Expert reviews
“It’s easy to pigeonhole the Bayerischer Hof as just another luxury hotel. There’s the Michelin-starred restaurant, the swanky suites, the rooftop Blue Spa and Lounge with panoramic city views, a private cinema and to top it all off, Palais Montgelas, the adjoining early 19th-century palace.”
“Originally conceived by King Ludwig I in the early 19th century, Hotel Bayerischer Hof is one of Munich’s most iconic hotels and typically considered the grand dame in this city.”
“Around since 1841, this is one of the grande dames of Munich hotels. Rooms come in a number of styles, from busy Laura Ashley to minimalist cosmopolitan. The super-central location and pool come in addition to impeccably regimented staff.”
“There’s the Michelin-starred Atelier, the swanky suites, the rooftop Blue Spa and Lounge with panoramic city views, fitness studio, pool, private cinema, and to top it all, suites in Palais Montgelas, the adjoining early-19th-century palace.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Munich.
“This is a grand hotel, in all senses of the word. It offers every amenity and service you could possibly want in a large, centrally located Altstadt hotel, including a pool, sauna, spa, cinema and a famous nightclub. The largest and oldest hotel in Munich.”
Featured as Frommer’s Exceptional Choice in Munich.
“Munich famously steers a path between the modern and traditional, and few places better reflect this than the outstanding Bayerischer Hof. It dates back to 1841, and cherishes its history while recognising that visitors demand super-modern amenities.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Breakfast buffet
- Great location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
Located in the northwestern part of Munich is a five-star grand hotel called Bayerischer Hof. It is world-renowned and often welcomes celebrities and guests of states within its doors. It is easy to see why so many clamors to stay at its accommodation with its unique mix of modern and traditional spirit. It nurtures its historic past, having been built in 1842, but efficiently provides modern amenities.
All 340 rooms reflect the effortless and timeless style of the hotel with amenities like free WiFi and iPod docks. Room amenities also include premium bedding and pillow menus, and en-suite bathrooms with added touches of bathrobes and slippers. When guests are not enjoying the comfort of their rooms, they can explore the other amenities that the hotel has to offer. These include 5 restaurants, a full-service spa, an indoor pool, a nightclub, 6 bars and lounges and a fitness center
The hotel is located a few minutes from the city center of Marienplatz, Altstadt and central shopping streets. This situation allows guests to enjoy the city life and the culture of the area. Wonderful tourist attractions like Church of Our Lady, Marienplatz, Residenz, Rathaus-Glockenspiel and Hofbrauhaus are all only a few minutes away by foot.
Hotel Details
— 340 rooms
— Built in 1841
— Classical style
Hotel Features
— Facilities for disabled guests
— 24-hour front desk
— Concierge service
— Tours and tickets assistance
— Fitness and spa center
— Sun terrace
— Pets allowed
— Room service
— Business facilities
— Free WiFi
— Laundry and dry cleaning services
— Luggage storage
— Non-smoking throughout
— Private parking available
— Electric vehicle charging station
— Family friendly
Additional Info
— Check in begins at 3:00 PM
— Check out ends at 12:00 PM
Address
Promenadepl. 2-6, 80333 München, Germany.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
20 August 2024
Very good
Breakfeast was excellent and the staff at spa dining area very kind. House keeping in the room also excellent and kind in their service. Technicians also very kindly came to fix a small problem in the room with the air condition unit water leakage. Lobby staff very efficient and very kind. Vielen Danke!
Lobby bar area not so comfortable but service in the bar was also excellent. Didn't go a third time there.
14 August 2024
Good & Bad ..
The location ..
The lady during the check in . She was so mean .. Unfortunately I forgot her name.. We arrived late around 7 pm & asked for check out at 2 pm .. She didn’t want to assist us . She said let check next day . next day again she didn’t want to assist us , but one of her staff helped us , but also not for all of the rooms .. Also we requested to be in the same floor as we are family and requested to be near of Elevator as my mother from special needs & my brother in law has knee issues .. They put 2 rooms in the second floor & 2 rooms in the fourth floor . And far from the elevator 🙂.. They tried to do anything just opposite our request/ requirements. We paid the total amount of our stay by master card during check in process , And deposit in cash .. Also during the check out we paid the parking from the deposit and settled everything, After that I found them deducted around 102 € from my MasterCard, For what ?!! I don’t know ..
