Guidebook for Munich
Food Scene
Typical Bavarian Restaurant and hang-out for the locals. Cheap compared to inner city restaurants.
32 locals recommend
Sendlinger Augustiner
24 AlramstraßeTypical Bavarian Restaurant and hang-out for the locals. Cheap compared to inner city restaurants.
Tiny Lebanese Diner with very tasty "Manouche" - something like Lebanese pizza.
23 locals recommend
Manouche
19 ValleystraßeTiny Lebanese Diner with very tasty "Manouche" - something like Lebanese pizza.
Hangout of the traders of neighbouring fruit & vegetable wholesale market. Already bustling in the early morning hours (7am - 5pm). Typical Bavarian dishes. Best "Weißwurst" (boiled sausages) in town!
18 locals recommend
Gaststätte Großmarkthalle
13 KochelseestraßeHangout of the traders of neighbouring fruit & vegetable wholesale market. Already bustling in the early morning hours (7am - 5pm). Typical Bavarian dishes. Best "Weißwurst" (boiled sausages) in town!
Down to earth café right in the center of the old village of Sendling. Wide selection of cakes. Cheap lunch menu and good breakfast. Quiet terrace in the backyard.
10 locals recommend
Cafe Schuntner
10 PlinganserstraßeDown to earth café right in the center of the old village of Sendling. Wide selection of cakes. Cheap lunch menu and good breakfast. Quiet terrace in the backyard.
Famous for its beer garden in the middle of the Isar meadows (Flaucher). Bavarian live music during weekends. 20minute walk from my home.
76 locals recommend
Zum Flaucher Biergarten
8 IsarauenFamous for its beer garden in the middle of the Isar meadows (Flaucher). Bavarian live music during weekends. 20minute walk from my home.
Small Vietnamese Restaurant with modest interiors but excellent food.
28 locals recommend
Ninh Restaurant
27 AlramstraßeSmall Vietnamese Restaurant with modest interiors but excellent food.
Café in the center of a very nice neighbourhood ("Dreimühlenviertel") with a number of bars, restaurants and cafés right next to eachother.
23 locals recommend
Café Zimt
9 EhrengutstraßeCafé in the center of a very nice neighbourhood ("Dreimühlenviertel") with a number of bars, restaurants and cafés right next to eachother.
Popular restaurant serving Spanish Food. Good quality, fair prices.
26 locals recommend
Centro Espanol
20 DaiserstraßePopular restaurant serving Spanish Food. Good quality, fair prices.
Café / Restaurant right in the heart of the old village of Sendling, situated in an old farm house ("Stemmerhof") that was still in use right into the 1990s (hard to imagine nowadays). Today the old farm houses small shops and diners, right opposite the old village church. Tip: There's a terrace in an inner courtyard on the far end of the restaurant, that is much quieter than the one in front of the restaurant. It serves international / mediterranean as well as Bavarian food.
10 locals recommend
NEO - Feel Good Grill & Bar
6 PlinganserstraßeCafé / Restaurant right in the heart of the old village of Sendling, situated in an old farm house ("Stemmerhof") that was still in use right into the 1990s (hard to imagine nowadays). Today the old farm houses small shops and diners, right opposite the old village church. Tip: There's a terrace in an inner courtyard on the far end of the restaurant, that is much quieter than the one in front of the restaurant. It serves international / mediterranean as well as Bavarian food.
Huế House Restaurant - Vietnamese Cuisine
31 OberländerstraßeSmall and cosy Vietnamese restaurant.
If you've had enough of the city and yearn for some scenic landscape, simply head for Tegernsee, a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains. You can get there very easily by train (BOB --> see my tip "Harras") in 50 minutes. Gut Kaltenbrunn is a restaurant overlooking the lake. It's a bit up-market and draws a rather well-off crowd. But in fact it's not too expensive and the view is simply breathtaking. Get off the train at Gmund. From the station it's a scenic 15min walk through the village and along the lake.
17 locals recommend
Gut Kaltenbrunn by Käfer
1 KaltenbrunnIf you've had enough of the city and yearn for some scenic landscape, simply head for Tegernsee, a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains. You can get there very easily by train (BOB --> see my tip "Harras") in 50 minutes. Gut Kaltenbrunn is a restaurant overlooking the lake. It's a bit up-market and draws a rather well-off crowd. But in fact it's not too expensive and the view is simply breathtaking. Get off the train at Gmund. From the station it's a scenic 15min walk through the village and along the lake.
