Best Burgers in Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona — updated August 21, 2026
Eight Scottsdale burger spots ranked by how well they answer the question, from a 5,000-review Old Town standby to a two-day-a-week-closed counter on McDowell Road.
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Scottsdale's burger scene splits cleanly in two: the Old Town places that stay open late and fill with foot traffic, and the counters further out that close early and build their reputation on the patty alone. The list below is ordered by how convincingly each answers the burger question, with review counts treated as evidence of how settled a rating is. A 4.9 from a few hundred reviews is promising; a 4.6 from several thousand is proven.
1. Rehab Burger Therapy
The most tested burger rating in Scottsdale: 4.6 across 5,053 reviews, which is the kind of volume that stops being an opinion and starts being a fact. It sits on 2nd Street in the middle of Old Town, which explains the traffic and also the wait at peak hours. Doors open at 11 AM Monday through Saturday and noon on Sunday, so the Sunday brunch crowd arrives to a locked door if they turn up early. Pickup and delivery run through the afternoon and into the evening rather than to close, worth knowing if you plan to order out.
2. UNiQ Burger
The highest-rated burger place on this list at 4.9, and with 710 reviews behind it, that number has been stress-tested rather than propped up by a first-month rush. The catch is the schedule: UNiQ is closed Monday and Tuesday, runs 11 AM to 9 PM Wednesday through Saturday, and shuts at 7 PM on Sunday. It is on East McDowell Road in south Scottsdale, away from the Old Town bar crawl, so the room turns over on food rather than drinks. Plan a Wednesday or Thursday visit if you want the shortest wait.
3. Blu Burger Grille
A 4.7 rating with 737 reviews puts this among the best-supported burger scores in the city, and unlike most of the field it is well north of Old Town, at 32409 N Scottsdale Road. That location makes it the practical pick for anyone in far north Scottsdale or Cave Creek who does not want to drive south. Hours are 11 AM to 8:30 PM Sunday through Thursday and 11 AM to 9 PM Friday and Saturday, so it is an early dinner rather than a late one. There is a separate happy hour menu alongside the main list.
4. AZ88
A bar first, but the burger is central enough to the menu that AZ88 runs a lunch deal built around it: half of any burger or chicken sandwich with fries or fruit for $12, Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 3:30 PM. That is the cheapest way into a 4.6 rating carried by 2,317 reviews. The room is on Scottsdale Mall in Old Town, open daily from 11 AM with last call for food and drink at midnight, which makes it one of the few late kitchens here. Note the holiday closures: Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are dark, and Christmas Eve and Super Bowl Sunday close at 4 PM.
5. The Vig
The McDowell Mountain location on East Bell Road holds a 4.4 across 1,451 reviews, a settled score for a neighborhood bar rather than a burger specialist. The kitchen covers soup, sandwiches, tacos, fish and steak, so this is the choice when one person in the group wants a burger and nobody else does. Weekday hours run 11 AM to 10 PM, weekends start at 10 AM and go to 10 PM, with brunch served Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 3 PM. There is a second Vig at McCormick Ranch that keeps shorter hours; this entry covers the Bell Road room only.
6. El Camino
Smash burgers are the stated specialty here, which is a narrower claim than most places on this list make. The evidence is thin so far: 4.7 is a strong rating, but 60 reviews is early, so treat it as promising rather than proven. What it has over almost everyone else is hours. El Camino is open until midnight daily, opening at noon on weekdays and 11 AM Saturday and Sunday, from a Stetson Drive address in Old Town. Sides are straightforward: french fries at $6, a ten-count of wings at $15.95.
7. Bad Jimmy's Scottsdale
Burgers and cocktails is the whole pitch, and the menu is built around it, including a double. The 4.2 rating from 165 reviews is the softest score in this group, so it earns a place on premise and hours rather than on consensus. The Indian School Road location opens at 11 AM daily and runs to 10 PM, with the restaurant's own social listings citing an 11 PM close on Friday and Saturday, so call ahead if you are arriving late in the week. BBQ wings have appeared as a Monday and Tuesday special.
8. F/Sixteen
An American diner on Buckboard Trail in Old Town, and one of the few kitchens in Scottsdale serving from 6 AM. That is the reason to know it: breakfast, lunch and a boozy brunch, with a burger available under the diner format rather than as the headline. Evidence is limited at 4.4 from 66 reviews, so consider it unproven. Monday through Thursday and Sunday it runs 6 AM to 4 PM; Friday and Saturday it stays open to 10 PM. There is a dress code, and no swim attire is permitted after 6 PM.
What we left off
Zinburger at Scottsdale Quarter carries a 4.3 from around 1,400 reviews, but it operates as part of a multi-location Arizona restaurant group, which puts it outside our local-only rule. DraftKings Sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale is a national sportsbook brand rather than an independent Scottsdale kitchen, and at 3.9 from 225 reviews it also has the weakest rating in the pool, so it is off on both counts.