RE Burger started as a humble food truck in Dunedin, bringing a taste of London's street food scene to the city, and has since grown into a nationwide chain with outlets across New Zealand. The menu is built around handcrafted, gourmet burgers and loaded fries, available for takeaway or to enjoy in-store.
RE Burger sources fresh ingredients from local suppliers, including daily milk buns, 100% pure beef patties and quality chicken, finished with a secret sauce the team describes as having been perfected over years. Several of the signature burgers are named after streets in Dunedin - including George, King Ed and Queen - as a nod to the city where the brand began.
From that original Dunedin restaurant, RE Burger now operates in neighbourhoods across Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu/Whanganui, Marlborough, Nelson Tasman, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Waikato and Wellington, while keeping the food truck spirit - and the vibe - that started it all.
RE Burger's story starts small: a single food truck in Dunedin, set up by a founder who wanted to bring a taste of London's street food culture to the city. It clearly struck a chord - the brand has since grown from that original truck into a chain of restaurants spread across New Zealand, with a crew the company describes as "burger fanatics" carrying the flavour further afield.
Even as RE Burger has expanded well beyond its hometown, it's kept its Dunedin roots visible in the menu itself. Several signature burgers are named after streets in the city - George, King Ed and Queen among them - a running nod to the place that backed the brand from day one. The company describes still being "all about that food truck life" at heart: epic burgers, good music, and good vibes, no matter how many outlets it now has.
RE Burger is specific about sourcing its ingredients from what it calls "local legends" - daily milk buns, 100% pure beef patties, and quality chicken form the backbone of the menu, alongside loaded fries and a secret sauce the team says has been "perfected over years." The restaurant leans into the mess that comes with a proper burger, joking about the "inevitable face drips" that come from digging in.
Customers can grab a takeaway order or park up in-store to eat, giving flexibility depending on whether you're grabbing a quick bite or settling in for one of the specials. Allergen information is published as a downloadable PDF for anyone who needs to check ingredients before ordering.
What began as one truck in Dunedin has become a genuinely national operation. RE Burger now has locations across Auckland (including Albany, Bombay, Grafton, Grey Lynn, Henderson, Quay Street, Remuera, Silverdale and Takanini), Bay of Plenty (Mount Maunganui and Tauranga Greerton), Canterbury (Ashburton, Christchurch Barrington, Hornby, Papanui and Shirley, Geraldine, Rangiora, Rolleston and Timaru), Hawkes Bay (Hastings and Napier), Manawatu/Whanganui (Palmerston North and Whanganui), Marlborough (Blenheim), Nelson Tasman (Richmond), Otago (Dunedin North and Mosgiel), Southland (Invercargill Central), Taranaki (New Plymouth), Waikato (Hamilton East and Morrinsville), and Wellington (Kapiti Paraparaumu, Lower Hutt Petone, Masterton, Porirua City Centre and Wellington Te Aro).
RE Burger keeps an active presence on Facebook and Instagram, giving fans a way to follow new locations, menu updates and whatever else the brand gets up to as it keeps expanding its reach across the country - all while, as the company puts it, still repping the Dunedin streets that started the whole thing.