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The best burger in Tulsa: 23 spots we picked by reading 5,354 reviews (2026)
We read every review we could get our hands on to sort out the best burger in Tulsa, from Admiral Place counter stools to Greenwood bar stools.
The Local Desk · Tulsa, OK · September 11, 2026 · Updated October 25, 2026
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Hank's Hamburgers tops this list of 23 places in Tulsa, OK, ranked from 29,797 Google reviews, October 25, 2026. Cross-checked against 3 outside rankings. Nobody pays to be listed.
| # | Business | Rating | Reviews | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hank's Hamburgers | 4.6★ | 2,176 | Best for Route 66 stops |
| 2 | Bill's Jumbo Burgers | 4.7★ | 879 | Best for an early lunch |
| 3 | Jumbo's Hamburgers | 4.8★ | 1,043 | Best for big appetites |
| 4 | Howdy Burger 11th Street | 4.4★ | 662 | Best for a quick lunch |
| 5 | Fat Guy's Burger Bar | 4.4★ | 2,276 | Best for downtown groups |
| 6 | Freddies Hamburgers | 4.6★ | 924 | Best for old-school value |
| 7 | Arnold's Old Fashioned Hamburgers | 4.6★ | 3,206 | Best for a cheap family run |
| 8 | Boston Deli Grill & Market | 4.7★ | 661 | Best for a deli lunch |
| 9 | FOOD FACTORY | 4.9★ | 122 | Best for big appetites |
| 10 | Brownie's Hamburger Stand | 4.3★ | 2,015 | Best for a solo counter lunch |
| 11 | Tina's | 4.4★ | 162 | Best for a midtown regular |
| 12 | Ty's Hamburgers | 4.4★ | 584 | Best for burger purists |
| 13 | Flo's Burger Diner Tulsa | 4.3★ | 846 | Best for a booth |
| 14 | McNellie's | 4.6★ | 3,988 | Best for beer and burgers |
| 15 | Burger Street | 4.4★ | 934 | Best for a fast fix |
| 16 | Weber's Superior Root Beer Drive-in | 4.5★ | 1,035 | Best for a root beer float |
| 17 | Grill'd | 4.8★ | 713 | Best for a Bixby detour |
| 18 | Ron's | Hamburgers & Chili | 4.6★ | 1,695 | Best for burger and chili |
| 19 | Ruby's Old Fashioned Hamburgers | 4.4★ | 509 | Best for south Tulsa errands |
| 20 | Smitty's Garage Burgers & Beer | 4.5★ | 2,190 | Best for a group with kids |
| 21 | 777 THOR DELI | 4.9★ | 224 | Best for something different |
| 22 | Goldie's Patio Grill | 4.4★ | 973 | Best for kids |
| 23 | The Burger | 4.3★ | 286 | Best for north Tulsa |
Tulsa is a griddle town, not a gastropub town — the burgers people here actually rave about come off flat-tops in tiny buildings on Admiral, 11th and Southwest Boulevard, and the fancier the room gets, the less the patty tends to matter. That is the bias this list starts from, and the reviews backed it up more often than not.
By the numbers: we read 5,354 reviews across 150 places (100 each for the 72 contenders); 1,005 reviews specifically mention burger; we checked 3 outside rankings for "best burger in Tulsa" (tulsapeople.com, google.com/search, google.com/maps) and 22 of our 23 appear on at least one; we scanned 24 TikTok and Instagram posts about burger in Tulsa and 6 of the 23 are named in at least two; 29,797 Google reviews stand behind the 23 places listed; the list averages 4.54★ against a category average of 4.50★; and about 390 people a month search "best burger tulsa". This order came from reading what people wrote about the food, not from how famous the name is.
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What reviewers mention most across the list: gyros (267) · shakes (252) · friendly staff (229) · onion rings (209) · patio (76) · drive thru (69)
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Hank's Hamburgers
★★★★★ 4.6 · 2,176 Google reviews8933 E Admiral Pl, Tulsa, OK 74115, USA · 49 of 66 reviews read mention burger (≈1,616 overall) · on 2 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com, google.com/search) · about 3,600 searches a month for its name · social proof: 3 TikTok/Instagram posts · 8.7 km from downtown
Best for Route 66 stopsForty-nine of the 66 reviews we read at this Admiral Place counter mention the burger, and the recurring note is a plump, old-school diner patty rather than a thin lean one. The dining room is small and it gets busy at lunch, so expect to wait or take it to go.
