Best Burgers in Naples, Italy: Area Guide

The best burgers in Naples, Italy, are found in Chiaia, the seafront district of bars and boutiques, on the Vomero hill above it, and in the lanes of the centro storico around Spaccanapoli. The Quartieri Spagnoli, the tight grid of alleys off Via Toledo, bring a street-food crowd. Look for burgers topped with Campanian cheese and greens rather than cheddar.

Naples eats on the move. Pizza fritta, the cuoppo, a paper cone of fried seafood or vegetables, and pizza a portafoglio, folded in four and eaten on the street, are the city’s fast food. A burger here competes with that tradition, and the most local versions borrow from the regional larder: provola, a smoked cheese, mozzarella di bufala campana, and friarielli, the bitter broccoli rabe that Neapolitans pair with sausage.

Burgers in Naples: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Chiaia, the Vomero, the centro storico around Spaccanapoli and the Quartieri Spagnoli.
• Campanian toppings to look for: provola, mozzarella di bufala campana and friarielli.
• Street-food rivals: pizza fritta, the cuoppo and pizza a portafoglio.
• Which Naples: this page covers Naples in Campania, not Naples, Florida.
• Currency: the euro (EUR), used in Naples as across Italy.
• Getting around: metro Line 1 links the Vomero with Via Toledo, and three funiculars climb the hill from Chiaia, Toledo and Montesanto.

Every guide we publish on Naples is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. For burgers elsewhere in Italy and abroad, open our restaurant guides hub.