remoto.cafe · New York
Cafes to work from in New York
177 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.
Orova Cafe & Wine Bar
West Village · 4.8 · 48
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
Tartinery Café - Bar | Greenwich Village
University Village · 4.8 · 1288
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Stripes Wine Bar & Cafe
Union Square · 4.5 · 879
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
BrewBrew Cafe
Greenpoint · 4.5 · 187
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Georgie’s Cafe & Bar
Lower East Side · 4.4 · 156
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Caffe Bene
Little Italy · 4.3 · 545
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Café Sophia
New York · 4 · 121
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- quiet
787 Coffee
East Village · 4.9 · 3466
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
Charlotte Cafe
Murray Hill · 4.9 · 1276
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- quiet
La Fleur Café
East Village · 4.9 · 66
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- quiet
Hybrid Coffee & Kitchen – Downtown
Hamilton Park · 4.8 · 620
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- varies
Bluestone Lane Tribeca Café
Tribeca · 4.7 · 1741
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Pueblo Querido Coffee Roasters Cafe de Colombia 2
Brooklyn · 4.7 · 399
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
Three Jewels Café
East Village · 4.7 · 187
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
Everyman Espresso
East Village · 4.4 · 536
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- quiet
Frame Cafe Soho
Little Italy · 4.8 · 64
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
Coppola Cafe
West Village · 4.7 · 557
- Noise
- varies
787 Coffee
East Village · 4.9 · 3057
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- quiet
Red Beard Coffee & Bakery
East Village · 4.7 · 197
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Café Lyria
NoHo · 4.6 · 612
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
11th Street Cafe
Manhattan · 4.6 · 409
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Cafe Luna West Village
Meatpacking District · 4.5 · 881
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Ost Cafe
Lower East Side · 4.4 · 231
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Think Coffee
Civic Center · 4.3 · 614
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Felix Roasting Co.
Hudson Square · 4.2 · 133
- Wi-Fi
- 3/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Think Coffee
University Village · 4.1 · 1107
- Wi-Fi
- 3/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Think Coffee
Meatpacking District · 4.1 · 990
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Spring Cafe Aspen
Greenwich Village · 3.8 · 370
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- a few
- Noise
- varies
Cozy Hookah Cafe
Manhattan Community Board 3 · 4.9 · 2995
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- varies
Murray Cafe
Murray Hill · 4.8 · 111
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- quiet
Citizen of Chelsea
Chelsea District · 4.7 · 5710
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Outlets
- none
Hungry Llama
West Village · 4.7 · 381
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- varies
The Ivy Coffee & Tea & Bakery
Hudson Square · 4.6 · 200
- Wi-Fi
- 3/5
- Noise
- varies
Telegraphe Cafe.
Chelsea District · 4.5 · 591
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Ateaz Cafe
Whitehall · 4.5 · 253
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
The Oasis Cafe
Alphabet City · 4.5 · 203
- Wi-Fi
- 5/5
- Noise
- varies
CAFE 2BY2
East Village · 4.2 · 321
- Outlets
- many
- Noise
- varies
Molly’s coffee house
East Village · 4.9 · 66
- Outlets
- many
Mille-Feuille Bakery Cafe
University Village · 4.8 · 1681
- Outlets
- many
The Walkers Espresso
West Village · 4.8 · 232
- Outlets
- many
Bluestone Lane Manhattan West Café
Chelsea District · 4.4 · 384
- Outlets
- many
Fluffy Fluffy Cafe & Bar
East Village · 4.4 · 227
- Noise
- quiet
le gaz
Two Bridges · 4.3 · 191
- Outlets
- a few
Cafe Fig
Little Italy · 5 · 8
A neighborhood cafe with great coffee and a cool vibe for hanging out and working.
The Bureau Cafe
Union Square · 5 · 2
Cafe with a shady enclosed outdoor seating area, tables, and Wi-Fi suitable for working.
Citizen of Soho - A Breakfast Restaurant & Cafe
Little Italy · 4.8 · 3530
A cafe where guests can sit with a laptop after eating, with free Wi-Fi available on request.
Himawari Cafe | East Village
East Village · 4.8 · 163
A bright, cheerful Japanese cafe in a food court with plenty of seating, described as a spot to read, study, or work.
Knock Out Cafe NY
Alphabet City · 4.8 · 90
A neighborhood cafe with good coffee, art, music, and a chill atmosphere that is described as a good place to work.
APERITIVO by CARTA
Greenwich Village · 4.8 · 40
A cute cafe with Wi-Fi and a laptop-friendly atmosphere, serving bowls, lattes, and vegetarian options.
Neighborhood Coffee Shop /Neiberhud/
University Village · 4.6 · 223
A quaint neighborhood coffee shop with excellent espresso, friendly service, and seating for working, including space to use a laptop.
Sweet Dreams Café
Lower East Side · 4.6 · 177
A welcoming cafe where guests can sit and work while enjoying lunch.
Cafe Adora
Chelsea District · 4.6 · 105
A welcoming cafe with seating suitable for working or studying, though details about Wi-Fi, outlets, and noise are unavailable.
OL'DAYS Farm to Table Cafe & Brunch - Tribeca
Tribeca · 4.4 · 527
A welcoming cafe with a pleasant atmosphere for working on a laptop, though its Tribeca location closes at 5 pm.
Blank Street
Chelsea District · 4.4 · 173
A welcoming cafe with good coffee and a clean, comfortable spot to get work done.
By neighbourhood
Nobody wants 177 places at once. Here is New York 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 New York, answered
- How many cafes in New York are good for working on a laptop?
- 80 of the 147 places in New York whose reviews say anything about laptops are somewhere you can settle in and work. The other 30 of the 177 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 New York have fast Wi-Fi?
- Of the 84 places in New York whose Wi-Fi we could judge, 36 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 36.
- Can you work all day from a cafe in New York?
- Yes, in 80 of the 147 judged places in New York, where staying past the second coffee is normal rather than tolerated. 3 of the 177 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 New York?
- 3 of the 177 cafes we hold in New York are open at 9pm or later on at least one day of the week. 3 of them never close at all. 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 New York a good city for working from cafes?
- New York averages 3.0 out of 5 across 177 places, which puts it in the lower third of the 13 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.