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'''The small beer garden Dampfschiff is located directly at the Amper river in Grafrath, about 35 kilometres south west from the centre of central Munich. Dampfschiff is an ideal stop-over for bicyclers en-route Ammersee or rafts coming rafters floating downstream from in the lake direction of Fürstenfeldbruck.'''

The name Dampfschiff translates into steamboat. Just behind the restaurant and beer garden was once the pier for the steamboat, which brought between 1880 and 1939 took passengers from and to the Ammersee. Day-trippers from Munich went with the came by steam train to Grafrath, where the train tracks ended. The only way to continue the their journey to the village of Stegen at Ammersee was by steam boat along the Amper river. The noble man nobleman Hugo von Maffei operated the steam boat "Marie Therese" steam liner until the rail service was extended to the village of Herrsching at Ammersee, making the steam boat service economically inviable. During the operation of the steam boat, Dampfschiff, as indeed it remains today, was a popular beer garden and restaurant for amongst travelers between Munich and Ammersee, as indeed it remains today.

Today there are no steam boats stopping at Dampfschiff anymore. Instead there are gummy boats dinghies and kajaks launched a few steps away from the beer garden.

The beer garden has about 300 seats, divided into a self-serviced and serviced area. Guests of the self-serviced area can sit on with traditional beer garden benchesand a serviced area with regular tables. Unfortunately most of the beer garden is shaded by large sun blinds and umbrellas, whereas only a view few large trees provide shade. The food stall in the self-serviced area offers common typical beer garden food , such as [[Obatzda]], Leberkäs (meat loaf) and spare ribs. A specialty is the [[Steckerlfisch]], a freshly grilled whitefish from the Ammersee. A [[Maß]] [[Augustiner]] costs €5.80 (April 2012). The serviced area is located on an elevated terrace.

There are regular music events in the beer garden. Regularly on Sunday play various music bands perform live on a stage in the self-serviced area.