Rose

We are going to be in Munich 1 night and would like to find a nice authentic place to eat -reasonable and local fare.

Joe Ferris

There is a great dining hall in the old town hall in the Marienplatz. If you really want some atmosphere, the Hundkugel is the oldest restaurant in Munich. Not fantastic food, but very interesting. This restaurant is just off the Marienplatz also.

Al

I agree: the rathskellar in the basement of the town hall is quite good. For a drink, try the weinstube in the Residenz, a couple blocks north of Marienplatz. Superb: Dallmayr, Dienerstrasse 14. Their attached delicatessen is incredible. Several breweries have good restaurants in central Munich: Spaten, Pschorr, Augustiner, Hacker. I have never been a fan of the famous Hofbrauhaus: enormous, rowdy, noisy, great beer but not good for dining. A sight to see, but too rough for my tastes.

alan

Hi! I agree with the suggestions except that I enjoy the Hofbrauhaus, True it can be intimidating but there are some quieter areas, such as outside in the garden or away from the main hall. If you are going to be there for a day check out the Victualmarkt, especially Nordsee restaurant. I always make it a point to visit a Nordsee whenever I'm in germany. Good reasoanbly priced seafood. enjoy alan

alan

Hi again! Re-read your message and a local specialy is called "Haxen" not quite sure of the spelling. It is the meat of an oxes hoof I believe. There are a couple of restaurants and make it. It is grilled or b-b-q'd style. Tastes MUCH better than my description of it. Tender and I can't wait to have some again alan

Moira

We found a charming little place near the Isartor. It was full of young people, students I think, as well as older folks. While it was a bit noisy, we found the vitality invigorating. We had no trouble finding a table and the place stays open late. They even had a charming clown entertaining the children. I highly recommend the "Chichen McFu" as well as the "McRib". The waiter was very slow and never did come to our table, so we ordered at the counter. Best of all, there were free napkins and straws. I beleive the restaurant is called something like "McDougal's" or "O'Donnell's".

Topper

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TiGuy

If I were going back to Munich for only one night I would not miss the Hofbrauhaus. At least go and have "Ein Mas" and if you dont like it then you can go somewhere else. I for one didn't think the food was bad either, in fact it was good. There's only so may ways to cook chicken, pork and sausages.

Patrick

I'm in Munich right now after a week in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Just logged on and decided to search Munich restaurants here and got this very old thread.

Gee, I've eaten "Haxen" a number of times, but I don't think it's an oxen hoof. It's simply knuckle of pork, not unlike a roasted lamb shank, for example, but yes they are great.

For what it's worth, we arrived before noon today and started down the street and spotted Augustiner Keller -- so stopped there for lunch -- great plate of a variety of sausages with sauerkraut and whipped potatoes and great dark (Dunkel) beer -- my favorite. But it was busy outside and the guy told us where to sit -- with a woman by herself, and he even put our menus on the table. We sat down, this sour German woman looked up at us and said, "You can't ask if I mind if you sit here?" I said I was very sorry, but the man told us to sit there so we did -- she then muttered something about Americans half under her breath. I politely apologized again saying I was sorry I didn't understand the custom, then thanked her politely for making us feel welcome in her city, and we moved to another table.

Bootman4U

Patrick, you just HAD to get the last word in, didn't you? Sad......

Patrick

Yes, I guess so, Bootman, but we can't all be as perfect as you. Sorry. I'm sure I'm the only person in the world rude enough to "thank" her.

ira

Hey Patrick,

You were quite right to say "danke" and move away.

Miss Manners

Peep

Hey Patrick! Welcome to Munich!! Sorry you had to experience a crabby, bitter German woman. Honestly, people around here aren't anti-American (any more than anywhere else). If you want any big scoop on the area, feel free to send me an email at [email protected]
Enjoy your stay here!

jazzyguy

I ate at the Spaten Haus just about every night when I was in Munich. It's about as real Bavarian as you can get and all locals eating there. Huge portions, good prices and outstanding beer.
It was about a 10 minute walk from the Kempinski hotel and right across from the opera house.

LN

Patrick:

Please let us know about your trip when you return. Max and I are trying to get there this fall and somehow we've just never gotten to Germany. I know it's hard to believe that Max hasn't gotten to Germany, BUT!!!

