Plekken in Munich

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Tatami sushi and seasonal kaiseki tucked inside the Amalienpassage.

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