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The selected restaurants have been divided into five categories: Gourmet, Business, Trendy, Budget and Personal Recommendations. The restaurants are listed alphabetically within these different categories, which serve as guidelines rather than absolute definitions of the establishments.

Only a small percentage of all restaurants in Germany accept credit cards and visitors should check before getting a table. Prices usually include 16% VAT. Normally, a tip between 5% and 10% is expected for good service.

The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over €55)
$$$ (€40 to €55)
$$ (€25 to €40)
$ (up to €25)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one; they include two glasses of house wine, and VAT but not tip.

Gourmet

Käfer-Schänke
This very typical Bavarian gourmet restaurant has a long history of famous chefs and guests. Although it is one of the most upmarket places in town, the delicious Bavarian dishes with a kick of innovation can be comfortably enjoyed in a relaxed atmosphere. This big traditional restaurant is divided into 12 cosy rooms, seating from a romantic two to a jolly 40.

Prinzregentenstrasse 73
Tel: (089) 416 8247.
Website: www.feinkost-kaefer.de
Price: $$$$
Mark’s Restaurant
Dining at Mark’s, the signature restaurant of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, is a luxurious experience. Diners arrive at the mezzanine restaurant by climbing a grand marble staircase, which opens out onto a lavish but intimate setting, with fine crystal and china, flowers and fruit nestling on the wooden tables. The cuisine is just as sumptuous - merging traditional Bavarian ingredients with oriental influences.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Neuturmstrasse 1
Tel: (089) 2909 8875.
Website: www.mandarinoriental.com/munich
Price: $$$
Tantris
Red and black are the dominating colors of this dramatically decorated, long-established restaurant. Spaciously designed, Tantris offers an extraordinary dining room, the Garden Salon, for special occasions or conferences. In summer, tables on the elegant terrace are much sought after. The creative food follows the restaurant’s motto - a pure celebration of the senses.

Johann-Fichte-Strasse 7
Tel: (089) 361 9590.
Website: www.tantris.de
Price: $$$$

Trendy

Barysphär
This is one of the most trendy places to eat out in Munich. The restaurant, or ’food club’ as they like to call it, is on the ground floor, with an equally popular bar venue in the cellar. Its name, which comes from a derivation of the Greek for ’inner earth’, is reflected in the warm elemental colors of the decor. The most innovative and exciting feature, however, is the menu, which includes some extremely unusual and exotic offerings, such as alligator steak.

Tumblingerstrasse 36
Tel: (089) 7677 5021.
Website: www.barysphaer.net
Price: $$
Nage und Sauge
This quirky little restaurant always seems to be full to brimming with a young, trendy crowd, soaking up the fantastic atmosphere and indulging in the excellent food. The main specialty is foccacia, and a huge variety of different options, both savoury and sweet, are available. Another draw is the extremely unusual toilets, which have to be seen to be believed, and which have TV monitors in the cubicles to allow you to get a better view of yourself (if you want one), and thermometers in the urinals (apparently inspired by a Japanese health craze).

Mariannenenstrasse 2
Tel: (089) 298 803.
Website: www.nageundsauge.de
Price: $
Ododo
Thanks to its ideal location at the center of one of Munich’s most fashionable districts, the Gärtnerplatzviertel, and its very late opening hours, this bar/restaurant has become a regular stop off point for revelers on a night out. The stylish clientele make the most of the wide selection of fondue and sandwiches on offer in trendy, minimalist surroundings.

Buttermelcherstrasse 6
Tel: (089) 9260 7741.
Price: $$

Budget

Chinesischer Turm
Not one of the most stylish places in Munich but definitely one of the most famous and popular. This is one of the settings for the main action during the annual Oktoberfest. Situated in the picturesque English Garden and open all year round, the Chinese Tower serves huge amounts of original Bavarian beer and traditional food. Punk or politician, student or star, everybody can be seen here. A once-in-a-lifetime experience for every visitor.

