Best Burgers in Vancouver: Neighbourhood Guide

The best burgers in Vancouver are found in Gastown and Chinatown, along Main Street in Mount Pleasant, on Commercial Drive, in Kitsilano and around Granville Island. The city also has its own burger reference: White Spot, a British Columbia chain that opened as a drive-in at Granville Street and 67th Avenue in 1928 and still serves its Legendary Burger with Triple “O” sauce.

White Spot shaped how Vancouver thinks about a burger. Its sauce recipe is a closely kept secret, and the name goes back to carhops who circled the extras on order slips until three circles came to mean “lots of everything”. The chain’s quick-service spin-off, Triple O’s, carries the same sauce. Beyond the classic, the city’s Pacific setting shows on menus: wild salmon is the regional alternative when you want a burger that is not beef.

Burgers in Vancouver: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Gastown, Chinatown, Mount Pleasant and Main Street, Commercial Drive, Kitsilano, Yaletown and Granville Island.
• Local institution: White Spot, founded in Vancouver in 1928, and its Triple O’s counters.
• Signature sauce: Triple “O”, the house sauce on the Legendary Burger.
• Currency: Canadian dollar (CAD). Restaurant food carries 5% GST on top of menu prices, and the tip is extra.
• Getting around: SkyTrain stations at Waterfront, next to Gastown, and Main Street–Science World put most burger areas within a short ride.

Every guide we publish on Vancouver is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. To compare the West Coast with other cities, browse our burger restaurant guides by city.