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Montreal’s Best Working Cafés with Wifi

Where to connect and caffeinate

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With remote work driving a huge demand for working cafés, many of Montreal’s coffee shops have leaned into their ability to pair great drinks with internet connections. A considerable number now take their coffee and pastries just as seriously as amenities like free wifi, co-working tables, and rentable meeting rooms.

Only so many, however, have the right balance of seating, outlets, and food to keep you going for a day’s worth of work. The cafés on this non-exhaustive map meet all of that criteria with uninterrupted wifi at tolerable speeds, enough space to find a seat at any time of the working week, and quality menus for both coffee and food.

If good coffee is all you care about (wifi, not so much) you may prefer our general map to Montreal’s brilliant coffee shops.

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Paquebot

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This was the first café to serve nitro cold brew in Montreal, and the third-wave coffee destination also specializes in non-alcoholic coffee cocktails. On the menu: panini, viennoiseries, and some vegetarian options. There are two more Paquebots to choose from: one in the former Plume Café in Mile End (also a decent work option, if a little smaller), and another attractive spot in Old Montreal.

Café Perko

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Now counting a few years on the Villeray caffeine scene, Perko doesn’t scorn those hovering over their computers — it entices them with a printer and its own bookable conference room. As such, Perko can understandably get full, but there are seats and plugs aplenty — plus, it’s far enough away from the universities to avoid being too heavily overrunwith students. Food offerings are limited to the snackable: bagels, soups, some pastries and a couple of small sandwiches. 

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Rosemont’s go-to study and work spot, Station W has both quality (Kittel coffee) and quantity (no shortage of seats) — and being well-removed from all university campuses, there are not too many students taking up all the space. It also does breakfast and brunch dishes, sandwiches, bowls and tartines alongside a small bar offering. Its other location in Verdun offers all the same attractions, albeit in a smaller space.

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Les Oubliettes

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La Petite-Patrie’s Café Les Oubliettes is from principal Éloïse Corbeil, manager Camille Mongeau, and chef Corinne Fortin. On the menu: sandwiches, salads, soups, and both bread and baked goods from Guillaume. When you’re not working, the Sunday brunch and Wednesday to Friday tapas and wine nights are worth your time.

Café Saint-Henri (HQ)

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Roaster and coffee house Saint-Henri has been expanding all over the place in recent years, and its Villeray HQ is the café’s crowning jewel — a converted industrial space with ample seating, great coffee, a stylish design, and breakfasts, lunches, and brunches. Some of St-Henri’s other coffee shops have wifi, too, but this is easily the largest space.

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Le Falco

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In the heart of the Mile End’s office district, this café in a sunny warehouse does fair-trade coffee, pastries, soups, sandwiches, and Japanese dishes like its highly snackable onigiri (rice balls wrapped in nori). Long communal tables, as well as couches in the back, offer ample place to post up depending on your task.

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Café Sfouf

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Owner Gaby Kassas is a Lebanese woman who grew up in Italy and she’s put a lot of herself into this welcoming Centre-Sud café with a distinctly Mediterranean vibe. There are long tables to work from and transparent garage-door windows that let the sun pour in on good weather days. The café’s namesake, sfouf (an almond-semolina cake made bright yellow with curcuma) comes free alongside beverages, and the menu also includes salty and sweet tartines with toppings like labneh, za’atar, goat cheese, and pistachios.

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Café Replika

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Quiet, charming Replika does coffee (espresso-based and Turkish) in relaxed surroundings in the middle of the Plateau. While it’s often close to full, it’s usually possible to find a spot to sit with a laptop, a coffee and one of the cafe’s tasty sandwiches or bagels, especially if you’re working solo.

Le Darling

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Spacious café by day, bustling bar by night, Darling is ideal for making the transition from hitting the books over a coffee and a pastry to grabbing drinks with friends. Darling has ample table space available during the day and a dining menu comprised of tasty small plates, including oysters, cheese, and charcuterie. Note that Darling is much less work-friendly once it switches over into bar mode in the early evening.

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Café Osmo x Marusan

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This popular working café within startup centre Notman House just had a big makeover when it combined with Japanese snack bar Marusan. Now in addition to being a great place to work with plenty of tables and perfectly filtered coffee, it serves Japanese sandwiches and curries. Stick around after work for a 5 à 7 with a live DJ, some natural wine or sakes, and relaxing on its outdoor terrasses.

La Finca

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With the full name “La Finca: coffee and office,” it should be of little surprise that this bright downtown spot welcomes the laptop crowd. It even has office spaces available for groups  — these are pay-by-the-hour, but fear not; the café’s main seating area is good for singles and duos. The food — pastries, sandwiches, salads, and tartines — fares well, too.

