Your favorite stalls/things to do at Viktualienmarkt?

SCHLEMMEN AM MARKT is a fantastic stand for wursts; they have benches where you can sit after your order is filled. I could have eaten there very day during our 5 day visit last September!! I ate there a few times; there was usually a line but it moves fast and staff are super kind and helpful.

There is a really cool shop for a bit of everything near there; KUSTERMANN

And of course, Rimowa is very close, and very tempting, as the prices are great and you get the refund if you re from out of the EU.

I would time my visiting Viktualienmarkt to be around lunch time since the big Biergarten there is well worth a lunch. The main problem is that it's almost crowded to super crowded .

If not for lunch, Viktualienmarkt is interesting to explore and a place to take an afternoon coffee break

I actually most enjoyed the flower shops at the south end of Viktualienmarkt. Gorgeous products.

Apart from the fact that I sometimes buy fruit, vegetables, cheese, fish and most of my meat (organic from Herrmannsdorfer on the side of the market) there, I really like the following stalls:

• Caspar Plautz Potatos - There is always a delicious dish of the day, which of course has to do with potatoes
• Marinas Sandwiches - The long queue already shows it ... the sandwiches are fantastic
• Lea Zapf Patisserie - Lea bakes small delicacies in the small stall. No meal at the Viktualienmarkt without a dessert from Lea - next time Fred :-)
• Pickle - For as long as I can remember, there have been pickles on this corner. And it's not uncommon for me to buy one to eat right away. Even as a child with my grandmother, it was like that.
• Fish Witte - Here I not only buy fresh fish, but also a fish sandwich
• Horse Butcher - The horse meat is too sweet for me, but maybe you are brave enough to try it

Like Fred, I like sitting in the beer garden. However, I almost prefer buying something from a stall and then eating it in the beer garden. Don't forget, drinks must be purchased at the beer garden.

I can't recommend any other meat or sausage, as I hardly ever eat it. If I do, it's from Herrmannsdorfer.

Now I almost forgot the Cafe Frischhut - a freshly baked Schmalznudel (fried pastry dusted with sugar) is always good

Schmalznudel

Thank you all for such quick and thoughtful replies! Mignon, you especially piqued my interest. This has gone from a quick walk through with snack in hand to a place I could see spending hours perusing and enjoying.

Crowds don’t bother me much as it adds to great people watching but I do have to prepare myself to get into that mindset so I appreciate the heads up, Fred!

ekscrunchy - love the Rimowa comment! Ha! I came with only a 45L backpack so that is tempting indeed!

jphbucks, the flowers sound lovely & I can hardly wait to enjoy.

I was looking forward to this before but more like a casual observer. Now, I’m really excited to go and participate and experience. Thank you!

Oh! Forgot to thank you, Mignon, for saying that drinks need to be bought in the beer garden. I don’t want to commit a party foul or have my ignorance delaying others so I appreciate you mentioning that.

for saying that drinks need to be bought in the beer garden

Yes, that's typical for Munich beer gardens. Drinks are purchased there, and food can be brought. However, only at tables without tablecloths.

Unfortunately, every table in front of a restaurant is now called a beer garden. But with the exception of the beer garden at Viktualienmarkt, real Munich beer gardens are usually large areas shaded by trees. Furthermore, they belong to one brewery - so you can't try different beers from other breweries. That's only possible at Viktualienmarkt, because all Munich breweries share the beer garden. So this week one brewery will be serving, and the next week another.

You should definitely visit one of the large beer gardens, because nothing is more Munich than that. https://www.munich.travel/en/topics/eat-drink/overview-beer-garden

And of course you can also buy other drinks than beer :-) My favorite is the beer garden at the Wiener Platz.
I like going there after work in the summer - either with colleagues or with family. Sometimes we bring food, sometimes we buy something to eat from the stalls. There are also tables where the waitress brings the food directly from the restaurant.