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Best Burgers in Mandeville (2026)

Seven restaurants across New Orleans. Compare neighborhoods, price tiers and what to order, then read the full reviews.

Beau Thibodeaux
By Beau Thibodeaux Food Editor, Top of New Orleans · Updated October 2026 · How the score is built
Best Burgers in Mandeville (2026)
THE NEW ORLEANS DINING GUIDES 7 restaurants

Mandeville sits on the north shore, separated from the city by Lake Pontchartrain, and its burger-and-casual-American scene reflects that: neighborhood rooms where regulars eat lunch on a weekday, outdoor patios that fill up when the weather cooperates, and a handful of spots leaning on Creole staples alongside the standard American grill. This guide covers seven of them, ranked by the Insider Score, with no restaurant paying for placement.

Compare all 7 restaurantsNeighborhood · price · score · first order
In the same order as the guide. Scores are out of 10; dollar symbols show the listed price tier.
RestaurantNeighborhoodPriceScoreWhat to order
01 Crazy Pig Southern KitchenMandeville$$6.5
02 Triple Nickel GrillMandeville$$4.9
03 PardosMandeville$$$5.5
04 The Crab Man PlusMandeville4.2
05 Pat's Rest AwhileMandeville$$4.1
06 Mande's RestaurantMandeville$$4.8
07 Loft18 MandevilleMandeville4.2

7 restaurants · In guide order

1 Crazy Pig Southern Kitchen Yelp

Crazy Pig Southern Kitchen

American · Mandeville · $$
Insider Score6.5

Crazy Pig Southern Kitchen anchors its menu on pulled pork, fried chicken, and collard greens, the kind of Southern lunch plates that keep regulars coming back on a schedule. The staff earns consistent marks for attentiveness, and first-timers report getting solid guidance from the floor on what to order. The room runs a relaxed midday pace, drawing couples and small groups who treat it as a standing monthly stop.

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Southern Brunch on Highway 22

Crazy Pig Southern Kitchen on Highway 22 is a small, homey brunch room with a Southern feel, and one regular calls it easily one of the top brunch spots in the area. Servers are attentive, and diners note that the people who run it often greet tables personally.

Chicken and waffles lead the menu, and the waffle itself earns its own praise. Biscuits, a praline bacon biscuit, the whole hog benedict and a pulled pork benedict are hearty options, and a pulled pork sandwich and a Texan burger cover lunch. Boudin egg rolls are crisp outside and full of flavor inside. The Southern Cobb salad with fried chicken has fans, though one diner wished the pieces were cut smaller.

The drink menu has a wide range and plenty of mix-ups. A table of seven ordered seven different dishes and found no complaints. Outdoor seating is extremely limited, and the small room fills on weekends, so arriving early helps. Home-cooked quality is the phrase diners reach for.

Map showing Crazy Pig Southern Kitchen© OpenStreetMap
HoursMon - Sun: Closed
Address4700 LA-22 Ste 1&2
Mandeville, TX 70471
2 Triple Nickel Grill Yelp

Triple Nickel Grill

American · Mandeville · $$
Insider Score4.9

The shrimp po-boy at Triple Nickel Grill is the order, dressed and overflowing with shrimp on Leidenheimer-style French bread. Buffalo wings run large and flavorful, and the fried okra holds up. The room is unpretentious, the kind of place families bring the grandkids without ceremony. A solid club sandwich and good fries round out a menu built for a casual group meal with no agenda beyond eating well.

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A Mandeville Grill for Burgers

Triple Nickel Grill sits on Florida Street in Mandeville and works as a go-to for families who cannot decide where to eat. Sports memorabilia covers the walls, with one area for LSU items. A drink comes with free refills, and the staff greet guests warmly, even before opening time.

The menu offers burgers, fried seafood and huge salads. The Betty burger, a mushroom Swiss burger and a classic burger draw praise, along with BLT and club sandwiches, a buffalo chicken sandwich, nachos, fried shrimp and a shrimp po boy. Red beans and rice on Monday is a lunch special with large portions, and phone orders are easy.

Practical notes: burgers draw mixed reactions. Some diners call them juicy and perfect, while one said the patties tasted frozen and preferred the chicken sandwich. A phone order was made wrong once, and the staff fixed it right away and served fresh fries. Lunch is the busiest time, so call ahead.

Map showing Triple Nickel Grill© OpenStreetMap
HoursMon - Sun: Closed
Address813 Florida St Ste C
Mandeville, TX 70448
3 Pardos Yelp

Pardos

American · Mandeville · $$$
Insider Score5.5

Pardos positions itself as the neighborhood dinner room for the Beau Chene corridor, and the kitchen delivers on grilled salmon and ribeye steak with the consistency a repeat-patron base demands. Service reads as genuinely attentive across the record, with staff who know the menu well enough to walk a first-timer through the drinks and food with confidence. The room handles a date night or a table of regulars with the same steady hand.

