Cafes to work from in San Francisco

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.

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.