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La Bicicleta Cafe
Café · Malasaña, Madrid, Spain
Laptop etiquette
- Laptops welcome · 5
Very popular with remote workers; fills up quickly by midday with people on laptops.
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The signals
Iffy for calls
The wifi holds up, but only just — a call could wobble.
Average of 5 speed tests filed here — every dot is one test, the green mark is the average.
5 reports · spread 3–5
1 = Patchy · 5 = Rock-solid
5 reports · all within a point
1 = Bustling · 5 = Silent
5 reports · all within a point
1 = No sockets · 5 = Sockets everywhere
5 reports · all within a point
1 = Cramped · 5 = Loungey
5 reports · all within a point
1 = Dim · 5 = Bright
How it compares in Madrid
- Wi-Fi53 Mbps
Faster than 3 of 6 measured spots in Madrid
Ranked against every Madrid spot we’ve measured — a map pin can’t tell you that.
Best time to go
Quietest in lunchtime — noise 3.0/5 from 1 report.
Bars are how many reports came from each window, not a live busyness feed.
RWA write-up
A café in Malasaña, Madrid, averaging 53 Mbps across 5 speed tests, laptops welcome, rated 2.6/5 for quiet. 5 people have filed 5 reports here, and every number on this page is computed from them.
What people mention
Where it is


Malasaña, Madrid, Spain
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Community reports
Newest 15 Jul 2026 · oldest 6 Jan 2026
These are all launch-dataset reports — every one carries a “Demo dataset” tag. Real check-ins land alongside them and count the same.
Worked the evening ·
Busy and warm in July but I got a call done from the mezzanine. 54 down and reasonably steady.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 2.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 3.0/5
Worked over lunch ·
Best coffee on this square and they are fine about laptops at lunch. Wifi wandered but never actually died.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked the evening ·
31 down in the evening and it turns into more of a bar after nine. Plenty of sockets if you get in early.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked the morning ·
Loud even at eight in the morning and the connection kept slipping. Not the quiet start I was hoping for.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 2.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 3.0/5
Worked the morning ·
In at half eight and had my pick of the tables. Sockets down one wall and 72 down that did not budge.
- Wifi holds up
- 5.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
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