Whataburger Menu Prices 2026: Full Menu With Calories

Whataburger is the Texas burger chain that built its name on a simple promise: a burger so big it takes two hands to hold, made to order on a toasted five-inch bun, at restaurants that mostly never close. This guide lists the complete current US menu with typical prices and calories for every item — the numbered burgers, the unnumbered favorites, chicken and wings, the overnight breakfast menu, sides, salads, shakes, drinks, kids meals and the free sauces — checked in November 2026.

Three companion guides go deeper: the Whataburger secret menu guide collects the fan builds regulars order by recipe, the Whataburger nutrition guide breaks down every item with protein, carbs, fat and sodium, and the Whataburger coupons and deals guide explains Whataburger Rewards, the More for $4 value menu and the app-only offers — and which coupon-site codes to ignore.

How to read the prices: Whataburger publishes no national price list — the chain runs a mix of company and franchise restaurants, and Texas prices tend to sit at the low end while newer markets in Kansas, Colorado and Georgia run higher. The prices below are in-store figures checked across several states in November 2026, from the November 2026 menu guide. Delivery app menus add roughly 30 percent on top, so treat every price here as typical in-store pickup, not promised, and check your store in the app before you go. Calories are the chain’s published nutrition figures for standard builds. Cheese is not standard on a Whataburger — it is an upcharge, which catches out first-timers who expect a cheeseburger.

How to read the menu: Regulars order by number — #1 is the Whataburger, #2 the Double Meat, #3 the Triple Meat — and any sandwich can be made into a Whatameal by adding medium fries and a medium drink for roughly $3.20–$3.50. Breakfast runs 11pm to 11am, lunch and dinner 11am to 11pm, and most restaurants are open 24 hours, so the changeover at 11 is the only thing that stops you ordering a burger at 3am — or a Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit at noon. If you want the closest rival boards for comparison, see our McDonald’s menu prices, Burger King menu prices, Five Guys menu prices, Little Caesars menu prices, Wendy’s menu prices, Chick-fil-A menu prices and Popeyes menu prices guides.

Burgers by Number

The numbered core: the original Whataburger is a quarter-pound patty on a five-inch bun with mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles and diced onions. Everything is cooked to order, which is why the wait at the window runs longer than at a McDonald’s — and why regulars accept the trade.

More Burgers

The unnumbered favorites. The Patty Melt is the sleeper order: two patties on Texas Toast with grilled onions, Monterey Jack, American cheese and creamy pepper sauce — plenty of regulars rate it above the standard Whataburger, and at $7.29 it undercuts the Triple Meat. The Monterey Melt figure comes from the November 2026 price guide rather than the nutrition table; the Mushroom Swiss, Sweet & Spicy and Green Chile Double have no November 2026 guide price, so their prices read Varies.

Chicken, Wings & Fish

Whatachick’n is a whole breast filet rather than a formed patty, which is why it sits higher on price than a chicken sandwich at a burger chain. Bites are the cheap way in and strips come with your choice of sauce and Texas Toast. WhataWings figures come from the November 2026 price guide; the nutrition table does not list wings separately.

New & Limited

Three items the November 2026 guide flags as new this week. No calories have been published for them yet, so this guide prints none rather than guessing — check the app for nutrition once the chain posts it.

Breakfast

The part of the menu that sets Whataburger apart from every other burger chain. Breakfast runs 11pm to 11am, which means you can get pancakes at two in the morning and a taquito at ten thirty. The Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit is the item people drive out of their way for: a fried chicken strip on a buttermilk biscuit with honey butter, and at $3.69 it is one of the best value items in fast food breakfast. Breakfast on a Bun and Pancake Platter calories below are the bacon builds from the nutrition table; the price guide lists higher figures for both (see the nutrition guide’s conflicts section). The Breakfast Bowl has a guide price but no published calories, so its calories read as a dash.

Sides

Whataburger fries are thin cut, salted heavily and served in a paper sleeve rather than a carton. Onion rings are hand battered and hold up better than the fries on a long drive home, which matters if you are ordering to go.

Salads

Whataburger is one of the few burger chains that still keeps a real salad line rather than a token side salad. Dressing is served on the side and the figures below do not include it; the calories shown are the grilled-chicken builds.

Shakes & Desserts

Shakes are hand spun and thick enough that the straw stands up in them, which is the point. A malt is the same shake with malt powder blended in for about thirty cents more. Texas locations run a Dr Pepper Shake at various points in the year and it sells out fast. The brownie figure comes from the November 2026 price guide; the nutrition table does not list it.

Drinks

Whatafreshers are the house fruit drinks and they rotate through flavors by season. Fountain drinks come with free refills in the dining room, and the family size drink is genuinely family sized rather than a large with a different lid.

Kids Meals

Every kids meal comes with a small side and a small drink, and apple slices or milk swap in at no extra charge.

Sauces

All of these are free with an order. Spicy Ketchup is the one Whataburger is known for, and the chain sells it by the bottle in supermarkets across the South, which tells you how seriously people take it.

Allergen

Whataburger builds everything to order, so most allergen questions come down to the build, not the item name. Wheat is in every bun, Texas Toast, biscuit, pancake and breading; milk is in cheese, butter, shakes and the honey butter sauce; egg is in mayo and the breakfast builds; fish appears only in the Whatacatch. Kitchens are not dedicated allergen-free, so cross-contact is a question for the restaurant, not the menu. Check the chain’s published allergen guide for your exact build before ordering.