Order this: The Okie Burger, four patties with chopped onions on top
“The only old school diner style burger I have found in Tulsa worth stopping for”
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Bill's Jumbo Burgers
★★★★★ 4.7 · 879 Google reviews2002 E Admiral Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74110 · 42 of 54 reviews read mention burger (≈684 overall) · on 2 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com, google.com/search) · 6.8 km from downtown
Best for an early lunchcash onlyold school goodnessold fashioned burgerlimited seatingA tiny old building on East Admiral with six stools inside and two little tables out front, and 42 of the 54 reviews we read talk about the burger. Bring cash, come early — reviewers report them running out and closing by mid-afternoon.
Order this: Bill's Special with cheese and a side of hand-cut fries
“Okie burger did not disappoint. First time eating at bill's and all the rumors are true”
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Jumbo's Hamburgers
★★★★★ 4.8 · 1,043 Google reviews6558 E 41st St, Tulsa, OK 74145 · 30 of 68 reviews read mention burger (≈460 overall) · on 2 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/search, google.com/maps) · about 90 searches a month for its name · 3.3 km from downtown
Best for big appetitesgyrosfriendly staffGyro CheeseburgerhummusA 41st Street counter where the burger menu runs into the gyro menu, and 30 of the 68 reviews we read name a burger — often the Chicago, stacked with gyro meat, bacon, egg and two cheeses. Prices read as fair for the size, and the fries get as much love as the patties.
Order this: The Chicago Burger: patty, gyro meat, bacon, egg, tzatziki
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Howdy Burger 11th Street
★★★★★ 4.4 · 662 Google reviews1516 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74120, USA · 45 of 60 reviews read mention burger (≈497 overall) · on 2 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com, google.com/search) · social proof: 5 TikTok/Instagram posts (4 TikTok, 1 Instagram) · 5.8 km from downtown
Best for a quick lunchForty-five of the 60 reviews we read at the 11th Street shop mention the burger, the highest share-to-size ratio of anything downtown-adjacent. It is also the most social-media-visible place on this list, named in five TikTok and Instagram posts we scanned.
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Fat Guy's Burger Bar
★★★★★ 4.4 · 2,276 Google reviews140 N Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, OK 74120, USA · 76 of 129 reviews read mention burger (≈1,341 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · about 1,000 searches a month for its name · social proof: 3 TikTok/Instagram posts · 7.8 km from downtown
Best for downtown groupsThe Greenwood Avenue bar pulls the second-biggest burger conversation we counted — 76 of 129 reviews we read mention it, roughly 1,341 across the whole review file. It is a sit-down room with a bar, which makes it the easy call when half your group wants a beer with the patty.
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Freddies Hamburgers
★★★★★ 4.6 · 924 Google reviews9130 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74112, USA · 47 of 74 reviews read mention burger (≈587 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · about 140 searches a month for its name · 7.8 km from downtown
Best for old-school valueA Route 66 hole-in-the-wall on East 11th where 47 of the 74 reviews we read mention the burger, and the char burger comes up again and again. Reviewers keep flagging the prices as pre-inflation and the room as spotless, with a crowd of older regulars.
Order this: The char burger with onion rings
“Char burger was so tasty best burger ive had in a long time”
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Arnold's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
★★★★★ 4.6 · 3,206 Google reviews4253 Southwest Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74107 · 36 of 52 reviews read mention burger (≈2,220 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · about 720 searches a month for its name · 7.8 km from downtown
Best for a cheap family runshakesonion ringsdrive thrumaltsSouthwest Boulevard's drive-thru and diner room, with 712 photos and about 2,220 reviews mentioning a burger across the file — 36 of the 52 newest we read. Single, double or triple meat, shakes and malts alongside, and reviewers routinely put a two-person meal under $25.
Order this: Triple meat, double cheese with fries and a shake
“I got the single meat, single cheese burger- cooked right, good flavor”
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Boston Deli Grill & Market
★★★★★ 4.7 · 661 Google reviews6231 E 61st St, Tulsa, OK 74136 · Editor's pick · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/maps) · 4.2 km from downtown
Best for a deli lunchsaladsreubenbrisket burgerpeanut butter pieThe 61st Street deli is the outlier here: none of the 68 reviews we read named a burger, but reviewers do list a brisket burger among the things they order alongside the reuben and the salads. It shows up on one of the three outside rankings we checked, so treat it as the sit-down lunch option rather than the griddle destination.
