Honest Burgers

Honest Burgers is the grown-up, sit-down counterpoint to the counter-service kiosks: proper tables, bookings at most branches and a broad menu. Its beef is butchered in-house and can be served pink, and its rosemary-salted chips (included, and unlimited with the local specials) are a signature. In 2026 its 'The Honest' — dry-aged beef, Wiltshire bacon, beef-and-onion relish, XL cheese, pickles and onion, served at its Smash + Grab site at Liverpool Street — was named the UK's best burger at the National Burger Awards. Expect around £16 for a burger with unlimited chips, or roughly £20 with a local beer (indicative). Crucially, it makes all burgers gluten-free on request and offers Beyond Meat vegan burgers with vegan chips, so mixed groups are easy. You trade a little of the outright patty pedigree of world-ranked Bleecker and Black Bear for comfort, choice, bookings and by far the best accessibility here.