Munich

Shana
You might like a recent post of mine about things to do and where to eat in Munich. See https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/germany/first-time-visit-to-munich-germany-where-to-stay-near-sights
A couple other suggestions for traditional Bavarian food are Altes Hackerhaus (right in the old town between Marienplatz and Sendlinger Tor) and Hofbräu Keller (not the Hofbräuhaus, but just east of the river on Wienerplatz). Altes Hackerhaus has delicious, crispy-on-the-outside and melt-in-your mouth pork knuckle „Schweinshaxe“) and Hofbräu Keller does a lovely roast duck. And neither place will break the bank.
If you find yourself up by the university near the Schwabing neighborhood, stop in the White Rose (“Weiße Rose”) museum on Geschwister Schollplatz.
Not nearly enough Americans know about the white rose Nazi resistance movement and two of its most well-known victims, brother and sister, Hans and Sophie Scholl. You can visit the museum and their memorial in 30 minutes or less.

Weissewurst before noon; remember that.

I think everyone should see Dachau, it's something that stays with you. And when some ignorant idiot starts comparing someone or something to the Nazi's you can get grasp on just how inane they really are. But if you spend the rest of the day in a beer garden I'll understand.

Munich is not a city you can get a good feel for in a couple weeks, let alone 3-4 days. There's just so much...I really like it. I used to spend a lot of weekends there. I had good friends who lived there. I still go back.

Go up by the University and visit one of the art museums.
Walk the English Gardens.
Visit the Deutsches Museum. It's one the world great museums.
Find a jazz cellar and sit awhile.
See the Residence and Nymphenburg.
Watch the Glockenspiel at 1100.
Catch a concert or play at the State Opera.
Go where most tourist don't and visit Schloss Fürstenried.
Visit the Hunting and Fishing museum (am I the only person who's ever done that?)
Go to the Planetarium.
Go antique hunting north of Oskar von Muller Ring.

Have a good time.

I second the Weisses Rose Museum. My wife and I visited it last fall for about an hour. Kinda like Dachau, we felt like we needed to see it. Especially these days, more people should visit these sites. There is also a Jewish History Museum within walking distance of the Am Markt (good choice for your hotel, by the way). In May, the weather should be nice enough for a visit to the English Garden and a meal at the outside beer garden. You could actually walk to the English Garden from the Weisses Rose. Good wurst haus next to your hotel for a lunch.

I hiked to the Chinese Tower in the English Garden. The tower is next to some kind of restaurant or beer garden with a lot of outdoor seating. I swiftly hiked away because there was a horrible stench of cigarette smoke in the area.

In the Munch residenz museum, there is one right way to go through the museum. They don't let you go backwards on your tour. If you skip ahead to use the bathroom, they don't let you go back to continue your tour from where you left off. If you go back to the entrance after skipping ahead, they don't let you re-enter on the same day.

I did not eat restaurant food even once in my 15 night trip. I spent 5 night in in Munich and then moved on to other towns. The money I might have saved is just a coincidence. The vast majority of restaurant food is made with salt, oil or added fat, and/or sugar or less commonly other sweeteners. I didn't have to go far out of the way to find grocery stores that had an adequate selection. Three 3 of the 5 places I stayed at were apartments that had a stove and a little but well-equipped kitchen.

I went to Dachau concentration camp. Victims were supposed to suffer and die at the camp but it wasn't one of the 6 nazi gassing centers, but be sure to walk far enough to see the bath house that the nazis renovated into a gassing facility near the end, intending to gas the remaining prisoners, but the camp was liberated just in time so there weren't gassings.

The Egypt museum occupied me for almost 3 hours.

I didn't end up fitting in the Nazi documation center but I had done some background reading.

I adequately toured the Nymphenberg palace and property even though I doubted I would make time for it.

Augustiner-Keller across the street from hauptbahnof had great food and beer.

Any restaurant recommendations? Or other advice.

https://paulaner-nockherberg.com/en/ is my favorite restaurant in Munich. I suggest a reservation for inside rather than the beer garden.

Rick's audio tour is a great way to get a feel for central Munich.

For restaurants, definitely find your way to Andy's Krablergarten right in Munich for the very best schnitzel, which is seriously bigger than your plate! They do not take reservations and are CASH only, but so worth it! A fellow traveler recommended it. Also Augustiner Klausterwirt in the city center. This location was recommended by our AirBnB host and had the best rich dark beer gravy!

Shana,

I always make it a point to stop at this restaurant at least once on every visit to Munich - https://www.opatija-easy.de/menu/ . The food has always been good. As I recall they have (or had) two branches, and I go to the one closest to the Hofbräuhaus.

Too funny. I am not sure if my wife has forgiven me for the Hunting and Fishing museum yet? I certainly enjoyed it, but she was clearly not getting into the true spirit of it. The good news it is never crowded and it is possible to scoot through fairly quickly, if you don't get caught up in the details, There are some very interesting things displayed.....
I would have been interested in the White Rose and regret not doing more thorough research.
If you are dithering about Dachau, don't. Just go there and stand in its stark reality and absorb what it is.
Imagine the daily trains delivering families to its confines. Consider the striation of "sins" that could land you there.
Disappeared to Dachau, with no hope for return. Lessons for us to learn and never forget.

Re: White Rose, there is a website:
https://www.weisse-rose-stiftung.de/white-rose-resistance-group/

Don't know the connection to the Museum. And there is another site:

https://www.weisse-rose-stiftung.de/white-rose-foundation/

you can leave a white rose at the bust of Sophie Scholl in the 'Lichthof'.

I will do that, thank you for the info.

The Hofbrauhaus might be touristy to the max, but it's enormous fun, and reasonably priced IMO. Loved the oompah band and the "house table" filled with a cohort of patrons who seemingly never leave.

Yes, we are all supposed to hate the Hofbrau house, but I also love it. Get there outside of the normal hours. Early or late you will find tables with locals enjoying a few beers. The beer is good. If you can chat in German, this can be a total hoot. I learned the hard way that there is a limit to how many of those monster beers I should drink, but only after walking into a pillar on the way out.
The band is outstanding. The tuba player is amazing, truly. He can play at least 6 octaves......
With it under your belt, visit the other beer gardens and halls and compare the experiences. Draw your own conclusions.