Best Burgers in Cali: Granada to San Antonio

The best burgers in Cali are easiest to find in Granada, the city’s best-known restaurant district, around the colonial hillside barrio of San Antonio and along Avenida Sexta, where nights out begin. In the south, near the universities and Ciudad Jardín, burger places serve students and families.

Cali calls itself the world capital of salsa, and dinner is often the first stop of a night that ends on the dance floor. Burgers share the street with Valle del Cauca snacks: pandebono, the cheese bread eaten warm, aborrajados, fried sweet plantain stuffed with cheese, and lulada, a cold drink of crushed lulo fruit. The heat is steady through the year, so outdoor tables and late dinners are the norm.

Burgers in Cali: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Granada, San Antonio, Avenida Sexta, El Peñón and the south around Ciudad Jardín.
• Regional snacks: pandebono, aborrajados, empanadas vallunas and lulada.
• Street style: comidas rápidas carts serving loaded burgers and hot dogs with sauces and crushed crisps.
• Currency: the Colombian peso, ISO code COP.
• Getting around: the MIO bus rapid transit system crosses the city, and the centre and San Antonio are walkable.
• What our guides check: opening status, a full address with barrio, a dated price in pesos and the burger the kitchen is known for.

Every guide we publish on Cali is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Find the other cities we cover in our burger restaurant guides.