Couch Club ★ 4.3
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GlockenbachviertelTue-Thu 19:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 19:00-03:00
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.
TipSpanish-style Gin and Tonic in a large goblet is the house pour. Tastings (around 55 euro) run twice yearly; book ahead.
Theresa Bar ★ 4.4
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MaxvorstadtTue-Sat 19:00-01:00, closed Sun-Mon
Theresa Bar tucks into a rear courtyard on Theresienstrasse in Maxvorstadt, with custom 1960s-inspired furnishings from seven elohim, a small counter.
TipEntry through the rear courtyard; the bar is hard to spot from the street. Book for groups over four.
Schelling-Salon ★ 4.0
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MaxvorstadtMon and Thu-Sat 10:00-01:00, Sun 10:00-23:00, closed Tue-Wed
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.
TipClosed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Pool tables charge around 5 euro an hour; cash is easier than card.
Holy Home ★ 4.1
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GlockenbachviertelMon-Wed and Sun 18:00-01:30, Thu 18:00-02:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-03:30
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.
TipTiny room; reservations recommended after 22:00 on weekends. Cash is easier than card.
Frau Bartels Bar ★ 4.0
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GlockenbachviertelMon-Thu 18:00 to late, Fri-Sat 17:00 to late
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.
TipDoors from 18:00 weeknights, 17:00 weekends. Sister bars Herr Bartels and Madam Anna Ekke are walking distance.
Trachtenvogl ★ 4.0
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GlockenbachviertelDaily 09:00-22:00
Trachtenvogl on Reichenbachstrasse occupies a former Lederhosen and Dirndl shop with original 1960s furnishings, a mid-room bar and a daytime cafe role.
TipCard payments only; outdoor seating in the warm months. The kitchen runs until 21:00 most nights.