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Crew Collective & Cafe

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Housed in a former Royal Bank of Canada building with long tables and plugs aplenty, Crew Café really is a prime place to get shit done. You don’t even have to get up to order, as espresso-based drinks and food (bagels, sandwiches, salads and pastries) can be ordered from the website and picked up from the cashier when ready. Surrounding the long tables is Crew’s collective component: a co-working space with meeting rooms that can be reserved by the hour/day or along with a monthly membership.

Café Aunja

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Conveniently located just steps from Concordia’s downtown campus, Aunja has been quietly plugging away for a few years now. Run by an Iranian couple, there’s a great tea selection (try the Persian Fog with pistachios, milk, Iranian tea and saffron syrup), but coffee is available, too. For food, there’s a lengthy list of sandwiches, soups and salads.

Lili & Oli

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This longtime, beloved Little Burgundy coffee shop has not lost its step after 16 years in business. The menu is simple: top-quality coffees and teas alongside a couple pastries and a breakfast sandwich, but it’s a great place to get some work done. There’s also a location in Verdun.

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Yo & Co Espresso Bar

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This café prides itself on taking modern third-wave brewing techniques and reapplying them to old-school Italian coffee, and is one of a kind in Ville-Émard-Côte-Saint-Paul. Yo & Co also serves soups and sandwiches in its bright open space with plenty of room to sit.

Café SAT

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This downtown nonprofit arts centre specializes in baristas serving coffee to remote workers by day and entertaining them with DJs by night (specifically on Fridays as of 4 p.m.). Serving all the classic caffeinated drinks, the team from Labo culinaire upstairs puts together a variety of meals and snacks to enjoy as well that are made with ingredients from a lot of local producers. 

Café Pista (Multiple Locations)

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Serving the north, east and south sides of Montreal’s downtown core with three cafes, Pista is a café brand that specializes in both coffee and curating spaces good for remote work. Each have their own mood and focus, however, as some highlight local artists while others start to pop corks on natural wines come dinnertime. Wherever you go, coffee is there, as are a selection of pastries.

Leaves House Cafe (Multiple Locations)

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Priding itself on filling its two downtown addresses with plant life, that focus on greenery extends to its menus and operations, as Leaves House aggregates plant-based products and services mainly from Montreal start-ups to stock its shelves, fill its cups and top its plates. If you reckon you’ll be hungry during a work session here, opt for the pastries that are also vegan. 

Tommy Café

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With two locations in Old Montreal, another in the Plateau, one in downtown Montreal’s Alexis Nihon mall and expansions outside the city, Tommy’s working café with food formula has been — suffice to say — working more than well. Perk up with coffees, calm down with drinks, and fill your stomach in between soups, sandwiches, and both savory and sweet breakfast options as you enjoy the on-point wifi connection.

Paquebot

This was the first café to serve nitro cold brew in Montreal, and the third-wave coffee destination also specializes in non-alcoholic coffee cocktails. On the menu: panini, viennoiseries, and some vegetarian options. There are two more Paquebots to choose from: one in the former Plume Café in Mile End (also a decent work option, if a little smaller), and another attractive spot in Old Montreal.

Café Perko

Now counting a few years on the Villeray caffeine scene, Perko doesn’t scorn those hovering over their computers — it entices them with a printer and its own bookable conference room. As such, Perko can understandably get full, but there are seats and plugs aplenty — plus, it’s far enough away from the universities to avoid being too heavily overrunwith students. Food offerings are limited to the snackable: bagels, soups, some pastries and a couple of small sandwiches. 

Station W café - Angus

Rosemont’s go-to study and work spot, Station W has both quality (Kittel coffee) and quantity (no shortage of seats) — and being well-removed from all university campuses, there are not too many students taking up all the space. It also does breakfast and brunch dishes, sandwiches, bowls and tartines alongside a small bar offering. Its other location in Verdun offers all the same attractions, albeit in a smaller space.

inside of bright white cafe
Station W cafe.
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Les Oubliettes

La Petite-Patrie’s Café Les Oubliettes is from principal Éloïse Corbeil, manager Camille Mongeau, and chef Corinne Fortin. On the menu: sandwiches, salads, soups, and both bread and baked goods from Guillaume. When you’re not working, the Sunday brunch and Wednesday to Friday tapas and wine nights are worth your time.

Café Saint-Henri (HQ)

Roaster and coffee house Saint-Henri has been expanding all over the place in recent years, and its Villeray HQ is the café’s crowning jewel — a converted industrial space with ample seating, great coffee, a stylish design, and breakfasts, lunches, and brunches. Some of St-Henri’s other coffee shops have wifi, too, but this is easily the largest space.

