Mae Sai Restaurants

[DavidFL]

Mae Sai Breakfast
A real serious task for us farang.

But try the Top North Hotel

with fresh coffee / cappuccino too.
:thumbup:

 

[DavidFL]

Green House

a sweet little restaurant mainly cooking farang food.
They recently came 3rd in a Makro cooking competition in Hang Dong. (2nd place went to Seepak, my fave in Mae Rim. 1st to a big restaurant in Khampaeng Phet.)
Green House was / is a rival to Laab Lung Air, but Lung Air seems to have temporarily vanished from the scene in Mae Sai. Lung Air moved in JUly to a new location, west of town on the new Doi Tung road, but it looks like they have since gone again, lasting only a few months. But I do need to check again.
Green House food is cheap, tasty & value for money. Sorry no pics - I was too busy talking to Boy the cook.

Location, not easy to find.
GPS Waypoint: N20 26 17.9 E99 53 02.6
In a soi Muang Dang Soi 1.
parallel to the main street, east of the highway.
One block North (closer to the bridge) of the Bangkok Bank & 7-11.

 

[DavidFL]

Doi Wao Coffee

up on top of the hill next to Wat Doi Wao temple overlooking Mae Sai.

Opened only 2 years & only just discovered by me - I'm a bit slow

but this is a gem of a spot for a cuppa, some food & a sweet view overlooking Mae Sai / Tachilek

Plus you can get a nice fresh breeze on a hot day.

 

[DavidFL]

DavidFL;292872 wrote: Green House

a sweet little restaurant mainly cooking farang food.
They recently came 3rd in a Makro cooking competition in Hang Dong. (2nd place went to Seepak, my fave in Mae Rim. 1st to a big restaurant in Khampaeng Phet.)
Green House was / is a rival to Laab Lung Air, but Lung Air seems to have temporarily vanished from the scene in Mae Sai. Lung Air moved in JUly to a new location, west of town on the new Doi Tung road, but it looks like they have since gone again, lasting only a few months. But I do need to check again.
Green House food is cheap, tasty & value for money. Sorry no pics - I was too busy talking to Boy the cook.

Location, not easy to find.
GPS Waypoint: N20 26 17.9 E99 53 02.6
In a soi Muang Dang Soi 1.
parallel to the main street, east of the highway.
One block North (closer to the bridge) of the Bangkok Bank & 7-11.

A couple of food pics from GreenHouse.
Simple food, but cheap & good value for money.

Breakfast - pork steak / bacon / cheese

Beef steak with red wine sauce

Fish steak - dolly fish

Nothing over 150 baht.

I'm perplexed - finding a decent eating restaurant in Mae Sai is not easy.
They all seem to come * go in 6-9 months - flash in the pan.

Laab Lung Air is gone.
Umporn Resort used to have great food, but only in the high season & if the same cook cook comes back.
The Fai Kham Pub is gone & they used to have great food.
Labieng Kaew is gone.
The list is endless.
But there was a "new one" that was impressive....more to come.

 

[DavidFL]

Somewhere new & somewhere different...

The Tea & Plant Oils Development centre.

On the grounds of the Tea & Plant Oils Centre
South of Mae Sai
At the intersection with R1149 / R1290
The Doi Tung & Golden Triangle roads.

A magic cool spot

Loadsa health foods. The GF had a delicious yam fruit salad - sweet & spicy

The old boy had a caesar salad & a sensational thirst quencher of a drink - lavender / lemon / soda.

so good was the drink that I had TWO.

Im not sure of the restaurant opening time, but closing was 8PM they said.
Recommended for a a cool relaxing late afternoon break.

 

[Deano747]

That looks sensational and has just become our groups lunch spot for our day between Chiang Khong and Mae Salong in December.

 

[DavidFL]

Lao Karn Station

A nice music pub - for mature adult players.

Good music.

Cheap Food & beers.
A nice spot to go after 9PM.

สถานี เล่าขาน · CVFM+C58, AH2, Wiang Phang Kham, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand

★★★★☆ · Restaurant

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[DavidFL]

The Cowboy Cafe

An amazing hidden cafe / restaurant in the bowels of the Doi Wao market.

See also

The Aladdin's Cave Coffeeshop in Mae Sai.

Off for a brunch ride to the Flow @ the GT with buddy Michel, another Chiang Khong resident, I get introduced to & totally stunned by a hidden oasis coffeeshop in the middle of the Doi Wao market in Mae Sai, that Michel knows...... A Flow brekky The Flow @ the GT has a damn good full English...

www.gt-rider.com

Cowboy Café · CVVH+8V8, Wiang Phang Kham, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand

âââââ · Bar

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[DavidFL]

Brew Whale Coffee

An arty, smart classy aircon cafe with excellent coffee.

Some good cakes & pastries.

Plenty of easy parking.

Well worth a visit.

Brew Whale & Co. Cafe (à¸à¸²à¹à¸à¹à¸à¸¥à¸²à¸§à¸²à¸¬) · 4 หมูà¹à¸à¸µà¹ 1 Phahonyothin Rd, Wiang Phang Kham, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand

âââââ · Cafe

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[DavidFL]

Above Coffee.

A small, cosy, air-conditioned cafe is upstairs in a townhouse right at the entrance to the Doi Wao market street.

Happy friendly service plus good coffee and an excellent view over the main street of Mae Sai.

Above Coffee Location:

Above Coffee · 823 Mae Sai, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand

âââââ · Cafe

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[DavidFL]

Papa Steak

Out and about in Mae Sai looking at flood damage repairs and started to feel hungry before riding home, and I remembered a tip-off for a good steak. Enter the Papa Steak, in a new location, after it too got flooded in the great flood of 2024,

It used to be on the canal road east of Mae Sai, but is now located on R1, outside the Mekong Delkta Hotel.

A small, cosy warm aircon premises.

And the rib-eye steak did not disappoint.
I was most impressed, cooked to succulent perfection.

PAPA Steak at Mae Sai · 230 21 หมูà¹à¸à¸µà¹4 Phahonyothin Rd, Wiang Phang Kham, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand

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