A city guide for laptop workers · Penang
Cafés and places to work from in Penang.
25 places to work from in Penang, Malaysia: 23 cafés, 1 chain café and 1 library. 8 have good Wi-Fi, 7 have power outlets and 13 are quiet. Each with its house rules and the date it was last checked. Updated .
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Biscotti Cafe
ConfirmedBeach St
- Good Wi-Fi
- No power outlets
- Quiet
Black Kettle
Confirmed105, Beach St, Georgetown, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Plenty of power outlets
- Quiet
Checked
Cafe Amazon
Confirmed90e, Persiaran Gurney, 10250 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Click N Brew Cafe
ConfirmedLebuh Melayu
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
- Quiet
Coffee 45
To reconfirm45, Love Ln, Georgetown, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Dreamer Haven Art Cafe
Confirmed251, Lebuh Kimberley, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Higher Ground
ConfirmedLebuh Leith
- Good Wi-Fi
- Plenty of power outlets
Hurry Hari Chulia Street
Confirmed19, Lorong Chulia, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Checked
Jing Si Books & Cafe Penang
Confirmed31, Beach St, Georgetown, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Khing cafe ( Dr Lim Chwee Leong Street)
Confirmed2/4, Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Kraffmen Cafe
Confirmed80, Jln Zainul Abidin, George Town, 10400 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Ome by Spacebar Coffee
ConfirmedLorong Toh Aka
- Limited Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
- 1 h limit
P.66
ConfirmedLebuh Campbell
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
Penang Digital Library (Phase 1 & 2)
ConfirmedJln Masjid Negeri
- Limited Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
R COFFEE CO.
ConfirmedLbh Chulia
- Good Wi-Fi
- No power outlets
S Plus Cafe
Confirmed135, Jln Masjid Negeri, Taman Guan Joo Seng, 11600 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Seven Days
Confirmed211, Jln Penang, George Town, 10000 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Space House Café
Confirmed26, Jalan Nagor, George Town, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Sweetbar Cafe
To reconfirm38B, Lebuh Tye Sin, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
The Alley, 5 Stewart Lane
To reconfirm5, Stewart Ln, Georgetown, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Good Wi-Fi
Checked
The Ropewalker Coffee & Friends
Confirmed105, Jalan Pintal Tali, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Traffic Bean
Confirmed28, Jalan Green Hall, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Checked
WHEELER'S
ConfirmedLorong Love
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
YD Coffee Lab (水云阁）
Confirmed23, Lorong Chulia, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Quiet
Checked
Our picks
Best places to work from in Penang
Ranked by what members and our scouts recorded: check-ins first, then fast Wi-Fi, power outlets, quiet and how recently each place was checked.
Black Kettle
Café · 105
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets, a quiet room and air-con.
Plenty of power outletsQuietChecked
ZUS Coffee - Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus
Café · Jalan Burma
Reviews and its own site mention good Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Good Wi-FiQuietChecked
In short
What to expect in Penang
- What's here Third Desk lists 25 confirmed places to work from in Penang: 23 cafés, 1 chain café and 1 library.
- Wi-Fi and power 8 of 25 have good Wi-Fi and 7 have power outlets.
- Noise 13 of 25 are rated quiet.
- Opening hours 11 are open past 9 pm on most days and 25 open on Sundays.
- Comfort 12 are air-conditioned.
- House rules 1 has a time limit for laptops (1 h).
- How we check Every place was found by our own research or added by a member who worked there, and a person reviewed it before it went live. Updated .
All places
Every confirmed place in Penang
- Biscotti Cafe
- Black Kettle
- Cafe Amazon
- Click N Brew Cafe
- Coffee 45
- Dreamer Haven Art Cafe
- Higher Ground
- Hurry Hari Chulia Street
- Jing Si Books & Cafe Penang
- Khing cafe ( Dr Lim Chwee Leong Street)
- Kraffmen Cafe
- Ome by Spacebar Coffee
- P.66
- Penang Digital Library (Phase 1 & 2)
- R COFFEE CO.
- S Plus Cafe
- Seven Days
- Space House Café
- Sweetbar Cafe
- The Alley, 5 Stewart Lane
- The Ropewalker Coffee & Friends
- Traffic Bean
- WHEELER'S
- YD Coffee Lab (水云阁）
- ZUS Coffee - Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus
Unconfirmed
Might be good. Nobody has checked yet.
These came from our research. Worked from one? Confirm it and it turns green for everyone.
