Best Burgers in Grenoble: Centre to Campus

The best burgers in Grenoble are found in the hyper-centre, the compact grid between Place Grenette, Place Victor-Hugo and the Isère, and in the old streets of the Notre-Dame quarter. Saint-Bruno, just west of the railway station, is a multicultural district built around its market, while the university campus at Saint-Martin-d’Hères feeds a large student population.

Grenoble sits at the foot of three mountain ranges, the Vercors, the Chartreuse and Belledonne, and its food is mountain food. Isère has its own cheeses: Saint-Marcellin, a small, soft cow’s-milk round, and Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, a mild AOP blue. The walnut is the other local signature. The Noix de Grenoble was the first fruit in France to receive an AOC, in 1938, and walnut oil and walnut cake show up all over town.

Burgers in Grenoble: key facts

• Hyper-centre: Place Grenette, Place Notre-Dame and Place Saint-André, all within a few minutes on foot.
• Saint-Bruno: a working-class, multicultural district west of the station, organised around its market square.
• Campus: Saint-Martin-d’Hères, east of the city, reached by tram.
• Regional cheeses: Saint-Marcellin (IGP) and Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage (AOP).
• Above the city: the Bastille cable car and its spherical cabins leave from the Isère quays.
• Prices: in euros (EUR); our guides quote one only with the date it was read on the menu.

Every guide we publish on Grenoble is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. More cities are in our burger restaurant guides, all built on the same checks.