Rustic & Blue ★ 4.3
A farm-shop cafe off Nimman doing all-day brunch from house produce, one of few Chiang Mai spots pouring brunch cocktails alongside acai bowls and waffles.
Order: Waffles with farm honey and eggs
Where to brunch in Chiang Mai. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Brunch picks
The Barn: Eatery & Design ★ 4.1
The rustic Nimman barn cafe is a favourite lazy-morning brunch spot, plating Western breakfasts and rice bowls in a wood-and-pond garden off the soi.
Order: The big breakfast plate and a honey lemon cold brew
Woo Cafe & Art Gallery ★ 4.2
Woo's flower-filled Charoenrat gallery cafe does a pretty riverside brunch of Thai and Western plates, as much a photo backdrop as a genuinely good kitchen.
Order: Eggs benedict and butterfly-pea latte
Fern Forest Cafe ★ 4.1
Fern Forest's leafy Old City courtyard is a calm brunch escape for French toast, big breakfasts and Thai tea under the ferns, away from the moat traffic.
Order: French toast and Thai tea
Graph One Nimman ★ 4.4
Graph's One Nimman bar pairs cult signature coffees with toasties and light morning plates, a design-led caffeine-first brunch stop in the heart of Nimman.
Order: A Graph signature coffee with a grilled cheese toastie
Cheevit Cheeva ★ 4.2
Chiang Mai's cult dessert cafe does a sweet-leaning brunch of pancakes and towering bingsu shaved ice, a Nimman weekend ritual with a permanent queue.
Order: Strawberry bingsu shaved ice and fluffy pancakes
The Baristro at Ping River ★ 4.2
The Baristro's white riverside pavilion is a scenic Pa Tan brunch spot, matching espresso with breakfast sets on one of the prettiest terraces in town.
Order: Signature latte and breakfast set
Free Bird Cafe ★ 4.1
A vegetarian charity cafe funding a Burmese migrant school, plating vegan khao soi, tea-leaf salad and hearty brunch bowls for a good cause off Nimman.
Order: Vegan khao soi and Burmese tea-leaf salad