Order this: The brisket burger
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FOOD FACTORY
★★★★★ 4.9 · 122 Google reviews6217 S Mingo Rd, Tulsa, OK 74133 · 36 of 75 reviews read mention burger (≈59 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/maps) · 7.2 km from downtown
Best for big appetitesburgersseating areafood trucktruffle friesThe highest-rated place on this list at 4.9★, a small South Mingo operation where the owner cooks and 36 of the 75 reviews we read mention a burger. The builds are oversized and specific — the Millionaire, the Maracaibo, a Farm burger with beef, chicken, egg and bacon — so come hungry.
Order this: The Millionaire Burger with onion rings and the tangy sauce
“The food was outstanding the best hamburger I have ever had”
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Brownie's Hamburger Stand
★★★★★ 4.3 · 2,015 Google reviews2130 S Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK 74114, USA · 36 of 65 reviews read mention burger (≈1,116 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · about 1,000 searches a month for its name · social proof: 2 TikTok/Instagram posts · 3.4 km from downtown
Best for a solo counter lunchA Harvard Avenue institution with 2,015 Google reviews behind it and roughly 1,116 of them mentioning a burger; 36 of the 65 we read most recently do. About 1,000 people a month search the name, which tells you who Tulsa thinks of when someone says hamburger stand.
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Tina's
★★★★★ 4.4 · 162 Google reviews1732 S Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK 74119, USA · 35 of 67 reviews read mention burger (≈85 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/search) · about 1,900 searches a month for its name · 5.7 km from downtown
Best for a midtown regularSmall, on South Boston just south of downtown, and 35 of the 67 reviews we read mention the burger. The name pulls about 1,900 searches a month — outsized for a place with 162 reviews, which is usually a sign of a neighborhood habit.
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Ty's Hamburgers
★★★★★ 4.4 · 584 Google reviews1534 S Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK 74112, USA · 57 of 80 reviews read mention burger (≈416 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · 4.2 km from downtown
Best for burger puristsFifty-seven of the 80 reviews we read mention the burger — the highest share of any place on this list, and that is the whole point of the Harvard Avenue counter. It made TulsaPeople's list too, so it is not just us.
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Flo's Burger Diner Tulsa
★★★★★ 4.3 · 846 Google reviews2604 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA · 49 of 71 reviews read mention burger (≈584 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · 5.2 km from downtown
Best for a boothA diner on East 11th where 49 of the 71 reviews we read mention the burger, about 584 across the full file. Table service and a proper diner menu make it the pick when not everyone in the car wants a burger.
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McNellie's
★★★★★ 4.6 · 3,988 Google reviews409 E 1st St, Tulsa, OK 74120 · 6 of 29 reviews read mention burger (≈825 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · about 1,900 searches a month for its name · 7.5 km from downtown
Best for beer and burgerspatiosweet potato friesartichoke dippatty meltThe Blue Dome pub has 3,988 reviews and roughly 825 of them mention a burger, though only 6 of the 29 newest we read did — this is a patio-and-pints room first. The Memphis burger is the one reviewers single out, with shuffleboard and fried pickles to fill the wait.
Order this: The Memphis burger on the patio
“Had the Memphis burger it was very high up there for one of the best I've ever had”
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Burger Street
★★★★★ 4.4 · 934 Google reviews6151 East 51st Street South, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA · 71 of 115 reviews read mention burger (≈577 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/maps) · about 110 searches a month for its name · 3.3 km from downtown
Best for a fast fixSeventy-one of the 115 reviews we read at the 51st and Sheridan-area shop mention a burger, one of the densest burger conversations we counted anywhere. It is a fast, cheap-feeling stop rather than a destination, and it turned up on Google Maps' own ranking.
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Weber's Superior Root Beer Drive-in
★★★★★ 4.5 · 1,035 Google reviews3817 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, OK 74105, USA · 38 of 66 reviews read mention burger (≈596 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/maps) · 3.3 km from downtown
Best for a root beer floatA South Peoria drive-in where the burger and the house root beer are a package deal; 38 of the 66 reviews we read mention the burger. The building is tight and the fries come unsalted unless you ask, so ask.