4 August 2024
“Too big to be truly exceptional”
Great location.
Too big, busy.
3 August 2024
Good hotel and best location. The room space did not match my reservation request.
The location
The bed
30 July 2024
Fabulous
Very good Hotel and Location nice staf
Expensive
11 July 2024
Great location and services Needs updating- some rooms are great while others are in need of renovations
Location and services. Food, spa, pool, choice of restaurants
Undergoing construction. Some house staff did not speak English
5 July 2024
hotel, facilities, rate were all as advertised, overall an excellent hotel.
pool, location
plumbing is clearly old, the sinks drain very slowly
30 June 2024
Very good
the location great , the staff at the reception and concierge very helpful
the bed wasn't so comfortable the mattress is to hard for the back
22 June 2024
Very good
Room and location
Art on the wall
21 June 2024
Super nice hotel and great staff
Lovely hotel perfect location
AC wasn’t great unfortunately
20 June 2024
Great location but not very good service
Location and the cafe on the roof .. they sent us a nice fruit plate before Eid which was nice thing from them ..
Very poor internet connection and I was shocked that I can get only one bottle of water per day and they didn’t give extra even though I said I will pay .. I kept calling the receptionist and he kept transferring my call.. the issue is that we arrived and next day was Sunday and all shops close so I couldn’t pay water from outside .. another thing the lady on the reception charged me extra €140 saying that this is service charges which is not mentioned on booking.com .. I had to leave to airport so I paid
15 June 2024
Great hotel in the centre of Munich
Amazing location and beautiful building. Staff were all very helpful. I was upgraded on arrival which was a real treat!
The air conditioning wasn’t working properly so the room was quite hot
9 June 2024
Nice hotel, very nice staff and great location!
Very nice hotel with a super location to the Altstadt!
The furnishings were showing their age.
28 May 2024
Very good
The reception staff and concierge service were friendly, helpful, and efficient
There were two issues with the room allocated to us on arrival. They was resolved by moving us to another room on day two
6 May 2024
Nice but expected more.
Very slow service. Restaurant selections and hours not good.
29 April 2024
It was nice but not what I would expect for 5 star hotel. Maybe it’s a difference in cultures.
The location, the facility is beautiful, the staff is good.
The television is pointless, only news channels. They stored tables in our hallway.
15 April 2024
Fabulous
roof top bar is very very nice
it is a bit old
29 February 2024
Fabulous
Warm Welcome on Reception and Concierge Service positiv, Breakfast very good variation, good service in roof top bar and in Wellness
Main Bar to full, no service
24 February 2024
A great weekend in one of the best hotels in Munich
Really nice breakfast in a cosy environment. Excellent staff and great location. The room was really nice.
7 February 2024
Recommend it highly
Wonderful
29 January 2024
Still lovely
Great location
Tv didn’t work, room needs renovation, due to big function many parts of the hotel were closed for hotel guests
24 January 2024
Fabulous
WiFi is really bad if not unacceptable. Need to relogin every once in a while.
9 January 2024
Value!
Great location, nice hotel everything was quite good, considering the price I include it with Beyond and Charles as best places to stay in Munich
Valet car service took longer then usual but thats nit-picking
4 January 2024
A wonderfull hotel experience
Excellent 5+star Hotel in the center of Munich , 3 min walk from The Rathaus Platz and commercial center of the Town. Maybe the best hotel in Munich , luxurious, amazing restaurants , spectacular New Year's Eve parties, staff polite and efficient in everything that was requested. Spacious and excellent room , precise and fast room service.
