Where to brunch in Munich: morning rooms worth the queue.
Where to brunch in Munich. the morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Cotidiano on Munich's Gärtnerplatz cooks all-day breakfast in the Glockenbachviertel; one of the few rooms that takes brunch seriously every day of the week.
Order: The breakfast platter with eggs, sourdough and avocado
Tip: Saturday brunch needs a 10:00 arrival or a booking; ask for a table on the Gärtnerplatz terrace.
Café Luitpold on Munich's Brienner Strasse, opened 1888 and once Europe's largest coffeehouse, runs a classic German brunch with Wiener Melange in the salon at the back.
Order: The breakfast Frühstück Luitpold with eggs, charcuterie, Hofpfisterei bread
Tip: Sunday brunch books out the week before; the museum on coffee-house culture is worth a stop.
Café Frischhut off Munich's Viktualienmarkt has fried the Bavarian Schmalznudel doughnut since 1973; this is the morning sweet-counter for breakfast under EUR 10.
Order: Schmalznudel sugar-dusted Bavarian fried doughnut with filter coffee
Tip: Closed Sundays; queue is shortest at 09:00 weekday mornings; cash usually preferred.
Café Reitschule west of Munich's English Garden, since 1927, runs an all-day brunch carte; the terrace looks onto the university riding school's paddock.
Order: Eggs Royale, fresh-baked Brezn, and a Wiener Melange
Tip: Book the terrace for Sunday brunch by Thursday; the kids' brunch carte is the city's strongest.
Cotidiano Promenadeplatz is the city-centre Cotidiano in Munich's Altstadt; an all-day cafe with specialty coffee and a longer brunch carte than the original Gärtnerplatz room.
Order: Avocado toast plus the daily breakfast bowl, espresso on the side
Tip: Quieter than Gärtnerplatz; the long communal table is the work-friendly seat.
Peak food season in Munich is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Munich rewards trust.