Osteria Italiana on Munich's Schellingstrasse has been the city's grand Italian since 1890; the dining room runs ceiling frescoes, classic pasta and Tuscan meats.
Must order: The handmade pasta of the day and the Florentine bistecca for two.
Tip: Reservations by telephone only; Sundays closed.
Address: Schellingstrasse 62, 80799 München, Munich
Cotidiano on Munich's Gärtnerplatz cooks all-day breakfast, bowls and burgers; one of the few Glockenbach rooms that takes brunch seriously every day of the week.
Order: The breakfast platter with eggs, sourdough and avocado; the burger holds for dinner.
Tip: Walk in for breakfast on weekdays; Saturday brunch needs a 10:00 arrival or a booking.
Café Luitpold on Munich's Brienner Strasse, opened 1888, was once Europe's largest coffeehouse; the room still pours Wiener Melange and serves cake all day.
Order: The house cake of the day with a Wiener Melange; the breakfast carte runs to early afternoon.
Tip: The salon at the back is quieter; the small museum on coffee-house culture is worth ten minutes.
Café Reitschule on Munich's Königinstrasse, west of the English Garden since 1927, looks onto the university riding school's paddock; the brasserie cooks European all day.
Order: Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad; the terrace cocktail list runs strong in summer.
Tip: The terrace by the riding paddock is the room's signature seat; book it Friday and Saturday evenings.
Cafe Glockenspiel on the fifth floor above Munich's Marienplatz cooks Bavarian and Mitteleuropean classics with the city's best view of the Glockenspiel.
Order: Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad; pair with the view at 11:00 or 17:00 when the Glockenspiel sounds.
Tip: Entrance through the Rosenstrasse passage; reserve the terrace tables for the Glockenspiel time slots.
Mamma Bao in Munich's Maxvorstadt has hand-pulled Biang Biang noodles and steamed bao buns since late 2022; the open kitchen does the rolling in front of you.
Order: The Biang Biang hand-pulled noodles with cumin lamb and a side of pork bao.
Tip: Walk in for lunch weekdays; weekend dinner books out by Thursday on Quandoo.
bnb in Munich's Westend serves Vietnamese banh mi and rice-noodle bowls with craft beer; the city's bridge between Vietnamese street food and a proper bar carte.
Order: Pork banh mi from EUR 6.50, plus a summer roll set; pair with whichever Bavarian craft beer pours that day.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the room runs late on Friday and Saturday.
