Restaurant Recommendations - Munich

So you are looking for fun fast food. I had fun at FRITTENWERK, which has locations all around the country and one near the Munich-Pasing train station:

https://frittenwerk.com/

But honestly - have you ever given German cuisine a go? Sadly, San Diego doesn't offer it much - we used to head to Kaiserhof just off I-8 in the La Mesa area - maybe it's not there anymore, not sure - and it was OK, but we always include a couple of good German meals when we visit Germany. Wouldn't be Germany without that!

Thanks so much! Not necessarily fast food, but not opposed to it. I will check that out. We definitely plan to eat lots of German food! It's just that you can only eat so much of it. We'll be in Germany a total of around 2 weeks. And in order to keep hubby happy I need to give him some of his "go to" eats. Thanks!

PS: The Kaiserhof location in La Mesa closed (I live in El Cajon!). The Ocean Beach location is still open, but strangely, I've never eaten there!

If you are in the Marienplatz and walk west toward the Frauenkirche, walk around and behind that church. There will be some nice outdoor restaurants. But around a bit more, you can see a combined Irish Pub/Australian Pub. Really. Both are downstairs. Check out both. We were in the Aussie Pub side, and the giant wide screen TV had......... The Chicago Bears playing Miami! And they were playing in London, even. And the pub was full of Bears fans wearing Bears jerseys. It was very loud and fun. And, WE WON! (Da Bears, that is).

Also, the Englisher Garten is a very pleasant walk and outdoor eating (und trinken). You would want to take the U-Bahn to the nearest stop, I think it was Sigestor.

First of all you need to understand that a pizza anywhere in Europe is totally different than a pizza in the USA, and they vary even more by country and culture. The Flamm torte of the Alsace and the German Rhineland is nothing like the pie you'd be served in Munich, or Milan, or even Berlin. So please advise your husband that he'll need to embrace change. Search "pizza" on Google maps and you'll have dozens of choices.

Hamburgers have become somewhat universal, but they will look, and taste quite different, as the ingredients are not the same as those used stateside. You will find them included in a lot of "German" menus, but not in fast food type places. These are strictly "sit down" meals, and in many places it's considered rude to eat them as "finger food".

You will find that there are a number of the American fast food outlets in Munich. McDonalds has a location just down from the Rathaus. The menu is mostly the same as in the US. Burger King, Pizza Hut, Hard Rock Cafe, Starbucks, etc.; these moved in decades ago. Personally I avoid them, as I find I prefer the regional cuisine, but they are not hard to find.

Imbiss is the word for snack stand, and you'll find them all over Germany. In many places they're actual trailers, but in most of the cities they've become bricks and mortar locations. Turkish, Greek, Asian, and a number of other cultures also have versions of fast food locations everywhere. If you like grilled meat try a donor, or a durum if you prefer a wrap to a bun.

If you stand at the mentioned Micky D's and look across the street to the left you'll see G.Schneider & Sohn. Eat there. Better than the Hofbrauhaus and almost any other tourist place I can think of. Tell the husband it's a craft brewhouse (they've been brewing their own for over 100 years.) If that doesn't work Google Augustiner beer garden. If that's too foreign, Lowenbrau also has a very nice beer garden north of the old town center.

One night when we were in Munich we went to Scholar Lounge - it was on a side street not too far from Marienplatz if I remember correctly. It's an Irish pub so it was a good break from German food, and we could watch some sports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSQ31U5aqk

We just got back from Germany. Rick’s guidebook is heavy on German food because….well, because it’s Germany. There are McDonalds and Burger King’s every where, even Five Guys and people eat the burgers with their hands. We didn’t look for burgers in Munich but Berlin had wonderful smash burger restaurants. And there’s lots of pizza at restaurants especially in the outdoor cafes and the pizza is not much different than here, red sauce, mozzarella cheese and choice of toppings. I don’t think you’ll have a problem finding “American” type food but do try the local street specialties like a Doner kebab. If you’re into meat and potatoes, the large veal meatballs with gravy and roasted potatoes are really good but probably more midwest than California type food.