Places in Munich

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

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

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

1898 game institution; Bavarian hunting fare under Hubert Buckl.

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

Same house, looser register, 1 Michelin à la carte

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Englischer Garten postcard, earns the slot

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

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

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

An untouched 1955 café interior, Maxvorstadt time-capsule

Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie

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

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

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.

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

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

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

Schwabing steakhouse on Leopoldstraße, top-50 in Germany.

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

Bookstore-café-stage, the quieter heart of Schellingstraße

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lakeside Bavarian on the Kleinhesseloher See, the refined garden

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

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

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

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

Tatami sushi and seasonal kaiseki tucked inside the Amalienpassage.

Olga Polizzi's botanical garden five-star in Maxvorstadt

Royal-court Indian fine dining in Schwabing-West.

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

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book