Order this: A cheeseburger with root beer served in the glass
“The burgers are good, old fashioned and filling”
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Grill'd
★★★★★ 4.8 · 713 Google reviews12908 S Memorial Dr, Bixby, OK 74008 · 28 of 68 reviews read mention burger (≈294 overall) · on 0 of 3 rankings we checked · 14.8 km from downtown
Best for a Bixby detourfriesphilly cheesesteakonion ringsgyroWorth the drive down Memorial to Bixby: 4.8★, 28 of the 68 reviews we read mention a burger, and the smash and Oklahoma onion versions get named by name. The owner works the room, and the Mediterranean side of the menu — schwarma, tabouli, baklava — is not an afterthought.
Order this: The Oklahoma onion burger, or the Theta with its sauce
“This is without doubt the "go to" for Cheeseburgers in Tulsa”
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Ron's | Hamburgers & Chili
★★★★★ 4.6 · 1,695 Google reviews1440 S Denver Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119, USA · 27 of 55 reviews read mention burger (≈832 overall) · on 0 of 3 rankings we checked · about 260 searches a month for its name · 6.5 km from downtown
Best for burger and chiliThe Denver Avenue location of a Tulsa chili-parlor name, where 27 of the 55 reviews we read mention a burger and the patties are described as bigger than expected. The half-sausage, half-beef burger is the one people write about, usually with fries or fried okra.
Order this: The half sausage, half beef burger with fries
“The half sausage/half beef burger is amazing, juicy and flavorful, larger than expected”
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Ruby's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
★★★★★ 4.4 · 509 Google reviews6577 E 71st St, Tulsa, OK 74133, USA · 39 of 71 reviews read mention burger (≈280 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/search) · about 260 searches a month for its name · 5.7 km from downtown
Best for south Tulsa errandsOut on East 71st, with 39 of the 71 reviews we read mentioning a burger and about 280 across the file. It leans old-fashioned rather than trendy, and about 260 people a month look it up by name.
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Smitty's Garage Burgers & Beer
★★★★★ 4.5 · 2,190 Google reviews7104 S Sheridan Rd, Tulsa, OK 74133, USA · 54 of 130 reviews read mention burger (≈910 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/search) · 5.5 km from downtown
Best for a group with kidsThe Sheridan Road garage-themed bar carries 2,190 reviews, with 54 of the 130 we read mentioning a burger. It is the loudest, most beer-forward room in this part of the list — good for a table of six, less so for a quiet lunch.
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777 THOR DELI
★★★★★ 4.9 · 224 Google reviews4924 S 193rd E Ave #400, Broken Arrow, OK 74014 · 32 of 87 reviews read mention burger (≈82 overall) · on 0 of 3 rankings we checked · 16 km from downtown
Best for something differentfriendly ownersmac n cheese egg rollssmash burgergyroA 4.9★ Broken Arrow deli mixing Hmong and American cooking, where 32 of the 87 reviews we read mention a burger — the big Thor burger and the smash version most often. Prices read low and the owner greets people at the door.
Order this: The Thor burger with the seasoned waffle fries
“Extremely good burgers, at great price”
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Goldie's Patio Grill
★★★★★ 4.4 · 973 Google reviews6121 E 61st St, Tulsa, OK 74136, USA · 29 of 53 reviews read mention burger (≈532 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (google.com/maps) · 4.1 km from downtown
Best for kidsThe 61st Street patio grill is a full-menu neighborhood spot, but 29 of the 53 reviews we read still came back to the burger, about 532 across the file. Easy parking, easy room, the kind of place you end up at on a Tuesday.
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The Burger
★★★★★ 4.3 · 286 Google reviews405 E 46th St N, Tulsa, OK 74126, USA · 25 of 41 reviews read mention burger (≈174 overall) · on 1 of 3 rankings we checked (tulsapeople.com) · 14 km from downtown
Best for north TulsaWay up on East 46th Street North, and the most burger-focused small file on this list: 25 of the 41 reviews we read mention it. TulsaPeople found it too, which is how most of us outside north Tulsa hear about it.
If you only have one lunch, go to Hank's on Admiral — it is the plump, old-school griddle burger that Tulsa keeps voting for, and the smell coming off the flat-top settles the argument before the food arrives. Pick Society Burger on 15th if you want a modern counter in walking distance of Cherry Street and delivery that actually works for a weeknight. And save Bill's Jumbo Burgers for a day you can get there early with cash in your pocket: six stools, two outside tables, and a real chance they sell out before two o'clock.