Which bakery cafés in Chiang Mai open earliest?

สภากาแฟ (เจ้าเก่า) in south Chiang Mai opens at 05:30 and serves until 11:00, and Nana Bakery at 3 Sot Suksa Road in Santitham opens at 06:00. Both Wake Up Coffee branches double as bakeries and are open 24 hours. Cafe de Thaan Aoan and Yellow Crafts on Suthep Road open at 07:00.

Where are the bakery cafés in Chiang Mai?

Nimman has the most bakery cafés, including On the Bread on Soi 13 and Catmosphere Cat Café on Huay Kaew Road, followed by the Old City, including Taa Peng Cat on Sam Lan Road and Fern Forest Cafe on Singharat Road. Santitham and the east bank have a few more.

Bakery Cafés in Chiang Mai: Bread, Cakes and Early Bakes

Q: Which Chiang Mai bakery cafés also serve specialty coffee?

Chiang Mai bakery cafés that also serve specialty coffee include Akha Ama Phrasingh in the Old City, the Akha Ama café in Santitham, Cottontree in Nimman, open 08:00–16:00 and closed Tuesdays, and Khagee on Chiang Mai–Lamphun Soi 1, which also offers oat milk.

Thai baking has a Portuguese thread. Egg-yolk sweets such as foi thong (ฝอยทอง), thong yip and thong yot are credited to Maria Guyomar de Pinha, a cook of Japanese, Portuguese and Bengali descent in the Ayutthaya palace of the late 17th century, though historians disagree on how much of the credit is hers.¹²

Chiang Mai's bakery cafés are a newer layer: cakes, bread and pastries alongside the coffee. Nimman has the most, ahead of the Old City, and a handful open by 07:00.

Local tip: Pair the bake with a pour-over at a bakery café that also roasts or brews specialty coffee; Akha Ama Phrasingh, Cottontree and Khagee are the easiest to reach.

Where these cafés are: Nimman (16), Old City (11), Santitham (8), Riverside & Wat Ket (6), Suthep & CMU (6), Tha Phae & Night Bazaar (3), South Chiang Mai (1), Chang Phueak & north (1).

At a glance

52Cafés listed

34With opening hours

05:30Earliest opening

23:15Latest closing

Opens earliest: สภากาแฟ(เจ้าเก่า), from 05:30 (Mon–Thu 05:30–11:00 · Sat–Sun 05:30–11:00).

Closes latest: ชีวิตคนธรรมดา, until 23:15 (Daily 09:00–23:15).

Most common features: wi-fi (54%), brunch (13%), specialty (8%).

From palace sweets to bakery cafés

Foi thong began as fios de ovos, a Portuguese sweet of egg yolks drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup, which Portuguese travelers carried to Thailand, Japan and India.¹ Its Thai name means "golden strand"; thong, gold, is considered auspicious, and the long threads are said to stand for long life.¹

Maria married Constantine Phaulkon, a Greek-born adventurer at the court of King Narai, in 1682. After his execution in 1688 she was held as a palace slave, worked in the royal kitchens and eventually became head of the kitchen staff.²

The bakery-café format is familiar from Thai chains too. Outlets of S&P, one of the local brands that still outsell Starbucks in Thailand, combine a bakery, a café and a restaurant under one roof.³

Early bakes

The first trays come out in Santitham, where Nana Bakery starts trading at 06:00. In south Chiang Mai, สภากาแฟ (เจ้าเก่า) serves bakes and breakfast from 05:30 to 11:00, and both Wake Up Coffee branches, which double as bakeries, are open 24 hours.

Later in the morning, Cafe de Thaan Aoan in the Old City and Yellow Crafts at 257/29 Suthep Road open at 07:00, and Friend Coffee in the Old City at 07:30. Near the night bazaar, Mam's Cake Coffee Breakfast opens daily 07:00–19:00. More than half of the bakery cafés are closed by 18:00.

Where Chiang Mai's bakery cafés are

In Nimman, On the Bread is on Soi 13, Catmosphere Cat Café at 233/5 Huay Kaew Road (10:00–20:00) and Coffee or Me at 132/1-1 Soi 5 (09:30–17:00). Cottontree closes on Tuesdays and House No.33 on Wednesdays.

Inside the moat, Taa Peng Cat is at 1 Sam Lan Road (08:00–17:00) and Fern Forest Cafe at 54/1 Singharat Road, with Tenten and The Little Sunday both open 08:00–17:00. Santitham adds Hohm cafe (10:00–18:00), the east bank Blue Cafe, open until 20:00 on weekdays, and the Suthep area Valentan, closed on Mondays. Also on the east bank, Baan 104 Coffee and Bakery on Kaewnawarat Road Soi 3 opens 09:00–17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday.

Cake with specialty coffee, or after dark

Some bakery cafés also serve specialty coffee: Akha Ama Phrasingh in the Old City, the Akha Ama café in Santitham, Cottontree in Nimman (08:00–16:00) and Khagee at 29–30 Chiang Mai–Lamphun Soi 1, which also offers oat milk.

For cake late, Shewitkhontammada Coffee House in Nimman bakes and stays open until 23:15, and Mango Tango and iberry garden serve until 22:00.

Bakery cafés in Chiang Mai

At a glance

Akha Ama

Akha Ama Phrasingh

Baan 104 Coffee and Bakery

Catmosphere Cat Café

Coffee or Me

Corner Coff

Cottontree

Fern Forest Cafe

Friend Coffee

Nana Bakery

On the Bread

Phuping Coffee

RabBrits café

Something Like Cat & Daughters Bag

Taa Peng Cat

Valentan

Wake Up Coffee

Wake Up Coffee

Yellow Crafts

สวนไอเบอร์รี่

ฮอห์ม คาเฟ่

Cafe de Thaan Aoan

สภากาแฟ(เจ้าเก่า)

Blockecho Bakery And Coffee

Blue Cafe

Boom coffee& bakery

DOM cafe

Homglai

House No.33

Khagee

Lamdee Cafe

Luna Bakery House เชียงใหม่

Mai bakery in garden

Malee Bakery & Ice Cream

Mam’s Cake Coffee Breakfast

Mango Tango

From palace sweets to bakery cafés

Early bakes

Where Chiang Mai's bakery cafés are

Cake with specialty coffee, or after dark

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Bakery cafés in Chiang Mai: questions

Which bakery cafés in Chiang Mai open earliest?

Which Chiang Mai bakery cafés also serve specialty coffee?

Where are the bakery cafés in Chiang Mai?

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