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3 Australian burgers just ranked among the world’s best

Emily Murphy Emily Murphy
The local burger joints have made it onto the World’s 25 Best Burgers list for 2025, cementing Australia’s spot on the global stage.

Australia has always been proud of its pub burgers and milk-bar classics. But now three Aussie venues have cracked the World’s 25 Best Burgers 2025 list, judged by the experts behind the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants. Sydney scored two spots, while Melbourne claimed one – proving we can hold our own against New York, London and even Copenhagen.

10. Next Door, Double Bay, Sydney

The casual sibling to Neil Perry’s acclaimed restaurants has landed the highest Aussie ranking. Next Door’s American cheeseburger is stripped-back perfection: a CopperTree Farms beef patty, rose mayo, pickles, ketchup and onions. Judges hailed the patty as “one of the two best" they tasted all year, calling it the ultimate example of comfort elevated to fine-dining standards.

12. The Gidley, Sydney

The Gidley burger with runny egg
The Gidley treats the burger with steakhouse seriousness.

In its moody basement setting, The Gidley treats the burger with steakhouse seriousness. A blend of prime Aussie beef cuts is seared hard for a smoky crust, then layered with cheese and pickles in a soft bun. It’s robust, indulgent and unapologetically carnivorous – a burger that tips its hat to the steak heritage of the restaurant while still being approachable.

14. Charrd, Brunswick East, Melbourne

This hole-in-the-wall spot has rocketed to world fame less than a year after opening. Charrd keeps things simple with just two burgers: a classic cheeseburger and a signature number with truffle aioli, chilli jam, caramelised onions and cheddar. The patties are cooked over open charcoal for a smoky hit that keeps people lining up down the street.

The world’s 25 best burgers

The Gidley burger
The Gidley’s burger came in at number 12. (Image: Dominic Loneragan)
  1. Hundred Burgers, Valencia
  2. Bleecker Burger, London
  3. Black Bear Burger, London
  4. Popl Burger, Copenhagen
  5. Funky Chicken Food Truck, Stockholm
  6. Gasoline Grill, Copenhagen
  7. La Birra Bar, Buenos Aires
  8. Hawksmoor, London
  9. Burger & Beyond, London
  10. Next Door, Sydney
  11. Dove, London
  12. The Gidley, Sydney
  13. Sip & Guzzle, New York
  14. Charrd, Melbourne
  15. Nowon, New York
  16. All or Nothing Burger, Alicante
  17. Gui’s Burger, Ashiya
  18. 11 Woodfire, Dubai
  19. The Loyalist Burger, Chicago
  20. Salt Shed, Brighton
  21. Red Hook Tavern, New York
  22. Reburger, Florence
  23. 4 Charles, New York
  24. Amboy, Los Angeles
  25. Heard, London

With three entries in the top 25, Australia’s burger game has gone global. From refined classics to smoky steakhouse creations and stripped-back newcomers, our chefs are proving that a great burger is integral to Australia. The only question is: which one will you bite into first?

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Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy is Australian Traveller's Email & Social Editor, and in her time at the company she has been instrumental in shaping its social media and email presence, and crafting compelling narratives that inspire others to explore Australia's vast landscapes. Her previous role was a journalist at Prime Creative Media and before that she was freelancing in publishing, content creation and digital marketing. When she's not creating scroll-stopping travel content, Em is a devoted 'bun mum' and enjoys spending her spare time by the sea, reading, binge-watching a good TV show and exploring Sydney's vibrant dining scene. Next on her Aussie travel wish list? Tasmania and The Kimberley.
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Victoria’s surprising new outdoor adventure hotspot

    Craig Tansley Craig Tansley
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    A town charmingly paused in time has become a hot mountain biking destination. 

    There’s a forest reserve full of eucalyptus and pines surrounding town – when you combine all the greenery with a main street of grand old buildings still standing from the Victorian Gold Rush, Creswick looks more period movie set than a 21st-century town.  

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    Grand buildings from the Victorian gold rush. (Image: Visit Victoria)

    This entire region of Victoria – the Central Goldfields – is as pretty-as-a-picture, but there’s something extra-special about Creswick. I used to live 30 minutes north; I’d drive in some evenings to cruise its main street at dusk, and pretend I was travelling back in time. 

    It was sleepy back then, but that’s changed. Where I used to walk through its forest, now I’m hurtling down the state’s best new mountain bike trails. There’s a 60-kilometre network of mountain bike trails – dubbed Djuwang Baring – which make Creswick the state’s hottest new mountain biking destination.  

    Meet Victoria’s new mountain biking capital 

    Creswick bike trail
    This historic town has become a mountain biking hotspot.

    Victoria has a habit of turning quiet country towns into mountain biking hotspots. I was there in the mid-2000s when the tiny Otways village of Forrest embarked on an ambitious plan to save itself (after the death of its timber cutting industry) courtesy of some of the world’s best mountain bike trails. A screaming success it proved to be, and soon mountain bike trails began popping up all over Victoria. 

    I’m no expert, so I like that a lot of Creswick’s trails are as scenic as they are challenging. I prefer intermediate trails, such as Down Martuk, with its flowing berms and a view round every corner. Everyone from outright beginners to experts can be happy here. There’s trails that take me down technical rock sections with plenty of bumps. But there’s enough on offer to appeal to day-trippers, as much as hard-core mountain-bikers. 

    I love that the trails empty onto that grand old main street. There’s bars still standing from the Gold Rush of the 1850s I can refuel at. Like the award-winning Farmers Arms, not to be confused with the pub sharing its name in Daylesford. It’s stood since 1857. And The American Creswick built two years later, or Odessa Wine Bar, part of Leaver’s Hotel in an 1856-built former gold exchange bank.  

    The Woodlands
    The Woodlands is set on a large bushland property. (Image: Vanessa Smith Photography)

    Creswick is also full of great cafes and restaurants, many of them set in the same old buildings that have stood for 170 years. So whether you’re here for the rush of the trails or the calm of town life, Creswick provides. 

    A traveller’s checklist 

    Staying there 

    1970s log cabin
    Inside the Woodlands, a chic 1970s log cabin. (Image: Vanessa Smith Photography)

    RACV Goldfields Resort is a contemporary stay with a restaurant, swimming pool and golf course. The Woodlands in nearby Lal Lal comprises a chic log cabin set on a 16-hectare property abundant in native wildlife. 

    Eating there 

    Le Peche Gourmand
    Le Peche Gourmand makes for the perfect pitstop for carb and sugar-loading.

    The menu at Odessa at Leaver’s Hotel includes some Thai-inspired fare. Fuel up for your ride on baguettes and pastries from French patisserie Le Peche Gourmand. The Farmers Arms has been a much-loved local institution since 1857. 

    Playing there 

    Miss NorthcottsGarden
    Miss Northcotts Garden is a charming garden store with tea room. (Image: Visit Victoria)

    Creswick State Forest has a variety of hiking trails, including a section of the 210-kilometre-long Goldfields Track. Miss Northcotts Garden is a quaint garden store with tea room.