Muang Thong - Chiang Rai

One of our favorite places to eat some local, authentic Thai food in chiang rai city. Come here for dinner, not for the atmosphere. it's very simple. only small aluminum tables with cheap chairs no beautiful decoration or ambiente. but eating is great, and people are kind. it is led by an old lady who probably this place has been with help from her coworkers forever. in the evening it is really busy because many locals come here for dinner. eating is spicy, but they can tell them to make it less spicy. a lot grilled dishes on the recommended menu has some minze boar with basilikum, that was great the roasted noodles with huh were also very delicious the baked mushrooms are really delicious. salty fried fish with calale and rice was good (if they like the intense taste of salty dried fish) they recommend this place for authentic Thai food.

One of the oldest restaurants in chiang rai. old family and late night restaurant. by chiang rai would be a great stop to dinner.

If there are six stars, I give them. Not only the taste of the food, but also all the staff are very friendly and good service.

Red pork and cooked mixed sweet soup (Jab-Chaay) are really nice. but other dishes are not my kind of taste. I prefer stronger taste. inexpensive.

Muang Thong came as recommended from various trip sites. Garlic Fish was highlighted as one fave dish. This place has always been crowded every time I passed it by for 3 nights I was here in Chiang Rai. Definitely one place that is popular with the locals. So as far as the food, they're not bad. They're not as cheap as you expect, slightly more expensive than what you can get from the nearby Night Market Food Court. Case in point the Garlic Fish costed 250B, whereas the night market food court charged Deep Fried Fish for 150B.