You can find quite a choice of restaurants and coffee shops in and around Doi Saket. With Locanda and Pizza Plus, Doi Saket has even two Italian cuisine restaurants. Moreover, there is a German Butcher - Restaurant
Foodstalls and Roadside Restaurants
There are quite a lot of small food stalls and Thai restaurants along the Highway H118 - between 7/11 and the gasoline station. However, they open and close just as they want so it is hard to mention them here. If you want to have a look, just follow H118. Some more foodstalls are located around the market, if you follow the canal road.
Larb Pha Kha is an Isarn Restaurant about 1 km outside from Doi Saket on the road to Bosang. Larb Pha Kha serves grilled food as well as fish and various Thai dishes.
Larb Phai Wan ist a small roadside restaurant about 1 kms away from Doi Saket, just in front of Baan Chai Thung Resort. The rerstaurant offers Northeastern Thai dishes. Larb Phai Wan´s special is frog.
Moo 1 Phapohong Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220 Tel.: 089-5766788
Luam Chuang is a nice Thai roadside restaurant. The noodle soups and Khao Soy are excellent. Some days simple Thai dishes such as fried rice or Phad Kawprow Gai (minced chicken with basil leaves) are offered.
Moo 1 Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220 Tel.: 086-6733825
Mr Esan is a nice roadside restaurant that offers typical Isarn Food, such as Lab Gai - a spicy minced chicken salad and the traditional Som Tam - Papaya salad, accompanied by spicy soups and sticky rice.
Doi Saket Main Road Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, 50220 Tel.: 093-1325837
Jasmine Hills Lodge Restaurant is part of the small resort. Paul and Dolly the Singaporean hosts offer some Malay specialties, such as Nasi Lemak, fish and chips on the international side and they of course have a choice of Thai dishes to order. The restaurant is beautifully located amidst the ricefields.
Locanda Doi Saket is about 1 km outside of Doi Saket at H118 towards Chiang Rai. The Restaurant is run by Swiss Italian Roberto and his wife. Pizza, Pasta along with various other Italian dishes are offered. Daily Specials are available.
Chiang Rai - 31/2 Moo 3 Choeng Doi Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220
Pizza Plus is about 2 kms outside of Doi Saket on the road that leads to Bosang. Eve and Sine, the friendly Thai hosts do excellent pizzas. Pasta is offered and various appetizers as well as fresh salads. They have now added various Thai dishes to their menu as well as European delights, such as spinach pie with bacon and cheese. Pizza Plus is a meeting point for expatriates.
Bosang Road 1007 Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220 Tel.: 086-9714930
G&M is a German butcher and Restaurant in Doi Saket area, about 12 kms outside of Doi Saket. The restaurant offers Buffet Lunch on Sundays, which includes pork specialties, such as Schnitzel, Spare ribs, Cold cuts, Pork Roast, Sauerkraut, Potatoes etc....Guenter the German owner also sells meats products such as cooked ham and pate.
269 Moo 4 Muangton Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220 Tel.: 053-840531 - Fax.: 053-965352
HIM Restaurant is about 13 kms outside of Doi Saket on H121. The restaurant is set back from the road and the outside tables overlook the small lake. Aircon rooms are available as well. HIM Restaurant offers Thai- Chinese Cuisine with excellent service. Staff are very attentive and some of my favourite dishes are Thod Man Goong - fried shrimp patties, Yam Hua Phli - Banana Flower Salad, and the various soups.
Moo Jum Buffet is a Thai Buffet Restaurant. At Moo Jum you have a buffet where you choose the ingredients and then you boil them yourself at the table. A very sociable experience. 129 baht per person
Tarnthong Restaurant is located beautifully in Maekrai National Park and is part of Tarnthong Lodges. The restaurant offers tasty Thai dishes - my favourite is fried fish with herbs and Green Curry. A coffee shop is part of Tarnthong Restaurant. The best time to go is late afternoon. The light just before sunset is wonderful. However, take a jacket, the evenings up in the mountains are chilly.
House of Palms is a Thai and international Restaurant just outside of Doi Saket. The dishes are adapted to European taste. The prices are rather high especially for drinks.
Abacus Coffee is a small coffee shop just in front of Horizon Village Resort and Tweechol Botanic Garden. They offer various coffee specialities, hot and cold in a nice ambiance.
Baan Chiangroong is the cafe located in Baan Chiangronng Resort. Situated about 4 kms outside of Doi Saket the two friendly owners give you a warm welcome. The coffe is excellent and the chocolate cake is a must.
Moo 8, Doi Saket Chiang Mai, 50220 Tel.: 081-7462281
Coffee Me, along the highway to Chiang Mai is a nice coffee shop with excellent cakes. Small outside sitting area overlooking the rice fields and a spacious aircon area.
Chiang Mai Chiang Rai Road H118 doi Saket, Chiang Mai, 50220
Dairy Goat Cafe is located at H118 towards Chiang rai, just before the turn to Mae Kuang Dam, behind Locanda Doi Saket. They actually do keep goats, they can be petted and goat dairy products are sold in the cafe. Dairy Goat Coffee offers cofee specialities along with various cakes and also simple Thai dishes all day long. You can either sit in the garden observing the various species of goats or in the nicely decorated aircon area.
31/1 Moo 3, Choeng Doi Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220 Tel.: 053-495054 or 081-3750314
Doi Saket Coffee Green is located at Lotus Petrol Station on H118 towards Chiang Rai. They have 3 tables in the aircon area and 4 tables outside overlooking the ricefields and the mountains close to Mae Kuang Dam.
De coffe run by Jean Marc and his partner is a small coffee shop close to the soulmates Retreat an Mae Kuang Dam. They offer cofees, crepes and various Thai dishes all day long.
215 Moo 9, Luang Nua Doi Saket, Chiang Mai 50220 Tel.: 088-2612699 or 086-1985582
As everywhere in Northern Thailand coffee shops become more and more part of the everyday life of Thai middle class. The Cafes are usually modernly decorated and offer a variety of coffees and teas sometimes smoothis as well. Some of them have cakes and pastries. The Goat Coffee also has fresh goat milk and you can pet the animals.
Doi Saket does not have to offer much for nighthawks - the only bar with pool table is Pen-s right on the main road. Sport events are shown and she does BBQs and several Thai dishes until late. Karaoke Bars are situated along the H118 towards Chiang Rai. They are frequented by Thais.