From Tiong Bahru Bakery's flaky croissants to Apartment Coffee, named Asia's best coffee shop two years running, and Atlas Coffeehouse's signature waffles, we ranked the best cafes in Singapore that genuinely work for both a productive laptop session and a satisfying brunch. The catch nobody mentions is closing time: six of the seven shut between 6pm and 8pm, and the seventh, PS.Cafe Harding Road, has been closed for renovation since 23 August 2026. We have listed the sister outlets verified open to 9.30pm or 10pm if you need an evening session. Every address, opening hour and outlet re-verified on 4 September 2026 from each brand's own site.
Singapore has no shortage of cafes with free Wi-Fi and a socket somewhere, but very few will let you settle in for three hours without a side-eye.
> Quick view: Twenty Eight Cafe (28 Wilkie Road, daily 8am to 6pm) is the best all-round laptop pick, mains across this list run about S$18 to S$28, and the catch is closing time. Six of the seven shut between 6pm and 8pm, and PS.Cafe Harding Road has been closed for renovation since 23 August 2026.
The most beloved bakery-cafe in Singapore, specialising in traditional French baking with local twists. The Eng Hoon Street outlet (56 Eng Hoon Street, #01-70) has the pastry counter worth the trip: golden croissants, glossy tarts, flaky kouign-amann. Coffee is roasted by sister brand Common Man Coffee Roasters. Open Mon to Fri 7.30am to 8pm and Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm, one of 18 outlets islandwide. Free Wi-Fi, but power sockets are scarce and seating is tight, so it is best for a 1 to 2 hour brunch and coffee rather than a 4 hour laptop session. If you want a later seat, the Wisma Atria, Plaza Singapura, Centrepoint, Raffles City, VivoCity, Tampines 1 and JEM outlets all close at 10pm daily.
Visit websiteThe grown-up sibling of Tiong Bahru Bakery, at 22 Martin Road in a quiet Robertson Quay shophouse surrounded by greenery. Specialty coffee from their own roastery and an unconventional all-day brunch menu (the Big Common Man Breakfast is iconic, alongside organic eggs benedict and brioche french toast). The second floor houses Grounded by CMCR, an alfresco coffee bar with a smaller wellness-focused menu. The space is laptop-friendly off-peak, with power sockets at most tables, so avoid the 11am to 1pm weekend brunch rush. One catch for WFC planners: it runs 7.30am to 6pm daily, so it is a morning-to-late-afternoon spot only. The group has five other outlets if Martin Road is full, and their hours differ a lot: Stanley Street (7.30am to 6pm daily), Joo Chiat Road (Mon 7.30am to 5pm, Tue to Sun to 9.30pm), Alexandra Road (Mon and Tue 7.30am to 5pm, Wed to Sun to 10pm), Quayside Isle on Sentosa (Mon and Tue 8am to 5pm, Wed to Sun to 10pm) and a smaller CMCR On The Go counter at ION Orchard (daily 9.30am to 9.30pm). So the evening branches are only evening branches later in the week: on a Monday, Joo Chiat, Alexandra and Sentosa all shut at 5pm. Reservations are not taken at Martin Road, Stanley Street or ION at all; Joo Chiat and Sentosa take them from 5.30pm and Alexandra from 11.30am.
Visit websiteOne of Singapore's most consistently-ranked brunch cafes. Atlas's Buttermilk Pancakes and signature waffles regularly top best-brunch-in-SG lists. The flagship at 6 Duke's Road, just off Bukit Timah Road, is large, airy and naturally lit, and one of the more comfortable rooms on this list for a long session. Check the day before you go: it opens Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 7pm (last orders 6.30pm) and is closed on Mondays. Reservations are currently on hold because of limited space, so plan on walking in. Nearest MRT is Botanic Gardens on the Circle and Downtown lines. If it is full, the same group runs Columbus Coffee Co. (Upper Thomson), Apollo Coffee Bar (65 Serangoon Garden Way, Sun to Wed 9am to 7pm and Thu to Sat 9am to 10pm), Neptune (East Coast Road) and Supernova (Tanjong Katong). We have dropped Lunar Coffee Brewers at OUE Downtown from this list: its own website no longer resolves and its Instagram now reads as closed. Expect a queue at weekend brunch.
