Tantris - Munich

The "Top DOG" restaurant in Munich - Germany's first 3 Michelin star restaurant. Very pricey, very posh. True 70's style decor an added plus. Be prepared to clean out the bank account here! Food and service hard to top! Save for your lottery winnings.

I easily put Tantris at the top of my list. I first had the pleasure of dining there, courtesy of Janet and Avery, when Jeremy and I started off last year's European Luxury Vacation™ in Munich. With the sweet sentimental haze of memory, I found it rare that upon a second second visit the quality of the meal will exceed my idealized expectations. This is where Tantris ... really delivered last night. The above is an excerpt. Full review here: Restaurant Tantris

I like ur statues

does anyone know if that is still open? I heard rumours that it has closed down?

Well the website is still active, give em a shout: http://www.tantris.de/englisch/aufbau.htm

they just have finished renovation. It should be open.

We've been there yesterday night for our engagement party (just the two of us). We went for the five course menu including the wine, which turned out to be more like a seven course menu if you count the extra appetizer and the petit-fours. I'm not really someone to write fancy restaurant reviews, so I'll just say that one course was pretty good, all others where incredible. I guess that gets the idea across, although I was tempted to add a little B or F word in there :-) It about tripled the highest price we ever paid for eating out, but we both considered it worth it. And to be fair: so far we had all our fine dining experiences down under, where dining out is a lot cheaper in general. PS: the interiour is weird in a cool way -- it has a very 60s/70s feel to it with an Indian touch.

I live around the corner from the joint and drive by frequently. I understand that they rennovated an area so you can go in and just get drinks, hang out a bit and spend only 50 euros p.p. or so on drinks and snacks. although it's the closest restaurant to my house, never been there. :-)

Went last night for an romantic dinner and it was SPECTACULAR. Sure, it's pricey (they have a special for Tue/Wed/Thur were you get a 5 course with wine for 135 euros pp which included an extra app & some sweets with coffee) but the service was exceptional where basically 4 people constantly refilled glasses, pushed seats in, replaced napkins when you left the table, and scooped your crummies away. I also thought it was a nice touch that they always explained each dish to my fiance in German, then turned to me and did it again in English WITH A SMILE. Very nice staff. Cool decor, great atmosphere, excellent wine. In case you are wondering about the food, all was very good. Some dishes were excellent. It's a place to experience once for a special occasion, for sure. :*)

We have been to Tantris a few times over the years and have never had a less-than-satisfactory experience there. I agree with Carol Ann's comments above, the staff at Tantris is friendly, informed and attentive. The foie gras was delicious and house made. I had a filet mignon once that melted in my mouth. It was much better than Morton's of Chicago or Ruth Cris in the U.S We had the eight course dinners most of the time and the smaller five course meal twice. With a digestif in between the latter courses, you are able to finish your meal without feeling too full.

Worth the money. Which is saying a lot.

We enjoyed our dinner here, but were surprised by the inexplicably slow pacing. We ordered the 8-course tasting menu but were not served our first course until about an hour later. The quality of the food was excellent, but we ended up having to cut our dinner short because of the timing problem.

Some of you may be aware that I have French colleagues. It may seem like a cliché but they don’t consider the office canteen good enough for lunch so they are always looking for other opportunities. Anyway, I was invited to share of their religious experience by visiting Tantris to enjoy their lunch menu. The opportunity to lunch at a restaurant rated by Michelin at two stars is not to be sniffed at. Anyway, the building looks from outside to be very modern, concrete and glass. Stone figurines of various mythological animals guarding the main entrance suggest an oriental theme (at least a nod to Feng Shui), perhaps Chinese, Thai or something else oriental. However, we were to eat in the garden which has an unusual atmosphere for a top restaurant. With such a restaurant, everything was down to attention to detail. We hadn’t booked but were able to be quickly seated. It was determined that my colleagues were French but I spoke English so they started to talk English with us. We selected the 3-course luncheon tasting menu for €83.50, including a selection of wines. The menu was effectively modern western-european although there were some hints of other flavours, particularly with the starter. However as with many such places they brought a small additional starter of Tuna with Guacamole which was very tasy werved with a white-wine from the Pfalz. The first real course was Lobster and some fish, which was served quite beautifully. The main course was venison with a little asparagus. This was served with a nice Rioja. Again, it both looked and tasted good. The last formal course was a dessert containing a pastry, raspberries and ice-crème. For this we were offered a choice of two wines and we ended up with something from Austria. The wine was typically dessert sweet but complimented the food well. The presentation was less god but the food still tasty. Finally on paying we received a “Patisserie” plate with some tasty somethings to help ease the process of paying the bill. Frankly, the service was superb but then there were few customers at this time and was the equal to the number of waiting staff. One of my colleagues who had visited in the evening told me that even with a full restaurant, the staff were more than equal to the chance. This isn't fast food (nor should it be) with moderate conversation we took about 90 minutes so it is useful to have the possibility for a long lunch break. Ok, the place is a bit pricey to visit on a daily basis, but occasionally you just have to treat yourself!!!!