Cafés with Wi-Fi in Milan

House rules for laptops

At RED la Feltrinelli on Piazza Gae Aulenti, a member of staff sorted the tables into computer OK and computer NO when Dissapore's Marco Pistagnesi visited in January 2022; the laptop tables were far from the windows and close to the bar's noise.² At the Librosteria, a bar and bookshop near Via Canonica, screens had to close after a set hour so tables could turn over.²

gogol&company on Via Savona zoned its seating in 2020, keeping the tables by the counter for books and closed laptops.¹ The same year oTTo, on Via Paolo Sarpi, had a long lunch break with no computers.¹ When Time Out reviewed oTTo in 2018, all ordering was at the bar, with no table service for drinks.³

Where the Wi-Fi cafés are

Duomo & Centro has the most cafés with Wi-Fi, ahead of NoLo & Loreto. In the center, Smartkook on Via Flavio Baracchini opens 07:00–21:00 on weekdays with outdoor tables, and Caffè De Amicis on Via Edmondo De Amicis opens at 07:00 from Monday to Friday. Ottolina Cafè on Via Nirone and C’era una volta on Via Festa del Perdono take cards.

In Porta Venezia, Pandenus at Via Alessandro Tadino 15 stays open until 23:00 from Thursday to Saturday, and Massaua, next door at number 17, reopens in the evening, 19:00–23:30 from Monday to Saturday. Mai dire bar on Via Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina adds air conditioning, toilets and brunch, and Deus Café is on Via Genova Thaon di Revel in Isola.

Coworking corners and outlets

Some cafés run a separate work room. In 2020 Hug, on Via Giulio e Corrado Venini in NoLo, had a members-only coworking area with a printer next to its bar, and Coffice Milano charged €4 for the first hour and €1.50 for each half hour after, coffee and a buffet included.¹

Power sockets are rarer than signal. Mamusca on Via Bernardo Davanzati, in the Maciachini area, has outlets as well as Wi-Fi and outdoor tables. Busy bakeries can struggle too: in 2020 Pavé on Via Felice Casati warned that its Wi-Fi sometimes dropped under the load, and staff assigned the tables.¹

Working in the evening

Some Wi-Fi cafés close in the early evening; Mignon on Piazza Duca d'Aosta, open from 06:30, shuts at 20:00 every day. For a late session, ZOG on Via Filippo Argelati and Nice Cafè on Via Roberto Lepetit stay open until 02:00, gogol&company until 22:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, and Tipografia Alimentare on Via Dolomiti from 18:00 to 23:00, except on Tuesdays.