Visit websiteThe slightly atas brunch institution, and the one entry on this list with a moving address. The Dempsey Hill flagship at 28B Harding Road, long the one to book for forest-view dining, has been closed for renovation since 23 August 2026, and PS.Cafe has not published a reopening date. The Katong outlet served its final day on 15 March 2026. What remains open: Great World (daily 10am to 10pm, plus a weekday set lunch at S$32 for two courses or S$45 for three), Raffles City and Paragon (daily 10am to 10pm, walk-in only until 5.30pm at weekends and on public holidays), Palais Renaissance (daily 11am to 10pm), One Fullerton, Marina Bay Sands (to 11pm on Friday and Saturday), Jewel, East Coast Park (to 10.30pm on Friday and Saturday), plus Chopsuey Cafe at Dempsey and Park Side by PS.Cafe, a separate all-day cafe inside the Singapore Botanic Gardens at 1 Cluny Road. Famous for sticky date pudding, truffle shoestring fries and a brunch-into-dinner all-day menu. Best for special-occasion brunches, less for budget WFC days: Wi-Fi is present but laptop culture is not. Outlets do rotate, so check the location list before you travel.
Visit websiteA favourite with remote workers and students, tucked into Sophia Flats at 28 Wilkie Road, #01-02/03/04, a few minutes' walk from Bencoolen MRT and within reach of Dhoby Ghaut and Rochor. Clean modern aesthetic, free Wi-Fi and abundant power outlets. The food menu is simpler than Atlas or PS.Cafe, with solid all-day brunch fare and good coffee, but the layout and laptop-friendliness make it a frequent pick for a half-day work session. Open daily 8am to 6pm (last orders 5pm), so plan around the early close. There is a second, busier outlet inside National Gallery Singapore (1 St Andrew Road, #01-11/12/13/14/17, daily 9am to 7pm with last orders at 6pm), which shares its space with sister concept Kopi 1930 and is run no-pork, no-lard, no-alcohol and no-gelatine.
Visit websiteThe cupcake-led bakery-cafe with a Tiong Bahru flagship at 1D Yong Siak Street, now part of a chain of eight: Cluny Court, Telok Ayer, Neil Road, East Coast Road, TANGS at Tang Plaza, Serangoon Gardens and Upper Thomson (the Holland Village outlet is now slated to reopen in Q3 2027, pushed back from an earlier mid-2027 date). Two things worth knowing before you settle in: Plain Vanilla is cash-free, and it takes no reservations at any store. Famous for cupcakes (red velvet, salted caramel) and pastries; the cafe side pours Allpress coffee and does a casual brunch. Most outlets open 7.30am to 7pm, with hot food last orders at 3.50pm. The exception is TANGS at Tang Plaza, which runs 8am to 9pm daily and is the only outlet in the group open past 7pm. The Yong Siak Street space is petite, which makes it great for a 60 to 90 minute solo work block and less ideal for groups. Wi-Fi available, power sockets limited.
Visit websiteA specialty coffee bar with a fierce focus on the bean, running multiple roasters including their own house roast and a rotating filter menu. It has since become the most decorated cafe on this list: named Asia's best coffee shop in 2026 for the second year running, and 6th in the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops. Find it at 139 Selegie Road, #01-01 (not the old Lavender address), with a weekend-focused Apartment Roastery over at Jalan Riang #15-9 in Serangoon, open Saturdays and Sundays 10am to 5pm and serving hand-brewed filter coffee only, so no food, no takeaway and not a work stop. The Selegie space is small but laptop-friendly off-peak; a communal table seats about 6, plus wall benches with sockets. Light food (pastries, sandwiches) only, and it closes at 6pm. Best for serious coffee drinkers and shorter 60 to 90 minute sessions, and expect it to be busier now that the awards have landed.
