Chiang Mai · Markets
Chiang Mai's Night Bazaar, Sunday and Saturday Walking Streets and Warorot Market: what to eat at each, opening days, prices and how to get there.
Chiang Mai's markets are the easiest way into northern Thai food: khao soi, sai oua sausage and nam phrik num chilli dip all turn up on market stalls. Below are four of them, each with a full guide to what to eat, opening hours and getting there: the evening Night Bazaar on Chang Khlan Road, the Sunday Walking Street on Ratchadamnoen Road in the Old City, the Saturday Walking Street on Wualai Road, and Warorot Market (Kad Luang), the city's main traditional market. Entry is free at all four.
The Chiang Mai Night Bazaar (ไนท์บาซาร์) is an evening market and shopping strip on Chang Khlan Road, just east of the old city moat and west of the Ping River. Its food is concentrated in the food courts and zones around it, notably the Kalare Night Bazaar food court and the Anusarn Market food street at the southern end. Entry is free.
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Warorot Market (Kad Luang, Thai: กาดหลวง) is Chiang Mai's main traditional market, on Wichayanon Road in Chang Moi sub-district. It is known for northern Thai food such as sai ua (northern sausage), nam phrik num (green chilli dip) and dried foods, alongside clothing, textiles and flowers. Time Out (19 May 2025) lists it open daily 6am-6pm.
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The Sunday Walking Street turns about 1 km of Ratchadamnoen Road in Chiang Mai's Old City into a pedestrian market every Sunday evening, running from Tha Phae Gate west towards Wat Phra Singh. Handicrafts are the main goods, while most food stalls sit in the grounds of adjacent temples and on side streets. Entry is free.
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The Saturday Walking Street is a weekly evening market along Wualai Road, just south of Chiang Mai Gate on the southern edge of the Old City. The road is closed to motor traffic and lined with handicraft, clothing and silver stalls plus food carts and temple-courtyard eating areas. Northern dishes such as khao soi and sai oua are sold, with most dishes THB 30-70.
What to eat →The Night Bazaar opens every evening, the two walking streets run only on their named evenings, and Warorot is a daytime market, so a stay that spans a weekend can take in all four. The Saturday Walking Street closes earlier in heavy rain, and hours differ between sources: each guide says which source gives which time.
