Munich Rooftop Bars: Views Worth Paying For

Munich’s rooftop choices serve different occasions: a drink facing the Frauenkirche, sushi with its twin towers in view, or an evening looking across the wider city. Choose the view before choosing the venue. Blue Spa keeps you among the Old Town rooftops, while Frau im Mond puts the Isar at the centre of the visit. The high-rise bars offer a broader panorama, with Alpine views dependent on clear weather.

Which rooftop suits your visit?

Venue	Area	Order	Typical spend per person	Weekly closing days
Blue Spa	Old Town	Veneto	€15–20 / one drink	—
Munich Sushi Club	Old Town	Salmon Avocado rolls	€50–80 / rolls meal + drink	—
Deutsche Eiche	Glockenbach	Augustiner Helles	€5–10 / one beer	None
Frau im Mond	Museumsinsel	Aperol Spritz	€10–15 / one drink	None
M’Uniqo	Schwabinger Tor	Alpine Negr’Omi	€15–25 / one cocktail	Monday, Sunday
Otto 25	Werksviertel	Aperol Spritz	€10–15 / one drink	Monday, Tuesday

Blue Spa suits a central landmark-facing aperitif, while Munich Sushi Club suits a seasonal sushi meal with the cathedral view. Choose Frau im Mond for the river, M’Uniqo for skyline cocktails, Otto 25 for a high-rise drink and Deutsche Eiche for a neighbourhood beer.

The ranges allow for the proposed order, not an open-ended evening: the sushi estimate covers enough rolls for a meal and one drink, with appetite and extra plates moving the bill. A single drink lets you linger over the setting without making it the main reason to pay for dinner. Munich restaurants for a full meal offer a food-first next stop.

Reserve for a meal or a group visit at a fixed time, and request a view-facing table. Daylight helps you pick out landmarks. Choose an indoor view when outdoor conditions would spoil the occasion.

Blue Spa Rooftop Terrace

Blue Spa’s spa setting at the Bayerischer Hof on Promenadeplatz makes this an aperitif stop with a distinctive Old Town outlook. Look for the Frauenkirche among the city-centre rooftops. The interest is in recognising the cathedral within the surrounding roofscape, rather than surveying Munich from a distant high-rise.

Order Veneto, the menu’s combination of Aperol, Prosecco and soda water. It is the sparkling-wine spritz choice here, suited to a drink before dinner rather than a meal-led visit.

The glass-enclosed winter garden retains views over the rooftops from indoor seating. That gives you a way to enjoy the same setting without making an outdoor table essential to the visit.

The warm-weather Summer Lounge and winter Polar Bar are distinct seasonal offerings. The former is the terrace-drinks occasion, while the latter serves hot cocktails outdoors. Winter drinks service runs Monday–Friday 15:00–22:00, and from 12:00–22:00 on weekends and public holidays. Treat the winter offer as its own visit, not as a continuation of summer terrace service.

Munich Sushi Club

Munich Sushi Club at the Mandarin Oriental pairs Japanese-Peruvian cooking with a direct view of the Frauenkirche’s twin towers. This is the rooftop choice for a special-occasion sushi meal. The cathedral is a recognisable focus from customer seating, giving you something specific to enjoy between plates.

Start with Salmon Avocado rolls. Salmon and avocado make an approachable sushi combination. Order enough rolls to turn the visit into dinner rather than treating one plate as a full meal. The appeal here is spending the meal with the cathedral in sight, not simply having a drink above the Old Town.

Drinks and Delights food service runs Tuesday–Saturday, 16:00–22:00. Use that dining window when arranging a meal: rooftop access and the time you can order food are not interchangeable.

Hotel Deutsche Eiche rooftop terrace

Hotel Deutsche Eiche in the Glockenbach district offers an Old Town panorama with a neighbourhood beer as the reason to sit down. Order Augustiner Helles, a pale lager: its restrained bitterness and malt-led character make it a straightforward choice for a beer stop rather than a cocktail occasion.

