Best Burgers in Adelaide: East End to Glenelg

The best burgers in Adelaide are found in the city’s East End around Rundle Street, along Gouger Street next to the Adelaide Central Market, and in the laneways off Hindley Street, such as Leigh Street and Peel Street. Beyond the centre, The Parade at Norwood, Prospect Road and the seaside at Glenelg have clusters of their own. Pubs remain a reliable burger stop across the suburbs.

Adelaide has its own late-night food vocabulary. The pie floater, a meat pie sitting in thick pea soup, is a South Australian classic, and the AB, a tray of chips topped with kebab meat, cheese and sauces, is a late-night order the city claims as its own. Locals call processed luncheon meat fritz. With the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale close by, a glass of local wine with a burger is easy to find.

Burgers in Adelaide: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: the East End and Rundle Street, Gouger Street, Hindley Street and its laneways, Norwood, Prospect and Glenelg.
• Local specialties: the pie floater and the AB.
• Market: the Adelaide Central Market, trading since 1869, for local produce.
• Currency: Australian dollar (AUD); tipping is not expected.
• Getting around: the tram runs from the city centre to Glenelg, and buses and trains cover the suburbs.
• What our guides check: whether a pub burger is served all day or only at set kitchen hours.

Every guide we publish on Adelaide is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify, and all of them sit in our burger restaurant guides.