Toiletries (shaving kit, toothbrush kit etc) should be available at the room - Not upon request (although it was readily provided when asked for)
2 January 2024
Very good
Great location - great service
2 January 2024
Fabulous
Location, Staff, Breakfast
Rooms a little old
1 January 2024
Great accommodation in a fantastic location
The location and ambience. Staff were all great.
Rooms were warm. Windows open not an option as occasional street noise (I'm a light sleeper).
30 December 2023
excellent stay !
excellent breakfast & location... room was great... staff was very helpful
27 December 2023
Fabulous
Well located.
24 December 2023
Very good
The location is fantastic. The concierge service is very good
It’s not clean in the room The tables in lobby are reserved so it’s not possible to have a tea for the guests of the hotel
23 December 2023
Regardless of how nice the hotel is if it’s not a comfortable bed, it’s not worth the money.
Large and beautiful old hotel. Several lovely bars, great spa and pool.
This is not an inexpensive hotel. It’s rated a 5 star. For the price there should be an incredibly comfortable bed but it was not. I don’t think they could’ve had a cheaper mattress. It was hard as a rock and I found my ribs hurting halfway through the night.
19 December 2023
Fabulous
everything
except the eclatant racism towards my BFwB, hard time to get seated, they blankly refused to hand out a Sixt rental car (agency in Hotel) I had reserved on her name to her based on her skin color, and this 50m from Michael’s sanctuary!!!!
17 December 2023
A great hotel in the heart of Munchen and a comfy one night stay with just an unfortunate incident.
Very nicely located old school nice hotel. Beautiful spa, comfy rooms, excellent breakfast.
The rooms are a bit too old fashioned and granny style to my taste but that’s just a matter of taste. But what I did not like was that a housekeeping person stole my iphone charger. I checked out and left my luggage at reception and went to the spa because I had an evening flight. At the spa i realized i forgot my charger in the room. When i was finally leaving, I asked about it and noone had found it and it was not in the room anymore. I double checked everything when I got home and I did not have it. I am 100% sure it was left in the room. These things happen, and there’s not much the hotel can do, but it’s very unfortunate. I don’t either like housekeeping knocking at my door 10 o’clock on the day I am checking out if they can come and clean my room…
13 December 2023
Except for a female server who blatantly ignored us for over 30 mins (we left) in the mezzanine bar , the staff and esp
Beautiful hotel and reception level bar area; good location within walking distance of shopping and restaurants
Our suite seemed somewhat outdated and beds not too comfortable. There was a constant humming noise in our bathroom. (We didn’t report it until our exit)
10 December 2023
Hotel well located. Staff helpful and courteous
Good room size
8 December 2023
Very nice 😊
Felt very authentically German.
The temperature in our room was hard to control and we were all very hot in the night.
5 December 2023
A favourite hotel!
Elegant and clean, interesting carte at dinner, nice breakfast. Location and history are the top!
Need to work on some details to feel fresh and updated withiut changing the character
2 December 2023
I will be back
every was good
location
2 December 2023
Good place to Stay in Munich
The hotel is very well located, has great views The room we had was in the heritage wing and were very nice We had a unfortunate incidence of a sofa breaking in the bar, but was very well handled by the GM of the hotel The Hotel has a lot of history, very grand building , has a lot of character
We were a bit surprised for the tariff of this stay that they did not provide breakfast Considering that we stayed in similar hotels in other parts of Germany , we thought this was over priced We had an unfortunate incidence of the sofa in the roof top bar breaking , which brought both our friends crashing to the ground.
20 November 2023
Relaxing and fabulous hotel with great options for food.
A fabulous property with the addition of the spa.
The bathroom had water marks from weaks from the bathroom above.
15 October 2023
My favourite in Munich, in particular when it is at reasonnable prices
Everything is good, in particulat the rooms and the food
Most of the time it is now turning very expensive for what it is: no garden, the pool is not so sunny,
13 October 2023
Very good
Breakfast is always amazing. Thank you taking note of our feedback from previous stays and having our rooms ready on time.
