Saen Kham Terrace - Chiang Mai

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Saen Kham Terrace

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Nai Fan Village Club House, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Saen Kham Terrace Reviews

indigocm
3 reviews

Fantastic Thai & Northern Thai Food Dec 24, 2008

This is one my favourite restaurants in Chiang Mai. The restaurant is decorated in Lanna style and overlooks Doi Suthep Mountain - great views! Lovely service and ambiance.

The food is great too! Try the Deep-fried shiitake mushrooms, Pad Thai, Thai crispy noodles, Green Curry. There is also a healthy menu option available. Most of the dishes I have tried ( I went back many times) were great. The only complaint is the fried rice I had was a bit oily when I went last time, but still tasted good.

Dishes are around 100-200 baht each - fantastic value for the quality and location.

Delicious curry!

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indigocm says:

That's interesting. I must admit I haven't been there all that frequently last six months or so since I live quite far away, but I didn't notice any difference last time I was there (not too long ago) - except that the fried rice was a bit oily & may be I got lucky? Must go try it out again soon. : )

Posted on: Jan 01, 2009

slave2dafunk says:

My parents live right across the road and so we eat here all the time. I have really found the quality has dropped in the last year or so (especially the last 6 months) while they continue to charge more. Also, they have on a couple of occasions still charged us when they brought us the wrong thing and we said something about it. This used to be one of my favourite restaurants in town, but it has definitely dropped down my list recently! I think if you order the right thing and the cook is having a good night, it's great and the setting really is lovely!

Posted on: Dec 26, 2008

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slave2da…
22 reviews

Good but overpriced Aug 15, 2008

My parents actually live across from this restaurant so I've eaten here loads since they first moved there in 2003. Unfortunately I have to say that the quality has diminished over the years while the prices have continually gone up, but that if certain dishes continue to be delicious. It's also a bit out of town, so not exactly the easiest place to get to without your own transportation.

The atmosphere for this place is one of the highlights. It is elegantly decorated and features some amazing Thai art, from traditional to contemporary, which is only highlighted by the bucolic setting. If you sit out on the back side of the terrace you can have a lovely view of rice fields and the mountains. At night Doi Kham and Doi Suthep are lit up, creating a wonderful panorama.

As I said, the food has recently begun to vary in quality. For some of the dishes the portions are now quite small for the price (and I'm not one of those travellers who's looking for the ultimate cheap deal) and the quality has been a bit spotty (oily fiend rice, fatty duck, etc.). My favourite dishes here are the lemongrass salad with prawns, green curry, Burmese curry (which is supposed to be oily), stir fried veggies, noodle soup and the all-time best cashew chicken in taro basket. I've eaten a lot of cashew chicken and I think this is the best. Though I might be slightly influenced by the wonderfully edible taro basket it's served in. Mmmmm... taro chips...

They have recently added a "healthy menu" which I have to question the validity of since practically every dish is described as "fried". I think it just means that you get brown rice with it. At least they tried! But I think there are better places to go for healthy food (Pun-Pun and Tian Zi for example).

I would recommend this place if you were out in that direction, but I wouldn't make a special trip just to go there.