10 editor picks in Munich.
10 cafe places in Munich we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Munich | Cafe across every city.
Munich's cafe scene splits between the historic Kaffeehaus and a serious specialty-coffee movement that has matured over the last decade. Café Luitpold on Brienner Strasse and Rischart's room on Marienplatz hold the traditional Altstadt corner, while Man versus Machine on Müllerstrasse in the Glockenbachviertel and Vits der Kaffee near the Isar lead the roastery-driven side. Standl 20 on Elisabethplatz in Schwabing shows how the new wave has settled into the neighbourhood markets.
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.
OrderThe house cake of the day with a Wiener Melange; the breakfast carte runs to early afternoon.
TipThe salon at the back is quieter; the small museum on coffee-house culture is worth ten minutes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TipWeekday breakfast 08:00-11:00 is the calmer window; weekend brunch needs a 10:00 arrival.
Standl 20 in Munich: A small coffee stall inside Munich's Elisabethmarkt with no advertising; locals queue at the wooden hatch in the morning.
TipClosed Sundays; arrive before 11:00 for the cinnamon-bun pick of the day.
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