Brothers

Is Brothers in Munich worth booking in 2025?

Yes; book it. Brothers at Kurfürstenstraße 31 holds a Michelin star (retained in both 2024 and 2025), sits at #189 in the Opinionated About Dining Europe rankings for 2025, scored 79 points in La Liste's Leading Restaurants 2026. For a restaurant now entering its second full cycle of Michelin recognition, it is one of the clearest cases in Munich for a tasting-menu dinner that earns its €€€€ price point. If you have been once and left impressed, the question is not whether to return; it is when, what to expect the kitchen to do next.

What Brothers is doing in the kitchen

The concept is built around twin brothers Markus and Tobias Klaas, with Daniel Bodamer in the kitchen. The name is literal, the identity it projects is collaborative rather than chef-as-auteur. That framing matters when you are deciding where to spend serious money on a tasting menu in Munich: Brothers is not selling you a single culinary personality; it is selling you a shared vision executed at a consistently high technical level, which the back-to-back Michelin stars confirm is landing.

The OAD ranking at #189 in Europe for 2025 is the more useful benchmark for returning diners. OAD rankings are driven by votes from frequent fine-dining guests rather than inspectors, which means a high placement reflects repeat visits and diner loyalty rather than a single inspection moment. For a restaurant that only recently entered the Michelin constellation, placing inside the European OAD top 200 within its first two years signals that the kitchen is consistently delivering at the level that brings knowledgeable diners back. That consistency is precisely what you are paying for at €€€€.

On the plate, Brothers operates in Modern Cuisine, a broad category, but one that in Munich's current fine-dining context means technique-forward cooking that draws on classical foundations without being constrained by them. What sets the kitchen apart from peers at the same price point is not a single signature direction but the discipline with which it executes across a full tasting menu.

Visual experience and room

The address, Kurfürstenstraße 31 in Schwabing-Freimann, puts Brothers in a residential Munich neighbourhood rather than the city centre. The room experience at a venue of this calibre at this address tends to be intimate and deliberate rather than grand, which suits the twin-owner identity: this reads as a personal project rather than a hotel fine-dining room or a legacy institution. For a returning guest, that intimacy is part of the value. You are not paying for a landmark building; you are paying for close attention to what arrives at the table.

Booking Brothers

Booking difficulty is rated Hard. At a 1-star Munich restaurant with an OAD Europe top-200 ranking, tables move quickly. Plan at minimum three to four weeks ahead for a weekday booking; weekend slots during Munich's busier seasons, Oktoberfest period, December, should be targeted six to eight weeks out. No booking method or direct phone number is listed in our data, so check the restaurant's official website or use a platform such as OpenTable or TheFork to confirm current availability. Walk-ins are not a realistic strategy here.

Practical details

For more context on where Brothers sits within Munich's dining scene, see our full Munich restaurants guide. If you are planning a wider trip, our Munich hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide cover the rest of the city.

How Brothers compares in Munich's fine-dining tier

Within Munich's €€€€ tasting-menu tier, Brothers is the clearest recommendation for diners who want a high-performing, relatively recent kitchen rather than a legacy institution. Tantris carries two Michelin stars and is the city's most established fine-dining address, book it if institutional prestige and a deeper wine program matter more to you than novelty. JAN offers creative cooking at a similar price point and is worth comparing if you prefer a more expressive, chef-driven identity. Gabelspiel and 1804 Hirschau are sensible alternatives if you want strong modern cooking without the same booking difficulty.

For Munich's wider starred scene, Mountain Hub Gourmet works if a hotel setting suits your evening. Outside Munich, the reference points for technically ambitious German tasting menus include Aqua in Wolfsburg, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn, Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach, and ES:SENZ in Grassau, all operating at two or three stars and relevant if you are building a broader German fine-dining itinerary. If you are traveling further, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin and Restaurant Haerlin in Hamburg represent the strongest comparisons in other German cities. For international reference: Frantzén in Stockholm and FZN by Björn Frantzén in Dubai sit in a comparable Modern Cuisine register at the top of their respective markets.

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