Best Burgers in Ahmedabad: Veg, Jain and More

The best burgers in Ahmedabad are mostly vegetarian, and you find them on the restaurant strips of the western city: SG Highway, Sindhu Bhavan Road, CG Road and Prahlad Nagar. Chicken burgers exist, but in this city a well-made veg patty is the real test of a kitchen.

Ahmedabad has one of the strongest vegetarian food cultures in India, and many menus offer Jain versions, made without onion, garlic, potato or other root vegetables. Gujarat has also enforced alcohol prohibition since 1960, so burgers come with shakes, sodas and mocktails rather than beer. The closest local relative of the burger is the dabeli, created in Mandvi, in Kutch, in the 1960s: a spiced potato filling pressed into a soft pav bun with chutneys, pomegranate seeds and roasted peanuts. At night, Manek Chowk in the old city turns from a market square into an open-air food court.

Burgers in Ahmedabad: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: SG Highway, Sindhu Bhavan Road, CG Road and Prahlad Nagar; Manek Chowk and Law Garden for night street food.
• Local relative: the dabeli, Gujarat’s pressed potato bun.
• Jain options: no onion, garlic or root vegetables, so no potato patty either.
• Drinks: no alcohol on the menu under Gujarat’s prohibition law.
• Currency: Indian rupee (INR).
• Old city: India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City, listed in 2017.

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