Best Burgers in Bristol: Harbour to Stokes Croft

The best burgers in Bristol are found in four places: Wapping Wharf on the harbourside, Gloucester Road and Stokes Croft in the north of the centre, and the street-food stalls of St Nicholas Market in the Old City. Welsh Back, along the floating harbour, and North Street in Bedminster are worth adding.

Bristol is proudly independent, and its burger scene reflects that. Gloucester Road is known for its long run of independent shops, and Wapping Wharf’s Cargo built its small restaurants into converted shipping containers by the water. The West Country supplies the obvious toppings: Cheddar is a Somerset village a short drive south-west of the city, and West Country Farmhouse Cheddar is a protected designation of origin. Local cider is the regional alternative to a beer with your burger.

Burgers in Bristol: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Wapping Wharf, Welsh Back, Gloucester Road, Stokes Croft, the Old City and Bedminster.
• Container dining: Cargo at Wapping Wharf, with small kitchens set in shipping containers on the harbourside.
• Market food: St Nicholas Market in the Old City, with street-food stalls at lunchtime.
• Local ingredients: West Country Farmhouse Cheddar PDO and Somerset cider.
• Currency: pound sterling (GBP), as across England.
• What our guides check: whether the cheddar on a “West Country” burger is the protected farmhouse cheese or a generic block.

Every guide we publish on Bristol is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Bristol sits alongside every other city in our burger restaurant guides.