Best Burgers in Chongqing: Where to Look

The best burgers in Chongqing are easiest to find in Yuzhong, the peninsula between the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, around the Jiefangbei pedestrian district and its malls. North of the Jialing, Guanyinqiao in Jiangbei is the second big shopping and dining hub, and Shapingba, home to Chongqing University, serves the student crowd.

Chongqing is a vertical city. Streets climb in flights of steps, buildings have ground floors at several levels, and the Line 2 monorail runs straight through a residential tower at Liziba. Its food is known across China for heat: Chongqing hot pot, a beef tallow broth loaded with chillies and Sichuan peppercorn, is the signature, and xiao mian, spicy wheat noodles, is what many locals eat for breakfast. It is also one of China’s traditional “furnace” cities, and on summer nights the riverside around Hongyadong fills up once the heat drops.

Burgers in Chongqing: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Jiefangbei (Yuzhong), Guanyinqiao (Jiangbei), Shapingba, and Hongyadong on the Jialing riverfront.
• Local specialty: beef tallow hot pot and xiao mian noodles.
• Currency: renminbi yuan (CNY); even noodle stalls take WeChat Pay or Alipay.
• Getting around: Chongqing Rail Transit, including the monorail Lines 2 and 3. Expect stairs and escalators between stations and streets.
• Finding a venue: an address can sit several floors above or below street level, so check which level the entrance is on.

Every guide we publish on Chongqing is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. For other cities, browse our burger restaurant guides by city.