Best Burgers in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Smash patties in Brookland Park, a walk-up window behind a Scott's Addition brewery, and Carytown pub burgers, ranked by how settled their reputations are.
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Richmond's burger map splits roughly three ways: thin smashed patties from small counter operations north of Broad, pub burgers in Carytown, and bar kitchens that keep going past midnight. The list below runs from the places with the strongest combination of rating and review volume down to the ones whose numbers are either still thin or clearly settled at a lower level. Several of the best are closed at least one day a week, so check before driving over.
1. Slay Burgers
The highest-rated burger specialist in the city with a review count large enough to trust: 4.7 across 970 reviews, which is a settled number rather than an early one. It sits at 22 W Brookland Park Blvd, a short strip that has become one of Richmond's better eating blocks. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 10pm and Sunday noon to 6pm, and it is closed Mondays, which catches people out. The Sunday window is short, so treat it as a lunch stop rather than a dinner plan.
2. Eazzy Burger
A 4.7 rating across 889 reviews puts it effectively level with Slay, and the setting is the differentiator: it sits at 3204 W Leigh St in Scott's Addition, between Ardent Craft Ales and ZZQ, reachable through Ardent's patio or from Highpoint Avenue. That means a burger and a brewery pint without moving your car. Open Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 9pm and Sundays until 6pm. The menu lists the namesake eazzy burger with lettuce and zzy sauce alongside a guthrie burger with American cheese. The kitchen has run a burger night promotion with a second burger of equal or lesser value at half off.
3. Smashed RVA
Same 4.7 rating as the two above, but from 349 reviews, so read it as promising rather than proven. The menu is narrow in the way good smash operations usually are: burgers, chopped cheese, fries. A combo runs $3.50 on top of the sandwich and an extra patty is $2.00. It is at 1600 Brook Rd, with posted hours of Wednesday through Saturday 11am to 9pm and Sunday noon to 5pm; the online ordering page cuts off earlier than the dining room, so order in person if you are arriving late in the evening.
4. Citizen Burger Bar
The most reliable late option in Carytown, at 2907 W Cary St, holding 4.4 from more than 1,200 reviews. That volume makes the rating a firm one: consistent rather than remarkable. It runs as a bar as much as a burger counter, with a weekday happy hour that includes money off draft beer. Listed hours vary between sources, with the Carytown page showing an 11:30am opening and a 10pm close on Mondays and later kitchen closes toward the weekend, so confirm if you are going after 10.
5. Honey Whyte's All American Cafe
A burger-and-sandwich kitchen at 2116 E Main St in Shockoe Bottom, rated 4.5 from 302 reviews. That is a smaller sample than most entries here, so the rating is encouraging rather than established. What makes it useful is the schedule: it opens at 5pm on Mondays, runs Saturday nights until 2am, and is closed Sundays. Happy hour starts at 4pm and there is live music. Visit Richmond's listing pitches the burger with a cold draft beer, which is a fair description of what the room is set up to do.
6. Wood & Iron Gameday Restaurant and Bar
A sports bar first and a burger stop second, which is why it sits here rather than higher: 4.4 from 829 reviews at the Richmond location, 1405 Roseneath Rd in Scott's Addition. The draw is timing. It opens at 11am and runs to midnight early in the week, later on Thursday through Saturday, with daily specials and a half-price happy hour. Note that the company operates other addresses in the metro area, so double-check you are navigating to Roseneath Road and not the West Broad Street or Midlothian sites.
7. Burger Bach
The Carytown fixture at 3426 W Cary St, a New Zealand-inspired pub built around grass-fed beef and lamb. Its 4.0 rating comes from more than 1,550 reviews, the largest sample on this list, which means the score is thoroughly settled and lower than everything above it. It earns a place for the lamb option and the long hours: Monday through Thursday 11:30am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday to 10pm, Sunday 11am to 9pm, with happy hour daily from 4pm to 7pm.
What we left off
Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint Richmond, at 5810 Grove Ave, rates 4.6 from more than 1,400 reviews and serves a Wagyu patty until midnight on weeknights and 2am Thursday through Saturday. It is off the list because it operates as a multi-state chain rather than a Richmond-only business, and this guide sticks to independents. If chain status does not bother you, it is the strongest late-night burger in the West End.