Oktoberfest food – from morning to midnight

We’re of the opinion that food at the Oktoberfest gets more important as times goes on: not because we’re getting older and less into huge quantities of beer, but because, after a few days of the latter, you need good, hearty fare as a solid foundation (and cure for a hangover).

And since our look at Oktoberfest food was so popular last year, we decided to write about eating at the Wiesn again. But rather than just selecting the best must-eats like in 2013, this year, we’re going broader and giving you an exhaustive list of Bavarian foods and other things to try – and tips on where to try them!

Coffee and breakfast

Yes, amazing but true: you can get both (in very good quality) at the Oktoberfest. Bodo’s Café is open from 9am, while Schiebls Kaffeehaferl does a good, solid spread of traditional German breakfast breads, rolls, and cold cuts between 10 and 12. If you’ve got a little more time – and like it sweet in the mornings – then the Munich bakery specialities at Café Kaiserschmarrn are a must.

Weißwürstl and Weizenbier

This is the Bavarian “breakfast” classic: boudin blanc sausages and wheat beer. So learn those two words – and these two: Glöckle Wirt and get stuck into a real piece of Bavarian culture.

Obazda

This creamy, savoury, strong cheese preparation is an ideal snack / especially in the helpfully-monikered “Cheese Tent”.

Hendl

The classic roast half-a-chicken is available pretty much everywhere and in all major tents, but perhaps at its best in the dedicated poultry joints: Poschner, Heimer, Wildmoser, Ammer…

Ente

That’s duck – see list above.

Knödel

Dumplings are a classic beer-sponge and a key part of traditional Bavarian cuisine. Try them at the special dumpling tent in the classic creamy chanterelle mushroom sauce.

Schweinshaxe

A knuckle of pork for big boys and hungry girls. Schottenhamel does the absolute bestest!

Sweet snacks

Try Kaiserschmarrn in the eponymous Café Kaiserschmarrn, Gugelhupf in the equally eponymous Wiesn-Gugelhupf, or a Mohrenkopf in the…yes, you get the idea, Café Mohrenkopf!

Roast pork roll as a snack for after, during, or before…

There’s a joint that does amazingly crispy roast pork in a crunchy roll just opposite Winzerer Fähndl in front Löwenbräu. The name? Well, now you’re asking…