Chinesischer Turm

A lovely beer garden with a solid food selection and live music! Don't forget to turn in your tokens at the end to get your deposit back.

The Chinesischer Turm beer garden is located in the English Garden. It got its name from the Chinese looking pagoda-like tower. When we got there, we went to grab a tray and walked around looking at the food options. We had currywurst with fries, sauerkraut, and watermelon. I enjoyed the food overall. I wished I had mayo on the fries though. I did have some trouble communicating what I wanted to order with the workers. If you order beer, you are given a token. Later, you return the mug with the token to get 1 euro back. I enjoyed my time here. It's a great place to hang out, while eating and drinking.

It's the second biggest beer garden in Munich and comes off as a tourist trap, but it's very much a locals place too. Huge selection of Bavarian food and good selection of traditional German beers.

Tip: They charge you 1€ for your glass deposit and give you a token for your deposit. Follow the people with empty glasses towards the Toiletten to return your glass and get your 1€ return.

We really enjoyed this Beer Garden. First of all, the park is gorgeous. There is plenty of seating, especially if you don't mind sharing a table. We didn't encounter any trouble getting our food and drinks. We got our food, then our drinks, then we paid. Easy Peasy.

The food was actually really good. I really enjoyed the Roasted Chicken and my husband had the Pork Shank which was really good as well. They sell tomatoes & mozzarella by weight, and that was my side. Husband had some potatoes with his shank.

We found the prices to be reasonable. There were a several tourists as well as many locals. So I wouldn't quite label it as a tourist trap. Just a nice stop to get a bite and drink in a gorgeous park.

Don't forget to return your mug for your euro.

Why can't we have cool things like this in America? A Chinese Tower in the middle of an English Garden, within a Germany city...love it! (I guess us Americans can't handle this much awesomeness without screwing it up(ie. douchebags, thieves))

Its a beautiful outdoor atmosphere with a nice outdoor cafeteria selling good affordable traditional German food. Beers are from €3-8 each depending size and type. We were here on a Friday afternoon in September, so no live band, but that would've made it awesome. Otherwise its a nice place to relax, eat, and drink. You'll want to show up hungry and thirsty :)

Complaint: there are supposedly about 6000 seating spots...I wish there was a designated non-smoking area. Instead you're playing musical chairs trying to find the best spot away from the smokers...but that's Europe.

Travel Tip: Its gonna be a good walk to get here from any U-Bahn station. But go to the Giselastraße U-Bahn, then hop on bus 50, 150, or N44 going west, and the 2nd or 3rd stop should drop you off right in front. See Google Maps.

Bring the kids they have a playground.
It's right in the English garden and a bus stops right there too
It's a Biergarten with all the classic foods and bier!. What more do you ask for ???

Before I get into depth, two words: tourist trap.

While this may be a beer garden in Munich, it's a bit chaotic to grab your food. Getting in line is not as orderly as you think as you pray that no one accidentally shoves into you when you're holding a cafeteria tray full of food with a liter of beer. The line for us to pay and check out was held up by some angry customer who was complaining nonstop about the food and it didn't help that the line was getting more cramped. Not good when you have to hold a tray of food and beer.

As for the food, I really wanted to like the pork shank and bratwürst, but it was disappointing. The shank was too salty and the bratwürst was okay. The potato salad was good, but that was it. Definitely caters to more of a tourist's taste rather than a native's taste.

There are much better(and less crowded aka non tourist traps) beer gardens if you do a bit of researching. If you want, look at one of my recent reviews for another beer garden.

This place is as worthing reviewing as it is cliche to do so.

Located smack in the middle of the English Gardens, Chinesischer Turm (Chinese Tower) is probably the best beer garden in Munich.

Why?

First of all, its secluded and as such the people who are here are all gathered to do one thing. Chill. No nonsense, no distractions. Just a simple beer garden in one of the most beautiful spots in the city. I mean, even the walk to get here is lovely; approaching from the part of town we stayed in had us cross two crystal clear mini rivers and walk through a little forrest. The sun was shining, the kids were playing with their dogs...you get the picture. As you get closer, there is no mistaking you are in the right spot. There is a rather large tower that looks like, you can walk up it. Don't get excited; unless you're part of the polka band, you're not going up. You can however go into the food and beer court next to it, order a sausage with fries and a liter of beer for a relatively decent price (sausage and fries were around 6 Euro, liter of hells beer was close to 8). Just next to the huge liter pours, they do sell half liters, if you're into that sort of thing...

Come here to lounge in the sun and listen to polka music on a nice day as you slowly slip into inebriation on beer that would cost you twice as much in New York.

Gorgeous biergarten in my favourite park in Munich the Englischgarten :-)

Although I have walked and cycled by this place on numerous occasions, I have never stopped here for an evening. And that changed today :-)) A friend of mine suggested we meet here for a drink this evening and I am so glad he did ;-)

There is a "biergarten" and a "restaurant" so you can have the self service option or the one with waiters. The menus are also slightly different and some of the choices for food in the biergarten are not on the restaurant menu and vice versa. We chose the restaurant option as there was a ton of people in the biergarten and neither of us wanted to queue up for the food and drink. I suspect there was bout 2-3000 people there tonight.

The bier of course is great and that goes without saying and the food was also quite good. I had a Matjesfilet (called virgin herring sometimes) main that came with Speckbhoben and Bratkartoffle and it was excellent. Nice salty fish with a lovely bean and ham dish along with pan fried potatoes. My friend had the Schwinebraten and we both had cleaned our plate out.

The service was good and quick and the wait staff were quite friendly. All in all a fabulous experience and one that I hope to repeat a lot this summer :-)

This was my first visit to the Englishergarten in the winter, so it was a beautiful walk to the holiday market. The snow falling on the Chinesisher Turm (Chinese Tower) was particularly lovely.

Similar to the other reviewer, this market had the most family-friendly vibe and activities of those I've visited (roughly ten in Munich). There were also wide, smooth paths that allowed parents to push strollers and allowed owners to walk their dogs through the market. A horse-drawn buggy, as well as a larger wagon, was available for rides. There were also two craft huts for the kids that translated to Grandma's (Oma) house and Grandpa's (Opa) house.

The rest of the food, drink and craft offerings were similar to the other markets in town. So highly recommended for families and those that want to enjoy a lovely walk in the park followed by some Glühwein to warm you up before heading back to town.