Restaurant in Munich, Germany
Accessible Michelin recognition, Mediterranean focus.
Pure Wine & Food holds two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024–2025) and a 4.6 rating from 305 reviews, making it one of the more accessible Michelin-recognised tables in Munich. At €€€, it sits below the city's starred venues in price and booking difficulty. The wine-forward Mediterranean format makes it a better fit than most Munich peers for a dinner where the drinks program matters as much as the food.
Pure Wine & Food is one of the easier Michelin-recognised reservations to secure in Munich right now, which makes it a practical entry point into the city's serious dining tier without the weeks-long wait that Tantris or Tohru in der Schreiberei demand. Two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) confirm the kitchen is performing consistently at a recognised level. At the €€€ price point, it sits a tier below the city's starred venues, which is either a reason to book or a reason to save up depending on what you're after. If you want a Mediterranean-focused dinner with a wine program worth paying attention to, and you want to get in without a month of planning, this is the reservation to make.
Pure Wine & Food is on Neureutherstraße in the Maxvorstadt district, a neighbourhood that runs quieter than the tourist-heavy centre and draws a local crowd that knows the room. The address puts it close to Munich's museum quarter, which makes it a workable option if you're in that part of the city. Spatial details from the venue are limited in the public record, but the Michelin Plate recognition and the 4.6 rating across 305 Google reviews point to a room that earns return visits from people who know Munich's dining options well. For a regular coming back for a second visit, the draw is consistency: a place that delivers at the same level it did the first time is rarer than it should be at this price point.
The name signals the editorial intent clearly. Wine is not a sidebar here — it is positioned as co-equal to the food, which is the framing to keep in mind when you're deciding whether this fits your evening. If you're coming primarily for the food and treating wine as an afterthought, you may be underusing what the venue is set up to deliver. If you want a room where the drinks list has been thought through with the same seriousness as the kitchen, this is the right kind of place.
Mediterranean cuisine as a category pairs naturally with a wine list that moves across Southern Europe — Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Southern French bottles are the logical architecture for a list that supports this food. Without a confirmed wine list in the database, the specific bottles are not something Pearl will speculate on, but the venue's name and positioning make clear that the wine selection is meant to be a primary reason to visit, not a supporting feature. For anyone returning for a second visit, the obvious next move is to let the wine lead the dinner rather than the other way around: ask what the team is drinking themselves, or request a pairing rather than ordering by the glass independently. That tends to be where wine-forward rooms at this tier show their depth.
For context within Munich's broader drinks scene, the bar and wine programming at €€€-tier Mediterranean venues is rarely where the city's most serious wine lists live , those tend to sit at the starred level. But a Michelin Plate venue that centres wine in its identity is making a deliberate bet, and 305 reviews averaging 4.6 suggest that bet is landing. See our full Munich bars guide if the drinks program is your primary interest and you want to compare options across the city.
Mediterranean cuisine as executed at Michelin Plate level in a German city means the kitchen is working to a standard that has passed external review, not just local goodwill. The Plate designation from Michelin indicates good cooking without the additional layers of complexity that earn stars , it is a meaningful credential that separates a venue from the city's general noise without implying that you're in for a multi-hour tasting marathon. For a regular returning for a second visit, Mediterranean formats typically reward ordering more broadly across the menu rather than anchoring to a single dish. The cuisine type allows for shared plates or more traditional course structures, and the €€€ tier usually gives the kitchen enough margin to source properly without the tasting-menu price commitment of the starred venues up the road.
For Mediterranean cuisine elsewhere in Germany and across comparable European contexts, venues like La Brezza in Ascona and Il Buco in Sorrento offer useful reference points for what the format looks like at different levels of ambition and price. Within Munich's creative dining tier, Alois - Dallmayr Fine Dining and JAN show what the city's leading creative kitchens are doing if you want to benchmark upward.
Reservations: Booking difficulty is rated Easy , this is one of the more accessible Michelin-recognised tables in Munich, so you do not need to plan weeks ahead. Budget: €€€ per head, placing it in Munich's serious-but-not-starred bracket. Location: Neureutherstraße 15, 80799 München , Maxvorstadt district, walkable from the museum quarter. Dress: No confirmed dress code in the venue record; at €€€ with Michelin recognition, smart-casual is the safe assumption. Contact: Phone and website are not confirmed in the current database , check Google Maps or reservation platforms for current booking details.
For broader Munich planning, see our full Munich restaurants guide, our full Munich hotels guide, and our full Munich experiences guide. If you're comparing wine-forward dining destinations further afield in Germany, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn, Aqua in Wolfsburg, and Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl show what Germany's leading end looks like at star level. For something closer to Munich with a similarly distinctive format, ES:SENZ in Grassau is worth considering. See also CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin and Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach for German dining that treats a specific program , desserts and wine, respectively , as the central proposition. Pageou in Munich is another option if you want Mediterranean-influenced cooking with a different house character. Our Munich wineries guide is useful if the wine angle is your primary interest and you want to extend beyond restaurant lists.
