Käfer-Schänke
Bogenhausen
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
Bergamo-born Mario Gamba opened Acquarello in 1994 after years under Heinz Winkler at Tantris and Alain Chapel in France. The Michelin star has been continuous since 2000 — a quiet, almost stubborn record in a city where Italian fine-dining tends to churn. The dining room is hushed, ivory-and-gold, the kind of place where a couple at the next table is celebrating a 40th anniversary without making it everyone's business. Pasta is the heart — handmade, restrained, the sauce always serving the noodle.
The tasting menu is the move; the à la carte holds up but you came for Gamba's hand. Wine list is one of Munich's best Italian cellars — ask the sommelier to walk you through Northern Italy. Lunch is roughly half the price of dinner, same kitchen.
At a Glance
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Historic Monuments, Garden View
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Good
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