Best Views in Munich

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book

Two Michelin stars, 35 seats, modern French-Mediterranean on the Au-Isar edge

Ayinger brewery's first own Wirtshaus, Mariahilfplatz, wooden barrels, Mühlbach garden

Au-Isar cornerstone since the eighties, riverside brunch and rotating art

The Salvator origin, Bavarian Brauhaus on the brewery's home hill

Stefan Gabányi's serious cocktail address, Munich's grown-up bar

Cult Bavarian fried-dough since 1973, on the Viktualienmarkt corner

One Michelin star, surprise menu changes fortnightly, urban-laid-back

Provence in Munich since 1997, wisteria-clad façade off Johannisplatz

1904 Trieste merchant-shop interior, Veneto-Friuli-Campania osteria

Israeli-German owners, Munich's best hummus on Metzstrasse

The original Hofbräu, 1,400-seat chestnut beer garden, locals' Hofbräu

Munich's jazz reference since 1978, concerts every night in a Haidhausen cellar.

Former power station turned culture house, concerts, café, riverside biergarten.

One Michelin star in Untergiesing, Florian and Sabrina Berger's chef-led room

Vietnamese street food on Tegernseer Landstraße, chef Hieu's southern-style Pho

The 'Bavarian deli', Jochen Kreppel's Obergiesing dining room

Israeli kitchen inside the Münchner Volkstheater, relocated 2021, fully landed

Korean omakase and KBBQ in a Haidhausen basement vault.

Speakeasy-register cocktail room near Gärtnerplatz

Corner-site cocktail room and small-plates kitchen, Gärtnerplatz

Munich's third-wave coffee pioneer, roasting on Rumfordstraße since 2007.

The Käfer family's 1930 Bogenhausen institution, gourmet rooms above the delicatessen

Mario Gamba's 'cucina del sole', one Michelin star, holding it for 25 years

1825 protected villa, reopened 2023 as an Amalfi-coast Italian, handmade pasta, fresh seafood, walled courtyard

Schelling's own room near the English Garden, one star, full conviction

Jugendstil mosaic floors, Modenese aceto, pecorino-marjoram ravioli that's been on the menu since 1999

Munich's grand café since 1888, Vienna's register, Bavarian discipline

Munich's oldest beer garden, 1812, 5,000 seats under the chestnuts

The Englischer Garten postcard, earns the slot

Lakeside Bavarian on the Kleinhesseloher See, the refined garden

Jan Hartwig's three-Michelin-star laboratory in Maxvorstadt

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

An untouched 1955 café interior, Maxvorstadt time-capsule

Franz Marc and Thomas Mann's old table, 1887 literary café, restored

Bookstore-café-stage, the quieter heart of Schellingstraße

The university's Wirtshaus since the 1920s, Schwabing-Maxvorstadt seam

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

Munich's fine-dining legend, 2 Michelin stars under Benjamin Chmura

Same house, looser register, 1 Michelin à la carte

On the English Garden edge, looking onto the university riding school

Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie

Olga Polizzi's botanical garden five-star in Maxvorstadt

Munich's oldest ice cream parlour, Sarcletti family on Nymphenburger Straße since 1879

1898 game institution; Bavarian hunting fare under Hubert Buckl.

Tatami sushi and seasonal kaiseki tucked inside the Amalienpassage.

Chef Jianguo Zhang's Sichuan fine dining; Munich's first serious Chinese room.

Royal-court Indian fine dining in Schwabing-West.

Munich's serious Afghan kitchen since 2001; cardamom, lamb, and pumpkin borani.

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.

Munich's first proper tapas bar, on Amalienstraße since 1995.

World's Best Wine Bar 2025, 900 wines by the glass via Coravin

Bogenhausen's reliable Lebanese, full mezze table, halal grill, late hours.

Schwabing Lebanese with the proper meze register, near Münchner Freiheit.

MVSM's flagship roastery café, light-roast specialty coffee since 2014.

Scandinavian-inflected roastery on the Maxvorstadt-Neuhausen edge, one of two Loring roasters in Germany.

Schwabing steakhouse on Leopoldstraße, top-50 in Germany.

Mediterranean glamour on Wittelsbacher Platz, Riviera-meets-Italy in Maxvorstadt.

Standing-only wine bar since the 1930s, Franconian whites, no chairs

Donnersberger old-school coffeehouse, Turkish mocha, Greek mocha, Viennese melange