The atmosphere at the Platzl Hotel is pleasant and lively and this feeling extends into Alfons Schuhbeck's elegant Alpine restaurant. Patrick Raaß offers two menus ('Schuhbeck's Classics' and 'World of Spices'). Next door, the restaurant's own shops ..

Located close to the Platzl Hotel, this family restaurant established in 1901 continues to serve classic cuisine. Diners appreciate the reasonably priced set menus (including wine), though you have to book in advance.

It is just a short hop from the ritzy Maximilianstraße to this authentic Japanese restaurant. The menu - as characteristic as the minimalist design - offers fresh Far Eastern dishes. These include sushi, teppanyaki and 'pan-Pacific' cuisine.

Apparently just as influenced by Bangkok, Beijing and Shanghai as by his teachers in Germany, chef Simon Larese has developed his own contemporary culinary style with subtle Southeast Asian influences. The food served on the elegant gallery above the..

A separate entrance leads into this historic hostelry that started life as a ducal mill in 1573. Stylish Bavarian bar crowned by a vaulted ceiling.

While it is all hustle and bustle amid the heavily laden shelves of the delicatessen downstairs, on the first floor chef Diethard Urbansky reinvents classics dishes including calves' kidneys and pears Belle Hélène. For the perfect wine recommendation..

A cosy little restaurant in the city centre. It uses fresh, top quality produce in its ambitious Italian cuisine. The brightly coloured pictures on the walls change frequently.

This Bavarian hostelry is like something out of a picture book. People from Munich come here for the 'Kronfleisch' or skirt of beef - just one of the many specialities from the restaurant's own butchery. Squeezing together in the rustic dining areas ..

The food served in this friendly restaurant on the Viktualienmarkt is not only Bavarian but also South Tyrolean and Austrian. A look at the drinks menu is an eye-opener: it features around 100 different fruit and vegetable brandies! Secluded, covered..

Tradition and modernity are by no means mutually exclusive, as this restaurant shows. Some rooms have been updated but the lovely vaulting and lots of wood help to retain the rustic, historical feel. Hearty Bavarian and Franconian delicacies are the ..

This comfortable, chic and modern restaurant belongs to the 'Fünf Höfe' quarter of the city. Here, Karl Ederer offers international cuisine made from fresh products. There is a lovely interior courtyard.

The simple, designer-style interior gives the restaurant a typical South-East Asian touch. The team in the kitchen prepares specialities from the Land of the Rising Sun.

This personally run, quaint bar is next to the Viktualienmarkt. It is furnished with original 400 year-old wood from a south Tirolian, councilman's room.

Every studio has its own art and it is the cuisine of Steffen Mezger that takes centre stage here. The dishes are full of finesse and creativity. Such presentation needs an appropriate setting and in this case it is a dining room decorated in warm, c..