Roast pork knuckle with crackling skin and tender meat, served with potato dumplings, red cabbage and dark gravy. The defining Bavarian beer-hall plate.
Schweinshaxe descends from southern German rural pork-butchery traditions; the knuckle, the working part of the leg, is cured then slow-roasted to render fat and crisp the skin. The Munich beer-hall version, plated with semolina or bread Knödel and braised red cabbage, was codified by the Wirtshaus tradition in the late 19th century and became the canonical Hofbräuhaus order.
5 editor picks for Schweinshaxe in Munich, ranked by editorial score. All Munich signature dishes · Schweinshaxe across every city.
Hofbräukeller ★ 4.2
haidhausen · Innere Wiener Strasse 19, 81667 München
Hofbräukeller on Wiener Platz in Munich Haidhausen is the calmer Hofbräu room: the city's locals come here instead of the Hofbräuhaus tourist hall for the same beer.
Augustiner Klosterwirt ★ 4.1
altstadt-lehel · Augustinerstrasse 1, 80331 München
Augustiner Klosterwirt sits under the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche in the Altstadt; the gasthaus pours Augustiner Helles vom Holzfass to 400 indoor seats.
Paulaner am Nockherberg ★ 4.1
au-giesing · Hochstrasse 77, 81541 München
Paulaner am Nockherberg above the Isar in Munich's Au is the birthplace of Paulaner beer; this is where the Salvator Doppelbock tapping kicks off Lent annually.
Andechser am Dom ★ 4.0
altstadt-lehel · Weinstrasse 7a, 80333 München
Andechser am Dom in Munich Altstadt pours the Andechs Monastery's beers a minute from the Frauenkirche; the kitchen cooks classic Bavarian for the lunchtime crowd.
Hofbräuhaus am Platzl ★ 3.8
altstadt-lehel · Platzl 9, 80331 München
Hofbräuhaus on Platzl has poured Hofbräu beer in Munich's Altstadt since 1589; the ground-floor Schwemme hall seats 1,000, the upstairs Festsaal handles groups.