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The 53 Best Restaurants in Chiang Mai

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The best restaurants in Chiang Mai, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, The 50, and World Coffee Map have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. CHAWEE comes out on top.

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Dan Chicken Rice (San Sai) and Euang Kam Sai hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with World Coffee Map next.

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  3. Rank 1. Euang Kam Sai

    Northern Thai

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  4. Rank 1. Gongkham

    Northern Thai

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  5. Rank 1. Huan Soontaree

    Northern Thai

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  6. Rank 1. Huen Muan Jai

    Northern Thai

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  7. Rank 1. Lhongkhao Kitchen

    Northern Thai

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  9. Four communal tables under chandeliers, surrounded by the chef's personal vintage collection, sets the mood at this cosy Thai café in Chiang Mai. The menu roams across regional styles, with gutsy, vivid flavours doing most of the talking, and the kitchen is particular about sourcing. A complimentary pandan pudding closes things out. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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  10. Rank 1. Meena

    Northern Thai

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  11. Rank 1. Rasik Local Kitchen

    Contemporary Thai

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  14. Rank 1. Sanae

    Thai

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  17. Rank 17. Aquila

    Italian

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  20. Rank 17. Baan Suan Mae Rim

    Northern Thai

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  21. Rank 17. Belén by Paulo Airaudo

    Creative European

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  22. Rank 17. Busarin Cuisine

    Northern Thai

    The dining room at this Northern Thai restaurant runs to high ceilings, green leather booths, and pink walls lined with fine chinaware, the kind of setup that feels inherited rather than designed. The menu leans on family recipes, with noodles and roti standing in for rice. Streaky pork braised for two days in hang le curry is the thing to order. Michelin Guide listed.

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  23. Rank 17. Chum (Saraphi)

    Northern Thai

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  24. Rank 17. Cuisine de Garden

    Nordic-inspired Thai

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  25. The blackboard changes daily, which is usually a good sign at a casual Thai restaurant in Chiang Mai. The chef sources ingredients from around the country and cooks with the kind of regional range you don't always find in one place. Outdoor seating adds to the low-key feel. If fresh Thai chillies are on the table, ask for extra; the kitchen takes heat seriously.

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  28. Rank 17. Huen Jai Yong

    Northern Thai

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  30. Rank 17. Kang

    Southeast Asian

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  31. Rank 17. Khao

    Northern Thai

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  32. Rank 17. Kinlum Kindee

    Traditional Northern Thai

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  33. Rank 17. Kiti Panit

    Traditional Northern Thai

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  34. Rank 17. Krua Phech Doi Ngam

    Northern Thai

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  37. Rank 17. Lumdee Te Khuadang

    Northern Thai

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  40. Rank 17. Pari-

    Thai-influenced Japanese

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  41. Rank 17. Poondang Kaengron

    Northern Thai

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  42. Rank 17. Redbox

    Modern Thai

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  44. Rank 17. Talung

    Southern Thai

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  45. Rank 17. Tub Ping

    Contemporary Thai

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  46. Rank 17. We-La-Dee

    Central Thai

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  47. Rank 17. Withee Laab

    Northern Thai

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  48. Rank 17. Yangzi Jiang

    Cantonese

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  49. Servers in sailor suits, singers doing 1950s Thai standards, and interiors that feel lifted from a cruise ship that never quite docked: Methavalai Sorndaeng is a full-commitment time capsule of midcentury Bangkok glamour. The menu plays along, leaning into the old-school classics that once signaled a special night out. The Democracy Monument is right outside, but the restaurant seems cheerfully unaware that anything has changed since.




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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.