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.
Must 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.
Address: Brienner Strasse 11, 80333 München, Munich
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.
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.
