Best Burgers in Poznań: Old Market to Jeżyce

The best burgers in Poznań are found around the Stary Rynek, the Old Market Square, and in Jeżyce, the 19th-century tenement district west of the centre that has become the city’s main area for new cafés and casual kitchens. Łazarz, next to the trade-fair grounds, and Śródka, across the Warta, complete the map.

Poznań is a trade-fair and university city, so demand runs high both at lunch and late in the evening. Its food identity is rooted in Greater Poland. Potatoes are called pyry in the local dialect and often come with gzik, quark cheese mixed with onion and chives. The other local emblem is the rogal świętomarciński, a St Martin’s croissant filled with white poppy seeds and protected by an EU geographical indication, eaten in huge numbers on 11 November. Pyry on the side instead of fries is the local touch to look for.

Burgers in Poznań: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: the Old Market Square, Jeżyce, Łazarz and Śródka.
• Local side dish: pyry z gzikiem, potatoes with chive and onion quark.
• Busy days: trade-fair weeks at the Poznań International Fair fill restaurants near the centre.
• Currency: Polish złoty, ISO code PLN.
• Getting around: trams connect the Old Market Square with Jeżyce, Łazarz and the main station, Poznań Główny.

Every guide we publish on Poznań is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. To compare Greater Poland’s capital with other cities, browse our burger restaurant guides by city.