter Cafe is also listed as a Top 50 Burgers in Texas by Texas Monthly.
Executive Surf Club
Corpus Christi, TX
What began as a concept intended to merge all things rad about living on the Texas Gulf Coast, the Surf Club has since secured its spot as an iconic live music venue and hangout in South Texas. Known by artists and live music junkies, locals and visitors, the intimate and salty atmosphere of the Executive Surf Club encompasses all of the reasons.










