Sub on Mullerstrasse runs as Munich's gay and queer community centre with a cafe-bar on the ground floor, exhibition walls for local artists and a steady programme of readings, concerts and counselling.
Tip: More community room than club; the bar is the place to start the night before walking to Ochsengarten or Prosecco.
Address: Muellerstrasse 14, 80469 Munich
SPIN opened on Theklastrasse in November 2025 as Munich's first jazz-kissa listening bar, with a floor-to-ceiling wall holding up to 2,000 records, restored 1975 JBL 4341 studio monitors and artisanal sake on the menu.
Tip: Conversation is kept low; arrive between sides. Free entry to Goldener Reiter next door for SPIN guests.
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.
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.