6 October 2023
Pleasant
Everything was nice
Too expensive for the quality of the rooms
5 October 2023
Wonderful stay at this absolutely iconic hotel in Munich!
Wonderful stay at this absolutely iconic hotel in Munich. Fabulous concierge and front desk staff, helping us with even the most difficult-to-get dinner reservations! Excellent rooms and wonderful views from the rooftop bar and the breakfast restaurant.
Perhaps the Trader Vics downstairs is a bit in need of an update, and the staff are a bit rude. But I realise this is a separate business and not the fault of Bayerischer Hof!
26 September 2023
Fabulous
Location and facilities were great! Walking distance from restaurants, shopping etc. Room is huge.
The room we got was too dated.
24 September 2023
location is good, but the hotel needs the renovation
The location was excellent - the center of the old city, conveniently accessible by taxi, 5 minutes to the metro. A cozy cafe was nearby with delicious and varied breakfasts, and we had breakfast there. The staff is polite, the service is fast - we asked to change the pillows (because the default ones were skinny and looked more like a pancake than a pillow), and they quickly brought orthopedic pillows.
We booked a "superior room". - less than 24 hours before check-in, the hotel sent a notice that neither the pool nor the spa would be open. Therefore, the hotel did not leave the option to cancel the reservation; - we asked for a room closer to the lobby, but they gave us the farthest one, with access to the construction site; - The hotel's wi-fi is a kind of attraction. By default, you can connect only three devices at all. Even if you disconnect one of the previously connected ones, you cannot connect a new device - you need to call reception to have them bring you a piece of paper with additional access. The Internet login interface also does not work correctly (you can open it from the mobile Internet, but not from the desktop); - it is impossible to regulate the air conditioner's temperature; it doesn`t matter which temperature you set up at the thermostat (+18 or +24) - the air is chilly. We asked reception to do something, and they promised to call a specialist, but in fact, nothing has changed; - for some reason, the warm floor in the bathroom was switched ON, although the thermostat was turned off; thus we couldn`t switch it OFF; - musty smell in the room and bathroom. No one lived in this room for at least half of the year. In general, I got the feeling that the hotel provides the oldest and most uncomfortable rooms for booking from booking.com :(
17 September 2023
Very good
The location
The customer service on the 7th floor
1 September 2023
Lovely helpful staff
I used to stay at the hotel as a child with my parents. I was quite disappointed that the quality had declined from what I remembered. Unfortunately, I checked into a dirty room, and even after pointing it out, the assigned cleaning staff only laid down a few towels and gave me chocolate without addressing them. After I came back from my dinner, I notified them again and a manager for the night, a lovely lady, saw the issues as soon as she walked in anf took care of it. She was very apologetic and cleaned everything within 10 minutes. She was highly professional and quite surprised that they were missed. I was offered a new room but declined. Other than that, the general staff, concierge and reception were lovely.
Some of the rooms need a deep clean due to the old smell. Mine smelt a bit damp and as I am not a regular guest I assume I’m not given the “newer” rooms. I’ve had friends that had the same experience. Some furniture upgrades wouldn’t hurt either. The tables were scratched and old and the glass tops only made the scratches more visible.
24 August 2023
Perfect location but don't eat in the hotel
Location and housekeeping services
Poor room service and F&B services
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Packed lunches
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Solarium
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Hot tub/Jacuzzi
- - Cycling
- - Hammam
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Nightclub/DJ
- - Evening entertainment
- - Open-air bath
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Waxing services
- - Make up services
- - Hair treatments
- - Manicure
- - Pedicure
- - Hair cut
- - Hair colouring
- - Hair styling
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Light therapy
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Fitness
- - Yoga classes
- - Fitness classes
- - Personal trainer
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Temporary art galleries
- - Movie nights (additional charge)
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
- - Bicycle rental
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping (additional charge)
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
- - Accessible parking
Transport
- - Public transport tickets (additional charge)
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Pool and wellness
- - Rooftop pool
- - Pool with view
- - Pool bar
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
22 August 2024
Pleasant