Hours

Most Whataburger restaurants run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. What changes through the day is the menu, not the doors: breakfast 11pm to 11am, lunch and dinner 11am to 11pm, with a firm changeover at 11 because the grill and the biscuit oven cannot run both menus at once. Some locations in newer markets and malls close overnight. Restaurants close on Christmas Day and run limited hours on Thanksgiving. Hours vary by location — check the app for your store.

Reviews

Whataburger’s own location pages show strong per-store ratings — 4.5 stars at the Roma, Texas location (229 reviews) and the Brownsville, Texas location (350 reviews), and 4.4 stars at Panama City Beach, Florida (395 reviews) — while individual Yelp store pages swing much wider, from 1.7 stars at a Memphis store (68 reviews) to 2.9 at a Jacksonville store (38 reviews). The honest picture is a chain people love and individual stores people argue about. The praise themes repeat everywhere: made-to-order freshness, the spicy ketchup, the shakes and the Patty Melt. A reviewer on the Roma location page wrote, “Try the Dr. Pepper shake, it’s yummy”; a reviewer on the Brownsville page wrote, “still great burgers n fries made fresh. I strongly recommend”; and a reviewer on the Panama City Beach page called them the “best burgers and onion rings in my opinion”. The recurring complaint is the wait: made-to-order means slow drive-thru lines at busy stores, and several reviewers mark stores down for speed rather than food.

Whataburger Menu Facts

1. Whataburger was founded on August 8, 1950, in Corpus Christi, Texas, by Harmon Dobson.
2. Dobson wanted a burger so big it took two hands to hold and so good that after one bite customers would exclaim, “What a burger!” — that exclamation became the name.
3. Every Whataburger is still made to order on a toasted five-inch bun with 100% pure beef.
4. The orange-and-white A-frame design came from Dobson’s hobby as a pilot: aviation markings use orange and white for visibility, and he wanted his restaurants visible from the air as well as the road.
5. The Flying W logo has been in use since 1972.
6. Breakfast runs 11pm to 11am — a full twelve-hour overnight window, not a morning-only menu.
7. Most Whataburger restaurants are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
8. The chain operates in roughly sixteen states, concentrated in Texas and the South and Southwest, with newer expansion into Kansas, Missouri and Colorado — and no restaurants on the West Coast, in the Northeast or in the upper Midwest.
9. Cheese is an upcharge on a Whataburger, not standard — the classic build is mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles and diced onions.
10. A Whatameal adds medium fries and a medium drink to any sandwich for roughly $3.20–$3.50.
11. The Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit is the cult breakfast item: a fried chicken strip on a buttermilk biscuit with honey butter, at $3.69.
12. Spicy Ketchup is sold by the bottle in supermarkets across the South.
13. National Whataburger Day is August 8 — the chain’s founding date — and the August 2026 76th birthday bash ran app-only 76-cent offers all month.
14. The Triple Meat Whataburger carries the most protein on the menu at 65 grams.
15. The Mushroom Swiss Burger is the highest-calorie item on the menu at 1,110 calories.
16. Texas locations run a Dr Pepper Shake at various points in the year and it sells out fast.
17. Whataburger Rewards members earn 10 points per dollar and can redeem across more than 40 menu items.
18. The chain’s own description still says “more than 800 locations” — the store count has grown well past that since the description was written, but the Texas-first footprint has not changed.

Whataburger Menu FAQs

What is the cheapest burger at Whataburger?

The Justaburger at $2.99, followed by the Whataburger Jr. at $3.49. Both are also the lowest-calorie burgers on the board, at 300 and 310 calories.

How much does a Whatameal cost?

Adding medium fries and a medium drink to any sandwich costs roughly $3.20–$3.50 on top of the sandwich price — so a classic Whataburger Whatameal runs about $8.99–$9.29 before tax.

What time does Whataburger serve breakfast?

Breakfast runs 11pm to 11am. Lunch and dinner run 11am to 11pm, and most restaurants stay open 24 hours — only the menu changes at 11.

Does Whataburger have a value menu?

Yes — the Whatadeals board, including the More for $4 menu of Jr. sandwiches at $4 each, plus the Big Ranch Wrap at $3.00 and 5-piece Whatachick’n Bites at $4.00. See our coupons guide for the full value lineup.

Why are delivery prices higher?

Delivery app menus add roughly 30 percent on top of in-store prices, so the figures in this guide are in-store pickup prices. Check your store in the app before ordering.

What is the healthiest thing to order at Whataburger?

Apple Slices at 30 calories, then the Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Whatasauce at 430 calories — one of the leanest sandwiches in the burger category. Skipping cheese and mayo cuts further.

Conclusion

Whataburger earns its reputation the slow way: everything cooked to order, a five-inch bun, a breakfast menu that runs all night, and prices that stay honest for the portion. Order the #1 if you want the classic, the Patty Melt if you want the regulars’ favorite, and the Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit if you are there between 11pm and 11am. Check your store’s price in the app — Texas prices are the floor, not the promise — and bring patience at the window, because made-to-order is the whole point.