A city guide for laptop workers · Seoul
Cafés and places to work from in Seoul.
212 places to work from in Seoul, South Korea: 186 cafés, 18 chain cafés, 4 libraries and 1 coworking space. 19 have good Wi-Fi, 15 have power outlets and 78 are quiet. Each with its house rules and the date it was last checked. Updated .
Confirmed
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% Arabica
To reconfirmGangnam District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
% Arabica Seoul Magazine B
To reconfirm2nd, 35 대사관로 floor, 용산구 서울특별시 South Korea
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
4ozday Coffee Roasters
To reconfirmJongno District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
A Twosome Place
ConfirmedMapo-gu
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Checked
A Twosome Place
To reconfirmGangnam District
- Limited Wi-Fi
Checked
ACR • Alegria Coffee Roasters
ConfirmedJung District
- Quiet
Checked
Alto Coffee Bar
To reconfirmJongno District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Anthracite Coffee Yeonhui
ConfirmedSeodaemun-gu
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
Checked
Archivist Hannam
To reconfirmYongsan District
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
Bamaself
To reconfirmYongsan District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
BEAN BROTHERS COFFEEHOUSE SEOUL
To reconfirmMapo-gu
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
BEAN BROTHERS Famille
To reconfirmSeocho District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Birch Coffee
To reconfirmYongsan District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Biroso Coffee
To reconfirmMapo-gu
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
Blue Bottle Coffee Gwanghwamun Cafe
To reconfirmJongno District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Blue Bottle Jamsil Cafe
To reconfirmSongpa District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe
To reconfirmJongno District
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
Blue Bottle Samseong Cafe
To reconfirmSamseong-dong
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Blue Bottle Seongsu Cafe
To reconfirmSeongdong-gu
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
Blue Bottle Yeoksam Cafe
To reconfirmGangnam District
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
Blue Bottle Yeonnam Cafe
To reconfirmMapo-gu
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
Checked
Blue Bottle Yeouido Cafe
To reconfirmYeongdeungpo District
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Blues Cafe Bar
ConfirmedSouth Korea, Seoul, Yongsan District, 이태원제2동 260-108
- Quiet
Checked
Brewing Ceremony
To reconfirmSeongdong-gu
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Our picks
Best places to work from in Seoul
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.
에이비카페 AB Cafe
Café · 대한민국 서울특별시 강남구 강남대로102길 32
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets, good Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Good Wi-FiPlenty of power outletsQuietChecked
Cafe Moon Bear
Café · Seodaemun-gu
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets and a quiet room.
Plenty of power outletsQuietChecked
Gabie
Café · Mapo-gu
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets, good Wi-Fi and air-con.
Good Wi-FiPlenty of power outletsChecked
HitCoffee Roasters
Café · Gangnam District
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets, good Wi-Fi and a moderate noise level.
Good Wi-FiPlenty of power outletsChecked
북쌔즈
Café · 대한민국 서울특별시 강남구 테헤란로 311 아남타워 2층 후면 1층
Reviews mention good Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Good Wi-FiQuietChecked
북앤레스트
Café · 대한민국 서울특별시 강남구 삼성로104길 22 예림빌딩 1층
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets and a quiet room.
Plenty of power outletsQuietChecked
알베르 강남
Café · 대한민국 서울특별시 강남구 강남대로102길 34
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets and a quiet room.
Plenty of power outletsQuietChecked
In short
What to expect in Seoul
- What's here Third Desk lists 212 confirmed places to work from in Seoul: 186 cafés, 18 chain cafés, 4 libraries, 1 coworking space, 1 restaurant, 1 community space and 1 other place.
- Wi-Fi and power 19 of 212 have good Wi-Fi and 15 have power outlets.
- Noise 78 of 212 are rated quiet.
- Opening hours 115 are open past 9 pm on most days and 187 open on Sundays.
- Comfort 9 are air-conditioned.
