Where to Eat in Munich: Beer Gardens, Beer Halls and Bavarian Classics

Eat your first Bavarian meal in a beer garden or a beer hall, and learn the Biergarten rules before you queue. Of the 18 guides Roam Munich read, in English, German, French and Spanish, nine name the Augustiner-Keller and nine name the beer garden at the Chinese Tower. Hirschgarten, Hofbräuhaus and the Viktualienmarkt garden follow with seven each. The hours below come from each place’s own page, not from the guides, so check them on the day.

The list is shorter than a typical top 50, on purpose. A pick named by only two or three guides sits in the last section, and one named by a single guide is left out. For what’s on during your dates, open the events page or the map, and see live music for gigs.

The short list

How a Biergarten works

Recommended by 7 of 18 guides read.

Seven guides explain the same system, and the tables tell you which one you’re in. A bare wooden table is the self-service area. You queue at the counters for your drink and your food, and you carry both to your seat. A table with a cloth is table service, with a menu and a waiter, and you order from the house.

In the self-service area you can bring your own Brotzeit, the cold snack of bread, cheese, radishes and the like. You still buy your drinks there. An official page confirms this for one garden, the Viktualienmarkt, and the guides say it holds at most of the big ones. Rules differ by garden, so look for a sign or ask before you unpack.

Augustiner-Keller

Recommended by 9 of 18 guides read.

The beer garden near the central station that guides name first for the beer, which is tapped from wooden barrels. Its own site puts it at Arnulfstraße 52, and on 12 November 2026 it showed the restaurant open and the beer garden closed. So in winter, book the restaurant and save the garden for spring. See the Augustiner-Keller entry.

The beer garden at the Chinese Tower

Recommended by 9 of 18 guides read.

The garden in the Englischer Garten that most guides count as the classic. It’s tied with the Augustiner-Keller for first place. Its own site gives the address as Englischer Garten 3. In dry, warm weather it opens Monday to Friday from 11:00 and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00. In cold or uncertain weather only the kiosk is open, from 12:00 every day. The same page lists a Christmas market there from 19 November to 23 December 2026. It isn’t on the Roam map yet, so look it up on the day.

Hofbräuhaus

Recommended by 7 of 18 guides read.

The best-known beer hall in the city, with a garden you can use when the weather allows. The Hofbräuhaus site gives Platzl 9, open daily from 11:00 to 24:00, with the kitchen closing at 22:00 and last drinks at 23:30. One Spanish guide calls it a safe place to relax rather than the best food in town, and that’s a fair way to think of it. Come for the hall. See the Hofbräuhaus entry.

Königlicher Hirschgarten

Recommended by 7 of 18 guides read.

The big one in the west. The Hirschgarten site lists 7,000 seats in the self-service area, 1,200 served seats outside and 500 indoors, at Hirschgarten 1. It’s open daily from 11:00 to 24:00 with the kitchen until 22:00. A Wirtshaus sits inside, so winter isn’t a write-off. The page says nothing on bringing food, and one German guide says you may. Ask at the counter. See the Hirschgarten entry.

Viktualienmarkt Biergarten

Recommended by 7 of 18 guides read.

The central choice, inside the food market. The city’s page says the market runs Monday to Saturday, with the stalls open 8:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 8:00 to 15:00 on Saturday, and that the garden’s hours depend on weather and on the restaurants. It pours beer from Munich’s six big breweries in turn, changing about every five to six weeks. You may bring a Brotzeit and buy drinks there. Market food is a good start, though the page doesn’t say you can carry stall food into the garden, so ask. See the Viktualienmarkt entry.

Waldwirtschaft Großhesselohe

Recommended by 5 of 18 guides read.

The garden to take the S-Bahn or a bike for, above the Isar on the way south. According to its site it’s at Georg-Kalb-Straße 3, the restaurant is open Wednesday to Sunday from 11:30 and closed Monday and Tuesday, and the self-service garden opens in good weather. It runs live jazz under the chestnut trees. See the Waldwirtschaft entry.

Beer halls for a rainy day

Four guides each name the Löwenbräukeller, the Hofbräukeller and the Seehaus, and four name Schneider Weisses Bräuhaus. The Löwenbräukeller’s site shows 11:00 to 23:00 Sunday to Thursday and to 23:30 on Friday and Saturday. The Hofbräukeller’s site shows the restaurant open daily from 11:00 to 23:00, kitchen until 22:00. The Weisses Bräuhaus, at Tal 7, per its site, is open daily from 9:00 to 23:30 with the warm kitchen until 22:30 and a Weisswurst breakfast from 9:00 to 12:00, with brass band music on Sundays. The Seehaus is the lakeside garden in the Englischer Garten.

Less common picks

Three guides each name Paulaner am Nockherberg, the Muffatcafé, Zum Flaucher and the Spatenhaus an der Oper. Three also name Steinheil 16, Andy’s Krablergarten, Zum Dürnbräu and the Michaeligarten, and four name the Augustiner Klosterwirt, none of which are on the map yet. For a sit-down Bavarian meal, the Wirtshaus in der Au comes from two guides and the Ratskeller from two. The map shows every beer garden and Wirtshaus Roam Munich has checked against its own page.

Eating well

• Learn bare table or cloth before you queue.
• Go to a garden on a dry day and a hall on a wet one.
• Book the Augustiner-Keller restaurant now and its garden in spring.

For the rest of the trip, see things to do in Munich, where to stay in Munich, day trips from Munich, the Oktoberfest guide and Munich travel tips, or browse the neighbourhoods.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you bring your own food to a beer garden in Munich?

Often yes, in the self-service area, and you buy your drinks there. The city’s page confirms it for the Viktualienmarkt garden. Seven of the 18 guides describe the same custom for the bigger gardens.

Which Munich beer gardens are open in winter?

Most gardens close or run short hours. The Augustiner-Keller showed its restaurant open and its garden closed on 12 November 2026. The Hirschgarten lists daily hours of 11:00 to 24:00.

Where can you eat Weisswurst for breakfast?

The Weisses Bräuhaus at Tal 7 serves a Weisswurst breakfast daily from 9:00 to 12:00, according to its own site.

Is the Hofbräuhaus open every day?

Yes. Its site shows 11:00 to 24:00 daily, with the kitchen closing at 22:00.

Places in this guide

Photos show the actual places, licensed under Creative Commons and credited to their photographers.

Paulaner am Nockherberg Au-Haidhausen Photo: Bernt Rostad Ratskeller München Altstadt Photo: thisisbossi