Culver’s Menu Prices 2026: Full Menu With Calories

Culver’s has the most Midwestern menu in fast food: fresh, never-frozen beef pressed to order on a butter-toasted bun, hand-battered Wisconsin cheese curds, and frozen custard made in small batches through the day. This guide lists the complete current US menu with typical prices and calories for every ButterBurger, chicken and cod sandwich, Value Basket, side, salad, custard, kids meal and drink — checked in November 2026.

Three companion guides go deeper: the Culver’s secret menu guide collects the fan builds regulars order by recipe — including the DIY CurderBurger and Culverized poutine — the Culver’s nutrition guide breaks down every item with protein and the calorie conflicts stated plainly, and the Culver’s coupons and deals guide explains Delicious Rewards, the birthday treat, and why there are no promo codes to hunt.

How to read the prices: Culver’s publishes no national price list — roughly 1,000 family-owned franchises set prices store by store. The figures below come from a November 2026 multi-state in-restaurant check (usafoodmenu.com), cross-checked against a July 2026 tracker capture (chowprices.com). Where the two disagree, the table uses the November figures and the disagreement is stated in the notes — the tenders are the worst case, $6.49 for three pieces in November against $7.79 in July, which is a franchise spread, not a price cut. Delivery apps add roughly 30% on top, so treat every price here as typical in-restaurant pickup, not promised, and check your store in the app before you go. Calories are the chain’s nutrition-guide figures as reported by the same trackers; where they disagree, the conflict is stated rather than smoothed. If you want the closest rival boards for comparison, see our Five Guys menu prices, Burger King menu prices, Wendy’s menu prices and McDonald’s menu prices guides, and the chicken boards in our Raising Cane’s menu prices and Chick-fil-A menu prices guides.

ButterBurgers

Every burger here is fresh beef, pressed on the grill to order, on a butter-toasted bun. The name is the bun, not the patty — there is no butter in the beef and the burger is not fried in butter. The single is a modest patty by modern standards, which is why the Deluxe and the doubles do most of the volume. Doubles and triples are available on the Original, Cheese and Deluxe at most restaurants; the table lists single prices unless noted. One genuine conflict: two November sources list the Bacon Deluxe at different prices — $8.79 with 700 calories in one capture and $9.49 with 830 in another — so the table shows the range. The rotating Pub Burger (the Colby Jack Pub Burger was the April 2026 build) is a limited-time item and is not on the permanent board.

The Original at $6.39 and 390 calories is both the cheapest meal on the board and the lightest burger — the one honest bargain in a chain that charges above the national burger chains. The price premium is the grill: beef is fresh and never frozen, smashed and cooked to order rather than held, which slows the operation down and costs more. The Deluxe at $7.49 is the volume seller, and the Bacon Deluxe is where the price spread lives — ask your store, because $8.79 and $9.49 are both real prices seen in November 2026.

Chicken, Cod & Other Sandwiches

The tenders are whole-muscle and breaded to order, and the North Atlantic Cod is the item that gives the chain away as Midwestern — a hand-battered filet from the Friday fish-fry tradition, not a token fish sandwich. The tenders carry the biggest price conflict on the menu: three pieces at $6.49 in the November check against $7.79 in the July capture, and four pieces at $8.39 against $9.29. Both are real in-restaurant figures from different markets; the Midwest core runs below newer expansion markets.

The Grilled Chicken Sandwich is the quiet standout: 390 calories with 41g of protein, the best protein-per-calorie split on the whole menu and the best macro option at any burger chain in our guides. The shrimp is the lightest entree on the board at 320 calories — and the most expensive per bite. Dinners (tenders or cod with a side and rye bread) run $12.19–$12.99 at the stores that list them: the Cod Dinner (2 pc) at $12.99 and 1,010 calories, the Tenders Dinner (4 pc) at $12.49 and 950, the Grilled Chicken Dinner at $12.19 and 640.

Value Baskets

A Value Basket is the entree plus a side plus a drink — the combo format here — and it saves roughly two dollars against buying the three separately. An Original ButterBurger, regular fries and a drink bought individually come to about $11.67; the basket is $9.49 for the same three things. Cheese curds count as the side in a basket at most restaurants for a small upcharge, which is usually cheaper than ordering them separately — ask when you order, because it varies by franchise.