Visit websiteEvery entry on this list is a cafe first, and as of this update none of them sells a day pass. Genius Central at Far East Square, previously the one genuinely structured cafe-coworking hybrid in Singapore, has closed permanently, and we have removed it. If you need a guaranteed desk and socket for eight hours, book a coworking space instead.
For everything short of that, Twenty Eight Cafe is the strongest pick, with abundant sockets, free Wi-Fi and a room that expects laptops, followed by Apartment Coffee for a focused 60 to 90 minutes. Tiong Bahru Bakery, PS.Cafe and Atlas Coffeehouse are brunch destinations where a laptop at 12pm on a Sunday will not win you friends. Check closing times before you commit: Common Man Coffee Roasters and Twenty Eight Cafe both shut at 6pm, and Atlas is closed on Mondays.
The honest ranking, drawn from each room's own layout:
This is the honest weakness of every "best cafes to work in Singapore" list, including ours. Six of our seven picks close between 6pm and 8pm, and the seventh, PS.Cafe Harding Road, is shut for renovation, so a 7pm laptop session is not on the menu at the flagship addresses. The fix is to go to a different outlet of the same brand rather than a different brand. Verified on each group's own site on 4 September 2026:
Two things to plan around. Last orders almost always land 30 to 60 minutes before the stated close, so a 9.30pm close realistically means ordering by 9pm. And Mondays are the trap: the CMCR Alexandra, Joo Chiat and Sentosa outlets all drop back to a 5pm close at the start of the week.
Serangoon Gardens is one of the few heartland pockets with a real cafe cluster, and it comes up often enough from readers in the north-east that it is worth answering directly. Three options, all verified on 4 September 2026:
None of the three is a coworking space, and sockets at all of them are limited relative to Twenty Eight Cafe. If you are in the north-east and need a full day, the honest answer is still a coworking desk or a public library.
Twenty Eight Cafe at 28 Wilkie Road #01-02/03/04 (a few minutes from Bencoolen MRT) is the most laptop-friendly on this list: free Wi-Fi, abundant power outlets and a layout that expects people to stay. It opens daily 8am to 6pm with last orders at 5pm, and there is a second, busier outlet inside National Gallery Singapore (1 St Andrew Road, 9am to 7pm, last orders 6pm). Apartment Coffee (139 Selegie Road) also welcomes longer sessions off-peak, with wall benches that have sockets. Avoid Tiong Bahru Bakery and PS.Cafe during peak weekend brunch, as neither is laptop-friendly when full. Note that Genius Central at Far East Square, which used to be the one genuine full-day option here, has closed permanently, so no cafe on this list now sells a day pass.
Weekday mornings (8am to 10am) are the quietest at most cafes, including Atlas Coffeehouse and Common Man Coffee Roasters. Weekend brunch peak hits at 11am to 1pm with 30 to 45 minute waits at popular spots. Going at 9.30am on a weekend or after 2pm avoids the worst of it. Watch the closing times too: Common Man Coffee Roasters shuts at 6pm daily, Twenty Eight Cafe at 6pm, and Atlas Coffeehouse is closed on Mondays, so a late-afternoon plan can fall apart. Reservations are thinner than they used to be. Atlas has put bookings on hold because of limited space, Plain Vanilla takes none at any store, Tiong Bahru Bakery takes none, and Common Man Coffee Roasters accepts them only at Joo Chiat (from 5.30pm), Alexandra (from 11.30am) and Sentosa (from 5.30pm). PS.Cafe still takes bookings, though its Raffles City and Paragon outlets are walk-in only until 5.30pm at weekends and on public holidays.
Twenty Eight Cafe on Wilkie Road is the only one on this list where a socket is close to guaranteed: outlets are abundant and the room is laid out for people who stay. Apartment Coffee has sockets along its wall benches but the room is small, with a communal table seating about six, so go off-peak. Common Man Coffee Roasters Martin Road has power at most tables and works well on a weekday morning. Tiong Bahru Bakery and Plain Vanilla both have free Wi-Fi but scarce sockets and tight seating at most outlets, so charge before you go and treat them as a 60 to 90 minute stop. PS.Cafe and Atlas Coffeehouse have Wi-Fi, but neither room is built around plug access and laptop culture is not dominant at either.
