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Café in Lisbon

Dede's

Small breakfast and lunch café in Lapa; a Lapa resident writes of outlets everywhere and strong Wi-Fi, and a 2026 aggregator lists it too (research).

Address
R. de Sant'Ana à Lapa 33, 1200-796 Lisboa
Hours
Daily 09:00–16:00 (A Solo Woman Traveling, Jul 2025); check before you go
Open in Google Mapscafededes.com

Working from here

Laptop check

  • Wi-FiGood, checked by us
  • SocketsYes
  • NoiseSome chatter
  • Best timeNot checked yet

Laptop policy

No rules noticed by A Solo Woman Traveling (Jul 2025): 'outlets everywhere, and the Wi-Fi is always strong'. Small room. 'good' is that writer's word, not a measurement.

The notes

What the sources say (research)

  • “Outlets everywhere, and the Wi-Fi is always strong”; music never too loud; small but the writer always found a table; no laptop rules noticed. The café is in hilly Lapa. [asinglewomantraveling.com, 15 Jul 2025]
  • A Wifi Place lists Dede’s at 4.8 among Lisbon work cafés (“lively”). [awifiplace.com, 10 Oct 2026]
  • OpenStreetMap has it at Rua de Sant’Ana à Lapa 33. [OSM node 9826883117]

Open questions

Other places to work near Dede'sWork
Schematic map with 5 numbered places around Dede's; the numbered list next to it has the same places.12345Dede's0.5 kmN
  1. 1Café Janis
  2. 2Copenhagen Coffee Lab (Rua de São Paulo)
  3. 3Marquise da Mobler
  4. 4Second Home Lisboa
  5. 5Simpli Coffee (Braamcamp)

Further afield: Milkees (3 km), How about Coffee (4 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.

Schematic: positions from each place's coordinates, no roads or coastline. Not for navigation.

Café

Café Janis

All-day brunch café by Cais do Sodré, labelled laptop friendly with free Wi-Fi by two coffee guides; lively, so better for email than for calls (research).

  • Wi-Fi listed
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Café

Copenhagen Coffee Lab (Rua de São Paulo)

Chain café and bakery in Cais do Sodré with strong Wi-Fi and no laptop rules seen by a 2025 visitor; busy all day. Not every branch of this chain is laptop friendly (research).

  • Good Wi-Fi
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Café

Do Beco (Santos)

Bakery and brunch café in Santos with two floors and outlets by the tables; laptops welcome except at the main communal table downstairs (research).

  • Wi-Fi listed
  • Sockets
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Coworking€€

Heden Alvalade

Coworking in residential Alvalade, with operator-listed day passes from €10 for a half day; Deskpass lists €24 for a full day and standing desks (Oct 2026). Research.

  • Wi-Fi listed
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