- House rules 2 have a time limit for laptops (typically 3 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. Members have checked in at 1 place here. Updated .
Neighbourhoods
Where to work in Seoul, by neighbourhood
Gangnam District · 29 places
See all on the map →Yongsan District · 17 places
See all on the map →Seongdong-gu · 11 places
See all on the map →Jung District · 10 places
See all on the map →Seodaemun-gu · 7 places
See all on the map →Seocho District · 4 places
See all on the map →All places
Every confirmed place in Seoul
- % Arabica
- % Arabica Seoul Magazine B
- 4ozday Coffee Roasters
- A Twosome Place
- A Twosome Place
- ACR • Alegria Coffee Roasters
- Alto Coffee Bar
- Anthracite Coffee Yeonhui
- Archivist Hannam
- Bamaself
- BEAN BROTHERS COFFEEHOUSE SEOUL
- BEAN BROTHERS Famille
- Birch Coffee
- Biroso Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee Gwanghwamun Cafe
- Blue Bottle Jamsil Cafe
- Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe
- Blue Bottle Samseong Cafe
- Blue Bottle Seongsu Cafe
- Blue Bottle Yeoksam Cafe
- Blue Bottle Yeonnam Cafe
- Blue Bottle Yeouido Cafe
- Blues Cafe Bar
- Brewing Ceremony
- Bunker Company Apgujeong
- Cafe
- Cafe 413 Project
- Cafe Bridge
- Cafe Comma Yeoksam Markozen Branch
- Cafe Comma,
- Cafe Delcamino
- Cafe Gong Myoung
- Cafe Gong Myoung Hongdae Branch
- Cafe Hokisim
- Cafe Moon Bear
- Cafederabbit
- cafeinjungdok yeoksam
- CAFFE ON THE PLAN
- Camel
- Cashmere Coffee
- CAT CAFE MOCHA Gangnam store
- Champ Coffee 2nd Workroom
- Check Grow
- Club Espresso
- Coffee Fiel
- Coffee Hanyakbang
- Coffee House Maisha
- Coffee Laboratory
- Coffee Libre (Yeonnam Branch)
- Coffee Nap Roasters Yeonnam
- Coffee Nine
- Coffee Roasters Bongneun Achim Co
- COFFEE SHOP ADZE
- COFFEEPLANT
- Coffeesmith
- Conhas
- Craft Cafe
- Cuppacity
- Daily Routine Coffee
- DARK EDITION COFFEE 다크에디션커피
- Deep Blue Lake
- Die Synthese
- Doduk&Kyubum
- Dorae Knot
- E-Chae Cafe
- EOE seoul
- FELT
- First Coffee Lab
- Flick On Coffee
- FourB, Gwanghwamun
- Fritz Coffee Company, Dohwa
- Fuglen Seoul
- Gabie
- Gallery Sowyen cafe
- GML seoul
- Gorani Coffee Club
- HISTHEM
- HitCoffee Roasters
- Hollys Coffee Yeontral Park
- Honest Coffee
- Human Made Seoul Cafe by Blue Bottle Coffee
- Humbolt Agit
- Hwandae
- identity coffeelab
- Inns coffee
- Intelligentsia Coffee Jamsil Coffeebar
- Intelligentsia Coffee Myeongdong Coffebar
- jikcoffee 지크커피
- John Small Roastery
- Kalas Coffee
