Stories Cafe & Bar
Stories Cafe and Bar is a trendy newer cafe-bar near Tha Phae Gate with a small interior cafe space, a covered courtyard with seating, and an evening cocktail menu that pulls a younger Thai-and-foreign crowd. O café funciona de manhã à noite, passando para o serviço de bar por volta das 18h com coquetéis, cerveja artesanal e pequenos pratos. The courtyard is the main attraction: open-air seating, low timber tables, string lights, and a calmer atmosphere than the Zoe complex two minutes north. Drinks pricing sits at moderate Old City levels: beer 130-180 THB, cocktails 220-300 THB. A multidão é composta por criadores de conteúdo, viajantes com estadias mais longas e jovens profissionais tailandeses.
Hospedagem perto de Stories Cafe & Bar
Hotéis próximos a Old City, Chiang Mai.
O que esperar
A trendy cafe-bar with morning cafe service transitioning to evening cocktails, a covered courtyard with low tables and string lights, and a younger crowd. Alternativa mais calma ao complexo Zoe.
Moderno, fotogênico, mais calmo que Zoe. A newer venue with the polished cafe-into-bar transition.
Lo-fi, indie, ocasionalmente pop tailandês e acústico
Casual a casual elegante. A apresentação limpa se adapta à sala.
Younger evenings, content-creator crowds, dinner-into-cocktails, calmer alternative within the Old City.
Cartão e dinheiro aceito
Faixa de preços
Cerveja 130-180 THB, drinque 220-300 THB, small plates 180-280 THB
Cerveja ~$3.60-5/€3.30-4.50, drinque ~$6-8.50/€5.50-7.50
Horário
08:00 to meia-noite diariamente, bar service das 18:00
Dica de quem conhece
O pátio enche primeiro nas noites frias; chegue às 19h para obter os melhores assentos. O menu de coquetéis muda sazonalmente; ask the bartender for the current signature drinks. A fotografia é amigável aqui; the interior and courtyard are heavily Instagrammed.
Avaliação completa
Stories Cafe and Bar sits near Tha Phae Gate on Rachadamnoen Road, occupying a small two-room space with an attached covered courtyard. The interior cafe runs morning through evening with espresso, light meals, and pastry service; a transição do bar acontece por volta das 18h com o menu de coquetéis abrindo e o pátio ocupando a maior parte do público noturno.
O pátio é o ponto forte do local. Ao ar livre com estética baixa de madeira e bambu, mesas baixas espalhadas e luzes de corda no teto. A capacidade fica em torno de 40 a 50 pessoas no pátio, além de outras 20 dentro de casa. The atmosphere reads as calmer and more polished than the Zoe complex two minutes north, with the crowd skewing younger Thai-professional and longer-stay foreign traveler rather than backpacker.
Compared to the larger Old City venues, Stories is smaller, newer, and more cocktail-focused. Compared to the rooftop bars (THC, The Moat House), Stories is courtyard-level rather than rooftop, but with a comparable casual vibe at moderate prices. Within Chiang Mai's newer-venue scene, Stories represents the polished cafe-into-bar transition pattern that's emerged across the city over the past several years.
The cocktail program is decent but not exceptional; the bartenders work standard builds reliably with a few house signatures featuring Thai ingredients. A seleção de cerveja é moderada. Pratos pequenos combinam bem com bebidas. Service is friendly and patient with photography (the courtyard is heavily Instagrammed).
O bairro
Stories Cafe and Bar sits near Tha Phae Gate on Rachadamnoen Road. A praça Tha Phae Gate fica a um minuto a leste; O THC Rooftop fica a dois minutos a leste. O complexo Zoe fica a 10 minutos ao norte.
Como chegar
From Tha Phae Gate, walk one to two minutes west along Rachadamnoen Road. Do Bazar Noturno, 12 minutos a oeste. De Nimman, 12 minutos de Bolt por cerca de 100 THB.
Endereço
Near Tha Phae Gate, Rachadamnoen Road, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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