Outdoor seating cafés in Munich

Gardens by the Isar and in the parks

Café Isarlust, the café of the Alpine Museum on the Praterinsel, has a garden and terrace under old chestnut trees close to the river, with home-baked cake and quiche; inside there is a reading lounge for rainy days. It is open from 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday to Sunday.³

In the Englischer Garten, kiosks such as the Milchhäusl and Fräulein Grüneis sell coffee to take onto the lawns.⁴ The Chinesischer Turm, built around 1790 in the style of an Asian pagoda and rebuilt after the Second World War, is the park's landmark, with a beer garden at its foot.¹⁴

The Grünspitz in Giesing

The Giesinger Grünspitz on Tegernseer Landstraße was a car dealer's lot until the city bought it in 2014. Under the Soziale Stadt program it became a neighborhood project with raised beds, art and a kiosk.⁵

In October 2024 the city began enlarging the square by about 380 square meters to some 1,300; the old chestnut trees stay, and a wide stairway with seating decks faces the Martin-Luther-Straße crossing.⁵ The Kiosk am Grünspitz sits at Tegernseer Landstraße 104.

Squares, streets and terraces

Tambosi's terrace toward the Feldherrnhalle works on a first-come basis, while its tables in the Hofgarten can be reserved.⁶ On the Gärtnerplatz, the benches round the flower beds serve as cinema seats, and on Reichenbachstraße people sit on small stools outside the shops with a cup in hand.⁷

The Maxvorstadt has the most cafés with outside tables, ahead of the Glockenbachviertel and the Altstadt. Café Josefina on Augustenstraße opens at 07:30 on weekdays, Joon on Theresienstraße daily at 09:00, and the Gartensalon on Türkenstraße only at weekends.

In the Glockenbachviertel, Vollaths at Thalkirchner Straße 1 serves outside from 08:00, and Kustermann on Lindwurmstraße from 09:00 every day. In the old town, Café Saanu on Damenstiftstraße and French Touch Pâtisserie on Brunnstraße both have outdoor tables.

How late the terraces stay open

From April to September the city may allow outdoor tables until midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of public holidays, unless building law stands in the way. The longer hours do not apply to inner courtyards, and rear areas that reach behind a building are judged case by case.²

In practice most terrace cafés close well before that: Café Josefina at 19:00, Vollaths at 22:00, and Bar Rosso on Karlsplatz at 22:00 from Monday to Saturday.