- Kaldi Coffee
- Komfortabel Gwanghwamun
- KOTE
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters
- Lay Bricks Coffee Roasters
- LEEDORIM Coffee & Bakery Gyeongbokgung Cafe
- Limil coffee
- Lounge Clarimento
- LOUNGE HANNAM
- LoungeX 24h Seongsu CFtower
- Lusso Barista Lab, Cheongdam
- MAAT
- Malic coffee
- March Coffee Roasters
- MARINE COFFEE
- Maxim Plant
- McCoy’s Coffee
- Milestone Coffee
- Milestone Coffee (Hyundai Seoul)
- Millo Coffee Roasters
- minimale rösterei & kaffeebar
- MMTH
- Mother C. Itaewon
- Move.mov Seongsu
- mtl hannam | 엠티엘 한남
- mu
- N237 카페 앤 베이커리
- NUHOOD Cafe+Bar
- oats coffee
- Ojedo Cafe
- ongeundal
- Ouvert Seoul
- Paranmanjan Gwanghwamun
- Pausee Café
- Perception
- Protokoll Roasters
- pymt
- Raw Coffee Stand
- Remind Coffee
- Seoul Metropolitan Library (Old Seoul City Hall)
- Sim Coffee House
- Sky Rabbit Coffee and Desert
- SLAB
- Sleet Coffee Company
- Small Batch Seoul
- Small Good Coffee Flagship Store
- Something About Coffee
- Soosoo Coffee
- Standard System
- Starbucks
- Starbucks @ 18-55 Chancheon-Dong
- Starbucks Gyeongnidan-gil Branch
- Steamers Coffee Factory
- SWEATHER Yeonnam Bakery Café
- Tea Room @ National Museum of Korea
- Terarosa Coffee
- Terarosa Coffee Seoul Arts Center
- Terres de Cafe Yangjae
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
- The november 라운지 강남역 KG타워점
- The Queen's Bakery & Cafe
- Tom N Toms Coffee
- Towners Espresso Bar
- Travertine Coffee
- Urban Nook
- URBAN STAY Coffee & Works
- Wegintixix
- Wells Coffee & Sandwich
- whyden coffee seongsu
- Woolf Social Club
- Yagsuteo
- 공덕로스터리
- 광장시장 일호상회 (ILHO Market)
- 나무사이로 내자
- 뉴웨이브 커피 로스터스 New Wave Coffee Roasters
- 더리터 직영종로점
- 더블하이트갤러리카페
- 더한옥
- 로우키 성수
- 로지을 카페 (Ro-jiéul Kafé)
- 미니말레 커피뢰스터 역삼점
- 베리머치berry much
- 본지르르 성수
- 북쌔즈
- 북앤레스트
- 빈브라더스 합정
- 서울특별시교육청 정독도서관
- 서울특별시교육청 종로도서관
- 센트럴사이트 연남점 (Centralsite Coffee Roasters Yeonnam)
- 셀렉토 커피 신논현점
- 셀렉티드닉스 (Selected Nick's) 강남역점 [セレクティドニックス]｜韓国カフェ | 江南駅カフェ
- 알베르 강남
- 앤딩스터디카페 강남구청역점
- 어차(UHCHA) 연남점
- 언뎁트
- 업스탠딩
- 에스랩 스터디카페 2호점 2관
- 에스랩 스터디카페 강남3호점
- 에이비카페 AB Cafe
- 오디너리 커피
- 웰니스카페 사유
- 이페메라
- 인포메이션카페
- 청운문학도서관
- 카우프 로스터스
- 카페 결
- 카페 공명 망원책빵
- 카페 공명 연남점
- 카페 정월
- 카페 종로시장
- 카페꼼마 합정점
- 카페씨떼 한남 (CaféCité Hannam)
- 카페앤
- 카페엔바이콘 논현점
- 커피나인 종로
- 케냐키암부커피
- 텅
- 틸다운 망원
- 파머스카페
- 포어플랜
- 프레쉬 스터디카페
- 픽트로스터리 망원점
Unconfirmed
Might be good. Nobody has checked yet.
These came from our research. Worked from one? Confirm it and it turns green for everyone.
