Ronnie’s
The premier classic cocktail experience The Sayla Hotel, 4 Nimmana Haeminda Road, Soi 5, Su Thep7pm–Midnight, closed Wednesdays Tell any bartender in Chiang Mai you like a good classic cocktail and they'll ask if you've been to Ronnie's yet. Eight seats. One bartender.
Gladwell
Premier cocktails 247 Mun Mueang Road, Si Phum, Old Town You will walk past Gladwell. Everyone does. From the street it’s a brightly lit commercial building entrance next to a bank, with a single oversized white sliding door plastered with rock band
Noir
Live jazz • Craft cocktails Charoen Prathet Road, behind Melodic CNX (near the Night Bazaar) Noir isn’t hiding from you. It just doesn’t care if you find it. There’s no secret knock, no enter-through-a-phone-booth gimmick — it’s simply at the back of
Bar Not Found
Cocktails • DJ nights 161, 90-91 Sri Phum, Tambon Si Phum, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200 (just north of the old town) Bar Not Found is the opposite of everything you’d expect from a hidden bar. No dark corners, no jazz, no cigar