Best New Orleans Burger Guide
Fun Between the Bun
There’s nothing like New Orleans seafood but sometimes you just need a burger, and New Orleans’ finest restaurants don’t disappoint. Check out our favs and prepare to pass the ketchup.
LOFT18
LOFT18 on Metairie Road is one of the best places to grab a burger in town. While they have several to choose from including a Burger of the Month, we’re big fans of the Oozie Burger, a smashed brisket blended burger with melted American Cheese, sautéed onions, crispy bacon, pickles and mayo. It comes with fries and is big enough to split (but you won’t want to). Read our review.
Garrison Kitchen + Cocktails
For their Classic Burger, Garrison Kitchen + Cocktails in Old Metairie partnered with 3 Fires Farms in Mississippi to bring responsibly raised, top-quality beef straight from their farm to your plate. It's topped with aged cheddar, aioli, lto, and pickles. Top that!
3rd Block Depot Kitchen + Bar
You haven’t lived till you tasted the 3rd Block Bacon Burger, made with a blend of ground brisket and chuck, nueske's bacon and cheddar cheese. Your friends back home will ask you if you had gumbo on your trip, but you’ll want to talk about this.
Loft18
If you love burgers and golf, swing by Loft18, the premier indoor golf and social club in Old Metairie. Their Bourbon Burger is topped with Bourbon-infused onions, spiced black beans, fresh avocado, cheddar, Monterey and jalapeño – all dripping with house-made hickory sauce. It’s so good you’ll have no trouble making a hole in one (sorry).
Hard Rock Cafe
There are eleven burgers on the Hard Rock Café menu and while we can’t vouch for them all, suffice it to say if you’re a burger lover you’ll be happy here. Add a shake and you’ll be positively giddy.
Bobby Hebert's Cajun Cannon
The Cannon Hamburger Challenge can be summed up in three letters: OMG. The burger is comprised of seven patties, cooked medium well with cheddar cheese, tomatoes, onions, pickles with three fried shrimp on top, served with Cajun Hebert fries. If you complete the challenge, you eat for free (no sharing.)
Porter & Luke's
This Old Metairie restaurant has a Build-Your-Own Burger that gives new meaning to the phrase, "Have it your way." Along with lettuce, tomato and pickle you can have your choice of American, blue cheese crumbles, cheddar, Swiss and provolone. This places has a great Fried Green Tomato appetizer as well. That's what we like about the South!
Three More Serious Contenders
Port of Call
For more than 50 years, folks have been getting their burger fix at Port of Call, known for their huge, shredded cheese-topped burgers, served alongside a loaded baked potato.
Toup’s Meatery
The only thing wrong with this burger is they only serve it at lunch. The burger here is a blend of beef and pork with cheddar cheese, bacon, pickled squash and herbed aioli on a sesame seed bun. It’s melt-in-your-mouth fantastic. You’ll be so glad you’re not a vegetarian.
Camellia Grill
While the servers in the bow ties are charming, the real reason people line up to get in here is the cheeseburger, grilled up right before your eyes. If you can leave before sharing a piece of pecan pie, you’re better people than we are.