Couch Club on Klenzestrasse runs 150 gins on the back bar with sixties and seventies sofas, a foosball table in the back room and bi-annual tastings, giving the Glockenbach a slow listening spot away from the dance floors.
Tip: Spanish-style Gin and Tonic in a large goblet is the house pour. Tastings (around 55 euro) run twice yearly; book ahead.
Address: Klenzestrasse 89, 80469 Munich
Theresa Bar tucks into a rear courtyard on Theresienstrasse in Maxvorstadt, with custom 1960s-inspired furnishings from seven elohim, a small counter and a low-volume programme that suits a long, talkative night.
Tip: Entry through the rear courtyard; the bar is hard to spot from the street. Book for groups over four.
Schelling-Salon has run on Schellingstrasse since 1872 as Munich's oldest Viennese cafe-restaurant, with a long timber bar, billiard and table-tennis tables and a beer list that runs to Augustiner and Schneider on tap.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Pool tables charge around 5 euro an hour; cash is easier than card.
Holy Home on Reichenbachstrasse fits a small, dark, smoky room with long wooden tables and a rock soundtrack, drawing a tight Glockenbach crowd that arrives late and stays until the doors close at 03:30 on weekends.
Tip: Tiny room; reservations recommended after 22:00 on weekends. Cash is easier than card.
Frau Bartels Bar on Klenzestrasse runs a green-walled Glockenbach room with sofa arrangements, a small back room and a cocktail list of moscow-mule riffs and ginger-led house drinks for a mixed twenties-to-thirties crowd.
Tip: Doors from 18:00 weeknights, 17:00 weekends. Sister bars Herr Bartels and Madam Anna Ekke are walking distance.
Trachtenvogl on Reichenbachstrasse occupies a former Lederhosen and Dirndl shop with original 1960s furnishings, a mid-room bar and a daytime cafe role that flips to a DJ-led evening room for the Glockenbach.
Tip: Card payments only; outdoor seating in the warm months. The kitchen runs until 21:00 most nights.
The Shamrock has run a Schwabing Irish pub for decades with karaoke, live bands, comedy and a Thursday pub quiz, plus a Friday and Saturday late-night karaoke that pulls a packed room until 02:00.
Tip: Closed Sundays and Mondays. Karaoke nights run Friday and Saturday late; show up early for the slot list.