Schwarzreiter Restaurant
Altstadt-Lehel
One Michelin star inside Maximilianstraße's grand hotel, three nights a week.
Cuisine Guide
Munich's dining scene spans every corner of the world. These are the finest Bavarian venues in the city, each one personally vetted by our editorial team for quality, atmosphere, and experience.
Altstadt-Lehel
One Michelin star inside Maximilianstraße's grand hotel, three nights a week.
Altstadt-Lehel
The Bavarian classic across from the Opera, two floors of it.
Bogenhausen
The Käfer family's 1930 Bogenhausen institution, gourmet rooms above the delicatessen
Westend-Schwanthalerhöhe
Family-run café-Wirtshaus above Theresienwiese, best breakfast in the Westend
Nymphenburg
The palace-restaurant inside Schloss Nymphenburg, the only address with this view
Nymphenburg
The largest beer garden in the world, 8,000 seats under chestnuts, since 1791
Westend-Schwanthalerhöhe
The honest Augustiner, brewery canteen, not the tourist Dom version
Au am Isar
The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book
Altstadt-Lehel
The Schneider Weisse mothership, 1872, Weisswurst until noon, Aventinus all night
Au-Giesing
The Salvator origin, Bavarian Brauhaus on the brewery's home hill
Maxvorstadt
Munich's oldest beer garden, 1812, 5,000 seats under the chestnuts
Schwabing
The Englischer Garten postcard, earns the slot
Englischer Garten / Schwabing
Lakeside Bavarian on the Kleinhesseloher See, the refined garden
Altstadt-Lehel
Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge
Altstadt-Lehel
Beechwood-grilled Nürnberger sausages on a tin plate, off the market
Altstadt-Lehel
Bavarian fine in a 1573 ducal mill, vaulted
Haidhausen
The original Hofbräu, 1,400-seat chestnut beer garden, locals' Hofbräu
Maxvorstadt
Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995
Maxvorstadt
The university's Wirtshaus since the 1920s, Schwabing-Maxvorstadt seam
Au-Giesing
Former power station turned culture house, concerts, café, riverside biergarten.
Au-Giesing
The 'Bavarian deli', Jochen Kreppel's Obergiesing dining room
Nymphenburg
Bavarian Wirtshaus on the palace canal, deeded by Elector Karl Albrecht in 1730
Westend / Schwanthalerhöhe
Munich's largest living room, Augustiner Wirtshaus in the heart of Westend
Westend / Schwanthalerhöhe
Bavarian Wirtshaus + Augustiner Biergarten beside the Bavaria statue
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