Irish wi-fi cafes: the best and the worst

What's the worst cup of coffee in wi-fi enabled cafes around Dublin? As I write, I'm sitting in Cafe Kylemore in Dublin's Stephen's Green Centre with a cappucino from the area's 'Coffee Cuisine' concession. It is bad enough to warrant a move to another place in 10 minutes. (Perhaps it's a cunning ploy to make sure wi-fiers don't hang around for an hour nursing a single cup.) How do other venues compare? Here's what I find:

Insomnia Cafe (BT Openzone service) * * *
Mediocre coffee but excellent hot chocolate. Environment is reasonably comfortable.

Coffee Society (Bitbuzz service) * * * *
Fairly good coffee and top-notch muffins. Very comfortable, too -- currently the best wi-fi cafe chain in Dublin.

Starbucks (Eircom service) *
Best coffee of any cafe chain in Ireland but overall environment is terrible, thanks to cramped seating and loud, cacophonous noise.

KC Peaches (free service, Pearse Street, Dublin 4) * * * * *
The single best wi-fi cafe in Dublin, if not in Ireland. Wi-fi is free (beaucoup kudos), decent quality and the coffee is excellent. Not only that, but sandwiches and pastries are superb. Viva KC Peaches!

Comments

[iQ Content]

Aido,

What about the Morisson Hotel? They do a pretty good coffee and excellent pastries, and with free Wi-fi

[Adrian]

Free wi-fi? Really? Can you just start plugging away? Or do you need to ask a manager for a code?

[Evert]

I would be interested to hear from readers what they would like to see from wifi hotspots (in relation to services etc.).
Would download speed matter a lot, i.e. would 1 Mbps do or would 5-10 Mbps make a big difference?

E.

[tom]

west coast coffee company have fon wifi access..nice and cheap too