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Black Sheep Coffee
Café · Princes Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Laptop etiquette
- Laptops welcome · 7
Very busy at lunchtimes, popular with students and transient workers.
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The signals
Iffy for calls
Fast and steady — just not the quietest spot for a call.
Average of 7 speed tests filed here — every dot is one test, the green mark is the average.
7 reports · spread 3–5
1 = Patchy · 5 = Rock-solid
7 reports · all within a point
1 = Bustling · 5 = Silent
7 reports · all within a point
1 = No sockets · 5 = Sockets everywhere
7 reports · spread 2–4
1 = Cramped · 5 = Loungey
7 reports · all within a point
1 = Dim · 5 = Bright
How it compares in Edinburgh
- Rating3.6/5
Higher-rated than 2 of 6 measured spots in Edinburgh
- Quiet2.7/5
Quieter than 1 of 6 measured spots in Edinburgh
Ranked against every Edinburgh spot we’ve measured — a map pin can’t tell you that.
Best time to go
Most people report working here in the morning — 3 of 7 reports.
Bars are how many reports came from each window, not a live busyness feed.
RWA write-up
A café in Princes Street, Edinburgh, averaging 53 Mbps across 7 speed tests, laptops welcome, rated 2.7/5 for quiet. 7 people have filed 7 reports here, and every number on this page is computed from them.
What people mention
Where it is
Princes Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Community reports
Newest 18 Jul 2026 · oldest 25 Nov 2025
These are all launch-dataset reports — every one carries a “Demo dataset” tag. Real check-ins land alongside them and count the same.
Worked over lunch ·
Festival season and it was heaving. Wifi was fine, the room was not. I would come back in October.
- Wifi holds up
- 5.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked the morning ·
84 down and rock solid, but a Sunday morning queue out the door meant I could barely hear myself think.
- Wifi holds up
- 5.0/5
- Quiet
- 2.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 5.0/5
Worked over lunch ·
26 down at lunch and it wobbled a bit, but the room is lovely and light. Come for the coffee, not the bandwidth.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 5.0/5
Worked the afternoon ·
Very steady 45 down and a bright back room most people walk past. Good spot for a couple of focused hours.
- Wifi holds up
- 5.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 5.0/5
Worked the morning ·
Connection dropped twice before nine and the stools are punishing. Sockets are there if you need them, at least.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 2.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
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