Research Lunch Club in Munich
Munich's research scene spans two great universities, the Max Planck and Helmholtz institutes, and the R&D arms of some of Europe's biggest companies. Research Lunch Club matches you into a small group of Munich researchers for lunch, once a month. No conference, no networking — just three people who do the work, over a good meal, for the cost of a coffee a quarter.
📍 Real researchers, real lunch
Who's in the Munich group
Our Munich members include researchers from LMU and TU Munich, teams at Google, Apple and BMW, and the Max Planck and Helmholtz institutes. Physicists, engineers, computer scientists, UX researchers — Munich's table mixes deep science with applied industry.
Researchers from across Munich
A sense of where Munich members spend their days — the universities, institutes and companies they come from.
Where Munich members meet
Munich groups meet across the city: Maxvorstadt for LMU, TU and the museum quarter, the Innenstadt for downtown teams, Garching for the TU research campus and Max Planck, and the Werksviertel / Ostbahnhof for the tech crowd. Your group picks a lunch spot — a Wirtshaus, a café, a market hall — wherever's easiest.
Third-wave coffee, Munich-style
Lunch has a way of running into coffee. A few independent, third-wave spots Munich researchers gravitate to — chains need not apply.
Man Versus Machine
Glockenbachviertel
Mahlefitz
Maxvorstadt
Standl 20
the Viktualienmarkt
🍝 Three researchers, one table
How Research Lunch Club works in Munich
You get matched
Every month we pair you with two other researchers in Munich — deliberately across disciplines and career stages, so the conversation goes somewhere new.
Your group picks a day & a spot
You sort the time and place together in the member app — a lunch that works for all three of you, somewhere easy in the city.
You meet for lunch
Show up, swap notes, and build the kind of relationship that outlasts a conference badge. Most Munich groups keep in touch long after.
Your first lunch is on us
Snap a photo at the table and tag us on LinkedIn or Instagram — we'll cover your first lunch. Our way of saying welcome.
Pricing & the 90-day guarantee
The cost of a coffee
£5 a quarter, and you can cancel anytime. The lunch itself you pay for at the table.
A fresh match monthly
Two new Munich researchers every month you're a member.
90-day guarantee
Not feeling the lunches in your first 90 days? We'll refund your membership.
First lunch on us
Tag us in a photo from your first lunch and we'll cover it.
☕ Lunch that ran into coffee
Munich researcher FAQ
Wherever works for your group — often Maxvorstadt, the Innenstadt or out at the Garching campus, close to where members work and study. You pick the day and place in the app.
Other Munich-based researchers across disciplines and seniority — LMU and TU Munich academics alongside researchers at Google, Apple, BMW and the Max Planck and Helmholtz institutes. Deliberately mixed.
Each month we group Munich members into threes, mixing fields and career stages and avoiding repeat pairings. A new group every month you're a member.
Yes — Munich's industry research is huge, so many members are applied and UX researchers at tech and engineering firms. If you do research, you're welcome at the table.
The cost of a coffee a quarter — £5, cancel anytime. The lunch you pay for at the table, and your first one is on us.
More on meeting other researchers
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The cost of a coffee a quarter. Cancel anytime. Your first lunch is on us.