Give Green Farm House Restaurant ร้านอาหารใกล้บ้านดำ กีฟ กรีน ฟาร์ม เฮ้าส์ (หลังแกลอรี่บ้านดำ)

5 Travis Smith - 3 years ago

While the Baandam Museum aka Black House is one of Chiang Rai's most well known attractions, less than 100 meters away is Chiang Rai's best kept secret.

Give Green is a humble family restaurant that takes the idea of organic and farm to table to a whole new level because you're literally on a small farm. The family who runs the restaurant has lived here for 60 years and are absolutely fantastic.

The food is incredible and the menu a little intimidating at first, only because everything sounds and looks amazing. When you order a fruit smoothie the fruit is literally picked for your drink. You would think with every dish served so fresh that the cost would be high, but actually this was one of the most affordable places my wife and I ate in Thailand.

This is not a place to miss if you're in Chiang Rai and we will definitely return!

5 LYNN MUN - 3 years ago

Garn was very kind and friendly. All ingredients from their farm were so fresh and all dishes we had were so delicious. You must try their Morning Glory! It was best we had in Thailand.
We went there every morning while we were in Chang Rai. We will definitely go to Thailand to visit this restaurant again.

5 Mayumi Fujio - 3 years ago

I went there originally when I was visiting the black temple. For the closeness from the place this place should attract more people. As everyone said, food there is freshly prepared with many veg and herbs from their own garden/farm, in particular sticky rice from the owners farm. You can see the fish swimming in the pond. No MSG which the owners daughter Gan insists on to their family and staff. She really has the forward thinking for real “farm to table” concept. They will ask you for any allergy and the spicy ness you want.
While you wait for your food, you can walk around the garden and see the veg and herbs growing in a very informal manner.

After lunch, I signed up for the cooking class as I wanted to know how to cook things that are not normally offered in other cooking schools. I took a very well organized but standard cooking class in Chiang Mai before. Since she offers class in between lunch and dinner time and it was just me, I knew I could do something special. She messaged me the menu from the restaurant in advance so I can chose my 3 dishes. I chose dry Tom yum noodle and she let me use 3 different types of noodles so I can compare the taste. Also I brought a special mushroom I saw at the market and we made a soup out of that as an addition. After a little rest and going to the garden to pick the actual herbs and veg, we made special northern pork Laab salad. It was traditionally eaten raw. When I said I want to try it raw, her father was very pleased (since he likes it that way) and he started to teach me. So we made 2 versions, one raw, one cooked. The portion was so large that I would have never finished it alone but she said not to worry. We also made fish tamarind soup with Konshintzai (空芯菜). By the time we finished, it was already dinner time and since there were no other customers, her husband and her parents joined for dinner bringing fresh bamboo shoots, fried fish, sticky rice and home made liquor! I really felt a part of the family by that time and really thank their generosity and friendship. This was one of the best part of my trip!

Even if you are not doing the cooking class, I highly recommend going there to eat, especially if you appreciate organic, non-GMS, fresh food.

5 Mathias Nydahl - 3 years ago

Tasty authentic food to a great price! 5 stars
Organic food. Feels like you are in Thailand here for real. They speak good English and many options on the menu.
Kao soi dish was super!

5 Jeremy Freeman - 4 years ago

Exceeded lofty expectations. Huge menu with more options than you can imagine, with most items only 40b. Even better, after you order you will probably see the friendly English-speaking owner Garn cutting the vegetables for your meal from her garden. The essential place to eat if you are visiting the Black House tourist attraction next door.

4 ilian L - 3 years ago

Nice location, very large and customizable menu. Convenient to Baandam (black house) art museum, although I actually skipped Baandam and came here specifically for the food at Give Green based on all the positive reviews. As such, my expectations were perhaps a little too high. I had the fried morning glory and red curry with fish. The curry was tasty, but not especially impressive, and although I asked for spice level 2 out of 3, it didn't seem even a little bit spicy to me. The morning glory was excellent, however. Might be best to stick with their vegetable dishes, as it is a farm after all.

5 Frankie Lim - 3 years ago

Nice relax place when we having lunch in front of the pond. Superb service by a lady which takes time to explain and recommend the local dishes to us. It's a blessing and fulfilling meal as we didn't indeed to have our lunch there initially