Essentials
Small discount super market, 5min walk. Not nice, but cheap. If you look for more choice go to EDEKA or REWE.
26 locals recommend
PENNY
27 ImplerstraßeSmall discount super market, 5min walk. Not nice, but cheap. If you look for more choice go to EDEKA or REWE.
EDEKA
17 ImplerstraßeHuge supermarket, but more expensive than Penny Markt. 10min walk.
Big supermarket. Wider choice than PENNY Markt, but more expensive. 10min walk.
238 locals recommend
REWE
74-78 GeorgenstraßeBig supermarket. Wider choice than PENNY Markt, but more expensive. 10min walk.
Closest chemist's shop / drugstore (German equivalent to Boots). U Harras.
106 locals recommend
dm-drogerie markt
72 Boschetsrieder Str.Closest chemist's shop / drugstore (German equivalent to Boots). U Harras.
Closest chemist's shop / drugstore (German equivalent to Boots)” (U Goetheplatz)
106 locals recommend
dm-drogerie markt
72 Boschetsrieder Str.Closest chemist's shop / drugstore (German equivalent to Boots)” (U Goetheplatz)
Drinks & Nightlife
Cosy bar, 10min walk away. Good drinks and a tiny dinner menu (try the hot chocolate cake - simply delicious!).
15 locals recommend
Vesperia
4 SchmellerstraßeCosy bar, 10min walk away. Good drinks and a tiny dinner menu (try the hot chocolate cake - simply delicious!).
Sightseeing
"Flaucher" is an area where the river Isar splits into a number of small streams an islands with pebble stone banks. Very popular among barbecue and sun worshippers. 20min walk from my home.
71 locals recommend
Flauchersteg
"Flaucher" is an area where the river Isar splits into a number of small streams an islands with pebble stone banks. Very popular among barbecue and sun worshippers. 20min walk from my home.
The monumental Bavaria statue sits on top of a small hill overlooking the vast "Thereseinwiese", site of the famous Oktoberfest, but also of the "Tollwood" summer and winter festivals. Without the festivals Theresienwiese is a relatively grey and dusty place. But the Bavaria statue is a good place to bring a bottle of beer and take in the view of the city.
88 locals recommend
Bavaria Statue
16 TheresienhöheThe monumental Bavaria statue sits on top of a small hill overlooking the vast "Thereseinwiese", site of the famous Oktoberfest, but also of the "Tollwood" summer and winter festivals. Without the festivals Theresienwiese is a relatively grey and dusty place. But the Bavaria statue is a good place to bring a bottle of beer and take in the view of the city.
Shopping
Bienen-Apotheke Sendling
26 ImplerstraßeClosest pharmacy
Closest bakery. Slightly better and more expensive option: Hofpfisterei, also on Implerstraße.
58 locals recommend
Private bakery Wimmer GmbH & Co. KG
10 IckstattstraßeClosest bakery. Slightly better and more expensive option: Hofpfisterei, also on Implerstraße.
Very good bakery, selling organic bread, buns etc.
83 locals recommend
Ludwig Stocker Hofpfisterei GmbH
48 Tegernseer LandstraßeVery good bakery, selling organic bread, buns etc.
Entertainment & Activities
Open-air cinema from June to August. Films are predominantly in German. With the cinema comes a very nice beer garden with a less traditional, rather alternative character in the heart of Munich's graffiti spotlight. (You rather get a falafel instead of Bavarian pork roast.) Very relaxed, rather young crowd. Deck chairs and open fires give it a cosy atmosphere at night. Opening times: Weekdays from 6pm, weekends from 2pm
22 locals recommend
Viehhof-Kino Open-Air-Kultur-Festival
29 TumblingerstraßeOpen-air cinema from June to August. Films are predominantly in German. With the cinema comes a very nice beer garden with a less traditional, rather alternative character in the heart of Munich's graffiti spotlight. (You rather get a falafel instead of Bavarian pork roast.) Very relaxed, rather young crowd. Deck chairs and open fires give it a cosy atmosphere at night. Opening times: Weekdays from 6pm, weekends from 2pm