A coffee shop with a purple wall.
Cafe Saint-Henri
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Le Falco

In the heart of the Mile End’s office district, this café in a sunny warehouse does fair-trade coffee, pastries, soups, sandwiches, and Japanese dishes like its highly snackable onigiri (rice balls wrapped in nori). Long communal tables, as well as couches in the back, offer ample place to post up depending on your task.

inside of cafe with suspended bicycles
Le Falco.
Le Falco/Facebook

Café Sfouf

Owner Gaby Kassas is a Lebanese woman who grew up in Italy and she’s put a lot of herself into this welcoming Centre-Sud café with a distinctly Mediterranean vibe. There are long tables to work from and transparent garage-door windows that let the sun pour in on good weather days. The café’s namesake, sfouf (an almond-semolina cake made bright yellow with curcuma) comes free alongside beverages, and the menu also includes salty and sweet tartines with toppings like labneh, za’atar, goat cheese, and pistachios.

inside of cafe with mismatched chares
Cafe Sfouf.
Café Sfouf/Facebook

Café Replika

Quiet, charming Replika does coffee (espresso-based and Turkish) in relaxed surroundings in the middle of the Plateau. While it’s often close to full, it’s usually possible to find a spot to sit with a laptop, a coffee and one of the cafe’s tasty sandwiches or bagels, especially if you’re working solo.

Le Darling

Spacious café by day, bustling bar by night, Darling is ideal for making the transition from hitting the books over a coffee and a pastry to grabbing drinks with friends. Darling has ample table space available during the day and a dining menu comprised of tasty small plates, including oysters, cheese, and charcuterie. Note that Darling is much less work-friendly once it switches over into bar mode in the early evening.

inside of cafe with a lot of greenery.
Le Darling.
Le Darling/Facebook

Café Osmo x Marusan

This popular working café within startup centre Notman House just had a big makeover when it combined with Japanese snack bar Marusan. Now in addition to being a great place to work with plenty of tables and perfectly filtered coffee, it serves Japanese sandwiches and curries. Stick around after work for a 5 à 7 with a live DJ, some natural wine or sakes, and relaxing on its outdoor terrasses.

La Finca

With the full name “La Finca: coffee and office,” it should be of little surprise that this bright downtown spot welcomes the laptop crowd. It even has office spaces available for groups  — these are pay-by-the-hour, but fear not; the café’s main seating area is good for singles and duos. The food — pastries, sandwiches, salads, and tartines — fares well, too.

Inside a cafe with wooden furniture.
La Finca,
La Finca/Facebook

Crew Collective & Cafe

Housed in a former Royal Bank of Canada building with long tables and plugs aplenty, Crew Café really is a prime place to get shit done. You don’t even have to get up to order, as espresso-based drinks and food (bagels, sandwiches, salads and pastries) can be ordered from the website and picked up from the cashier when ready. Surrounding the long tables is Crew’s collective component: a co-working space with meeting rooms that can be reserved by the hour/day or along with a monthly membership.

Café Aunja

Conveniently located just steps from Concordia’s downtown campus, Aunja has been quietly plugging away for a few years now. Run by an Iranian couple, there’s a great tea selection (try the Persian Fog with pistachios, milk, Iranian tea and saffron syrup), but coffee is available, too. For food, there’s a lengthy list of sandwiches, soups and salads.

Lili & Oli

This longtime, beloved Little Burgundy coffee shop has not lost its step after 16 years in business. The menu is simple: top-quality coffees and teas alongside a couple pastries and a breakfast sandwich, but it’s a great place to get some work done. There’s also a location in Verdun.

Two people working inside a cafe.
Lili & Oli
Lili & Oli/Facebook

Yo & Co Espresso Bar

This café prides itself on taking modern third-wave brewing techniques and reapplying them to old-school Italian coffee, and is one of a kind in Ville-Émard-Côte-Saint-Paul. Yo & Co also serves soups and sandwiches in its bright open space with plenty of room to sit.

Café SAT

This downtown nonprofit arts centre specializes in baristas serving coffee to remote workers by day and entertaining them with DJs by night (specifically on Fridays as of 4 p.m.). Serving all the classic caffeinated drinks, the team from Labo culinaire upstairs puts together a variety of meals and snacks to enjoy as well that are made with ingredients from a lot of local producers. 

Café Pista (Multiple Locations)

Serving the north, east and south sides of Montreal’s downtown core with three cafes, Pista is a café brand that specializes in both coffee and curating spaces good for remote work. Each have their own mood and focus, however, as some highlight local artists while others start to pop corks on natural wines come dinnertime. Wherever you go, coffee is there, as are a selection of pastries.

Leaves House Cafe (Multiple Locations)

Priding itself on filling its two downtown addresses with plant life, that focus on greenery extends to its menus and operations, as Leaves House aggregates plant-based products and services mainly from Montreal start-ups to stock its shelves, fill its cups and top its plates. If you reckon you’ll be hungry during a work session here, opt for the pastries that are also vegan. 

Tommy Café

With two locations in Old Montreal, another in the Plateau, one in downtown Montreal’s Alexis Nihon mall and expansions outside the city, Tommy’s working café with food formula has been — suffice to say — working more than well. Perk up with coffees, calm down with drinks, and fill your stomach in between soups, sandwiches, and both savory and sweet breakfast options as you enjoy the on-point wifi connection.