Best Views in Munich

Three Michelin stars in Munich's oldest house, 1552 chancery walls.

Two stars at the Bayerischer Hof, Kevin Romes era, opened April 2026.

Two stars upstairs at Munich's 320-year-old delicatessen.

One Michelin star inside Maximilianstraße's grand hotel, three nights a week.

Ali Güngörmüş's Mediterranean-Levantine room inside the Fünf Höfe.

Axel Vervoordt's winter-garden brasserie inside the Bayerischer Hof.

Open-fire grill and pasta counter under the Marstall's columned hall.

The Bavarian classic across from the Opera, two floors of it.

The last surviving original tiki bar in the world, basement of the Bayerischer Hof.

Cocktails in the 1839 hall of mirrors that survived the war intact.

The palace-restaurant inside Schloss Nymphenburg, the only address with this view

The largest beer garden in the world, 8,000 seats under chestnuts, since 1791

The Schneider Weisse mothership, 1872, Weisswurst until noon, Aventinus all night

Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge

Beechwood-grilled Nürnberger sausages on a tin plate, off the market

Bavarian fine in a 1573 ducal mill, vaulted

The grand dame of Munich since 1841

King Maximilian's hotel on Maximilianstraße

73 rooms behind a neo-Renaissance facade in the Altstadt

Munich's first new luxury hotel in 16 years

Nieto Sobejano's contemporary five-star on Stachus

Nineteen suites on the top floors above Marienplatz

Bog oak, Jura stone, and a wine bar in the Altstadt

Charles Schumann's cocktail address, the Munich bar reference, on Odeonsplatz.

Daytime Schumann's, espresso, salade niçoise and a midday vermouth in Fünf Höfe.

Dresden Stollen since 1825, Munich's heritage cake counter, sixth generation.

Munich's oldest café since 1775, Italian roots, Hofgarten terrace.

Sixth-floor café on Marienplatz, direct sightline to the carillon.

The full Eataly market hall inside Munich's restored Schrannenhalle, on Viktualienmarkt.

The potato-only stall on Viktualienmarkt, twenty-five varieties, lunch counter cult.

King Max I's 1820 palm house, behind Nymphenburg Palace, fifth-generation innkeepers

Bavarian Wirtshaus on the palace canal, deeded by Elector Karl Albrecht in 1730

Nobu Matsuhisa's only German room; Japanese-Peruvian inside Mandarin Oriental.

Lehel institution since the 1990s, French-Italian cooking and a delicatessen on St.-Anna-Platz.

Munich's oldest wine house, restored 15th-century vaulted rooms

Old-Town wine bar with deep list and sensible pricing

800-label cellar at Hotel Excelsior, head chef Benedikt Arps

Mixology Best Hotel Bar DACH 2026, second year running

Bavaria's bread house since 1331, flagship counter across from the Schrannenhalle.

50 Top Pizza's #1 in Germany, destination Neapolitan in the Hofstatt quarter.

Champagne-truffle institution since 1932, counter inside Ludwig Beck on Marienplatz.

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

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

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

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

Olga Polizzi's botanical garden five-star in Maxvorstadt

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.

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

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.

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