🔄 Last checked 2 Jul 2026 · details and hours can change — check the venue before you go
Among the new names in the MICHELIN Guide Thailand 2026, Chawee is probably one of the most fun to tell a friend about in Chiang Mai, because this isn't the kind of restaurant you can just wander past and drop into — it's a pastel-green vintage shophouse in the Chang Phueak area with only 3-4 tables, taking guests strictly by advance phone booking. The owner is Chef Tan, Jeeraphon Rittep, champion of the 2016 World Masterchef Championship, who chose to open a small home-cooking restaurant rather than a big commercial one. The name "Chawee" comes from the chef's grandmother, who inspired his love of home cooking growing up around a fresh market in the Thonburi side of Bangkok. Every dish here is built from childhood memory and old family recipes, which is exactly why MICHELIN awarded it a Bib Gourmand in its very first year in the guide.
The format is a set menu at around 1,000 THB per head for 7 courses (plus dessert when dining as a group of 4 or more) — no à la carte, and the set changes at the start of every month based on seasonal ingredients, meaning no two visits taste the same. The dish everyone talks about is the coconut-lychee yam tossed with roasted coconut sugar, a royal-style salad using summer fruit balanced sweet-sour just right. Then there's the old-recipe phalo, simmered exactly like it's cooked at home, Pattani-style satay that's hard to find in the North, two kinds of old-style nam prik served together, and som chun, an old-school Thai dessert many people may not have even heard of. The whole set is a lesson in old Thai cooking that happens to taste great too.
What makes Chawee especially charming is its contradiction — an old Thonburi family recipe from grandmother has put down roots in a shophouse in Chang Phueak, Chiang Mai, a neighborhood people usually associate with khao soi and morning markets rather than royal-style cooking. The restaurant sits on Chotana Road, near Lanna Golf Club, just a short distance from the old city moat. A 4.8 review score says something, but the handful of tables says even more about why you need to plan ahead if you want a seat. If you're tired of repeating Northern food on your Chiang Mai trip and want a meal that feels like eating at a grandmother's house who happens to cook like a world champion, this is that restaurant.
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Chawee takes advance bookings only — no walk-ins, no online booking system — you have to call 084-324-9363, and that's the only way. Because there are only 3-4 tables, book several days ahead, especially during Chiang Mai's high season (Nov-Feb) when you'll want extra lead time. The restaurant serves two seatings a day: lunch 11:00-15:00 and dinner 17:00-21:00, closed every Tuesday.
The set menu runs about 1,000 THB per head for 7 courses, with dessert included when dining as a group of 4 or more. There's no à la carte — the set changes at the start of every month based on seasonal ingredients, so if you want to know what's on that month, just ask when you call to book. The restaurant itself is a pastel-green vintage shophouse in the Chang Phueak area, on Chotana Road near Lanna Golf Club, a few minutes' drive from the Chiang Mai old city moat — Lanna Golf Club is the easiest landmark to navigate by. A group of 4 is the sweet spot — you get the bonus dessert and a chance to taste every dish on the set for the best value.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| MICHELIN award 2026 | 🍽️ Bib Gourmand · 🆕 New this year |
| Province | Chiang Mai |
| Cuisine | Old-recipe Thai cuisine (home-cooking set menu) |
| Approx. price | Set menu around 1,000 THB/head (7 courses + dessert for groups of 4+) |
| Booking | No online booking — call 084-324-9363 |
| Hours | Advance booking only, 2 seatings: lunch 11:00-15:00 / dinner 17:00-21:00, closed every Tuesday |
| Landmark / getting there | Chotana Road, near Lanna Golf Club |
| Area | Chang Phueak |
Before you go
Call 084-324-9363. Only 3-4 tables, the set menu changes at the start of every month based on seasonal ingredients, no à la carte · Book several days ahead, especially during Chiang Mai's high season — no walk-ins accepted
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