South Bombay — cafes you can work from

White walls, enormous glass doors, and the calm that Kala Ghoda's lanes are supposed to have.

Specialty coffee inside a 1930s cinema, with a terrace. The best-value work cafe in Fort.

An 1897 building, a modbar, and a reading area someone actually curated. Behind the Taj, and worth finding.

A cacao mill that also pours coffee. The most single-minded room on this map.

Single-estate coffee from a Kodaikanal wildlife sanctuary, poured by people who want to explain it.

India's first Starbucks, in a colonial-era banking hall. The building is the reason to choose it.

Old-world room, generous portions, and the best interview table in Ballard Estate.

1904. Marble tables, slow fans, bun maska. The oldest room on this map and the least interested in changing.

Mario Miranda drew on every wall here in 1932 and the jukebox never really stopped. Loud, and unapologetic.

Since 1871. Keeps its bullet marks on the wall as a memorial and its doors open until midnight.

One of the last real Irani cafes in Fort. Berry pulao, bare walls, no concessions.

A twelve-table Parsi lunch room with a menu that changes by the day of the week. Get there by one.

Diesel-oven brun maska since 1953, in a building that started life as a Japanese bank.

Two minutes from Churchgate station and open absurdly late. The commuter's coffee.

The closest decent coffee to Marine Drive, and the nearest thing Nariman Point has to a third place.

A Third Wave Coffee outlet near Chowpatty, part of the chain's wider Mumbai rollout.

A cafe and bar a short walk from Churchgate station, serving an Italian/French/Chinese menu.