Where to sit, sip and slow down in Munich.
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Munich lingers in over a cortado.
Marco and Cornelia Mehrwald's Man versus Machine in Munich's Glockenbach is the city's most-cited specialty roastery; the Müllerstrasse bar pours their own.
DrinkFilter coffee, single-origin pour-over
TipBring a laptop early; the central table fills up by 10:30 on weekdays.
Vits in Munich's Gärtnerplatz-quarter is the city's grandfather of third-wave coffee; the V60 brewbar pours single origins from beans roasted in-house.
DrinkV60 pour-over single-origin
TipClosed Sundays; the carrot cake at the counter is one of the city's best.
Standl 20 is the coffee stall at Munich's Elisabethmarkt in Schwabing-West; locals pick up flat whites and cinnamon buns from the wooden hatch.
DrinkFlat white, cold brew
TipClosed Sundays and bank holidays; counter only, no work-from-cafe seating.
Café Frischhut, known as Schmalznudel, has fried the namesake sugar-dusted Bavarian doughnut just off Munich's Viktualienmarkt since 1973; pair with filter.
DrinkFilter coffee with Schmalznudel
TipClosed Sundays; the queue is shortest at 09:00 weekday mornings.
Café Luitpold on Munich's Brienner Strasse, since 1888, was once Europe's largest coffeehouse; Klee and Kandinsky founded the Blue Rider group here.
DrinkWiener Melange, house cake
TipThe salon at the back is the quieter work seat; the museum on coffeehouse culture is worth ten minutes.
Café Reitschule, west of Munich's English Garden since 1927, looks onto the university riding school's paddock; the brasserie/cafe runs from breakfast.
DrinkWiener Melange
TipThe terrace seat overlooking the paddock is the room's signature in summer.
Rischart Café am Marienplatz has anchored the bakery side of Munich's Marienplatz since 1932; the upstairs balcony has the city's best Glockenspiel view.
DrinkFilter coffee, Munich Prinzregententorte
TipCounter is downstairs; head up the stairs to the seated cafe for the Marienplatz view.
Cotidiano Promenadeplatz in Munich's Altstadt is the city-centre branch of the Gärtnerplatz original; an all-day cafe pouring specialty coffee with breakfast.
DrinkSpecialty espresso, brunch coffee
TipWeekday breakfast 08:00-11:00 is the calmer window; weekend brunch needs a 10:00 arrival.
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