Best Burgers in Annecy: Old Town and Lake

The best burgers in Annecy are in and around the Vieille Ville, the old town crossed by the canals of the Thiou, and in the streets between the old town and the lakefront. The area around the station and the modern centre has more everyday restaurants, away from the tourist flow along the water.

Annecy is in Haute-Savoie, and its food is Alpine: fondue, raclette and tartiflette are the local comfort dishes. Tartiflette is younger than it looks, popularised in the 1980s to sell more reblochon. That creamy AOP cow’s-milk cheese, made in the nearby Aravis mountains and the Thônes valley, is the regional cheese most likely to end up melted on a burger. Annecy is also one of the most visited lake towns in France, so the old town fills up on summer days and weekends.

Burgers in Annecy: key facts

• Old town: the Vieille Ville, with the Palais de l’Isle standing in the middle of the Thiou.
• Lakefront: the Pâquier lawn and the Jardins de l’Europe, a short walk from the old town.
• Regional cheese: reblochon (AOP), from the Aravis massif and the Thônes valley.
• Other Savoyard cheeses: Tomme de Savoie and Abondance.
• Busiest times: July and August, plus June, when the Annecy International Animation Film Festival takes over the town.
• What our guides check: opening status this year, the full address and a menu price with the date we saw it.

Every guide we publish on Annecy is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Compare with other destinations in our burger restaurant guides.