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Best Restaurants for Team-Dinner in Munich (2026)
Team dinners · Munich · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 18, 2024 · Updated June 10, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Munich is built for the team dinner. The communal benches of a beer hall seat ten without a reservation, the function rooms scale to hundreds, and the food is made for sharing across a long table. The six below run from the city's loudest hall to a Bogenhausen room with nineteen private Stuben, so a company night can be raucous or contained as the occasion demands.
1.Hofbraeuhaus am Platzl
The icon: a thousand-seat hall of communal benches where a team of ten just grabs a table, no booking needed.
The Hofbraeuhaus at Platzl 9 in the Old Town is the default Munich team night for a reason. The Schwemme main hall seats around a thousand at long wooden tables of about ten, with a beer garden alongside, so a group walks in and takes table space without a reservation. The roast pork knuckle and the Weisswurst anchor the menu.
When a team needs its own contained space, the upstairs Festsaal ballroom and private rooms can be reserved through the events office for a set-menu dinner. Expect around 35 to 50 euros a head with a beer or two. It is touristy, loud and exactly right for a big, informal company night.
2.Loewenbraeukeller
The best infrastructure for a bookable group: eight function rooms scaling from ten to two thousand, plus a beer garden.
The Loewenbraeukeller at Nymphenburger Strasse 2 on Stiglmaierplatz is the choice when you want a reserved, semi-private room rather than open communal seating. It handles groups from around ten up to two thousand across eight differently sized function rooms, with one of the largest Festsaal halls in the city and a 500-seat beer garden.
Set-menu dinners, audio-visual kit and Loewenbraeu on tap make it a clean corporate booking for a team that wants its own space. Bavarian roasts and the pork knuckle do the heavy lifting, around 35 to 50 euros a head. Book a room by headcount through the events team.
3.Augustiner-Keller
Munich's best-poured Augustiner under chestnut trees near the station; rooms, terraces and a 600-seat banquet hall.
The Augustiner-Keller at Arnulfstrasse 52 near the Hauptbahnhof dates to 1812 and pours what many locals consider the best Augustiner Edelstoff in the city, drawn from wooden barrels. Multiple rooms, terraces and a large garden absorb groups easily, and the Festsaal banqueting hall holds up to around 600 for a dedicated event.
The pork knuckle and the keg-poured Edelstoff are the order, around 35 to 50 euros a head, in a setting that feels more local and less touristy than the central halls. Reserve early for groups, especially the Festsaal, by phone or through the office. It is the connoisseur's beer-hall team night.
4.Kaefer-Schaenke
Nineteen themed private Stuben in Bogenhausen take groups from eight to fifty; the contained, characterful corporate dinner.
Kaefer-Schaenke at Prinzregentenstrasse 73 in Bogenhausen is the room for a closed-door company dinner with character rather than a noisy hall. It is famous for nineteen individually themed private Stuben that host groups from around eight up to fifty, with rooms seating roughly twelve and twenty-two among them.
The kitchen is modern European and gourmet-leaning, with a changing menu and prices around 70 to 110 euros a head; it is in the Michelin Guide selection but not starred in the current edition. For a team that wants privacy and polish over beer-hall volume, this is the best-equipped private-room venue in the city. Reserve a Stube by group size.
5.Spatenhaus an der Oper
The dressier Bavarian step-up opposite the Opera, with upstairs Stuben for 25 to 150; right for a client-facing team night.
The Spatenhaus at Residenzstrasse 12, opposite the Bavarian State Opera, is the Kuffler-group room for a Bavarian dinner in a smarter setting than a beer hall. A casual ground floor sits below an elegant upstairs of Stuben taking groups from 25 to 150, with the Opernstuben reaching around 120.
Bavarian pork roast and seasonal classics run around 55 to 80 euros a head, a notch above the halls. This is the choice when a team dinner has a client or a guest of honour and the room needs to look the part. Book the upstairs Stuben directly, and reserve early around opera nights.
