A Wifi Place

About Federal Café

About

Federal Café offers a unique café experience with locations across cities such as Barcelona, Madrid, Sitges, Mallorca, Murcia, and Girona. Rooted in a philosophy of providing an open and welcoming atmosphere, Federal Café creates the perfect environment for both relaxation and productivity. Whether you're looking for a quiet spot to work or a place to gather with friends, their diverse range of locales ensures that everyone can find their ideal spot. Particularly notable is the emphasis on multicultural and urban vibes, which attract both locals and tourists. Madrid's outlets include places like Conde de Barajas, Serrano, Comendadoras, and Luchana, with each branch reflecting the local culture and unique style of the city. This makes Federal Café an ideal spot for those seeking a pleasant atmosphere, friendly service, and a culturally enriching experience. The café invites guests to become part of a lively community, whether for a quick coffee break or a longer visit.

Food

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Coffee & Drinks

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Work and Laptop Friendly

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Opening Hours

- Montag: 09:00 - 22:00 Uhr
- Dienstag: 09:00 - 22:00 Uhr
- Mittwoch: 09:00 - 22:00 Uhr
- Donnerstag: 09:00 - 22:00 Uhr
- Freitag: 09:00 - 22:00 Uhr
- Samstag: 09:00 - 22:00 Uhr
- Sonntag: 09:00 - 20:00 Uhr

Location

Pl. del Conde de Barajas, 3, Centro, 28005 Madrid, Spanien Directions

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Amenities

WiFi Quality

Poor

Seating Comfort

Comfortable

Ambiance

Lively

Work related reviews

We have selected relevant reviews that we consider to be important information to determine if this cafe is work-friendly. Related keywords like "work" and "wifi" are highlighted to make it easier to find the information you need.

Karan Kumar17.02.2025

Great place to get work and the service is amazing and very helpful!

Santiago Persico17.02.2025

Not a good place to work, awful service, non working wifi

Jamie Martin17.02.2025

Just visited Federal Café. It's an excellent place to spend time working. Lots of room, excellent food, helpful staff, good prices. I'll definitely be back.

yuxi zhu17.02.2025

The wifi can only be used about 3h. And if you come here for doing work stuff,you can’t choose your own seat and maybe have to share table with others. But it has a lot of places and good study vibe,so it can be a choice if you need to do some work but cant find others.

Marijn Wolf17.02.2025

Nice cafe also suitable for working at specially designated Ravels

Beverly Yang17.02.2025

Great place for brunch, a coffee, or do to some work. They have wifi and lots of tables upstairs and downstairs. I came for lunch and then worked for a couple hours. The pulled pork brioche was phenomenal 👌

Mei17.02.2025

A good place to sit and work, good wifi, good food (maybe a bit expensive), good service.

Amber Rapp17.02.2025

great spot to work with multiple floors!

AB Denizel17.02.2025

Tasty!!! Great coffee and tasty food!
Nice place to come over and work from.
Great service!

Raul Espino Aparicio17.02.2025

El café y la comida están buenos, pero el wifi es horrible, lento y se cae mil veces. Se supone que vine a trabajar y estudiar en esta cafetería pero luego de pelear 1 hora con la lentitud del Wi-Fi decidimos movernos a otro café. De nada sirve un buen ambiente si no puedo venir a trabajar correctamente. Cuando le preguntas a los servidores no tienen idea del wifi y les da igual. No es recomendable si vienes a trabajar y a usar el internet.

Daniel Colaianni17.02.2025

It has nice food and is in a nice location but the staff come across a little rude and the wifi is really bad.

When asked if the wifi was working, I was told "that's just the way it is, and there nothing that can be done about it".

If you are looking for a place to use your laptop from I'd recommend you look elsewhere as the majority of tables have a laptop banned sign too.

Camila Suárez17.02.2025

Muy rico el café y la cookie, y tienen mesas específicamente para usar tu ordenador, muy cómodo y buen wifi.

Ras Tah17.02.2025

On Saturday you can paint, you can read a book, you can work with your phone for hours but you can’t work with your laptop. The only difference between smartphone and laptop is its size. So it seems size matters for the owner lol

Nashir Janmohamed17.02.2025

incredible iced latte! they also have an area dedicated for laptops and have good wifi

Rodrigo Ehlers17.02.2025

wifi was extremely bad. Both the sign in experience and the speed itself. Americano did not taste well. The coffee was burned. Weird policy about some places available for laptop use and some not. Service was weird. Toilet is next to the storage room and there was a weird smell coming from the storage room. Can’t recommend.

Sven Haiges (hansamann)17.02.2025

TLDR - don't go for work and if you need a good internet connection.

It's a nice cafe, no doubt. I was happy with food (avocado salmon on bread) and coffee - but I was going there for work. I found this cafe during an internet search for work / laptop up cafes.

I would not recommend it for work. Was sitting in the basement, with poor cellular (3G... whoa) and the free wifi was very poor. I stopped my meeting after a few minutes...

So come for the food and coffee, not wor work.

Federico De la Cruz17.02.2025

1mb de wifi, no se para que se molestan en tener un espacio de "coworking"

Andres MacDonald De La Vega17.02.2025

Hay muchos sitios en el barrio donde puedes estar más cómodo, comer más rico y si vas a “trabajar” con un wifi que funcione bien.

Me gasté 15€ en un açaí ( bastante mediocre ) y en un café y tenía la intención de quedarme un rato dibujando e irme.
Al final, no pude ya que el wifi funcionaba MUY MAL en la planta de abajo, y no me podían reubicar en otra mesa porque la zona de “trabajo” es limitada. Así que tuve que pedir mi café para llevar y ciao.

* la terraza estaba vacía y el
Local tenía unas 10 mesas libres.

Szymon17.02.2025

Great place to open laptop for while or longer. One table is reserved for computer users with charging stations. Nice music in the background:)

Naoise Colhoun17.02.2025

Excellent brunch spot, laptop friendly for work!

Noam Weissman17.02.2025

Very laptop friendly, there are designated places to work with a computer and places where it is forbidden to open a computer. The food was very good, but the coffee is a bit weak to my taste.

ø ø17.02.2025

Not a code place to bring your laptop to, the internet doesn’t work. It’s also overpriced and the staff is not polite.

Paulina Rechberger17.02.2025

Coffee was very good and the place looks friendly an clean. You can bring your laptop and work there too.

Octavio Di Gianni17.02.2025

First they were yes laptops everywhere always. Now I come on a weekend and they say “no laptops allowed on the weekends” and today I come on a bank holiday Tuesday and they say “no laptops on the weekends or bank holidays”. This information is not on their website and on top of that, I called before coming and they said I was allowed to use my laptop today. What a joke of a place.
Also, the staff were rude from beginning to end. They made me “queue outside” even there was nobody and it’s winter, and as soon as I finished my meal they rushed me with the bill.

Amber Lee17.02.2025

I asked before I took a seat, if I could use the laptop. And one of the staffs said "YES". And later, other guy comes to my table and says I can't use the laptop on Sundays. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Why didn't you say before when I asked??!!

Jared Hatch17.02.2025

It’s nice that people can be on their laptops. The service is also very nice. The food is nothing special. I ordered shakshuka, protein berry smoothie, cafe latte and cafe americano.

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