Best Cafes and Restaurants in Munich, Munich, Germany

While there are many restaurants and cafes in downtown Munich for a visitor to choose from, by far not all of them are truly worth visiting. Here's the solid list of quality cafes and restaurants that will add greatly to your Munich experience. Each restaurant and cafe featured here offers something unique in terms of food and drink quality, history, ambiance, culture, or all of the above. Feel free to explore!

Designed as a place for artists to gather and share helpful advice or criticism, the Künstlerhaus (“House of Artists” in English), was founded in 1893. Today, you will find on its second floor a deliciously fine restaurant, called The Grill, with a cool inside area and lovely outside patio seating for days of good weather. The Grill offers their patrons a very relaxing ambiance. The dishes are made to be shared and, according to their official website, the chef, Max Lechner, takes not only season, but also origin and sustainability into consideration when choosing which meat, shellfish or fish to offer.

Hofbräuhaus am Platzl directly translates to “court-brewery at Platzl” with the word “court” coming from the fact that the brewery was once owned by the royal family, but now is state-owned. The Hofbräuhaus building was raised in 1607 by the Bavarian Duke Maximilian I, but was not open to the general public until 221 years later, in 1828. The building has been remodeled twice since then, once in 1867 and then again after WWII when everything, except the ground floor, was ruined by bombings. While the building was used for some years by Hitler as a site for his publicity and propaganda events, today the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl has a lively atmosphere with traditional Bavarian music flooding the great hall. There is only one size of Hofbräu beer available, called a maß, which is one liter. It’s a lot of beer, but certainly provides you with a great photo opportunity! The menu is full of hearty traditional Bavarian food, such as roast pork, pork knuckle, and sausages, with salads and lighter appetizers offered as well. For dessert, particularly recommended is the Hofbräuhaus Kaiserschmarrn. It’s delicious and, perhaps, unlike anything ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).