Restaurant in Munich, Germany
One star, Bavarian sourcing, book early.
mural is a Michelin one-star creative restaurant inside Munich's MUCA museum, running a four-to-five course Bavarian-sourced set menu with a natural wine program worth building your evening around. Chef Felix Adebahr's kitchen holds dual OAD Europe rankings for 2025. Book three to four weeks ahead minimum; lunch runs Thursday to Saturday if you need more flexibility.
If you visited mural once and enjoyed it, the question isn't whether it's worth returning to — it's whether you've yet figured out how to get the most from it. A Michelin one-star restaurant inside Munich's MUCA (Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art), mural is a more considered choice on a second visit than a first. You know the room now: the art-forward interior, the pace of a four-to-five course creative set menu built almost entirely on Bavarian ingredients. What you may not have explored yet is the drinks program, and that's where mural rewards repeat visitors most.
The natural wine selection at mural is the kind of list that makes you want to arrive early and stay late. Wine recommendations at mural are delivered in a deliberately unpretentious way — no performance, no condescension , and the natural wine picks in particular are worth asking the team to guide you through. For a restaurant at this price tier (€€€€), that down-to-earth approach to service is not a given. At comparable Munich addresses in the €€€€ bracket, the wine conversation can feel like a test. Here it feels like a conversation. On your second visit, consider building the evening around a wine pairing rather than treating it as an afterthought. The selection, sourced with the same regional focus as the kitchen, is specific enough to hold interest across multiple courses.
The wine shop is open in the afternoons, which means mural also works as a pre-dinner stop if you're spending time in the Altstadt. That's an easy detail to miss on a first visit. If you're in Munich right now and want to explore the natural wine program without committing to a full dinner, the afternoon shop access is worth knowing about.
Chef Felix Adebahr's kitchen runs a creative set menu of four or five courses, with options for fish and meat or a vegetarian path. The sourcing is almost entirely Bavarian, which gives the menu a regional coherence that you feel more acutely on a second visit once the novelty of the setting has settled. Ingredients are described by the Opinionated About Dining community as being of outstanding quality, and the venue holds rankings of #565 and #626 in OAD's Leading Restaurants in Europe for 2025, alongside its Michelin star and Plate recognition. That's a consistent cluster of external validation across different assessment frameworks, which tells you the kitchen is not coasting on the museum location.
If you haven't added the cheese course on a previous visit, do it this time. It's an optional extension, and at €€€€ pricing, the incremental cost is worth it to extend the experience and give the wine program more to work with. Lunch is served Thursday through Saturday, which makes mural one of the few Michelin-starred venues in Munich where a midday booking is genuinely available , useful if you prefer to eat this kind of food without a late finish.
The MUCA context shapes the room in a way that makes mural noticeably less formal than its star rating might suggest. The energy is quieter and more considered than the city's buzzing beer-hall end of the spectrum, but without the hushed, self-conscious quality you sometimes find at starred venues. The interior reflects the museum setting , expect contemporary art on the walls and a spatial sensibility that rewards attention. For a solo diner or a couple, the atmosphere is easy to settle into. For a group, it's a room that encourages conversation rather than competing with it. Noise levels are manageable enough to talk across the table, which is not always guaranteed in Munich's livelier dining rooms.
Hotterstraße 12 puts mural squarely in Munich's Altstadt, close to the kind of foot traffic that makes post-dinner options easy. If you're building a broader Munich evening, our full Munich bars guide covers where to go before or after. For context on the wider restaurant scene, our full Munich restaurants guide gives you the full picture across price points and formats.
With a Michelin star, a distinctive location, and a small, art-museum-integrated dining room, mural books up fast. Treat it as a hard booking , plan at minimum three to four weeks ahead for dinner, and further out for weekend slots. The Thursday-to-Saturday lunch service is your leading route to a shorter lead time if your schedule allows flexibility. For comparison, JAN and Alois - Dallmayr Fine Dining are the other addresses in Munich's €€€€ creative tier that require the same level of advance planning. None of them are walk-in venues.
At the Michelin one-star level with strong OAD recognition, mural sits comfortably alongside other regionally focused creative restaurants in Germany worth knowing about. ES:SENZ in Grassau covers similar Bavarian-sourced territory in a different format, and is worth the comparison if you're travelling through the region. Further afield, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn and Aqua in Wolfsburg represent the German fine dining tier above mural's current star count, useful benchmarks if you're calibrating expectations. For creative tasting menu formats with strong drinks programs at the European level, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin is the closest structural parallel in terms of how seriously it takes beverages as a core part of the offer.
For those considering Munich's other neighbourhood options with a different register, Showroom and Zauberberg are worth adding to your shortlist. And if you're planning the wider trip, our full Munich hotels guide, Munich wineries guide, and Munich experiences guide cover the rest.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| mural | €€€€ | — |
| Tantris | €€€€ | — |
| Tohru in der Schreiberei | €€€€ | — |
| Alois - Dallmayr Fine Dining | €€€€ | — |
| Atelier | €€€€ | — |
| Les Deux | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Munich for this tier.
The setting inside MUCA gives the room a contemporary art-space feel rather than a traditional fine dining atmosphere, so you can dress well without going formal. Think put-together but not black-tie — a jacket is appreciated but unlikely to be required. The relaxed tone of service reinforces this: mural is Michelin-starred, but it does not trade in stiffness.
At the Michelin one-star level, Tantris Maison and Atelier offer more classically formal fine dining experiences if that is your preference. Tohru in der Schreiberei takes a similar creative, ingredient-focused approach and is worth considering alongside mural. If you want a more accessible price point with serious cooking, Les Deux is worth a look before committing to the €€€€ bracket.
Treat mural as a hard booking and plan at least four to six weeks out, more for weekend dinners. A Michelin star, a small dining room integrated into an art museum, and consistent OAD recognition (ranked in the top 626 restaurants across Europe in 2025) means availability disappears fast. Lunch Thursday through Saturday can be a more accessible slot if your schedule is flexible.
A set menu format at a counter or small-table restaurant generally suits solo diners well, and mural's relaxed, friendly service style makes it a low-friction solo experience. The art museum context also means there is genuine atmosphere without the need for a dining companion to fill the room. No solo-specific seating arrangements are confirmed in available venue data, so check the venue's official channels when booking.
At the four-to-five-course length with Bavarian sourcing described as outstanding quality, the format delivers focus rather than excess — this is not a marathon tasting menu. The option to add cheese or extra courses gives you some control over the pacing and spend. For a Michelin-starred creative menu in Munich at this length, it represents a reasonable commitment of time and money compared to longer, pricier menus elsewhere in the city.
At €€€€, mural is priced at the top end of Munich dining, but the combination of a Michelin star, OAD European ranking, almost entirely Bavarian sourcing, and a natural wine list that draws genuine attention makes the spend defensible. If you are comparing on value, it holds up better than restaurants charging similar prices for less regional specificity or credibility. The lunch service Thursday to Saturday offers the same kitchen at a format that may carry a lower price.
Yes, with caveats about format fit. The MUCA setting is distinctive and the Michelin-starred creative menu gives the evening a clear focal point, but this is not a chandeliers-and-tablecloths occasion restaurant. If the occasion calls for contemporary atmosphere, serious food, and unpretentious service, mural works well. For a more traditional celebratory setting, Tantris or Atelier would be closer to the brief.
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