The Giant Chiang Mai Hotel

My advice would be to use a 4WD to facilitate the uphill winding drive. As it takes over an hour to get there from the city and with so much to see en-route, look up a map and make a list of places that could be of interest too so you can kill a few birds with a stone or end up like me…my third visit up the mountains wishing I pre-planned those pit stops. Anyway, with the lush greenery, peculiar forest sounds, tiny waterfalls, hot springs, cute glamping sites, cosy cafes along creeks and rivers, lookout points etc, it’s best to staying overnight at least. For the Giant Tree cafe, it’s right at the top, standing tall and magnificent, the tree has seen many centuries. With the breathtaking views and because it started to rain later, it was even better!

So bad customer service. Waiting for foods over 50 minutes until I remind them. When I first asked them to cancel, the manager said the kitchen is preparing, I wait another 5 minutes, he changed his mind and asked his staff to confirm for cancellation. Very disappointed, forgot customer order. Bad service attitude. Wait 1 hour for Khao Soi 👎👎👎

One of the Worldcup hidden secrets. The most beautifull view from the terrace at the treetop. It’s a Long ride up the mountain and we visit the place on a daytrip to Mae Kampong. We rent a private driver for the day from Chang Mai. The trip was full of beautifull Nature you don’t often see in other tourist sights. It was a very few tourist here and almost no western people. Deffently the trop worth.

Really beautiful location. The tree is indeed, giant and we love how they managed to create a restaurant/coffee place without damaging the tree. However, considering the restaurant is on the tree and in such a natural place, it is very unfriendly to the environment. All the drink was served in plastic disposable cups, even when you sit in. Their glassware is just for decoration. The food menu is poor. Majority of the choices were western food - fancy beef stakes and spaghetti. Honestly if you want fancy stakes you'd have eaten in Chiang Mai town - who would go all the way here for that??? They could have nice, simple Thai's food. Like Pad Thai, fried rice..etc. instead. The worst thing is they don't even give you napkin/tissue!