Cafe, shop, and gallery est. 2004 where 'artists in exile' exhibit and sell their work. The cafe removed meat from its menu per report, May 2014. It's around the back of the shop and there is a green garden. Kitchen cooks with organic peanut oil and can modify a dish to be vegan when requested. Kitchen closes at 8:30pm. Offers biodegradable boxes for take-away, and you have an option to take a tiffin box for a deposit. As a not-for-profit, donates part of what is left after paying costs, staff and causes along the border. Open Tue-Sun 7:30am-9:00pm.
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Last update on 12 Jul 2023 by Ton Baars
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8 Reviews
First Review by Tofulicious
BrandonHays
Points +77
Delicious! - Edit
Very tasty food in a nice little garden. 40-50 baht per dish, but get more than one. I loved the Shan potato salad.
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JessicaMurray
Points +107
Samosa salad is to die for - Edit
If you don’t get the samosa salad you’ve made a mistake. Everything is super tasty here but, we kept coming back for this!
Read morePros: Samosa salad, Lemongrass juice , Any food we’ve tried it all
Cons: Meals could be bigger
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mrjules
Points +43
Quiet and cool. Excellent Burmese food cooked freshly to order. - Edit
Authentic Burmese food, freshly prepared. The charming cooks and staff own this social enterprise. The cooked dishes and salads are almost all Vegan, the staff know their ingredients so can advise you. The coffee -espresso from the pot or cafetiere - is a good blend. The food prepared here is tasty and subtly flavoured, which makes a nice change from the chilli heat that can obliterate the tastebuds. Borderline is calm oasis in mae sot offering Artworks, clothing and excellent food. Takeaway available, using non-plastic boxes.
Read morePros: Good value, Friendly staff, English spoken
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thechickpeas
Points +935
A variety of dishes for reasonable prices - Edit
I love the Burmese tofu salad and the samosa salad. They also have many other vegan options such as fried rice and noodles, among others. The basil lime juice is highly recommended!
Read moreAlthough vegan dishes are not explicitly labelled, just ask the staff and they will be able to point out which ones are vegan.
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KarlChatsinchai
Points +85
Samosa salad - Edit
Amazing salads. Me and my partner would always get the samosa salads
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alan_van
Points +75
very good Burmese food. - Edit
Good concept and what comes out of the kitchen is very good. A change of diet. Different dishes.
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missrunning
Points +284
Highly recommended! - Edit
Great food, reasonable prices, a taste from Myanmar in Thailand!
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Tofulicious
Points +1337
Gorgeous little oasis - Edit
The food, staff and ambience here is fantastic. As far as I can tell, everything on the menu is vegetarian (mostly vegan), with the strange exception of the fried rice which offers to be made with egg or chicken for a few extra baht. The service is lovely, the dishes tasty and delicately prepared, and the prices super cheap (around 25-35 baht per dish or drink). Plus it's a good cause!
Read morePros: Yummy Burmese food, great prices, gorgeous staff
Cons: closes early (6pm), farang-patronised, no soya milk
Ton Baars
As a Farang (this is the Thai word for foreigners) patronizing Borderline, I would like to add a few things to the review above.
Read moreThe menu at Borderline has no meat at all. The chicken option was on the menu for a few years, but apart from the first months never implemented.
The prices have gone up, like in most places, and now a dish or salad is between 40 and 50 baht. A fresh juice 35-40 baht. (30 baht to the US $)
All dishes are freshly prepared, and all drinks as well. There are no sodas or alcohol for sale.
Since July 2012, the restaurant is open until 9 pm.
There are also cooking classes.
And although it is patronized by farang, the staff is 100% Burmese, and it is run as part of a collective of several Burmese and Thai women groups. The collective also operates a Handicraft shop and a gallery.
Currently Borderline is expanding its activities with home made shampoo and dish washing liquid, peanut butter and bread.
It is also looking into using organic vegetables, however the supply in Mae Sot is still very irregular and therefore it is not possible to be organic all the time.
And you guessed right, apart from patronizing the restaurant, I have also been involved as a volunteer since the start.
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