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Cafés with Wi-Fi in Budapest

Grand kávéházak with Wi-Fi, book cafés in District VII, Bartók Béla út in Buda, and Wi-Fi until midnight.

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Sitting for hours over one coffee has a long history in Budapest. Around the millennium celebrations of 1896, the city had more than 500 kávéházak (coffeehouses), though only five or six were literary ones.1 The Nyugat circle of Endre Ady, Ernő Osvát and Ignotus met at the Országház coffeehouse, and the New York became the most fashionable literary and theatrical address.1

The New York Café occupies the ground floor of the palace that opened on 23 October 1894 as the Budapest office of the New York Life Insurance Company, designed by Alajos Hauszmann with Flóris Korb and Kálmán Giergl.2 Renamed Hungaria in 1954, it took back its name in 1989, and the building reopened after a full renovation in 2006.2 Today it has Wi-Fi and opens daily at 07:00, closing at 00:00 from Monday to Wednesday and at 01:00 from Thursday to Sunday.

Local tip: To work at Espresso Embassy on a Saturday or a public holiday, take a seat at a communal table: laptops are not allowed elsewhere then.3

Where these cafés are: Erzsébetváros (VII) (16), Terézváros (VI) (15), Belváros-Lipótváros (V) (13), Józsefváros (VIII) (12), Újbuda (XI) (10), Újlipótváros & Angyalföld (XIII) (10), Castle District & Víziváros (I) (9), Ferencváros (IX) (6), Széll Kálmán tér & Rózsadomb (II) (3), Hegyvidék (XII) (2), Zugló (XIV) (2).

At a glance

98Cafés listed
86With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Cafe Memories, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–19:00 · Sat 07:00–15:00).
  • Closes latest: Monyó Café, until 02:00 (Mon–Wed 12:00–00:00 · Thu–Fri 12:00–02:00 · Sat 17:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: card payment (37%), outdoor seating (36%), indoor seating (33%).
Castle District & Víziváros (I)

Coyote Coffee & Deli

  • Markovits Iván utca 4
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat 09:00–20:00 · Sun 09:00–19:00
  • +36 20 283 6959
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Széll Kálmán tér & Rózsadomb (II)

Franko Tejbár

  • Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 65
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–20:00
  • +36 70 314 2559;+36 20 439 3019
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Castle District & Víziváros (I)

Füge bolt és kávézó

  • Szirtes út 19
  • Daily 07:00–21:00
  • +36 20 555 9599
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Laptop rules and early openers

Espresso Embassy on Arany János utca allows laptops only at its communal tables on weekends and public holidays.3 It opens at 07:30 on weekdays and 08:30 on Saturdays and Sundays.3

More than a quarter of the Wi-Fi cafés here with known hours open by 07:30. Cafe Memories on Horvát Boldizsár utca in Zugló starts at 06:00 on weekdays, Mizu on Fáy utca in District XIII at 07:00 every day, and Coffeetuned on Jókai utca in District VI at 07:30.

Book cafés and Klauzál utca in Districts VII and VI

Erzsébetváros has the most cafés with Wi-Fi, with Terézváros close behind, then District V and Józsefváros. In District VII, Massolit Books and Café on Nagy Diófa utca 30 opens daily 09:30–19:00, Magvető Café at Dohány utca 13 runs 09:00–20:00 from Monday to Saturday, and Grumpy and Dorado sit at Klauzál utca 34 and 35. Kern Collective Coffee at Király utca 34 opens on Sundays too, 10:00–18:00.

In Terézváros, 9bar Coffee is at Lázár utca 7 and Cube on Hunyadi tér, which opens 09:00–16:00 on Sundays. Művész Kávéház és Cukrászda at Andrássy út 29 serves daily 09:00–20:00.

The Hadik and Bartók Béla út

Buda has its own literary coffeehouse in the Hadik. It ran from 1910 to 1940 under Nándor Téri, took its name from the nearby Hadik barracks, and in the 1920s drew Frigyes Karinthy, Dezső Kosztolányi, Zsigmond Móricz and Tibor Déry; Karinthy presided over the chess club that met there.4 After the war the space housed a shoe shop, among other businesses, and in 2010 it reopened as the Hadik Kávéház and the Szatyor Bár és Galéria.4

The Hadik, at Bartók Béla út 36, has Wi-Fi and opens daily 09:00–23:00. Kelet Kávézó és Galéria at No. 29 opens at 07:30 on weekdays and closes at 22:30, and Caphe by Hai Nam at No. 35 runs 07:30–19:30.

Wi-Fi after 22:00

Mon Chéri at Károly körút 12 and Zsolnay Kávéház at Teréz körút 43 both run 07:00–23:00 every day. Monyó Café on Kálvin tér stays open until 02:00 on Thursday and Friday nights, and Ignác, a nyúl on Német utca opens at 16:00 on weekdays and closes at 22:30 or later.

In the Castle District, Coyote Coffee & Deli on Markovits Iván utca is open until 21:00 on weekdays, and Il Nostro on Batthyány utca until 22:00 from Monday to Saturday.

Sources

  1. Kávéház, Wikipedia (Hungarian), accessed October 2026
  2. New York Café, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Espresso Embassy, Espresso Embassy, accessed October 2026
  4. Hadik kávéház, Wikipedia (Hungarian), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Wi-Fi in Budapest: questions

Can you work on a laptop at Espresso Embassy in Budapest?

On weekends and public holidays, Espresso Embassy on Arany János utca allows laptops only at its communal tables. The café opens at 07:30 on weekdays and 08:30 on Saturdays and Sundays.

Which historic coffeehouses in Budapest have Wi-Fi?

The New York Café on Erzsébet körút, in the palace that opened in 1894, has Wi-Fi and opens daily at 07:00, until midnight or 01:00. In Buda, the Hadik on Bartók Béla út, a 1920s haunt of Karinthy and Kosztolányi that reopened in 2010, has Wi-Fi and opens 09:00–23:00.

Where can you find cafés with Wi-Fi open late in Budapest?

The New York Café on Erzsébet körút serves until midnight, or 01:00 from Thursday to Sunday. Mon Chéri on Károly körút and Zsolnay Kávéház on Teréz körút run until 23:00, as does the Hadik on Bartók Béla út, and Monyó Café on Kálvin tér stays open until 02:00 on Thursday and Friday nights.

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