You do not need to stay at the hotel to use the serviced rooftop bar. The terrace is accessible year-round, daily 07:00–22:00, but a morning visit is not a rooftop drinks visit. Bar service starts in the early afternoon and finishes at 21:30. Arrive for the bar, rather than treating terrace access as a promise that you can order.

Frau im Mond

Frau im Mond on the Deutsches Museum’s island makes the Isar, rather than a high-rise skyline, the focus of a rooftop drink. Order an Aperol Spritz and settle into a river-facing seat. The view follows the water south towards the Cornelius, Reichenbach and Wittelsbach bridges, with the river meadows beyond.

Choose the south-facing side of the terrace for the clearest river outlook. Daylight makes the bridges and the shape of the river easier to pick out, so this is a particularly useful choice when you want a drink during an afternoon by the Isar.

You can visit without buying Deutsches Museum admission, including outside museum opening hours. A museum visit can be part of the day, but it need not be the reason you come onto the island.

Thursday–Saturday accommodate an evening visit, with a separate evening session after the daytime opening. Allow for the gap between the two rather than assuming you can stay through uninterrupted. On the other days, make this a daytime occasion. The distinction matters if you are picturing a river-view drink after dinner rather than an afternoon spritz.

M’Uniqo Rooftop Bar: evening cocktails

M’Uniqo at the Andaz in Schwabinger Tor is a skyline-led cocktail visit in a two-level setting, with Mediterranean-inspired bites if you want something alongside your drink. Order Alpine Negr’Omi, its Negroni-style signature cocktail. The panorama reaches across Munich, including the city centre, but the Alps join the view only in clear weather with good visibility.

Request a seat by the floor-to-ceiling windows if the skyline is your priority. Indoor window seating keeps the city in view without requiring an outdoor table. Inward-facing bar seats make a different occasion: you may be looking towards the bar rather than the panorama you came for.

The evening service makes available daylight a seasonal consideration. In the lighter months, an early visit can reveal more of the city’s outline. In winter, expect an after-dark skyline rather than a daylight survey. Choose the evening for the cocktail and city view together, not on the assumption that distant mountains will be visible.

Non-resident visitors are welcome, but reservations are required, and walk-ins are accepted only when space allows. Arrange your visit rather than relying on an unplanned arrival, especially when a particular window-facing seat matters to the occasion.

Otto 25

Otto 25 above the Werksviertel offers an Aperol Spritz with a broad view across Munich and, on clear days, towards the Alps. The drink combines Aperol, Prosecco and soda water. The setting makes it a high-rise aperitif rather than a landmark-focused Old Town stop.

Non-resident visitors enter through the Adina Hotel lobby and take the express lift to the 25th floor. Regular service also operates on public holidays, with at least one of the indoor or rooftop bars open during opening hours. The outdoor rooftop operates in the warm months.

Ask for an indoor table by the floor-to-ceiling windows to keep the city in sight. Those tables look over central Munich, while the bar counter faces away from the glass. Being upstairs is not enough on its own: where you sit determines whether the view remains part of your drink.

Sources & fact-checking

Checks against the sources below cover: services, opening hours, closures, and key figures.

• Andaz Munich Schwabinger Tor — service
• Andaz Munich Schwabinger Tor (Hyatt) — opening hours
• Schwabinger Tor — closures
• M’Uniqo Rooftop Bar — key figures
• Hotel Bayerischer Hof — opening hours
• Hotel Bayerischer Hof — key figures
• Werksviertel-Mitte — service
• OTTO•25• GmbH — key figures
• Hotel Deutsche Eiche — service
• Hotel Deutsche Eiche — opening hours
• Hotel Deutsche Eiche — key figures
• Frau im Mond — opening hours
• Frau im Mond — closures
• Frau im Mond — key figures
• Mandarin Oriental, Munich — key figures