Schumann's Tagesbar sits inside the Funf Hofe arcade at Maffeistrasse 6, the daytime counterpart to Charles Schumann's evening bar, a glass-walled room that has poured coffee, aperitivo and cocktails to Munich's Altstadt since 2001.
Who would love it: anyone who wants the Schumann's name without the late hour, a morning coffee, a lunch plate or an early aperitivo in a designed room. Who would skip it: a night owl, because this bar trades by day and closes when the city's cocktail rooms are filling.
Falstaff and the Schumann's official site describe the Tagesbar as the day bar of Charles Schumann, who the guide calls one of the best-known names in the German bar trade. The room sits in the Funf Hofe, a Herzog and de Meuron shopping ensemble, and keeps daytime hours rather than the evening ones of the Hofgarten flagship.
The room
The space is bright and pared back: clean lines, a long bar, and tables that spill into the arcade for people-watching. The arcade seats are the ones to chase at lunch, under the Funf Hofe's hanging garden. The address sits steps from Marienplatz and the Theatinerstrasse shops, which feeds the room a mix of shoppers, office workers and visitors taking a break.
The bar runs on Schumann's design sense applied to the daytime: the same care as the evening bar, turned toward coffee, lunch and the early drink. It is a calmer, lighter room than the Odeonsplatz original, by intent.
What to order
By morning the order is coffee and breakfast; by midday, light plates and a glass of wine; by late afternoon, the aperitivo and cocktails the Schumann's name is built on. A Negroni or a spritz on the arcade in the late afternoon is the order the room does best. The kitchen leans light and Italian-inflected rather than heavy.
The crowd and vibe
The crowd mixes Altstadt shoppers, business lunches and out-of-town visitors, and it turns over through the day rather than peaking late. Mornings run calm; lunch and the early-evening aperitivo are the busy windows. The vibe is polished and unhurried, a designed daytime room rather than a night spot.
The Funf Hofe ensemble links five courtyards between Theatinerstrasse and Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse, and the Tagesbar takes one of its best-placed corners under the arcade's hanging garden. Falstaff frames the room as the daytime expression of Charles Schumann's bar craft, a counterpoint to the Odeonsplatz flagship, and that split is the point: the same name and care, set to the hours of coffee, lunch and the early drink rather than the long Munich night.
Best time to go
Late afternoon is the move for an aperitivo on the arcade before the bar closes for the evening. Lunch fills the terrace, so arrive ahead for a table. The bar shuts on Sundays and closes by 9pm on weekdays, earlier on Saturday.
What regulars say
- The Schumann's polish carried into a daytime room is the main draw.
- The Funf Hofe terrace is the seat to chase for an aperitivo.
- It closes early, so it suits the day drink rather than the late one.
Who it is for
- A morning coffee or an early aperitivo in the Altstadt
- The Schumann's name without the late hour
- A break between Marienplatz and Theatinerstrasse
The smart approach is to come in the late afternoon, take a seat on the arcade, and order an aperitivo before the room closes for the night. Schumann's Tagesbar brings the flagship's care to the daylight, which is a rarer thing than another late bar.
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Sources: Falstaff bar guide; Schumann's official site; Funf Hofe directory; Yelp listing (2026); Google Maps reviews.
