Going for a burger no longer conjures connotations of cheap fast food, neon squares of plasticky cheese and sticky vinyl seats.

Instead, we expect our burgers to be housed in shiny brioche buns, patties made from meat minced onsite and cheese sliced from great hunks of dairy wheels made with the milk of Scottish cows.

We dip fat chips cooked in dripping into gourmet sauces or scoop up shoestring fries loaded with homemade chilli with generous amounts of mustard. Instead of onion rings we plump for macaroni cheese bites or jalapeno poppers, our plates ever dirtier in every sense of the word.

Burgers are now such a trashy, filthy experience that we've swapped our usual table napkins for rolls of kitchen paper to mop up the grease.

Not that we're complaining of course. At the heart of it, going for a burger is still a communal experience that practically everyone can enjoy, from gluten free diners to vegans, carnivores to those eating on the cheap.

So to celebrate National Burger Day, here are some of the top burgers from across Scotland to suit all tastes.

Best for vegans

Leading a vegan lifestyle used to mean that eating out was a no-go unless you're planning to visit a specialist restaurant or cafe to ensure your burger bun remains egg-wash free or the patty hasn't been softened with a splash of cow's milk. Luckily most burger joints are offering vegan options alongside their vegetarian options.

Seitan is a popular vegan meat replacement with a stringy texture reminiscent of mince, but often the vegetable based patties offer quirkier flavours. Bread Meats Bread in Glasgow and Edinburgh offer a vegan falafel burger on a gluten-free and vegan friendly bun with a creamy tahini sauce for vegans or tzatziki for vegetarians, which gets plenty of thumbs up from those who don't eat animal products.

Best for gluten free

Creating the perfect burger bun without the comforts of wheat for a springy glutenous texture can prove a difficult challenge for restaurants to overcome. Luckily GBK in Edinburgh and Glasgow offers a completely separate gluten free menu where you can choose a soft sesame bun or go naked and choose homeslaw to top your patty. They'll even point you in the direction of the best gluten free beers to sip with your burger and fries.

For those living in Aberdeen and Inverness as well as Edinburgh and Glasgow, Ed's Easy Diner offer more than 70% of their main menu dishes as gluten free meals. Fries are cooked in a separate fryers and the chain has been accredited by charity Coeliac UK for its food preparation processes.

Best for quirky specials

Each week you can be guaranteed to be surprised by the concoctions created in The Boozy Cow kitchens as they throw tattie scones, sausages, beef stroganoff and beer-soaked brisket at their weekly special and plenty of cakes, cookies, biscuits and chocolates into their signature milkshakes.

With two sites in Aberdeen and Edinburgh with a third restaurant due to open in Stirling in the coming weeks, there are plenty places to get your burger fix. Of course there are plenty of classics on the menu too, with the maple bacon cheeseburger a huge hit with regular punters. But of course where else can you order a scoop of ice cream rolled in cinnamon cornflakes, deep fried and served on top of a cheeseburger?

Best for those who like a challenge

Eating contests aren't exactly a new phenomenon, but when they are dished up on upturned bin lids or filled with sad looking patties, it can take away the simple pleasure of burger eating entirely. Cue Barbecue in Aberdeen solves the problem two-fold; it's eating contest may be monstrous but it is packed with flavour, with four beef patties topped with a pound of smoked brisket, a chunk of jalapeno sausage and a large helping of pulled pork.

If you can't finish in 30 minutes, you'll need to cough up £30 and lose the chance of getting your name on the wall of fame. But all that eating has a conscious too - the restaurant will donate £5 from each challenge to its local food bank.

Best for those with a sweet tooth

A well-loved institution for its massive menu with dozens of different burgers, one of Tonic's quirky selling points are its sweet burgers. The Dundee-based burger joint's quirkier dishes on its beef patty-laden menu include the Dessert Burger, topped with chocolate and banana and the Mr Staypuff, which is topped with pink and white marshmallows in tribute to Ghostbusters.

If that's a bit too much, slightly less adventurous eaters can try the 'not beef' menu, which include zebra, kangaroo, crocodile and ostrich burgers.

Best for those on a budget

If your budget for a meal out at a burger joint is less shaken martini and more vanilla milkshake, then fear not, there are still plenty of places where you can grab a patty for not much more than a Burger King. The simply named Burger, which now has two restaurants in Edinburgh and one in St Andrews, offers single burgers for as little as £5.30 with a side of fries for £2.45 that you could easily share with your dining partner.

If you're bringing along kids, their mini versions of the classic burgers are around £3 and soft drinks just over £1 each. Perfect for treating the family for a meal out without blowing the budget.