Cheese Curds & Sides

The curds are the reason a lot of people drive past two other burger places to get here: white cheddar curds from Wisconsin, hand-battered and fried to order, that squeak against your teeth when they are fresh — which is how you know the cheese is young. One honest mess: curd sizes are named differently by location, and trackers disagree on which size holds which calories. The November check lists a Regular at 490 calories and a Large at 730; another July capture lists a Medium at about 510, a Regular at 670 and a Large with no calories, at $5.09 / $6.49 / $8.79. The table below follows the November check and the discrepancy is a size-label problem, not a recipe change — confirm the size at your register. Pretzel Bites with Cheese Sauce ($4.79, 560 cal in the July capture) appear at some restaurants as a limited side.

Green beans at 60 calories and coleslaw at 150 are the two lightest sides and they cost the same as the fries — the swap that keeps a ButterBurger meal under 500 calories. If you are eating with someone, order one large curds at $7.79 rather than two regulars at $11.38.

Entree Salads

Both entree salads come in around 400 calories with chicken, which makes them the lightest full meals on the menu by a distance. Dressing is where the calories hide — ask for it on the side.

Frozen Custard

This is not ice cream with a different name. Frozen custard has egg yolk in the base, which ice cream does not, and it is churned more slowly so far less air gets whipped into it — denser, richer, smoother. Culver’s makes custard in small batches through the day rather than storing it, so what you are served was usually made within the last few hours. A Concrete Mixer is custard blended with your choice of mix-ins until it is thick enough to hold a spoon upright. The Mini Concrete Mixer runs $3.99 at 340–380 calories for plain vanilla or chocolate before mix-ins, and a single scoop of the Flavor of the Day runs $3.99 at about 350 calories.

Where custard turns is the mix-ins: a regular Concrete Mixer with rich candy like Heath bar can top 1,000 calories, and a large candy-loaded one can pass 1,500. The plain numbers above are the floor, not the ceiling.

The Flavor of the Day

This is the thing people search most about Culver’s, and the answer confuses newcomers: there is no single national answer. Every restaurant picks its own Flavor of the Day from a rotation of roughly thirty flavors, and two Culver’s in the same town can be running different ones on the same day. Vanilla and chocolate are on every day at every restaurant, so the Flavor of the Day is a third option rather than a replacement. Most restaurants publish a month of the calendar ahead on the Culver’s site or app, so if you are waiting for a specific flavor you can see exactly which date it lands on before you drive anywhere. Limited seasonal flavors rotate through the same calendar — the Oreo Reese’s Cheesecake Flavor of the Day arrived November 2, 2026, and a Pumpkin S’mores Concrete Mixer was listed as arriving November 8, 2026.

Kids Meals

Every kids meal comes with a side, a drink and a Scoopie Token, which is redeemable for a free scoop of custard. The token does not have to be used the same day, so plenty of families collect a few and cash them in together.

Drinks

Fountain drinks come with free refills in the dining room. Root beer is worth ordering here because it goes into the float — and the float is the move.

Allergen Information

Culver’s publishes allergen information for the full menu on its nutrition grid. The practical notes: the fryers are shared, so fries and curds are not celiac-safe even though the chain offers gluten-free buns sealed in plastic wrap, and the custard is egg and milk throughout. Wheat, milk, egg and soy are the main allergens across the board.

Hours

Hours are set by the franchise and a minority of restaurants close earlier, but the typical pattern is 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM Sunday–Thursday and 10:30 AM – 11:00 PM Friday–Saturday. There is no breakfast and no overnight service anywhere in the chain. Some locations run different hours — Sierra Vista, Arizona and Rock Falls, Illinois list 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM daily, and the Kissimmee, Florida location lists 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM (midnight Friday–Saturday). Culver’s is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day at most locations. Friday evenings are noticeably busier than other weeknights in the Midwest because of the fish-fry tradition.

Reviews

There is no national aggregate rating for Culver’s, and location ratings split by platform: sampled Google listings run about 4.5–4.6 stars (Sierra Vista, Arizona 4.6 from 141 reviews; Rock Falls, Illinois 4.5 from 127; Kissimmee, Florida 4.6 from 146), while sampled Yelp listings run lower at 3.8–4.1 stars (Bloomington, Minnesota 4.1 from 128 reviews; Birmingham, Alabama 3.8 from 37). The praise is remarkably consistent in wording. A Yelp reviewer in Birmingham wrote of the Deluxe Value Basket: “THAT burger was the BOMB! Perfectly done smash burger with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, sweet red onion, and mayo. So tasty!” A Yelp reviewer in Bloomington wrote: “I have never had a bad experience or meal here. The food is always hot and fresh.” A reviewer in Wesley Chapel, Florida wrote: “The Deluxe is everything you would want.” The complaints are consistent too: the curds run salty for some (“only tried the cheese curds and boyyyyyy, were they salty!!!!”), and the price draws the occasional complaint (“Food quality was much less than expected, especially for the price charged”). The through-line: the burgers and the custard carry the experience; the curds are divisive, and the bill is higher than the national chains.