Englischer Garten 3
Tel: (089) 383 8730 or 3838 7327.
Website: www.chinaturm.de
Price: $$
Hofbräuhaus
Probably the most famous brewery and restaurant in Germany, the world-renowned Hofbräuhaus guesthouse is no longer appealing to the true Bavarian, seeing as it has turned into a venue that primarily caters for tourists. It sprawls over three floors, with the typically Bavarian banquet hall boasting long wooden tables and dramatically low chandeliers. Vaulted ceilings and heavy decor make this a highly atmospheric venue. During summer, it is possible for guests to sit outside in the courtyard and music is often played. For those still interested, it does still serve amazing beer and original dishes, such as the typical Munich white sausages with sweet mustard or the rich roast pork.

Platzl 9
Tel: (089) 2901 3610.
Website: www.hofbraeuhaus.de
Price: $
Tizian
This relaxed and friendly restaurant serves great pasta and pizzas and is a good place for one to chill. On hot days guests can sit on the terrace near the fountain. Tizian is a lively place on Friday and Saturday night, when there is live music on offer. The restaurant is decorated in an art nouveau style, with yellow walls hung with a changing series of paintings and photographs. Lunch is good value and evening meals are tasty Italian dishes, including some good pizzas.

Maxburgstrasse 4
Tel: (089) 2916 3938.
Price: $

Personal Recommendations

Dallmayr
Dallmayr is a vast delicatessen most famous for its coffee - which is available to buy as delightful brown beans or in a cup, for one to sit down and savour, as a break from a shopping trip just outside at Marienplatz. The light and airy first-floor restaurant exudes elegance and is often occupied by the aristocratic circle, wearing horseriding and hunting outfits. It does classy lunch snacks, such as seafood and carpaccio, and is also fantastic for indulging in oysters and lobster in the evening.

Dienerstrasse 14-15
Tel: (089) 21350.
Website: www.dallmayr.de
Price: $
Mangostin
United under one roof are three exotic experiences - Papa Joe’s Colonial Bar and Restaurant, serving colonial food, Keiko, a Japanese restaurant, and Lemon Grass with Thai cuisine and an open wok kitchen. All three are in the same price range and offer Asian delicacies, from sushi, tempura and bento to a variety of stir fries and noodle dishes. Decor is oriental with east Asian sculptures and plants decorating the space. The biggest attraction, however, must be the huge Mangostin garden - the first Asian beer garden in Munich. A real pleasure on a warm summer evening.

Maria-Einsiedel-Strasse 2
Tel: (089) 723 2031.
Website: www.kuffler-gastronomie.de
Price: $$
Stadtcafe
There might be some similarities with a rather cold and unwelcoming waiting room of a train station, but despite its modest interior design, Stadtcafe is usually packed with movie directors, talented new actors and film critics (it is close to the film museum). Conversations about movies get spiced up over great French wines and seductive nouvelle cuisine.

St-Jakobsplatz 1
Tel: (089) 266 949.
Website: www.stadtcafe-muenchen.de  
Price: $



Nightlife:

The area around Münchener Freiheit in Schwabing is the best known nightlife district, with innumerable bars, cafes, restaurants, jazz venues, dance clubs and crowds of students and youthful revelers, especially on Occamstrasse. Haidhausen offers a more alternative scene. The Glockenbachviertel, located south of Sendlinger Tor, is the focus of the gay scene, and nearby, just to the east, a large number of hip new bars are have opened up on the streets radiating from Gärtnerplatz.

The city has a range of bars and clubs to suit most tastes but admission and drink prices can be shockingly high and bouncers have a reputation for being particularly choosy. There is a trend towards bar-bistros, bar-cafes and, as in the rest of Germany, Feierabend discos, which run 1800-2200 on weeknights and are increasingly popular with a slightly older crowd, bopping to 60s, 70s or 80s music. The hippest club nights in the city are often one-offs, so it pays to ask around.

