Breakfast recommendations in Munich - train station or Old Center

The breakfast at Hotel Lux is excellent! Cooked to order and the manager does it herself. Sooooo good! She served it to us (3 women) family style at our table and everything was excellent, including the cappuccinos. The hotel itself is wonderful too.

The train station is a huge construction site and not a pleasant place for breakfast. And if you want the same wide selection as in a hotel, you won't save anything at all in a bakery or café.

What time are you thinking of for breakfast? The problem is, many cafes do not open until 9 or 10, so if you do some searching and rule those out, the list is pretty slim. You will be able to find some coffee and bread or pastry at a bakery, which is plenty for me right away. If you need a bit more, then make another stop at a cafe. My favorite Munich breakfast is at Schneider-Weisse Brauhaus, opens at 9, and you can get the classic Munich mid-morning nosh...a few Weisswursts in broth, Pretzels, mustard, and a tall Hefeweizen beer. They do offer some more usual breakfast fare.

Sla019 has it right. An entire wall is missing from the train station and it is cold, not a pleasant place at all. The attached underground shopping area has some fast food choices but no real sit down dining. German breakfast at a hotel is worth every euro.

I'd recommend booking a hotel that includes breakfast. I've stayed at a couple of hotels in Munich that provided an excellent breakfast. I find that it's more efficient to get breakfast in the hotel, go back to the room and get organized before heading out for the day's touring.

I'd recommend booking a hotel that includes breakfast. ...I find that
it's more efficient to get breakfast in the hotel, go back to the room
and get organized before heading out for the day's touring.

I generally feel the same way about the efficiency, but unfortunately Munich hotels have discovered the airline disease of "unbundling", i.e. separating out extras, so they can show a low room price (without a lot of profit) and then make their profit by adding those things back at a high price.

I think 19.99€ ($21.50) for breakfast (Lux) is a bit high; a lot of hotel breakfast are even more.

Last time I stayed in Munich, between Karlsplatz and Sendlinger Tor, we found a nice little breakfast place with great pastries, Woerner's Cafe, near Sendlinger Tor. I think we went there almost every morning for a second breakfast. There is also a Woerner's in Marienplatz, to the left of the Rathaus, at the NW corner of the Platz, on Weinstrasse. I would definitely recommend it. It opens at 8 AM on workdays.

Honestly, I'd go for the hotel breakfast for most of the time.I thought most Munich hotel breakfasts were adequate and they have basically everything. Eggs, fruit, meat, cheese, pastry, breads, etc.
The Munich train station is a mess right now and the underground mall basically has your fast-breakfast options. I wouldn't consider them fun.

Lee--Have you had breakfast at the Lux? It was very good, and she made whatever we wanted. She served it family style for the 3 of us, but asked first which was fine with us. The cappuccino's were excellent as well.

I would investigate going to the Viktualienmarkt. If you want sit-down, there is at least one cafe off to the side, plus, Eataly is across the street. I have always enjoyed strolling through and eating at the Viktualienmarkt.

I'm going to third the recommendations to avoid the train station unfortunately. It was cold and dirty and windy, and it was only by accident (no signs) that we discovered there is an entire mall of shops and eateries downstairs. But as noted, they are all designed for takeaway nowhere especially nice to sit down (except Mickey D's).