Best Burgers in Querétaro: Centro to Juriquilla

The best burgers in Querétaro are found in two very different settings. Juriquilla, the newer district in the north of the city, concentrates the contemporary burger restaurants, from gourmet patties to dry-aged beef. The Centro Histórico, with its pedestrian streets around the Plaza de Armas, holds the bars and older restaurants where a burger shares the menu with Mexican plates.

Querétaro sits in the Bajío, and the countryside an hour or so east produces some of Mexico’s best-known artisan cheeses and wines. The Ruta del Arte, Queso y Vino links Tequisquiapan, Bernal and Ezequiel Montes, and its dairies give burger kitchens a local alternative to imported cheddar. Ask what cheese goes on the patty: in Querétaro, the answer can come from a farm within the state.

Burgers in Querétaro: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Juriquilla for burger restaurants, the Centro Histórico and its pedestrian andadores for bars and older dining rooms.
• Local styles: gourmet burgers and dry-aged beef patties, mostly in Juriquilla.
• Local ingredient: artisan cheese from the Ruta del Arte, Queso y Vino around Tequisquiapan and Bernal.
• Heritage: the historic centre has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996.
• Currency: Mexican peso (MXN), quoted on every menu in the state.
• What our guides check: whether a Juriquilla address sits in a shopping plaza, since many venues trade inside one.

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