- 10000LAB COFFEEGangnam District
- 10000LAB COFFEEJung District
- 1984대한민국 서울특별시 마포구 동교로 194 혜원빌딩
- 5TO7 성수본점 | Souffle Cafe 5to7 Seongsu | スフレカフェ 5to7 | 舒芙蕾 5to7 咖啡대한민국 서울특별시 성동구 서울숲2길 44-13
- A CafeMapo-gu
- A Twosome PlaceGangnam District
- A Twosome PlaceMapo-gu
- A Twosome PlaceGangnam District
- A Twosome PlaceGangnam District
- A Twosome Place Yeoksamsunghong Tower BranchGangnam District
- ABU COFFEEJongno District
- achrolism 에이크로리즘대한민국 서울특별시 종로구 율곡로5길 16 1층
- Alexander Coffee Studio GangnamGangnam District
- Amenohi CoffeeSeodaemun-gu
- And Here Gallery & CafeJongno District
- ANNA’S CAFEYongsan District
- Aqua Santa Seongsu CafeSeongdong-gu
- around daySeongdong-gu
- ArtiseeSouth Korea, Seoul, Seocho District, 서초4동 1303-16
- Artist BakeryJongno District
- Astronomers CoffeeMapo-gu
- Atune Espresso BarGangnam District
- BANJULJongno District
- Belief Coffee RoastersMapo-gu
- Berkeley Coffee SocialYongsan District
- Bong Brothers' Dog Cafe 강아지카페Jinheung Building 39, 강남대로118길 강남구 서울특별시 South Korea
- borrow coffee placeJongno District
- Burnt SeoulSouth Korea, Seoul, Jongno District, Cheonggyecheon-ro, 155 1,2,3층
- CACHI Flower Cafe GangnamGangnam District
- CACHI Flower Cafe JongroJongno District
- Cadenza CoffeeYongsan District
- Cafe 1993Jongno District
- Cafe AERGangnam District
- Cafe BokehYongsan District
- cafe Co.R (카페 코르)Mapo-gu
- Cafe CordialementJongno District
- Cafe De L'ambreJongno District
- cafe DOKORO 카페 도코로Yongsan District
- cafe far benSeongdong-gu
- Cafe FoluiteJongno District
Good to know
Working from Seoul, answered
Where can I work from a laptop in Seoul?
Third Desk lists 212 confirmed places to work from in Seoul: 186 cafés, 18 chain cafés, 4 libraries and 1 coworking space. The most recently checked are Anthracite Coffee Yeonhui, Blue Bottle Seongsu Cafe, Human Made Seoul Cafe by Blue Bottle Coffee, whyden coffee seongsu and 로우키 성수.
Which cafés in Seoul have good Wi-Fi and power outlets?
9 of the 212 confirmed places in Seoul have both good Wi-Fi and power outlets, including Anthracite Coffee Yeonhui, Gabie, HitCoffee Roasters, 에이비카페 AB Cafe and CAFFE ON THE PLAN.
Where are the quiet places to work in Seoul?
78 of the 212 confirmed places are rated quiet, including Blue Bottle Seongsu Cafe, Human Made Seoul Cafe by Blue Bottle Coffee, whyden coffee seongsu, 포어플랜 and Kaldi Coffee.
Are there coworking spaces in Seoul?
Yes. Third Desk lists 1 coworking space in Seoul, including SLAB. Each listing says whether it sells day passes or is members only, where that is known.
Which cafés in Seoul are open late?
115 of the 212 confirmed places are open past 9 pm on most days, including Anthracite Coffee Yeonhui, Move.mov Seongsu, 본지르르 성수, 포어플랜 and LoungeX 24h Seongsu CFtower.
Where can I work on a Sunday in Seoul?
187 of the 212 confirmed places open on Sundays, including Anthracite Coffee Yeonhui, Blue Bottle Seongsu Cafe, Human Made Seoul Cafe by Blue Bottle Coffee, 로우키 성수 and jikcoffee 지크커피.
Are there cafés with air conditioning in Seoul?
Yes. 9 of the 212 confirmed places are air-conditioned, including Gabie, Conhas, KOTE, Maxim Plant and mtl hannam | 엠티엘 한남.
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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