Common Man Coffee Roasters Martin Road is the most reliable pick, with outdoor seating that welcomes leashed dogs. PS.Cafe Harding Road at Dempsey was the other obvious answer, but it has been closed for renovation since 23 August 2026. Plain Vanilla East Coast Road has alfresco lounge seating and a drinking fountain for dogs. Tiong Bahru Bakery is mixed, with some outlets allowing pets at outdoor tables, and Atlas Coffeehouse is generally not pet-friendly inside. Always check the specific outlet's policy on Instagram before bringing your dog.
Most laptop-friendly cafes price between S$8 and S$12 for coffee and S$18 to S$28 for mains. PS.Cafe sits at the upper end (S$25 to S$32 mains, popular sticky date pudding), and its Great World outlet does a two-course weekday set lunch at S$32 or three courses at S$45. Atlas Coffeehouse lands around S$22 to S$28. Tiong Bahru Bakery and Plain Vanilla are bakery-cafe priced (pastry plus coffee S$12 to S$16), and Twenty Eight Cafe sits in the middle at roughly S$25 a head. Budget for one drink every 90 minutes or so if you are working. That is the unwritten rule at most Singapore cafes, and it is what keeps a long session welcome.
Tiong Bahru Bakery does offer free Wi-Fi, but it is a bakery-cafe rather than a work cafe: power sockets are scarce at most of its 18 outlets, seating is tight, and the Eng Hoon Street flagship (56 Eng Hoon Street #01-70, Mon to Fri 7.30am to 8pm, Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm) fills up fast at weekend brunch. It is fine for a 1 to 2 hour session on a weekday morning. If you need a guaranteed socket, Twenty Eight Cafe (Wilkie Road) or Apartment Coffee (Selegie Road) are the safer bets. If you only need a seat and Wi-Fi late in the day, the Wisma Atria, Plaza Singapura, Centrepoint, Raffles City, VivoCity, Tampines 1 and JEM outlets all run to 10pm daily.
For studying rather than brunching, the two that consistently work are Twenty Eight Cafe (28 Wilkie Road, daily 8am to 6pm) and Apartment Coffee (139 Selegie Road). Both are walkable from Bencoolen, Rochor and Dhoby Ghaut MRT, which puts them within reach of SMU, NAFA and LASALLE. Twenty Eight is the better of the two for a long study block because of the socket count and the larger room; Apartment Coffee is quieter but small, so it suits a focused 60 to 90 minutes. Go on a weekday morning rather than a weekend, avoid the 11am to 1pm brunch peak entirely, and keep ordering something every hour or two. If you need a guaranteed seat and power for a full day of revision, a public library or a paid study space will serve you better than any cafe on this list.
Not the flagship addresses on this list. Six of our seven close between 6pm and 8pm, and the seventh, PS.Cafe Harding Road, has been closed for renovation since 23 August 2026. Go to a different outlet of the same brand instead. Verified on 4 September 2026: Common Man Coffee Roasters On The Go at ION Orchard (#B3-27/28) runs daily 9.30am to 9.30pm, CMCR Alexandra Road is open to 10pm from Wednesday to Sunday and CMCR Joo Chiat to 9.30pm from Tuesday to Sunday, while Tiong Bahru Bakery's Wisma Atria, Plaza Singapura, Centrepoint, Raffles City, VivoCity, Tampines 1 and JEM outlets all run to 10pm daily. PS.Cafe Great World, Raffles City and Paragon are open 10am to 10pm daily. Apollo Coffee Bar in Serangoon Gardens goes to 10pm Thursday to Saturday, and Plain Vanilla's TANGS outlet runs 8am to 9pm daily. Two warnings: last orders are typically 30 to 60 minutes before closing, and on Mondays the CMCR Alexandra, Joo Chiat and Sentosa outlets all drop back to a 5pm close.