6.Brasserie Colette Tim Raue
Tim Raue's lively brasserie in a buzzy district, with a partition for up to 35 and published set group menus.
Brasserie Colette, Tim Raue's casual French brand, sits at Klenzestrasse 72 in the buzzy Glockenbachviertel. A partitioned area seats groups up to around 35, and the whole brasserie can be hired for a company event, with published set group menus at 115 euros for four courses and 135 for the five-course Tim Raue menu.
Those fixed menus make splitting a bill across a team painless, and the design-led room brings more energy than a traditional Stube. It is in the Michelin Guide selection but not starred; Raue's stars are at his Berlin flagship. Reserve the partitioned section or request a full-venue hire.
Not for every team
When the room is wrong for a work dinner
Munich's tasting-menu temples are the wrong call for a buzzy team of fifteen. Two-star Tantris and the three-star rooms JAN and Tohru in der Schreiberei are about quiet, multi-hour degustation at high cost, perfect for a board dinner of four to six and miserable for a group that wants to talk and drink.
And do not rely on the open beer-hall floor if your team must sit together with a set menu. The Hofbraeuhaus and Augustiner-Keller main halls do not hold reservations for general seating, so book a dedicated function room at the Loewenbraeukeller, the Kaefer Stuben or the Spatenhaus instead of gambling on walk-in space.
A closure to note: the 1,000-seat Ratskeller under the Neues Rathaus on Marienplatz closed on 1 January 2026 for a long Town Hall basement renovation, with no reopening date. Older group-dining lists still feature it; it is shut.
How to book a team dinner in Munich
Decide first whether the night wants beer-hall volume or a contained room. For an informal group, the communal halls need no booking; for a set-menu dinner with its own space, reserve a function room weeks ahead, especially around Oktoberfest, Advent and trade-fair weeks. Per-person figures here are food estimates before drinks, tax and service.
For the icon, start with the Hofbraeuhaus; for a bookable room, the Loewenbraeukeller; for privacy and polish, the Kaefer Stuben. Browse the full Munich dining guide before you decide.
Frequently asked
What is the best restaurant for a team dinner in Munich?
For an informal night, the Hofbraeuhaus on Platzl is the icon, seating a team of ten at communal tables with no reservation. For a bookable room, the Loewenbraeukeller offers eight function rooms from ten to two thousand, and the Kaefer-Schaenke in Bogenhausen has nineteen private Stuben for groups from eight to fifty.
Which Munich restaurant is best for a large group?
The Loewenbraeukeller handles the widest range, from around ten up to two thousand across eight function rooms, and Paulaner am Nockherberg and the beer halls scale to hundreds. The Augustiner-Keller Festsaal holds up to 600, while the Hofbraeuhaus main hall takes a team of any size at its communal tables.
How much does a team dinner cost in Munich?
Expect roughly 35 to 50 euros per person for food and a beer or two at the beer halls, rising to 55 to 80 euros at the Spatenhaus and 70 to 135 euros at the Kaefer-Schaenke and Brasserie Colette. Set group menus, such as Colette's at 115 and 135 euros, make splitting a large bill straightforward.
Can a Munich beer hall host a private team dinner?
Yes. While the main halls of the Hofbraeuhaus and Augustiner-Keller run on open communal seating, both also have bookable function rooms and banquet halls, and the Loewenbraeukeller is built for it with eight differently sized rooms. For a contained group of eight to fifty, the Kaefer-Schaenke private Stuben are the most characterful option.
Which Munich restaurant is best for a corporate dinner with clients?
The Spatenhaus an der Oper, opposite the State Opera, is the dressier Bavarian step-up, with upstairs Stuben for 25 to 150. Brasserie Colette by Tim Raue brings a smart, design-led room with set group menus, and the Kaefer-Schaenke private Stuben suit a polished, closed-door dinner with guests of honour.
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