- 32 Bucks Cafe32, Lbh Buckingham, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- 5 Coffee (OFFFFive Coffee)64G, Lebuh Kimberley, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- A SOAR COFFEE102, Lrg Kinta, George Town, 10400 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- ae coffee11, Lebuh Clarke, George Town, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Alight Coffee (George Town)41, Lorong Prangin, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- BLVCK Specialty Coffee64A, Lorong Selamat, 10400 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Boston Coffee257, Lebuh Victoria, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Cara Caro Cafe22, Kampong Malabar, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Chubby Cafe Penang375, Beach St, Georgetown, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Constant Gardener CoffeeGround Floor, Penang Chinese Chamber Of Commerce Building, 9, Lebuh Light, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Daily Coffee Signature188, Jalan Burma, Kampung Syed, 10350 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Dāku Coffee Malaysia Penang68-1-1, sunrise gurney, Persiaran Gurney, Georgetown, 10250 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Emily Darling Cafe186, Jln Penang, George Town, 10000 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Heim54, Lebuh Melayu, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Hidden on Armenian21, Lbh Armenian, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- JAJUJE COFFEE16 Whiteaway Arcade, Beach St, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Khing Cafe (Beach Street)278, Lebuh Pantai, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Koffe Penang45, Jalan Anson, George Town, 10400 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Kopi Hutan360, Beach St, Georgetown, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- LightBulb Supper57, Jln Zainul Abidin, 10400 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Mews Cafe77, Lebuh Muntri, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- N.419 Senses Coffee419, Lbh Chulia, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Nanyang @ Gudang Café5, Gat Lebuh Armenian, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Narrow Marrow312, Lebuh Pantai, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Orange Black Cafe196, Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- ORCABREW209, Jalan Hutton, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- PACE Coffee397, Beach St, Georgetown, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Paradiso Cafe26Q, Lebuhraya Codrington, Pulau Tikus, 10350 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- PINWHEEL RESTO CAFE461, Lbh Chulia, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Plus Eatery113, Jalan Hutton, George Town, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Project CAN @ Lebuh Glugor62, Lebuh Glugor, Taman Gelugur, 11600 Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Pulau Café94, Lebuh Gereja, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Reggae Cafe Penang163, Lebuh Pantai, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Sinar Koffee.my158, Jalan Transfer, George Town, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Sip Spot Coffee61, Jalan Sri Bahari, George Town, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Slow Coffee Person Coffee Bar37, Church St, Georgetown, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Smiling Buffalo - Georgetown2, Gat Lebuh Melayu, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Straits Cafe by Straits & Oriental Museum66, Church St, Georgetown, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- TEASE & TOSS274, Lbh Chulia, George Town, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- The Daily Dose Cafe Penang36, Stewart Ln, Georgetown, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Good to know
Working from Penang, answered
Where can I work from a laptop in Penang?
Third Desk lists 25 confirmed places to work from in Penang: 23 cafés, 1 chain café and 1 library. The most recently checked are ZUS Coffee - Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus, Jing Si Books & Cafe Penang, S Plus Cafe, Cafe Amazon and Khing cafe ( Dr Lim Chwee Leong Street).
Which cafés in Penang have good Wi-Fi and power outlets?
4 of the 25 confirmed places in Penang have both good Wi-Fi and power outlets, including Click N Brew Cafe, Higher Ground, P.66 and WHEELER'S.
Where are the quiet places to work in Penang?
13 of the 25 confirmed places are rated quiet, including ZUS Coffee - Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus, Jing Si Books & Cafe Penang, Cafe Amazon, Khing cafe ( Dr Lim Chwee Leong Street) and YD Coffee Lab (水云阁）.
Which cafés in Penang are open late?
11 of the 25 confirmed places are open past 9 pm on most days, including ZUS Coffee - Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus, Cafe Amazon, Khing cafe ( Dr Lim Chwee Leong Street), Traffic Bean and Space House Café.
Where can I work on a Sunday in Penang?
25 of the 25 confirmed places open on Sundays, including ZUS Coffee - Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus, Jing Si Books & Cafe Penang, S Plus Cafe, Cafe Amazon and Khing cafe ( Dr Lim Chwee Leong Street).
Are there cafés with air conditioning in Penang?
Yes. 12 of the 25 confirmed places are air-conditioned, including S Plus Cafe, Cafe Amazon, Black Kettle, Hurry Hari Chulia Street and Biscotti Cafe.
How does Third Desk know a place is laptop-friendly?
Places are added by people who have worked there, or found through our own research and reviewed by a person before they go live. Every listing shows its Wi-Fi, power outlets, noise level and house rules, and the date it was last checked. Places that turn out not to allow laptops stay on the map, marked as such.
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