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Cairo

Cafés with Wi-Fi in Cairo

From Maadi's Road 9 to Dokki's 24-hour ahwa and Downtown's art spaces.

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Egypt has the fastest fixed broadband in Africa: in February 2025 its median download speed was 84.52 Mbps on Ookla's Speedtest index, figures the cabinet published.1 Laptops have followed the connection into cafés, and by May 2026 Sunday had become a common work-from-home day, with freelancers and students taking unfinished tasks to a café table.2

Maadi has the most cafés with Wi-Fi, ahead of Mohandessin and Dokki; Downtown and Nasr City come next, and Garden City, Zamalek, Giza and Mokattam add one or two each. Several of them stay open past midnight or around the clock.

Local tip: If you work at a café for hours, leave E£5–10 on top of the bill; the service charge does not always reach the staff.5

Where these cafés are: Maadi (7), Mohandessin & Dokki (5), Downtown (Wust el-Balad) (3), Nasr City (3), Zamalek (2), Garden City (2), Mokattam (1), Giza (1).

At a glance

24Cafés listed
13With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Zen Specialty Coffee, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–01:00).
  • Closes latest: Rustic, until 02:00 (Daily 10:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: open late (33%), outdoor seating (21%), 24 hours (21%).
Mohandessin & Dokki

Location Cafe

  • 13 شارع جامعه الدول العربيه
  • Open 24 hours
  • 01211187777
  • Wi-Fi
  • Takeaway
  • Air-con
  • 24 hours
  • Open by 6am
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Mohandessin & Dokki

المصطبه

  • 2 شارع محمد صالح
  • Open 24 hours
  • 01144755294
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Mohandessin & Dokki

قهوة المعلم احمد يونس

  • 3 ميدان فواد محى الدين
  • Open 24 hours
  • Wi-Fi
  • Vegetarian options
  • Bakery café
  • 24 hours
  • Open by 6am
  • Brunch
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Maadi: Road 9 and Degla

On Road 9, Mugshot at No. 46 and Rustic, open 10:00 to 02:00 with outdoor tables, both have Wi-Fi. In Degla, Zen Specialty Coffee at No. B61 on Street 233 opens 07:00 to 01:00, and WANTED, on the same street, never closes.

Lyfe, at 11 Street 214, adds vegan dishes; El Qahwa Khan on Orabi Street opens 08:00 to midnight with brunch and outdoor seats; ONE café is on al-Israa Street. Rustic, Zen and El Qahwa Khan combine Wi-Fi with outdoor seats and late hours, which makes Maadi the easiest place for an evening session outdoors.

Mohandessin and Dokki, around the clock

Mohandessin and Dokki have the most round-the-clock choices. Location Cafe at 13 Gameat al-Dewal al-Arabiya Street, al-Mastaba (المصطبه) at 2 Mohamed Saleh Street and Qahwet al-Moallem Ahmed Younes on Fouad Mohie el-Din Square, which also serves breakfast, are all open 24 hours with Wi-Fi.

Lifeguard opens 10:00 to 02:00, and nafasen (نفسين) is at 27 Lotfy Hassouna Street.

Downtown, Garden City, Zamalek and the east

Downtown's Wi-Fi tables are in creative spaces: Crafted Home at 26 Adly Street (10:00 to 22:00), Art Space at 7 Shawarbi Street and Studio Café at 22 Youssef al-Guindi Street. In Garden City, Vasko is at 80 Qasr el-Aini Street, and El Villa, which serves brunch, at 2 Aisha al-Taymouriya Street. Zamalek's Holm Café, on Sheikh al-Marsafi Street, doubles as a bakery and opens 08:00 to 22:30.

In Nasr City, Partido at 11 Abd El-Latif Hamza Street opens 08:00 to 02:00, joined by tigo coffee shop at 3 Hafez Ramadan Street and Gawaher at 1 al-Mahdi Ibn Baraka Street. Mokattam has Dopamine at 9027 Maahad al-Gezira Street, open 08:00 to 02:00 except Wednesdays, and Giza has Ziznia on Murad Street, open 24 hours.

Paying for a long stay

A regular cappuccino cost E£35–150 in Cairo cafés in October 2026.3 Bills often carry a service charge of about 12%, and VAT adds 14%.4 For a casual café, Egypt Tours Plus suggests a tip of E£5–10, and more if you have kept a table for an extended period.5

Cafés have become the social hubs of young Egyptians, taking over from traditional shisha spots, and home brewing is growing too.6 Under the national rules restored in April 2026, cafés may serve from 05:00 to 01:00, while delivery and takeaway can run 24 hours.7

Sources

  1. Egypt ranks 1st in Africa for ADSL internet speed: Ookla report, Amwal Al Ghad (March 23, 2025), accessed October 2026
  2. Remote Work Cafés in Cairo: Zamalek & Downtown Edition for Your Next Work From Home Day, Cairo 360 (Nouran Awny, May 10, 2026), accessed October 2026
  3. Cost of Living in Cairo, Numbeo (updated October 24, 2026), accessed October 2026
  4. Restaurant Taxes in Egypt, Menuviel, accessed October 2026
  5. Tipping in Egypt: What to Expect, When to Tip & How Much to Give, Egypt Tours Plus, accessed October 2026
  6. For Egypt's specialty coffee roasters, lower input costs mean stability, not price cuts, Enterprise (April 14, 2026), accessed October 2026
  7. Egypt Restores Normal Business Hours After Ending Early Closing Rule, Egyptian Streets (Farah Abbas, April 27, 2026), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Wi-Fi in Cairo: questions

Which Cairo neighborhood has the most cafés with Wi-Fi?

Maadi has the most Cairo cafés with Wi-Fi, ahead of Mohandessin and Dokki. On Road 9, Mugshot and Rustic have Wi-Fi; in Degla, Zen Specialty Coffee on Street 233 opens 07:00–01:00, and WANTED on the same street is open 24 hours.

Which Cairo cafés with Wi-Fi are open 24 hours?

In Mohandessin and Dokki, Location Cafe on Gameat al-Dewal al-Arabiya Street, al-Mastaba on Mohamed Saleh Street and Qahwet al-Moallem Ahmed Younes on Fouad Mohie el-Din Square are open 24 hours with Wi-Fi, as are WANTED on Street 233 in Maadi and Ziznia on Murad Street in Giza.

How fast is fixed internet in Egypt for working from Cairo cafés?

Egypt had Africa's fastest fixed broadband in February 2025, with a median download speed of 84.52 Mbps on Ookla's Speedtest index, according to figures the Egyptian cabinet published. In Cairo, Sunday has become a common work-from-home day, and freelancers and students take their laptops to cafés.

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