Cafe Frischhut — Schmalznudel Cafe Choix de la rédaction Cafe Comparer Institution Cult Bavarian Cafe Frischhut — Schmalznudel Gärtnerplatz $ Cult Bavarian fried-dough since 1973, on the Viktualienmarkt corner
Café Luitpold Cafe Choix de la rédaction Cafe Comparer Grand Cafe 1888 Institution Patisserie Counter Café Luitpold Maxvorstadt $$$ Munich's grand café since 1888 — Vienna's register, Bavarian discipline
Café Altschwabing Cafe Cafe Comparer 1887 Literary History Neoclassical Café Altschwabing Maxvorstadt $$ Franz Marc and Thomas Mann's old table — 1887 literary café, restored
Café Glockenspiel Cafe Cafe Comparer View Marienplatz Carillon Café Glockenspiel Altstadt-Lehel $$ Sixth-floor café on Marienplatz — direct sightline to the carillon.
Café Münchner Freiheit Cafe Cafe Comparer Konditorei Leopoldstrasse All Day Terrace Café Münchner Freiheit Schwabing $$ Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie
Conditorei Kreutzkamm Cafe Cafe Comparer Heritage Stollen Patisserie Conditorei Kreutzkamm Altstadt-Lehel $$ Dresden Stollen since 1825 — Munich's heritage cake counter, sixth generation.
Eiscafé Sarcletti Cafe Cafe Comparer 1879 Institution Sarcletti Family Italian Recipes Eiscafé Sarcletti Neuhausen $ Munich's oldest ice cream parlour — Sarcletti family on Nymphenburger Straße since 1879
Kaffee Espresso Kolonial Cafe Cafe Comparer Turkish Mocha Old School Kolonial Kaffee Espresso Kolonial Neuhausen $ Donnersberger old-school coffeehouse — Turkish mocha, Greek mocha, Viennese melange
Lost Weekend Cafe Cafe Comparer Bookstore Vegan Friendly Events Stage Lost Weekend Maxvorstadt $$ Bookstore-café-stage — the quieter heart of Schellingstraße
Mahlefitz Cafe Cafe Comparer Specialty Coffee Loring Roaster Scandinavian Mahlefitz Maxvorstadt $$ Scandinavian-inflected roastery on the Maxvorstadt-Neuhausen edge — one of two Loring roasters in Germany.
Man versus Machine — Maxvorstadt Cafe Cafe Comparer Specialty Coffee Since 2014 Light Roast Man versus Machine — Maxvorstadt Maxvorstadt $$ MVSM's flagship roastery café — light-roast specialty coffee since 2014.
Trachtenvogl Cafe Cafe Comparer Institution Vintage All Day Trachtenvogl Glockenbachviertel $$ 1950s Speisecafé in a former Tracht shop — the quarter's living room