Writing cafe with wifi

luckat

I like to write in a cafe sometimes - and at the moment there's a painter working in my home, and with the smell of solvents and the dust of sanding, my asthma makes it a necessity.

But I'm looking for a nice cafe with wifi.

Tried Waterstone's Readers' Cafe today, and my heart rose as the searching Mac found a padlocked network called 'Readers Cafe'. But the staff said no, they had no wifi there, though others had noticed this too.

So that's a bust.

There's a nice new little cafe in the Rathgar Bookshop, but they stared in astonishment when I asked about wifi.

Anywhere else? Preferably southside-ish. Not crazy about big hotels or very food-smelling places with loud clattering dishes (fussy, fussy). Either of the two above would have been ideal.

Feelgood

I reckon get 02 / Vodafone Mobile broadband. Is only €19.99 a month at the moment and you can write wherever you like!.

Why do you need an internet connection to write though??.

luckat

I generally don't need to work away from home (other than pure writing, for which, as you rightly say, I don't need broadband). But at the moment I can't work at home - the house is full of fumes and dust, fulfilling the saying "Il peut souffrir pour etre belle". When the painter's finished I'll go back home.

But for various work, wifi's handy - looking for the date of that Nazi crossing of the Elbe, checking the name of the commander who crucified Spartacus's mates, that kind of thing.

Adding another €20 for broadband on the mobile phone on top of the €38 or so I pay every month to Irish Broadband sounds a bit much.

Feelgood

luckat wrote: »

Adding another €20 for broadband on the mobile phone on top of the €38 or so I pay every month to Irish Broadband sounds a bit much.

So cancel Irish Broadband and go with o2 / vodafone / 3g and save yourself €18???

eclectichoney

The market bar on fade street isn't a cafe as such but it could work for you. At least they don't play music. Or maybe biabar on stephen's street?

luckat

These are bars or cafes?

luckat

Hmm, found this in a thread from last year that someone had asked to be stickied but never got stuck:

http://www.jiwire.com/search-wifi-hotspots.htm?city_id=2280475&pay_free=free

dub45

Cafe en Seine has free wi fi.

luckat

This is all good. It would be nice to make a list.

I think a lot of big hotels have it - certainly *outside* Dublin they do - you go in and get a cuppa and ask if it's ok to use the wifi. Usually not password-protected.