Waldwirtschaft

A Bavarian restaurant and jazz beer garden on the Isar

Waldwirtschaft Großhesselohe sits at Georg-Kalb-Straße 3, 82049 Pullach im Isartal, on the Isar high bank south of Munich. The house runs a restaurant of Bavarian traditional cooking with a measure of exclusive elegance and daily homemade specialties, alongside a chestnut-shaded self-service beer garden meant for a cooler drink in mixed sun and shade.

That is a different proposition from destination tasting rooms such as Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn, Aqua in Wolfsburg, JAN in Munich, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin, or Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach. Those pages are useful contrast points on this site; Waldwirtschaft’s own identity is the WaWi mix of restaurant rooms, beer garden, and family hospitality from Krätz and La Rocca.

What to eat and drink

The English restaurant menu includes WaWi’s Obazda cheese with shallots and pretzel, roasted pork with dark-beer sauce and potato dumpling, grilled char, and a vegetarian and vegan section with spinach dumplings and linguine “Veganesca.” Spaten and Franziskaner beers are poured on tap. Seasonal chanterelle plates appear when that specials block is running.

Elsewhere in Germany the conversation about regional cooking runs through rooms such as ES:SENZ in Grassau, Schanz in Piesport, Waldhotel Sonnora in Dreis, Restaurant Haerlin in Hamburg, Bagatelle in Trier, L.A. Jordan in Deidesheim, GästeHaus Klaus Erfort in Saarbrücken, and Victor's Fine Dining by christian bau in Perl. Formats further afield, from Lazy Bear in San Francisco to Le Bernardin in New York City, sit in another price and tasting-menu register altogether.

Pullach context

Alte Brennerei and Rabenwirt are the other Pullach restaurant pages on this site. For the wider town set, see the full Pullach restaurants guide.

Planning a visit

The restaurant is open Wednesday to Sunday from 11:30 Uhr to 23:00 Uhr, with kitchen close at 21:30 Uhr and continuous hot food during service; Monday and Tuesday are rest days. Reserve a restaurant table by email, by phone at 089 74994030, or through the homepage. The self-service beer garden is open year-round, daily in good beer-garden weather, independently of the restaurant. In the summer season, live jazz bands play daily. Families have room for children to play, including a playground. Indoor rooms are also used for baptisms, birthdays, communions, weddings, and company events.