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Fine Dining on Highway 22

Pardos on Highway 22 is Mandeville's dressed-up table, and diners who have eaten upscale in many states notice the details. A greeter in a suit holds the door, a hostess handles reservations with grace, and servers follow through from first drink to dessert. The room is warm, polished and calm.

The menu leans modern American with Louisiana soul. The filet and the prime rib anchor the meat side, with yellowfin carpaccio, crab-stuffed pasta, crab over almond butter and lobster for variety. A daily caesar salad special impressed a regular who had never found a truly exceptional dish until that night. Sugar-powdered doughnuts close the meal. The garden salad and steak both earn praise from tables that eat out often.

Reservations are smart, though a table opened within an hour for a last-minute Friday caller. Valet is available, and self-parking was ample at lunch, but Friday and Saturday evenings are tighter. Servers such as Tyler, Briana and Sophia are named for attentive, polished service.

Map showing Pardos© OpenStreetMap
HoursMon - Sun: Closed
Address5280 LA-22
Mandeville, TX 70471
4 The Crab Man Plus Yelp

The Crab Man Plus

American · Mandeville
Insider Score4.2

The Crab Man Plus runs a seafood boil operation built around crab clusters, boiled crawfish, and a variety platter that runs roughly a hundred dollars for two with additions. The seasoning draws strong praise from regulars who call it the best they have had. Service and ownership have drawn mixed notes, and the pricing reflects the format. Group visits during crawfish season, roughly January through June, get the most out of the menu.

Call Directions Scored from the full review record 68090 LA-59, Mandeville, LA 70471 · (985) 778-9951
5 Pat's Rest Awhile Yelp

Pat's Rest Awhile

American · Mandeville · $$
Insider Score4.1

Pat's Rest Awhile catches road-trip lunch traffic and keeps a local bar following with affordable drinks and outdoor seating on the lower level. Fried shrimp, catfish, and fish tacos are the kitchen's lane. Service at the bar reads as warm and efficient; front-of-house attentiveness on the dining side has been inconsistent by the record. For a casual stop with good fried seafood and a cold drink on a pleasant afternoon, the patio is the right seat.

Call Directions Scored from the full review record 2129 Lakeshore Dr, Mandeville, LA 70448 · (985) 951-2173
6 Mande's Restaurant Yelp

Mande's Restaurant

American · Mandeville · $$
Insider Score4.8

Mande's runs a diner-style lunch room where the specials boards, posted in the foyer before the main dining area, tell the real story of the day. A Bloody Mary that earns praise and a Screwdriver described as fresh-squeezed anchor the brunch end. Service runs fast and the food comes out hot. Prices run slightly above what the format would suggest, but regulars treat it as their go-to north shore lunch spot without complaint.

Call Directions Scored from the full review record 340 N Causeway Blvd, Mandeville, LA 70448 · (985) 626-9047
7 Loft18 Mandeville Yelp

Loft18 Mandeville

American · Mandeville
Insider Score4.2

Loft18 Mandeville is a sports-bar format with outdoor TVs, fans for the heat, and games for kids, which makes it the north shore stop when the game is on and the group includes families. The red bean wrap has picked up genuine praise, a nod to the local canon in a bar-menu context. Wings and burgers fill out the sports-bar side. The bar service reads as fast and attentive. The golf simulator adds a reason to stay past the meal.

Call Directions Scored from the full review record 1619 N Causeway Blvd, Frontage Road, Mandeville, LA 70471 · (985) 520-0450
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Frequently asked

What are the best burgers near me in Mandeville?
The top-ranked burger spots in Mandeville according to our Insider Score are listed in this guide. Loft18 Mandeville carries a burger on a sports-bar menu that earns real praise. No restaurant pays to appear here; the ranking is based entirely on the Insider Score.
Are these Mandeville burger restaurants good for families?
Several are. Triple Nickel Grill and Loft18 Mandeville are both listed as family-friendly.
Which Mandeville spots have outdoor seating?
Pat's Rest Awhile and Loft18 Mandeville both have outdoor seating noted in their listings. Loft18 adds patio TVs and fans, which helps in warmer months.
How does the Insider Score work and do restaurants pay to be listed?
The Insider Score is a composite ranking built from the public review record. No restaurant pays to be listed or to rank higher. Every entry in this guide appears because the data supports it, not because of any commercial relationship with Top of New Orleans.
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About the writer
Beau Thibodeaux
Food Editor, Top of New Orleans

Beau Thibodeaux covers the New Orleans canon for Top of New Orleans: the dressed po-boy, gumbo, red beans and rice, jambalaya, barbecue shrimp, muffuletta, char-grilled oysters, and the Creole soul-food table. A New Orleans native who works from the public review record.

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