Licensing laws are not restrictive and Munich’s clubs and pubs stay open until late. The legal drinking age in pubs and clubs is 18.

Munich Found (website: www.munichfound.de) has English-language listings, while Prinz (website: www.prinz.de) is its German-language counterpart.

Bars: One of several good bars and cafes on Türkenstrasse, Alter Simpl, 57 Türkenstrasse, is famous for its links to the satirical magazine Simplicissimus and retains its bohemian ambience. Tresznjewski, Theresienstrasse 72, has an arty flair and long after midnight, when it is usually jam-packed, it becomes very flirtatious, as does legendary Schumann’s, Odeonsplatz 6-7, where the cocktails are to die for. In the ultra-hip Gärtnerplatz quarter, cocktail bars like Ksar Club, 31 Müllerstrasse, Holy Home, 21 Reichenbachstrasse, and Lizard Lounge, 31 Corneliusstrasse are always so packed with a stylish crowd that it is next to impossible to get a seat. News Bar, Amalienstrasse 55, close to the Ludwig Maximilian University, is a popular student hangout.

In the Gärtnerplatz area, some of the little bars like Morizz, 43 Klenzestrasse, and Café Glück, 4 Palmstrasse, which originally opened as trendy gay hangouts, have been discovered and colonized by Munich’s straight population. If you want to find the latest hip gay bars, the Café im Sub gay center, Müllerstrasse 43, serves up info as well as drinks. Kraftakt, Thalkirchnerstrasse 4, opens from 1000 daily, and additionally offers free Wi-Fi access.

The Hofbräuhaus, Platz 9, is a Munich institution, although for a less raucous experience, head to the Augustiner Gaststätte, Neuhauser Strasse 27. If you prefer your beer al fresco, visit the beer garden in the colorful Viktualienmarkt (see Shopping). For an alternative to beer, head to the Pfälzer Weinprobierstube, Residenzstrasse 1, for a good selection of German wines and a buzzing atmosphere.

Clubs: Top spots include the Alabamahalle, Domagkstrasse 33 (website: www.alabamahalle.de), with varied club nights in a massive space and Babylon-2, Rosenheimerstrasse 143 (website: www.babylon-online.de), the largest club in Munich, with huge, packed dance floors and a laser show that is well worth seeing. Far more intimate, the Atomic Café, Neuturmstrasse 5, is a trendy spot in the city center, featuring pop and rock music, touring DJs and some live bands. New York, Sonnenstrasse 25, is the most reliably fun gay club.

If you’re feeling flash, head to P1, Prinzregentenstrasse 1 (website: www.p1-club.de), an upmarket club, frequented by Munich’s jet set - exclusive, expensive and notoriously difficult to get into. To warm up for these high-profile locations, go to the nearby Park-Cafe, Sophienstrasse 7, which has a similar vibe but which, over time has lost much of its exclusivity.

Live Music: Muffathalle, Zellstrasse 4, (website: www.muffathalle.de), is a major popular culture venue with live music, theater and dance performances. The on-site cafe serves food and drink during the day, transforming into a fun and friendly club venue in the evenings. Big-name acts perform at the Olympiahalle, next to the Olympic Stadium, as well as at the enormous Elserhalle, 143 Rosenheimerstrasse.

The Nachtcafé, Maximiliansplatz 5 (website: www.nachtcafe.ygg.de), offers blues, jazz and rock for a somewhat older crowd and as the name suggests, the venue closes late. Admission is free but food and cocktails are pricey. If country and western is your scene, try the Rattlesnake Saloon, Schneeglöckchenstrasse 91 (website: www.rattlesnake-saloon.com), on the outskirts of town. Top-quality live jazz, including appearances by world stars, can be enjoyed daily at Unterfahrt im Einstein, Einsteinstrasse 42 (website: www.unterfahrt.de), and Jazzkombinat, Ainmillerstrasse 1 (website: www.jazzkombinat.de).

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