Cotidiano
The Cotidiano has long since become a classic among Munich’s neighborhood cafés – because both vegans and meat lovers will find something to eat here all day long. At the start of the new year you can treat yourself to the “Pancake Tower with chocolate sauce”. The chain can now be found at five locations in the cityfour of which are open on New Year’s Day, albeit at different times, a look at the Website of the Cotidiano so worth it. Reservations are not possible in the restaurants on public holidays. So: first come, first served.
Gärtnerplatz branch: Gärtnerplatz 6, 80469 Munich, Tel. 089/ 242078610; Schwabing branch: Hohenzollernstr. 11, 80801 Munich, Tel. 089/33035707; Promenadeplatz branch: Maxburgstr. 4, 80333 Munich, Tel. 089/215436380; Branch in Pasing: Bodenseestraße 1, 81241 Munich, Tel. 089/82089440
Rosi coffee house
In a pretty old building in a prime location – the Deutsches Museum, the Müllersche Volksbad and the Kino Museum Lichtspiele are only a stone’s throw away the “Rosi coffee house”. The industrial charm of the furnishings blends in well with the large room with the high ceilings. The many lightbulbs that shine at passers-by on the way from the Isar to the Gasteig are particularly characteristic. The choice is diverse. The breakfast combos are particularly opulent. For example, there is Bircher muesli with fruit salad and a freshly squeezed juice or a pair of white sausages with pretzels, sweet mustard, ham and Obazda.
Rosenheimer Str. 2, 81669 Munich, Tel. 089/44999739
Cafe at Beethovenplatz
That Cafe at Beethovenplatz, known to most as Mariandl, is said to be the oldest concert café in Munich. This is also how the breakfast menu reads: the dishes are named after famous composers, and a more or less typical breakfast is prepared according to their nationality. If you like it Italian-elegant, order “Vivaldi” and get Parma ham, Milanese salami, olives, Italian cheese and bruschette. “Tchaikovsky” is also stylish and sophisticated, with salmon, creamed horseradish, cranberry cream and tuna cream. If you like it heartier, we recommend the American composer Gershwin with fried eggs, bacon, muffins, toast, cream cheese and cornflakes. On New Year’s Day, guests can have breakfast from 10 a.m. in the Mariandl.
goethestr. 51, 80336 Munich, Tel. 089/5529100
mangosteen
If you drank and danced more than you ate on New Year’s Eve, you can the next morning in the noble Mangostin in Thalkirchen relax at the “Hangover Brunch”. The buffet consists mainly of delicacies from the Far East: there are nigiri sushi and maki rolls, fresh oysters, Japanese Zensai appetizers, yum salads, exotic fruits, chocolate creations, Thai duck, veal breast… The sumptuous New Year’s brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. also has its price: 80 euros per person including a juice bar and hot drinks.
Maria-Ensiedel-Str. 2, 81379 Munich, Tel. 089/7232031
Café Wiener Platz
That Café Wiener Platz in Haidhausen comes across wonderfully calm. Black tables, white walls, little chichi. The perfect place for a relaxed reading of the newspaper with coffee and a croissant. Breakfast varies from “express” to “gourmet”. The former consists of a croissant with jam and butter, the latter includes smoked salmon, pastrami, a shrimp cocktail, half a grapefruit, fresh fruit salad, butter and freshly toasted bread. There are also scrambled eggs with fresh herbs or pancakes with powdered sugar and maple syrup. On New Year’s Day, breakfast is served here from 8 a.m.
Inner Wiener Str. 48, 81667 Munich, Tel. 089/4489494
Lake House in the English Garden
Breakfast in the Seehaus can easily be combined with a long walk, as the restaurant is located in the middle of the English Garden. New Year’s is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m the “Big Breakfast” as a New Year hangover variant. As usual, it includes fruity spreads, freshly baked rolls, selected cheeses, egg dishes as well as fresh fruit and yoghurt. With veal sausages and the traditional sour Matjes herring, stimulating oysters and other seafood offered after a short night, there will be a culinary benefit on January 1st. (39 euros per person, children from six to twelve pay only half).
Kleinhesselohe 3, 80802 Munich, Tel. 089/3816130