$$$$BurgersMitchells Plain
The Hood Kitchen is a Rocklands, Mitchells Plain burger counter near Cape Town, built around a build-your-own gourmet beef and chicken patty menu.
OrderThe Design-a-Burger beef double, stacked with four toppings of your choice.
TipThe Bison Tower challenge runs Thursdays and Saturdays from 13:00: finish it in 25 minutes to win R140 and naming rights, and book a day ahead.
$$$$BurgersSea Point
Brash is a halaal-certified smash burger joint on Regent Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, with a 1970s retro room and two burgers built on the same patties.
OrderThe Mack Daddy smash burger, two beef patties with the house mayo sauce, cheese and pickles.
TipThere are no cola drinks, so order the house 50:50 mix of ice tea and lemonade, which the Hungry for Halaal reviewer recommended.
$$$$BurgersCamps Bay
Beach Buns is a burger shop on Victoria Road in Camps Bay, Cape Town, baking its own buns, making its patties and triple cooking hand-cut chips daily.
OrderThe OG Beach Bun, a beef chuck patty with pickle and house sauce
TipAsk for the triple-cooked chips on the side; they hold up well for a walk down to the beach.
$$$$BurgersSea Point
AA Paraatha is a halaal burger stall inside Mojo Market in Sea Point, Cape Town, wrapping flame-seared Wagyu beef patties in fresh paratha bread daily.
OrderHalaal Wagyu beef patty wrapped in a fresh paratha bun
TipCome hungry; the paratha bun soaks up the signature sauce, so eat it fresh off the grill.
$$$$BurgersMitchells Plain
The Hood Kitchen is a build-your-own burger counter in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, on the Cape Flats side of Cape Town, open Wednesday to Saturday.
OrderDesign-a-Burger beef double, built at the takeaway hatch to order
TipThe Bison Tower challenge runs Thursdays and Saturdays from 13:00: finish it in 25 minutes to win R140 and naming rights, and book a day ahead.
$$$$BurgersSea Point
Stud The Burger Shop serves single-origin Boran beef burgers for takeaway on Main Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, open until midnight on weekends.
OrderSingle-origin Boran beef burgers from the brand's own farm, takeaway only
TipPlan to eat your burger on the nearby Sea Point promenade, because Stud sells its burgers as takeaway only.
$$$$BurgersMitchells Plain
The Hood Kitchen builds a Design-a-Burger beef single with four toppings for R60 in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, on the Cape Flats side of Cape Town.
OrderDesign-a-Burger beef single or double with four toppings
TipAsk whether the two-burgers-and-chips special for R100 is running; a reviewer found it on the menu, and it beats ordering singles.