Chiang Mai
The medieval moated centre. Lantern-lit cocktail rooms in teak houses, heritage jazz bars, and the most photogenic Chiang Mai drinking quarter. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Chiang Mai.
Old City · $
Heritage live-jazz bar from 2011.
Old City · $
Heritage backpacker-zone bar.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Craft Beer, Hidden Gems and Live Music here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Old City like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.