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Brunch cafés in Chiang Mai

Breakfast and brunch menus, mostly in Nimman and the Old City.

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Chiang Mai has a large long-stay foreign community; Wikivoyage calls the city a hotspot for digital nomads, with whole businesses built around visas and medium-term rentals.1 Western-style breakfast menus are easiest to find where those visitors stay and work, which means Nimman and the Old City.

The Old City and Nimman have the most brunch cafés, almost level, and several open by 07:00, early enough to eat before the day heats up.

Local tip: Treat brunch as a morning plan: several of these cafés close by mid-afternoon, Juicy4U at 15:00 and On the Bread at 16:00, and Book Thief takes Wednesdays off.

Where these cafés are: Old City (9), Nimman (8), Tha Phae & Night Bazaar (4), Santitham (3), Riverside & Wat Ket (2), South Chiang Mai (1), Suthep & CMU (1).

At a glance

28Cafés listed
23With opening hours
05:30Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: สภากาแฟ(เจ้าเก่า), from 05:30 (Mon–Thu 05:30–11:00 · Sat–Sun 05:30–11:00).
  • Closes latest: Yesterday, until 00:00 (Daily 07:00–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: ถนนราชมรรคา (2).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (75%), outdoor seating (29%), bakery café (25%).
Nimman

สวนไอเบอร์รี่

iberry garden

  • ถนน นิมมาน เห มินท์ ซอย 17 ซอย สายน้ำ ผิ้ ง, Tambon Su Thep, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai, Chang Wat Chiang Mai 50200
  • Daily 10:00–22:00
  • 053 895 181
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Tha Phae & Night Bazaar

Aob-Sook

  • 10 ถนนช้างม่อย ซอย3
  • Mon–Tue 08:00–16:45 · Thu–Sun 08:00–16:45
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A northern Thai breakfast first

Many Thais begin the day with jok (โจ๊ก), a smooth rice porridge that specialist shops sell from morning to night. The breakfast bowl usually has an egg cracked in, minced pork, ginger or fried garlic on top, and a pathongko (ปาท่องโก๋) fried dough stick alongside.2

The north's own dish is khao soi (ข้าวซอย), egg noodles both boiled and deep-fried in a coconut-milk curry, served with pickled mustard greens, shallots and lime. It is usually made with chicken or beef rather than pork, a legacy of its roots among Chin Haw Muslim traders from Yunnan.3

Where Chiang Mai's brunch cafés are

In Nimman, On the Bread is on Soi 13, Ombra Cafe and Kitchen 7 (also known as Outside In) are on Ratchaphruek Road, and A.B.C.D. is at 1 Huay Kaew Road. Middle 11, The Jungle Café and iberry garden also serve brunch.

Inside the moat, look for Cafe de Thaan Aoan, Juicy4U at 5 Ratchamanka Road and The Little Sunday; This is, at 8/8 Suriyawong Road, is just south of it. Near the night bazaar, Bella Goose Coffee is at 169/4 Sridonchai Road, and in Santitham, Book Thief is at 3 Morakot Road.

On the east bank, Sally's Cafe at 581 Charoen Muang Road serves 07:00–15:30 and closes on Mondays. Going up, on Charoen Prathet Road, opens at 06:15 on weekdays and 07:00 at weekends.

Opening times and closing days

Brunch here starts early and ends early. Nana Bakery opens at 06:00, and Juicy4U, Cafe de Thaan Aoan and Bella Goose Coffee at 07:00, followed by Book Thief and The Jungle Café at 07:30. Juicy4U closes at 15:00, and On the Bread at 16:00 (15:00 on Sundays); most brunch cafés close by 18:00.

Check the weekly day off: Book Thief and Aob-Sook close on Wednesdays, A.B.C.D. on Thursdays. If brunch slides into dinner, Ombra Cafe serves until 22:00 and Yesterday on Nimmanhaemin Road until midnight.

Vegetarian plates and Western staples

Strictly vegetarian food can be hard to find in Chiang Mai, because fish and oyster sauces go into many dishes and local monks themselves often eat fish, so asking for food prepared "like the monks" doesn't work here as it does elsewhere.1 Juicy4U and Cafe de Thaan Aoan have vegan options.

If you want to make your own breakfast, Wikivoyage notes that good bread and other Western groceries are scarce around the Old City; the Rimping supermarket chain, with nine branches in the Chiang Mai area, stocks them and opens 08:00–21:00.1

Sources

  1. Chiang Mai travel guide (Eat; Buy; Work), Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  2. Congee (Thailand section), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Khao soi, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Brunch in Chiang Mai: questions

Where can you get brunch in Chiang Mai?

The Old City has the most brunch cafés, including Juicy4U on Ratchamanka Road, followed closely by Nimman, including On the Bread on Soi 13 and Ombra Cafe on Ratchaphruek Road. Bella Goose Coffee on Sridonchai Road and Book Thief on Morakot Road also serve brunch.

What is a traditional breakfast to try in Chiang Mai?

Try jok, Thai rice porridge, often eaten in the morning with an egg stirred in and toppings such as minced pork, ginger and pathongko, a small fried dough stick. The northern dish is khao soi, egg noodles boiled and deep-fried in coconut-milk curry, usually with chicken or beef, a legacy of Chin Haw Muslim traders from Yunnan.

Is it easy to find a vegetarian brunch in Chiang Mai?

Not always. Fish and oyster sauces go into many Thai dishes, and in Chiang Mai asking for food "like the monks" doesn't guarantee a vegetarian plate, since local monks often eat fish. For brunch, Juicy4U on Ratchamanka Road and Cafe de Thaan Aoan in the Old City both have vegan options.

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