Best Burgers in Richmond, VA: Area Guide

The best burgers in Richmond, Virginia, are easiest to find in four parts of the city: Scott’s Addition, the Fan and Carytown, Church Hill, and Shockoe Bottom. Expect smash burgers served next to taprooms, thick pub burgers in neighbourhood bars and late counters close to the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. This page covers Richmond, the Virginia state capital on the James River, not Richmond in British Columbia, California or London.

Richmond has no burger style of its own, so its scene follows its neighbourhoods. Scott’s Addition, a former warehouse district north of the Museum District, filled up with breweries and a cidery during the 2010s, and the burger became the default plate to go with a pint. Carytown, a long strip of independent shops on West Cary Street, and the rowhouse blocks of the Fan feed a crowd of students and regulars from lunch to closing time.

Burgers in Richmond: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Scott’s Addition, the Fan, Carytown, the Museum District, Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom and Jackson Ward.
• Local pattern: burgers and craft beer go together in Scott’s Addition, where taprooms often host food trucks.
• Currency: US dollar (USD). Menu prices usually exclude sales tax and the tip.
• Getting around: the GRTC Pulse rapid bus line runs along Broad Street, with a stop at Scott’s Addition.

Every guide we publish on Richmond is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. To compare the city with others, browse all our burger restaurant guides by city.