Best Spots For Freelancers And Hot Desking in London

If you're in need of a change in scenery from your usual kitchen table, then pack your laptop, grab your notebook and nab yourself a table over at The Whippet Inn in Kensal Green. While you work, tuck into tasty pub classics in a relaxed atmosphere.

Mix up your WFH setting with a trip to The White Lion in Stoud Green. Offering plenty of space for all of your work bits, plus a fantastic menu of delicious eats, this is a top spot for freelancers to get their head down.

This gorgeous wine bar and bottle shop is a lovely, relaxed setting to work. Once you're finished, reward yourself with a glass or bottle from their expertly-curated menu of dynamic wines from unique producers using unusual techniques. 

If you're looking for somewhere chilled out to relax and work as a freelancer, then All Bar One on Appold Street has you covered. Escape the hustle and bustle of London, or grab a tasty brunch to fuel you for the day ahead. Better yet, they also have you covered if you're in the need for something a little stronger once work is done.

Insatiably Instagram-able, this bar and restaurant just moments from Sloane Square is the perfect backdrop for your #workinghardorhardlyworking selfie. With food and drinks served all day, its the cafe for freelancers looking for a bit of luxury with their labour. 

Opening late-morning Tuesday-Sunday, The Exhibit in Balham is an all-day food and drink "youth club for adults" - or more like a homework club for the London freelancer. Reasonably priced, with relaxed, friendly staff and a spacious, open-plan seating area, it's an ideal cafe-restaurant for freelancers. 

The Elgin in North London is a dream pub for freelancers. Opening at 7.30am, it's the perfect place to pitch up early for a coffee and pretend to work through until it reaches a socially acceptable hour to have a beer.

Bored of the same four walls? Head over to Bubba Oasis in Angel to enjoy the perfect place for hot-desking. Not only is the venue cosy with lots of natural light, but it also has quick WiFi, tasty food and rocket fuel coffee to see you through those long meetings.

While working from home may have its upsides, it can get a little boring working between the same four walls every day. To shake things up, why not try out The Lord Palmerston in Tufnell Park? While you have your head down, enjoy delicious food and quirky decor.

Spend a relaxing day typing by the river with a trip to Two More Years. A studio concept and bar in Hackney Wick, this community hub is providing you with coffee and burgers during working hours, before switching to organic wine and award-winning craft beer from a sustainable brewery.

If you're looking for a cosy spot to make yourself comfy while you get on with some work, then head to The Bull & Gate on Kentish Town Road. There's gastro pub grub aplenty, winning hospitality and tipples ready to be poured if it's just been one of those days.

Ask For Janice in Farringdon is a favourite cafe for freelancers in London. Open from 7:30am on weekdays, it offers tea, coffee, breakfast, lunch and dinner, free wifi and interesting wall art from well-known names like Damien Hirst and Kid Acne.

Freelancing or hotdesking and need a space to focus? At The Albion, the warm and inviting ambiance is perfect for getting work done in the city, while enjoying delicious British eats and award-winning pints in between your breaks.

Serata Hall isn't just known for their gorgeous cocktails and pizzas, they're also a dab hand when it comes to accommodating hot deskers in London. From their ample light and gorgeous seating areas to wifi and coffee, it's a must for freelancers in Shoreditch.

Cool, calm and effortlessly stylish, Fence is the cafe of choice for the sophisticated out of office worker. It's an oasis of calm in busy Farringdon, with a large beer garden perfect for working in warmer weather.

If you're on the hunt for places to hot desk in North London, then look no further than Allora Hall. The gorgeous Crouch End spot welcomes freelancers to swing by, enjoy super fast Wifi and bottomless coffee all day long.

If you're in the habit of working away from home, and are looking for something *particularly* pretty, don't miss your chance to hunker down at Bubba Oasis. A top hot desking spot in Angel, this pastel coloured cutie promises speedy WIFI and unlimited coffee (plus a rooftop for when the sun shines).

Located in the heart of Brixton, Brewdog's Coldharbour Lane venue is a top spot for local freelancers looking for a relaxed atmosphere to bash out some work. Open from midday, they've got a great selection of eats to choose from, alongside coffee and that all-important free WiFi.

Don't fancy working from home? Head to Bellefields in Brixton, where you can hot desk with delicious coffee and Mediterranean bites to eat (because you've got to reward your hard work somehow). Better yet, the colourful spot is darn gorgeous to look at, which always helps.

Housed inside a Grade II-listed Georgian mansion, this Hammersmith members club is providing you with the perfect place to freelance in London. Set yourself up in one of their many rooms where you'll be able to work in peace, before stopping for lunch or a coffee and grabbing some sun on their outdoor terrace.

Like the idea of working with a view? Head to The Oak SW11 to work with the chance to gaze over the Thames dock. To make it even more tempting, they've got an impressive Tuscan-inspired breakfast menu, fresh coffee and a welcoming, neighbourhood feel. 

If you're someone who finds themselves easily distracted, the People's Park Tavern is a great London pub to freelance from. With a bustling main bar downstairs, quieter upstairs bar and huge beer garden, you never have to go far for a change of scenery. And if you hit a wall completely then you can blow off steam with a couple of rounds of crazy golf in the garden, or enjoy a walk round neighbouring Victoria Park to refocus the mind. 

Of all the bars and cafes for freelancers in London, The Book Club in Shoreditch is a particular treat. Beautiful, comfortable and with obligatory coffee and free wifi, when you're done with work for the day you can hang around to experience a taste of their eclectic events programme. 

Tucked in between Euston and King's Cross, The Somers Town Coffee House is a cosy, relaxed pub for London freelancers. Just moments away from the British Library, the venue offers free wifi, breakfast from 8am and a selection of beers and great food to motivate and reward yourself with. 

Colourful surroundings, pizza served by the metre and bottomless coffee for £2.50. Shoreditch's Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes is fast becoming the go-to cafe and bar for young freelancers in London. 

Pitch up at this Shoreditch cafe-bar and prepare to get your work on as they bring you delicious coffee, tasty brunch and lunch goods, a few classic cocktails to reward yourself with once the day is done.

This beloved Dalston boozer isn't just a haven for live music and Friday night antics, it's also a cracking place to settle in and crack on with work. In the daytime, it provides a cosy nook for the freelance community to crack on and enjoy a pint once they're all done.

With weekly and monthly passes available for bottomless coffee and fast wifi, Brixton's Canova Hall is likely to become the destination cafe for freelancers in London. Add to that the delicious pizzas, which are served all day, and you've got yourself a freelancers Nirvana. 

Open from 8am every weekday, Exmouth Market's Caravan offers a top cafe for freelancers in London. Based in the heart of Islington, it does fantastic coffee, tasty breakfast and lunches, and offers a relaxed spot for working in or out on their al fresco terrace.