Plekken in Munich

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

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

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

The grand dame of Munich since 1841

King Maximilian's hotel on Maximilianstraße

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nineteen suites on the top floors above Marienplatz

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

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

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

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

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

An untouched 1955 café interior — Maxvorstadt time-capsule

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Old-Town wine bar with deep list and sensible pricing

Nieto Sobejano's contemporary five-star on Stachus

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

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

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.

73 rooms behind a neo-Renaissance facade in the Altstadt

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

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

Mixology Best Hotel Bar DACH 2026 — second year running

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

Bavarian fine in a 1573 ducal mill, vaulted

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

Munich's first new luxury hotel in 16 years

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

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

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

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

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

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

Munich's largest schnitzel — the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

Tatami sushi and seasonal kaiseki tucked inside the Amalienpassage.

Olga Polizzi's botanical garden five-star in Maxvorstadt

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

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

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

Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge