Mumbai cafes where the wifi holds for a call

A connection that loads a page is not the same as a connection that survives half an hour of video. These are the cafes whose wifi is recorded as fast rather than merely present.

  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. Taj Mahal Tea House3.4Forty teas, eighty seats and soft light in a Bandra bungalow. Does dates and deadlines equally well.
  5. The Bagel Shop3.4Quiet, comfortable, and one of the few Bandra rooms where a two-person meeting is not a shouting match.
  6. Kala Ghoda Cafe3.4White walls, enormous glass doors, and the calm that Kala Ghoda's lanes are supposed to have.
  7. Blue Tokai — New Excelsior3.4Specialty coffee inside a 1930s cinema, with a terrace. The best-value work cafe in Fort.
  8. Starbucks — Horniman Circle3.4India's first Starbucks, in a colonial-era banking hall. The building is the reason to choose it.
  9. Bombay Coffee House — Ballard Estate3.4Old-world room, generous portions, and the best interview table in Ballard Estate.
  10. Blue Tokai — Nariman Point3.4The closest decent coffee to Marine Drive, and the nearest thing Nariman Point has to a third place.
  11. Third Wave Coffee — Lokhandwala3.4A Third Wave Coffee outlet in the Lokhandwala shopping stretch, part of the chain's wider Mumbai rollout.
  12. Subko Coffee — Mary Lodge3.2The reference point for Indian specialty coffee, in a Ranwar bungalow that refuses to hurry you.
  13. Kitchen Garden by Suzette3.2Fast wifi and a real salad, until the brunch crowd arrives at one and takes the quiet with them.
  14. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Perry Road3.1Small, functional, reliably good — the cafe you go to when you need the coffee to just be right.
  15. Third Wave Coffee — Panchpakhadi3.1A Third Wave Coffee outlet on LBS Road in Thane's Panchpakhadi/Naupada stretch.
  16. Veronica's2.1A sandwich shop with the ambition of a restaurant. Eat standing if you have to.