My husband and I will have one day and evening, (Monday, April 6), in Munich before we fly home. This is the end of our Vienna/Salzburg trip. We plan to stay in the Old Town near the central train station for ease. I think we'll take the train from Salzburg Monday morning and simply meander in the city all day. My question is if anyone has recommendations for a place for traditional food and music for an early dinner? I see the world-famous Hofbräuhaus Brewery as an option but am open to other traveler's experiences. Thank you :)
Posted by
below Canada / above Mexico
357 posts
I don't have a recommendation for a traditional food and music place for early dinner. However, after travelling in Vienna and Salzburg my wife and I stayed near the Munich main train station in Sep 2025 for 3 nights, and on the first night had an excellent dinner at a nearby restaurant. (We also did a walk-through of the Hofbräuhaus Brewery during our stay but it was not a place we would opt to dine -- it was already quite noisy in mid-afternoon.) Details about the restaurant we dined at, and more information, is in our trip report: https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/trip-report-austria-bavaria-aug-sep-2025
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
2571 posts
Munich is a city with a large number of musical students.. Depending on the weather you can often find a place in an outdoor cafe to sit and hear a team of buskers playing in the evenings. Try the Augustiner Beerhalls (there are several, I prefer the one by the hunting and fishing museum), the Lowenbraukeller, or the Spatenhaus by the Opera. For something smaller try Schneiders, across the street from the McDonalds by the Rathaus.
For a traditional lunch you must have weissewurst, and before noon.
Posted by
Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
36429 posts
have you got your hotel reservation yet?
The reason I ask is that the area around the Hauptbahnhof (Hbf) is a huge construction area and not easy to get around and not very pleasant at the moment. You might consider being a little further away. Remember that the S-Bahn links all the central Munich stations So that as long as you were close to one of them you were close to everywhere.
The same S-Bahn lines also serve the airport - S1 and S8 for the airport, a whole slew of them in the central area.