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Cafes to work from in San Francisco

254 places, read one by one from what the people who sat there wrote. How the Wi-Fi holds, whether there are outlets, whether you can hear yourself think.

Fueling Station Cafe

Fueling Station Cafe

Nob Hill · 4.5 · 320

Wi-Fi
5/5
Outlets
many
Noise
quiet
Forget Me Not Cafe

Forget Me Not Cafe

Richmond District · 4.9 · 44

Wi-Fi
5/5
Noise
quiet
Cup a java coffee house

Cup a java coffee house

Inner Richmond · 4.6 · 167

Outlets
a few
Noise
quiet
Hungry Cafe

Hungry Cafe

Bayview District · 4.6 · 50

Outlets
many
Noise
quiet
Robin's Café

Robin's Café

Mission · 4.5 · 238

Wi-Fi
5/5
La Promenade Café

La Promenade Café

Outer Richmond · 4.5 · 567

Wi-Fi
1/5
Outlets
many
Noise
varies
Another Cafe

Another Cafe

Nob Hill · 4.4 · 605

Wi-Fi
5/5
Outlets
many
Noise
varies
SPRO - UC Law/Civic Center

SPRO - UC Law/Civic Center

Civic Center · 4.2 · 21

Wi-Fi
1/5
Outlets
many
Noise
quiet
Trellis Coworking & Events

Trellis Coworking & Events

Tenderloin · 4.9 · 162

Wi-Fi
5/5
Outlets
a few
Stray Dog Coffee & Bar

Stray Dog Coffee & Bar

Potrero Hill · 4.8 · 52

Outlets
many
Noise
varies
Sana’a cafe

Sana’a cafe

Financial District · 4.6 · 662

Outlets
many
Noise
quiet
Haus Coffee

Haus Coffee

Potrero Hill · 4.5 · 640

Outlets
none
Noise
varies
Dento Cafe

Dento Cafe

Civic Center · 4.5 · 172

Outlets
many
Noise
varies
The Little Spot Cafe

The Little Spot Cafe

Mission · 4.7 · 130

Noise
quiet
Taffi's Cafe

Taffi's Cafe

Noe Valley · 4.7 · 77

Noise
quiet
Home Coffee Roasters

Home Coffee Roasters

Richmond District · 4.6 · 567

Outlets
many
Caffe Bianco

Caffe Bianco

Financial District · 4.6 · 219

Noise
quiet
Haraz Coffee House

Haraz Coffee House

Western Addition · 4.5 · 747

Noise
varies
Cafe Enchante

Cafe Enchante

Richmond District · 4.5 · 454

Noise
varies
Trellis Cafe

Trellis Cafe

Tenderloin · 4.5 · 57

Noise
quiet
SOHN

SOHN

Potrero Hill · 4.4 · 300

Noise
varies
Mo'z Cafe

Mo'z Cafe

Tenderloin · 4.3 · 1,510

Wi-Fi
5/5
Gospel SF

Gospel SF

Civic Center · 4.9 · 24

A warm, friendly SoMa cafe with excellent coffee and pastries, described as a good place to get some work done.

Robinson’s Cafe

Robinson’s Cafe

Tenderloin · 4.9 · 8

Relaxed cafe with good coffee and a comfortable place to sit and work.

Caffe Central

Caffe Central

Haight-Ashbury · 4.7 · 15

A cafe with a chill vibe, good coffee, and a view that makes it a suitable spot for studying.

Equator Coffees

Equator Coffees

Financial District · 4.6 · 344

A spacious cafe with good coffee and a place to work.

Cafe RX

Cafe RX

San Francisco · 4.6 · 251

Unpretentious cafe in the Presidio with fresh food, good coffee, and a great workspace.

Bean Bag Cafe

Bean Bag Cafe

Panhandle · 4.5 · 1,092

A relaxed cafe with lots of seating and an explicit mention of being a great place to get work done, though coffee quality is poor and wait times can be long.

Cavalli Cafe

Cavalli Cafe

North Beach · 4.5 · 440

A welcoming cafe with plenty of tables across two floors, where guests can enjoy coffee and desserts while working or relaxing; it is often quieter later in the day.

Breck's

Breck's

Inner Richmond · 4.2 · 170

A cafe with good coffee, plenty of seating, and a welcoming atmosphere where customers can get work done.

Double Shot Coffee #2

Double Shot Coffee #2

Mission Bay · 3.7 · 50

Relaxing cafe described as a good place to work and do online homework, though service can be slow.

By neighbourhood

Nobody wants 254 places at once. Here is San Francisco split into the districts we have read, plus the places that stay open into the evening.

What makes a cafe worth the walk

Every place on this page was read from its reviews rather than from a press kit: whether the Wi-Fi holds a call, whether there is a socket near a table, whether anybody minds you staying past the second coffee.

  • Wi-Fi that holds a video call
  • Sockets you can actually reach
  • A table you can open a laptop on
  • Noise you can think through
  • Coffee worth a second cup
  • Nobody counting the minutes

Working from cafes in San Francisco, answered

How many cafes in San Francisco are good for working on a laptop?
55 of the 69 places in San Francisco whose reviews say anything about laptops are somewhere you can settle in and work. The other 23 of the 92 we hold are unjudged rather than unwelcoming: nobody who wrote about them mentioned it either way. What we look for is a table you can open a laptop on, a socket within reach and nobody counting the minutes.
Which cafes in San Francisco have fast Wi-Fi?
Of the 25 places in San Francisco whose Wi-Fi we could judge, 10 hold a video call. The connection is read from what people who sat there wrote, not from what the cafe claims, so a place with no reviews about its Wi-Fi is left out rather than guessed at. The "Fast Wi-Fi" filter on this page shows only those 10.
Can you work all day from a cafe in San Francisco?
Yes, in 55 of the 69 judged places in San Francisco, where staying past the second coffee is normal rather than tolerated. 0 of the 92 cafes we hold are still open at 9pm or later, so a long day does not have to end mid-afternoon. Kitchens usually stop serving well before closing, so order before the last hour rather than after it.
Are there cafes open late in San Francisco?
0 of the 92 cafes we hold in San Francisco are open at 9pm or later on at least one day of the week. Closing times come from each venue's own opening hours rather than an estimate, so a place that shuts at 8:30pm is not on the list.
Is San Francisco a good city for working from cafes?
San Francisco averages 3.1 out of 5 across 92 places, which puts it in the lower third of the 16 cities we cover. Canggu leads on 3.9. The spread between cities is narrower than the spread between two cafes on the same street, so the city rarely decides your day: the choice of place does.