MaiPhai Restaurant — Restaurant in Chiang Mai Province

I had dinner at this small roadside restaurant which has three sections including a small bar. I am not sure whether this is one business, or they are just working together to provide good service to customers. There is an undercover seating area next to where they prepare grilled fish. The staff is very friendly, very helpful and the atmosphere is relaxing. I had grilled fish with papaya salad (Isaan style). It looks like they also have grilled chicken, but I have not yet tried this.

Most of the staff speaks English. The lady (I assume she is the owner) who prepares the food is a very nice person with a smile always on her face. I had the feeling that it is a harmonious team having fun working together. That makes your dining experience more relaxing...

We had a fantastic meal here last night looked after by the owner Ling. There is the usual menu containing Thai dishes together with a few Western dishes for the less adventurous. I had pad see ew which was absolutely delicious and to cater for my wife's fish sauce and shrimp paste allergy the kitchen prepared a larb gai accordingly using soy sauce and lemon juice as a substitute. I had a taste and it came across as being very authentic. Lovely atmosphere with live music to entertain the diners. And the icing on the cake despite it being fully licensed was you could BYO your own wine for the sum of 200 baht a bottle. Rest assured we will...

Maiphai is situated just a few meters from our hotel Chiangmai Gate Hotel. So it was an easy choice to try this nice looking place out. Also we had enjoyed the live music when passing by. We were not disappointed. I had a very good massaman curry, my wife had chicken with vegetables, and our daughters had panaeng curry and spaghetti carbonara. The latter was good enough but nevertheless the weakest dish. But of course, we are in Thailand, not Italy. A suggestion for the chef, put a little less cream in it. Credits to the guitar...