Mandarin Oriental, Munich

Mandarin Oriental, Munich

"This nineteenth-century neo-Renaissance stucco building near Maximilianstrasse is in a great location for walking or biking the city. Rooms have views of the city’s red roofs, cherrywood furniture in the style of the neo-Biedermeier period, and cream, gold, and brown hues. Inlaid French and Italian marble floors welcome guests upon entry, while the lobby, in tones of lavender, terra-cotta, and brown, has a number of original Biedermeier furnishings. Restaurant Mark’s serves Asian-inflected Mediterranean dishes."

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"The Mandarin Oriental, Munich has the sexiest cocktail bar in town in the form of Orly, bright airy rooms, and a roof garden for summertime mahjong."

"Mandarin Oriental Munich Built into a medieval city wall, the Mandarin Oriental immediately impresses with a lobby and reception area dominated by two grand staircases. The rooms are no less dramatic, with elegant gold-and-cream color schemes, cherry-wood desks, Italian marble floors, and bathrooms large enough to have walk-in showers as well as deep tubs. Fine-art prints and etchings decorate the walls, while tasteful yet trendy amenities like Samsung TVs, Bose speakers, and yoga mats make guests feel right at home. Most rooms have views of Munich’s red roofs, but some apartment-sized suites have balconies overlooking the entire city. Up on the roof, there’s The Terrace restaurant, where guests can enjoy Mediterranean cuisine and breathtaking panoramas. Matsuhisa serves Peruvian and Japanese cuisine and has a dedicated sushi bar, while neighboring Ory offers hip cocktails and fine wines. The hotel is also conveniently located near some of Munich’s top sights, from the Hofbräuhaus beer hall to high-end shopping street Maximilianstraße and historic Marienplatz square."

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"Despite being part of the Mandarin Oriental family of hotels, the Munich outpost feels more like a boutique property, with 48 rooms and 25 suites designed in the brand’s signature Eastern-influenced aesthetic. It’s located in the Old Town right next to the famous Hofbraühaus beer hall, a great (albeit touristy) place to eat and drink; though for a fine-dining experience, you might want to try the hotel’s Matsuhisa restaurant, part of chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s empire." - Stefanie Waldek

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"Despite its distinctly old-fashioned appearance, this is, perhaps, Munich's most sophisticated hotel. Small and discreet, the Mandarin Oriental is still widely referred to by its old name, the Rafael, though this 19th century building was only converted to a hotel in 1990. This is probably due to the fact that many of the guests have been devotees since the hotel since it first opened, and often come several times a year (Zubin Mehta stays here every time he conducts the Opera series). Evidently, they all like the fruit on check-in, the newspaper in the morning, and the extremely familiar, extremely friendly faces of the concierge and the barman. An added bonus - everything in the mini bar is on the house. And the food, by the way, is absolutely sensational. Should you find yourself burnt out — as many visitors to Germany do — on bratwurst and strudel, escape downstairs to Matsuhisa, Munich, first of its kind in the country. Its Japanese-Peruvian fusion plates pair particularly well with the adventurous cocktails and champagne offerings at Bar31. Your physical surroundings aren't so shabby either. The air is redolent with the many flowers strewn throughout. The Mandarin Oriental prides itself on its collection of prints and etchings, which includes several from its former namesake, the Italian painter Raphael himself. Real antiques decorate rooms that are architecturally quirky in a way unique to buildings over a century old. Like Prince Charles, you might want to sleep in room 608, which features a sitting room in a turret, and will make you feel like Rapunzel. Some say it's the location - walking distance from anything you would possibly want to see in Munich, the Opera, the Marienplatz, shopping, and the Maximilianstrasse. Some say it's the nice pianist at the piano bar. But others say, hands down, that it's the terrace on the roof with its garden and heated pool from which you can see the Alps." - Tablet Hotels