Pure Wine & Food sits at €€€ while most of Munich's Michelin-starred competition , Tantris, Tohru in der Schreiberei, Alois - Dallmayr Fine Dining, and Atelier , operates at €€€€. That price gap matters for the booking decision. If budget is a constraint but you still want Michelin-recognised cooking in Munich, Pure Wine & Food is the most financially accessible option among the venues with external credentials. If budget is not the constraint and you want maximum culinary ambition, the €€€€ tier is where Munich's kitchen talent is concentrated.
On booking difficulty, Pure Wine & Food is the easiest table in this comparison set. Tantris and Tohru in der Schreiberei both carry starred recognition and corresponding wait times. Les Deux at €€€€ is a contemporary French option at the same booking-difficulty tier as the other starred venues. If you need a table this week, Pure Wine & Food is the realistic choice among Michelin-recognised rooms in the city.
The wine-forward identity is what differentiates Pure Wine & Food most clearly from its Munich peers. Tantris has a serious cellar, but it is a Modern French room where the cuisine leads. Pure Wine & Food positions wine and food as equal partners, which makes it the better fit for a dinner where the drinks program is part of the point. If cuisine ambition and technical complexity are your primary criteria, the €€€€ starred venues will deliver more. If value, access, and a drinks list that gets real attention are what you're after, Pure Wine & Food is the right call.
No confirmed dress code exists in the venue record. At the €€€ price point with two consecutive Michelin Plates, smart-casual is the safe assumption , think the kind of outfit you'd wear to a serious wine bar rather than a formal starred room. Munich's dining culture at this tier does not typically enforce jacket requirements, but arriving underdressed relative to the room will be more noticeable than overdressing.
Contact the venue directly before booking if dietary restrictions matter for your group , no confirmed policy is in the public record. Mediterranean cuisine as a format is generally adaptable (the building blocks of the cuisine work well with vegetarian and pescatarian diets), but a kitchen running at Michelin Plate level will have its own menu structure that may need advance notice to work around. Phone and website details are not confirmed in the current database; check Google Maps or your booking platform for current contact information.
Given the venue's wine-forward identity, a bar or counter seating option would be the natural format for solo diners or couples who want to engage with the drinks program directly. However, seating configuration is not confirmed in the venue record. For a room that positions wine as co-equal to food, bar seating , if available , is usually the better choice for a second visit: it gives you direct access to the team and a better view of what's being poured. Call ahead to confirm before arriving with that expectation.
Specific dishes are not confirmed in the public record, so Pearl will not speculate on menu items. What the Michelin Plate recognition and Mediterranean cuisine positioning suggest: the kitchen is working with quality ingredients in a format that rewards ordering across the menu rather than anchoring to one course. For a returning visitor, the more useful question is what the wine team recommends pairing with the current menu , that's the house proposition, and it's where this room will show more depth than a comparable venue where wine is an afterthought.
Group suitability is not confirmed in the venue record , capacity figures are not in the database. At €€€ per head in Munich, the room is unlikely to be set up for large private events without advance arrangement, but smaller groups of four to six should be bookable through standard channels. If you're planning a group dinner, contact the venue directly to confirm availability and whether a private area can be arranged. Booking difficulty is rated Easy, which suggests the venue has capacity to accommodate groups more readily than Munich's starred rooms.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Pure Wine & Food | €€€ | — |
| Tantris | €€€€ | — |
| Tohru in der Schreiberei | €€€€ | — |
| Alois - Dallmayr Fine Dining | €€€€ | — |
| Atelier | €€€€ | — |
| Les Deux | €€€€ | — |
How Pure Wine & Food stacks up against the competition.
Aim for neat, put-together casual rather than formal — the Maxvorstadt neighbourhood has a relaxed but considered crowd, and at €€€ pricing with Michelin Plate recognition, the room will reflect that. Jeans are fine; trainers are a judgment call. Leave the suit at home unless it's a business dinner.
Mediterranean cuisine as a category tends to offer natural flexibility around fish, vegetables, and legumes, which works in favour of most common dietary needs. Call ahead to confirm specifics — the venue is on Neureutherstraße 15 in Munich, and Michelin Plate kitchens at this price point typically accommodate requests given advance notice.
Bar seating availability is not confirmed in the available venue data. Given the Mediterranean and wine-forward positioning, a bar or counter area is plausible, but check the venue's official channels at Neureutherstraße 15 before assuming you can walk in and sit without a reservation.
Specific dishes are not documented here, so ordering blind is part of the deal — but at Michelin Plate level with a Mediterranean kitchen, lean into whatever the kitchen is pushing as a seasonal focus. The wine list is a real reason to come, so ask for pairing guidance rather than ordering off a standard list.
Private dining or large group capacity is not confirmed in the available data. For groups of four or more at a €€€ Michelin Plate venue, check the venue's official channels — Neureutherstraße 15, Munich — well ahead of time, as smaller dining rooms in this category often have limited flexibility for parties above six.
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