Mumbai cafes where you can actually plug in

Power is the heaviest factor in the score, at 22 percent, because nothing else matters once the battery goes. These are the cafes with plug points recorded at the seats — not one behind the counter.

  1. Bombay Coffee House4.0Built for people with laptops, and honest about it. The best odds in Bandra of a table, a plug and three quiet hours.
  2. Cogs and Brews Cafe3.9Billed as one of India's first dedicated study-and-business cafes: a walk-in workspace cafe (not a coworking space, no ID or paperwork needed) with separate casual and deep-focus seating areas.
  3. Shelter Cafe x Coffee by Javaphile3.6Plug points at most tables and light from the right direction. A working cafe that also happens to be pleasant.
  4. Starbucks — Horniman Circle3.4India's first Starbucks, in a colonial-era banking hall. The building is the reason to choose it.
  5. Third Wave Coffee — Lokhandwala3.4A Third Wave Coffee outlet in the Lokhandwala shopping stretch, part of the chain's wider Mumbai rollout.
  6. Starbucks — Lower Parel3.2A Starbucks branch in the Lower Parel commercial district.
  7. Third Wave Coffee — Juhu2.9Sits opposite Prithvi Theatre, drawing a theatre-and-coffee crowd.
  8. Third Wave Coffee — Vile Parle East2.9A Vile Parle branch of the Third Wave chain, near Garware House.
  9. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Andheri East2.9A Blue Tokai cafe on the Andheri-Kurla Road office corridor.
  10. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Khar West2.9A Blue Tokai outlet on Khar's 14th Road.
  11. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — One World Center, Lower Parel2.9A Blue Tokai counter inside the One World Center office tower.
  12. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Phoenix Palladium, Lower Parel2.9Blue Tokai's counter inside the Phoenix Palladium mall.
  13. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — One International Center, Dadar West2.9Blue Tokai's outlet inside the One International Center office tower in Dadar.
  14. Third Wave Coffee — Kurla (Equinox)2.9A Third Wave outlet in the Equinox office complex just off BKC.
  15. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Panch Pakadi2.9A second Blue Tokai outlet in Thane, in the Panch Pakadi area.
  16. Third Wave Coffee — Hiranandani Estate2.9A Third Wave Coffee outlet inside The Walk Mall in Hiranandani Estate, Thane.
  17. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Airoli2.9A Blue Tokai outlet in the Airoli business district of Navi Mumbai.
  18. Third Wave Coffee — Inorbit Mall, Vashi2.9A Third Wave Coffee outlet inside Inorbit Mall, Vashi's main shopping centre.
  19. Third Wave Coffee — Emerald Mall, Borivali2.9A Third Wave Coffee outlet in the Emerald Mall complex in Borivali West.
  20. Third Wave Coffee — Thakur Village2.9A Third Wave Coffee outlet in the Thakur Village area of Kandivali East.
  21. Third Wave Coffee — Dalvi Nagar, Borivali2.9A second Third Wave Coffee outlet in Borivali West, near Kora Kendra Ground.
  22. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Mulund2.9A Blue Tokai outlet inside the Runwal Greens complex on the Mulund-Goregaon Link Road.
  23. Third Wave Coffee — Bhandup West2.9A Third Wave Coffee outlet in the same Runwal Greens complex that straddles Bhandup West and Mulund.
  24. Third Wave Coffee — Girgaon2.9A Third Wave Coffee outlet near Chowpatty, part of the chain's wider Mumbai rollout.
  25. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Mira Road2.9A Blue Tokai specialty coffee outlet in Mira Road East, part of the roaster's citywide cafe network.
  26. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — IC Colony, Borivali2.9A Blue Tokai specialty coffee outlet in the IC Colony pocket of Borivali West.