Der Pschorr holds a corner of the Viktualienmarkt at number 15, in the Altstadt at the centre of Munich old town. It is a Bavarian beer hall named for the brewer Joseph Pschorr, and it pours Hacker-Pschorr beer straight from wooden barrels, which is the signature of the room.
The pitch is a barrel-poured Bavarian beer with regional food in a central, market-side hall. This is a Wirtshaus for a long lunch or an early-evening Mass, not a late cocktail night. Anyone after a quiet, dark bar should look elsewhere, because the draw is the open hall, the market outside and the beer.
The room is a large, wood-lined hall that opens onto the Viktualienmarkt, with a terrace on the market itself in warm weather. Munich Travel lists it among the city traditional Bavarian tables, and the official site records that the house pours its beer from wooden barrels into cold glasses, a method that gives the Edelhell its soft head. The hall opened in August 2005, which makes it one of the newer rooms in a city of old breweries.
Order the Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell from the barrel, or move to the wheat beer, the Sternweisse or the Dunkel depending on the season. The kitchen runs classic and modern Bavarian dishes built on regional produce, and the house is proud of the Murnau-Werdenfels beef it serves. A Mass of barrel beer with a plate of roast is the order the regulars build around.
The crowd mixes market traders and office workers at lunch with a broader after-work and visitor crowd in the evening. Reviewers on Yelp, with the listing updated in April 2026 across more than two hundred reviews, return to the barrel beer, the market terrace and the food as the reason to come. The hall runs daily from late morning to midnight, so it works as a first stop or a long sit.
Getting there is simple. The Marienplatz hub, a few minutes on foot, puts the U-Bahn and S-Bahn within easy reach, and the Viktualienmarkt sits directly outside the door. The central spot makes Der Pschorr a natural opener before a wider Altstadt evening, with the market stalls to browse before or after a Mass.
The beer is the point. The house pours Hacker-Pschorr from wooden barrels rather than steel kegs, and the official site credits that method for the soft head on the Edelhell. The seasonal range covers wheat beer, the Sternweisse, a lighter Weisse, a Dunkel and a Pils, so a table can work through the styles across an afternoon.
The kitchen matches the beer. Munich Travel lists Der Pschorr among the city traditional Bavarian tables, and the menu runs roast pork, sausages and the Murnau-Werdenfels beef the house is proud of, alongside lighter modern plates. Yelp reviewers, with the listing updated in April 2026, return to the barrel beer and the market terrace, and note that the hall fills fast at peak lunch.
The Viktualienmarkt setting seals it. The hall opens straight onto the market, the city central open-air food market, which gives it a terrace among the stalls in warm weather and a steady trade of shoppers and traders. That location makes Der Pschorr a reliable first stop on an Altstadt day rather than a hidden find.
Best time to go is a warm midday on the market terrace, or an early evening before the after-work rush fills the hall. Who it is for: a barrel-beer drinker, a Bavarian-food eater and a visitor who wants a central first stop. For more rooms like it, see our best craft beer bars in Munich guide, the wider Munich bar guide, and our pillar on the best craft beer bars worldwide.
Sources: Der Pschorr official site (2026); Munich Travel Bavarian food guide; OpenTable Der Pschorr; Yelp Der Pschorr (Apr 2026)
