The Best Hotels in München, by the Record
The best hotels in München, by the professional record: Forbes Travel Guide and Michelin Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Mandarin Oriental, Munich comes out on top.
Rosewood Munich and The Charles Hotel hold the next two places. Forbes Travel Guide and Michelin Guide show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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The neo-Renaissance façade has been a masked-ball hall, a wool factory, and an antique shop, so its current life as a quietly luxurious hotel feels almost restrained by comparison. Rooms run to real antiques and architecturally odd angles, the rooftop pool has views to the Alps, and the minibar is complimentary. Matsuhisa downstairs handles the Japanese-Peruvian end of things. The Michelin Guide awarded it 2 Keys.
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Two restored baroque landmarks in the heart of Munich's old town, a former state bank and a grand old palace, now share a roof as a luxury hotel. Towering baroque ceilings frame contemporary art, rooms run toward timeless and well-appointed, and the Asaya Spa covers wellness thoroughly. Michelin awarded it 2 Keys. It's new enough that the staff still seems to be trying hard, which, at this address, is a pleasant surprise.
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Rooms that look out over the Old Botanical Gardens give this Rocco Forte hotel an unexpectedly tranquil feeling for a property sitting squarely in the city center. The design is crisp and contemporary without tipping into marble-and-gold excess, and the rooms are famously generous, built large on purpose from the start. A spa, pool, and Italian restaurant round things out. It holds a Forbes Four Star and two Michelin Keys.
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The glass-enclosed rooftop pool, suspended above Maximilianstrasse with views over neoclassical Munich, tells you most of what you need to know about this grand luxury hotel. Been around forever, holds a Michelin Key and Forbes Four Star, and sits steps from the opera house and the city's best shopping. The rooms are warm and unhurried rather than aggressively designed, and the concierge team has a reputation for punctuality that is, by local standards, practically a religion.
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The roof terrace on the fourth floor, overlooking a quiet Bogenhausen street, is the detail that gives Hotel München Palace away: this is a place that prefers warm wood paneling and discreet elegance to anything that wants to be photographed. A boutique hotel near the Prinzregenten Theater and a short walk from the English Garden, it earns a Michelin Key for classically styled rooms that feel genuinely comfortable rather than aggressively designed.
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The building started life as the Royal Bavarian Main Post Office, and the grand carved facade still says exactly that. Inside, though, it's a different story: a 396-room luxury hotel with minimalist rooms, massive stone bathtubs, and maisonette suites on the eighth floor where the ceilings slope toward views of the Alps. The Spa Lagune runs to mosaic tile and a full indoor pool. French brasserie downstairs, one minute from the main station.