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Timberyard Seven Dials
Café · Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
Laptop etiquette
- Laptops welcome · 4
Very busy on weekends; weekdays are manageable but laptop users are common.
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The signals
Iffy for calls
The wifi holds up, but only just — a call could wobble.
Average of 4 speed tests filed here — every dot is one test, the green mark is the average.
4 reports · all within a point
1 = Patchy · 5 = Rock-solid
4 reports · all within a point
1 = Bustling · 5 = Silent
4 reports · spread 2–4
1 = No sockets · 5 = Sockets everywhere
4 reports · reports disagree (2–5)
1 = Cramped · 5 = Loungey
4 reports · spread 3–5
1 = Dim · 5 = Bright
How it compares in London
- Wi-Fi62 Mbps
Faster than 5 of 8 measured spots in London
- Rating4.0/5
Higher-rated than 4 of 8 measured spots in London
Ranked against every London spot we’ve measured — a map pin can’t tell you that.
Best time to go
Quietest in lunchtime — noise 2.0/5 from 1 report.
Bars are how many reports came from each window, not a live busyness feed.
RWA write-up
A café in Covent Garden, London, averaging 62 Mbps across 4 speed tests, laptops welcome, rated 3.3/5 for quiet. 4 people have filed 4 reports here, and every number on this page is computed from them.
What people mention
Where it is
Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
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Community reports
Newest 11 Jul 2026 · oldest 5 May 2026
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Worked the evening ·
Open late on a Saturday and half empty by eight. Connection drifts but never quite gives up.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 2.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked the afternoon ·
Cramped, dim at the back and no socket anywhere near me. The coffee is the only reason I stayed the hour.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 2.0/5
- Seating
- 2.0/5
- Light
- 3.0/5
Worked the morning ·
In before nine and had the back table to myself for two hours. 72 down and genuinely friendly staff.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked over lunch ·
Bright, roomy and quieter at lunch than the street outside suggests. Sockets under most of the benches.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 4.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 5.0/5
- Light
- 5.0/5
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