You've always been such a great help with Florida, and especially Naples, questions - I'm eager to listen to your report.
Thanks

Patrick

I'm traveling with laptop for the first time and experiencing a lot of problems logging on in hotels -- even the modern ones with modem connections, etc. Now at Munich LeMeridien, which is different. A great system of direct access for my laptop, done partly by using the remote on the huge wall hung plasma TV in the room. Anyway, will eventually get around to posting reports on all this trip -- after we return in early August.

Peep, thanks for the offer. I will email you, but for the benefit of others, would appreciate it if you posted here as well.

We spent the afternoon at Nymphenburg, seeing the palace, the carriage museum, and the Amalienburg and Badenburg palaces as well. We've been on a Ludwig II binge, seeing Neuschwanstein, Hohenshwangau, Linderhof, and Herrenchiemsee. Also saw Ludwig II, the musical, which I highly recommend as well as doing the backstage tour. Although only in German, I got a lot out of it, and they even showed how they hide the huge lake in the stage, and how the 160 foot turntable stage works. Very interesting.

Had dinner tonight at Lowenbrau biergarten. It was nice being outside, what a pleasant evening, and certainly a much quieter atmosphere than my experience with Oktoberfest or the Hofbrau -- which were also fun.

Looking mainly for a couple of places for dinner that aren't of the Schwinebraten, haxen, wurst variety. Not an elaborate place and no formal dining -- just something good and different.

We got three day passes so transport isn't much of an issue.

By the way, part of this stop in Munich was for my partner's long planned tour through the BMW factory on his birthday this Monday. Sadly, I guess the plant is still closed down due to the parts manufacturing strikes elsewhere, so guess that is out.

maryanne1

I can't say enough good things about the Le Meridien Hotel(just mentioned above) and leading up to the restaurant that we found more convenient from there and enjoyed was at the top floor of Hertie's Department Store around the corner from the Le Meridien Our first night was at the Rath Skellar which we enjoyed.

Patrick

I agree about Le Meridien. Last time we were in Munich we stayed at Platzl, a nice atmospheric hotel. But this year when I checked I couldn't get a room for under 200 euro there, so we decided to abandon my usual requirement of avoiding "American" style hotels in favor of more atmosphere and booked here at a special internet rate of 135 euro. We arrived at 10:35 in the morning expecting to leave our luggage and go out walking, but they had a room ready for us -- on the top (9th) floor -- a huge delux room with wonderful amenities, and both a full size tub and a walk in shower. We have the big screen plasma TV and the internet service mentioned above (without a laptop, you can also do internet through their provided keyboard that ties into the TV). The beds are huge and comfortable and we have both a large desk/work station and a somewhat separate sitting area with comfortable lounge chair and ottoman. The hotel is beautifully (but modern) furnished. It is a splendid hotel and the people couldn't be nicer!!! Maybe it's my age, but I'm beginning to appreciate the comforts of such a hotel at times instead of always seeking the "atmospheric", which somehow often seems to come with tiny rooms, uncomfortable beds, showers that are too small or don't really work, etc, etc. Well, this trip will include much of both types of hotels.

maryanne1

Another great for the Le Meridien! The staff is so helpful. Especially I must mention the concierge, Carlos Serrano, who helped us with every place we wanted to travel to in and around Munich up to Rohenburg(storing our luggage until we returned the next day) to getting on the right transportation whether it was a tram, bus, or train. Many trips plus transpo could be booked right in the hotel. We left the hotel to be gone to Vienna, Salzburg, Prague and Budapest for 13 days. Back to the Le Meridien for our last night before taking the flight back to the US. We felt this hotel became our second home as even the belboy welcomed us back.
Everything about the rooms as mentioned above is so convenient and comfortable. Everytime we came in and out we would request the same room on the 6th floor. The other thing that makes this hotel so desirable is its location when you are taking trains and subways being just across the street from the train station. The only other hotel on our travels that could even compare with the Le Meridien was the newer Hilton(West End) in Budapest which has a huge shopping Mall behind the hotel. Definitely these newer hotels have more to offer.

maryanne1

Rose, back to what you originally asked. Herties is a cafeteria style restaurant with different type of food in each section-not a long line type of cafeteria. Here you can spend as much or as little as you wish. My first experience with having certain food weighed at checkout depending on the size of your serving. Also a good Italian restaurant down from the Le Meridien on the same side of the street. Not sure of the name. Looks like a pizza place out front,but serves other foods (Italian) in the back where the restaurant is.