Culver’s Menu Facts

1. Culver’s was founded on July 18, 1984, in Sauk City, Wisconsin, by Craig Culver, his wife Lea, and Craig’s parents George and Ruth Culver — the family nearly went bankrupt in the first year.
2. The first ButterBurgers were portioned with an ice-cream scoop — the tool the Culvers had on hand to scoop the beef.
3. The chain is named for the family, not the town: Craig Culver’s parents ran the A&W in Sauk City before the first Culver’s opened.
4. Culver’s reached 1,041 restaurants in 26 states as 2026 arrived, per its franchise disclosure document, and plans 59 new restaurants in 2026 — Florida leads with 14.
5. Wisconsin still leads with about 155 restaurants, followed by Illinois with 140 and Michigan with 107; Florida had 126 at the end of 2025 and is heading for 140.
6. Culver’s has no restaurants in California, Nevada, New York or any New England state as of 2026.
7. The chain has closed just four franchised locations in 38 years — one of the lowest closure rates in fast food.
8. The CurderBurger started as an April Fool’s Day prank in 2021. The enthusiasm was so strong it became a real limited-time item, returning each October for Curdtoberfest and National Cheese Curd Day.
9. The Flavor of the Day rotates through roughly thirty flavors, chosen per restaurant — two Culver’s in the same town can run different flavors on the same day.
10. Frozen custard is made fresh in small batches through the day, not stored — which is why the machine takes up so much of the counter.
11. Beef is fresh and never frozen, pressed on the grill to order. The name ButterBurger comes from the butter-toasted bun, not the patty.
12. There is no breakfast anywhere in the chain, and no overnight service — the typical close is 10:00 PM on weeknights.
13. Every kids meal includes a Scoopie Token for a free scoop of custard, and the token does not expire the same day.
14. Delicious Rewards launched nationwide in November 2025 — the chain’s first real loyalty program, after years of running on the eClub email list alone.
15. The rotating Pub Burger is the chain’s limited-time burger slot in 2026 — the Colby Jack Pub Burger ran in April 2026 and a Fried Pickle Pub Burger followed.
16. George’s Chili — the chili on the menu — is named for Craig’s father, George Culver.
17. The Original ButterBurger at 390 calories is the lightest burger on the board and the cheapest meal — the one order that is both.

Culver’s Menu FAQs

How much is an Original ButterBurger at Culver’s?

$6.39 in the November 2026 check, at 390 calories. A Value Basket with a side and a drink is $9.49.

What are Wisconsin Cheese Curds at Culver’s?

White cheddar curds from Wisconsin, hand-battered and fried to order — $5.69 for a Regular (490 calories) in the November check, $7.79 for a Large (730). Sizes are named differently by location, so confirm at the register.

What is the Flavor of the Day at Culver’s?

A different frozen custard flavor chosen daily by each individual restaurant from a rotation of around thirty. It is not set nationally — check your restaurant’s calendar on the Culver’s site or app, which usually publishes a month ahead.

Does Culver’s have a secret menu?

Not officially — but staff honor simple customizations, and fans assemble builds from them: the DIY CurderBurger, Culverized poutine, and the Land & Air burger. See our Culver’s secret menu guide for the full list.

Does Culver’s have a rewards program?

Delicious Rewards, launched November 2025: 10 points per $1, free items from 500 points, 25% off your first order, and a free scoop with two toppings on your birthday and half-birthday. See our Culver’s coupons guide.

What is the healthiest thing at Culver’s?

The Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 390 calories with 41g of protein. The Garden Fresco Salad with chicken is 330 calories, and green beans are 60. See our Culver’s nutrition guide for the full breakdown.

Conclusion

Order the Original ButterBurger if you want the classic Culver’s meal at the lowest price and the lowest calories, the Deluxe if you want the volume seller, the Grilled Chicken Sandwich if you want the best protein-per-calorie split on the board, and a Value Basket the moment you want a side and a drink — the basket math is not close. Share one large cheese curds instead of two regulars, check the Flavor of the Day calendar before you drive, and remember the price spread: your store’s board is the final word, and the Midwest core runs below the expansion markets.