Chiang Mai — Places to eat
Temples inside the moat, cafés outside it
- Khao Soi Khun Yai — Grandma's khao soi, open just four hours at lunch
- Khao Soi Mae Sai — Bib Gourmand khao soi with a drumstick for 65 baht
- Kao Soy Nimman — Sausage-topped khao soi and garden tables mid-Nimman
- Cherng Doi Roast Chicken — Charcoal chicken with cracker-crisp skin and som tam
- Huen Muan Jai — A full northern Thai spread in a Lanna wooden house
- Tong Tem Toh — Charcoal pork and northern sides, 8 am till late
- SP Chicken — Garlicky rotisserie chicken by Wat Phra Singh
- Blue Noodle — Blue-signed beef noodle shop with herbal broth
- Khao Kha Moo Chang Phueak (Cowboy Hat Lady) — The cowboy-hat lady's pork-leg rice at the north gate
- Roti Pa Day — Night-only Michelin roti cart; get banana and egg
- Meena Rice Based Cuisine — Five-colour rice and longan curry in a leafy garden
- Akha Ama Coffee Phra Singh — One of Chiang Mai's 'big three', using Akha village beans
- Ristr8to Original — The latte-art champion's café that put Nimman on the map
- Graph Café (Old Town original) — Charcoal 'Monochrome' latte in a ten-seat original
- Fern Forest Cafe — Coconut pie in a fern garden, open till 8 pm
- Huan Soontaree — Northern Thai dinner in a riverside Lanna hall
- Khao Soi Lamduan Fa Ham — An old-school khao soi bowl across the river
- Aroon Rai — Old-timer for Northern curries and khao soi
- Sanpakoi Kanomjeen — Fresh rice noodles under Northern curries
- Saiyut and Doctor Sai Kitchen — Doctor Sai's home-style Thai cooking, since 2004
- Dash Teak House — Northern Thai in an old teak house
- Blackitch Artisan Kitchen — Tasting counter of 16 seats, 10+ courses
- Roast8ry Lab — A latte-art champion's tiny coffee lab
- CoolMuang Coffee — A coffee stop a few steps from Tha Phae Gate
- FLAT Cafe — White minimalist cafe with good morning light
- The Baristro Asian Style — Riverside cafe with a Ping River breeze
- Mango Tango — Mango sticky rice and mango sweets