This is located damn near dead center of the downtown area and is one of the more heavily traveled areas by tourists on foot. I wouldn't say that their menu is terribly inventive aside from a few items, but for the most part it is one of the better mid-range restaurants in the city center.
Don't let that photo give you the wrong impression. This place is normally packed and has a waiting list in order to get in there, especially during peak lunch and dinner hours. It is rated as being in the top 10% of all restaurants in Chiang Mai and to me I feel as though that is kind of driven by the wine menu because the food menu was nothing particularly special. To be fair this is a commonly recurring theme in all the Thai hybrid restaurants I have been to in this, and really any other city in Thailand. There is only so much differentiation that can be done.
Noodles like Pad Siew, Pad Thai, and Rad Naa are all on offer and the presentation is ok, nothing special. As I have mentioned many times before I go for taste over presentation any day because I don't like the idea of someone touching what I am about to eat.
I think the major part of the appeal is the fantastic attitude of the owners and staff, who speak a high level of English and seem to have been embraced by the local community, of which, I am not really yet a part of.
I do find it incredibly funny that the name of the place is the "Writers Club" but they have missed out on a very important piece of punctuation in the naming of their restaurant. I want to open "Punctuation Club & Beer Bar" across the street and spell the name wrong.
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141/3 ถนน ราชดำเนิน ตำบล พระสิงห์ อำเภอเมืองเชียงใหม่ เชียงใหม่ 50200
053 814 187
open daily from 12:30 PM