Hotel Bars in Munich
Munich's hotel bars lean on handsome rooms, music and the history of the city around them. The best hotel bars in Munich include a wood-paneled room at the Rosewood, with a piano and a library-like feel. On Maximilianstrasse, one grand hotel's bar takes its interior from the avenue outside and from the royal heritage of the Wittelsbach family, and brings in live music on Friday nights. At the Mandarin Oriental, the bar counts itself among Champagne Krug's Ambassade bars. The Rosewood takes reservations only from hotel guests and for groups of more than eight. These are the bars we would start with.
- Bar MontezHotel Bar
Bar Montez
The bar of the Rosewood Munich, in a former state bank and palace on Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse. Named after Lola Montez, the dancer whose affair with Ludwig I cost him his crown, and furnished to match: high ceilings, heavy stone and a long counter, with a list built around Bavarian and Alpine spirits.
Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse 1, 80333 MunichFull profile - Falk’s BarHotel Bar
Falk’s Bar
The bar of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, set in the mirrored hall of 1839 that was the only room in the building to come through the war intact. An island counter under a rococo plaster ceiling, gilt mirrors down the walls, and a list of classics and house creations. It has been a Munich late-night fixture since 1945.
Promenadeplatz 2-6, 80333 MunichFull profile - Jahreszeiten BarHotel Bar
Jahreszeiten Bar
The bar of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski on Maximilianstrasse, Munich's grandest shopping street. Panelled, quiet and unhurried, it serves the hotel's guests and the city's older money in roughly equal measure, with a classics-led list and a piano most evenings.
Maximilianstrasse 17, 80539 MunichFull profile - Ory BarHotel Bar
Ory Bar
Ory has been the bar of the Mandarin Oriental in Munich's Altstadt since 2018, a room built on fine materials, generous geometry and an avant-garde feel. Selektiv Studio designed it, down to a wall structure made for the room. The signature list maps Munich itself: Vibrant Silence, for the Isar, mixes tequila with meadowsweet distillate, hops and verjus; the Bavarian Old Fashioned, for the Wirtshaus, pairs Hibiki Harmony whisky with pretzel distillate and chocolate malt; and the Kir Royal 2.0, for Schwabing, adds parmesan to cognac, apricot brandy, cranberry and champagne. A separate list of eight alcohol-free drinks sits alongside, and the whisky and champagne selection runs deep. Sebastian Hess is partner and bar manager.
Neuturmstraße 1, 80331 MunichSun-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00Full profile
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