Top 6 24/7 Coffee Shops with Free Wi-Fi in Metro Manila

When I was in College, me and my dorm mates loved to study in coffee shops  because our room was too messy to study. We liked to study till 6 in the morning and cram for our midterms and finals. We used to join our higher batch friends who study medicine and law in coffee shops. I just want to share to a list of open 24/7 coffee shops with good and most of all FREE Wi-Fi around the city. 

1. Coffee.com, Hotel Jen, Pasay City

This place is very quiet and nice place for studying. Their Wi-Fi is free and reliable. Food  is a bit pricey but their coffee is affordable.

2. Bo’s Coffee Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City

This place is full of UP law students during night time. They serve good coffee and delicious snacks and pastries. Their internet is fast. They generously give out 2 hour coupons to all of their customers.  They have a lot of outlets for charging your laptops and phones. The coffee shop has 3 floors. The first 2 floors are airconditioned while the 3^rd floor is open for smoking customers.  

The only thing that I didn’t like about the place was that it was quite dirty during the wee hours. There were no busboys cleaning the coffee shop at 3am. We cleaned the previous customer’s trash so that we could occupy their seat.

3. Seattle’s Best Valero St , Makati City

This is actually one of my favorite coffee shops in Makati. The drinks and food are affordable. The internet is fast and most of all it’s near my school. Seattle’s Valero has a nice and very conducive place for studying. The coffee shop is small but they have a lot of outlets and a smoking room.  The baristas usually hand out  wi-fi coupon to their customers. Once coupon expires you can always get another one.  

4. Café U.K, P. NovalSampaloc St. , Manila

This is a very nice café. They serve affordable desserts at student prices. They have fast Wi-Fi and  there are also a lot of outlets available for charging.

5. Café Belle West Avenue , Quezon City

This coffee shop is a bit old. They have affordable coffee and food. Internet is fast but ambience is not that great and their restrooms are not that clean.

 6.Z hostel’ Café, Makati City

Their café is nice for meetings. Affordable food and offer free wifi. You cannot study here but after a busy meeting you can party at the top of their rooftop bar which is till 4am.  

Note: There are few coffee shops around  the metro  that  are also open 24/7 but does not offer free internet. To name a few would be Starbucks Valero, Starbucks Teleperformance,  & Starbucks BGC.

*Another coffee shop that has reliable wifi but is only open till 1am is at Coffee Empire, West Avenue.

*There are also fast food chains around the metro which offer free wifi and are also open 24.7. They may not have ambiance for studying but I see a few med and law students that study here. To name a few are

Shakey’s  (Katipunan, Centris, & Makati Ave)

Dunkin Donut (Pearl Drive Fairview&  Gilmore)

Burger King ( Espana& Panay)

Overnight Melaka for less than 100 SGD

Christ Church Melaka

Melaka River

Satay

Paint the Town Red

 

Lazy Boy Bus

I decided to go to Melaka since I have already explored the whole city of Singapore and just wanted to have another stamp on my passport. An Overnight trip will be perfect for Melaka since this is just a small city which can be toured the whole day. We left Singapore at around 7:30am and arrived Melaka at 12 noon. Note that immigration in Singapore and Malaysia might take a long queue. I advise you to bring your luggage since most buses will leave you, if you are late for 20 minutes.

I arrived at Melaka at noon time then took a cab to my hotel which is just 20 minutes away from the Central Bus Terminal. I booked a room at Novotel. This hotel is new, nice and quite affordable. I checked in, rested for an hour then had lunch at a random restaurant at Jonker Street. 

After filling up my tummy I went first to the Christ Church of Melaka and its surrounding Victoria Fountain and Dutch Windmill.  Then we went to the marking of Melaka, a World Heritage City declared by UNESCO last 2008. On that side is the stone remains of the Victoria Bastion. Across it was the Church of St. Francis Xavier, luckily we were able to hear an anticipated Sunday Mass. 

You can do a walking tour of the whole city. You can also choose to ride their colorful tuktuks for only 20 RMD.  After touring the small city of Melaka, I drank coffee and chilled by the river which was quite nice because I felt that I was in Europe. 

I went to the Jonker Street again to experience the nightlife where you get to see and taste Malaysian Street Food.  I tasted a little bit of everything, and then ate laksa for dinner as my main course. As I end my walking tour, I got a foot massage near my hotel. 

Come morning I ate my complimentary buffet breakfast, then walked along the city and did a little bit of shopping, then checked out of my hotel then went back to Singapore. 

My Melaka trip was short but worth it. The place was so nice. You will get to learn a lot about Malaysian History. The food was great. Almost everything is relatively much cheaper compared to Singapore. 

Tips

1. Overnight Trip is a better idea than a day trip to Melaka.

2. Bring your luggage on to customs and immigration. 

Buses have a strict 20 minute waiting time. If you are late, the driver will leave you. Based on my experience, the driver left almost half of the people on our bus ride back from Melaka to Singapore.

3. You can change your money at the Johor Baru customs.

4. Do a walking tour of the city.

5. Drink some beer or coffee by the river at night

6. Book Hotels near the tourist spots.

7. An average taxi ride cost 20 RMD one way 

Overnight Itinerary Melaka with detailed cost	SGD	MYR	PHP
Roundtrip Bus from Singapore to Melaka	50	147	1730
Accommodation Novotel Melaka  (60 SGD per Night  /2  pax)	30	88	1030
Lunch at Jonker Melaka (40 RMD /2 )	6.5	20	225
Dinner at Jonker Street	6.5	20	225
Complimentary Breakfast at Novotel	Free	Free	Free
Roundtrip Tax from Melaka Central Bus Terminal to Hotel 20 MYR One way	6.5	20	225
TOTAL COST PER PERSON	99.5 SGD	295MYR	3,435PHP

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