Sometimes it’s nice to feed off the energy from others working on their projects, or to have a nice coffee readymade before hopping on a meeting. This simple guide to the best coworking spaces in Lagos will help you find a nice office space to keep you productive!
This guide to the best coworking spaces in Lagos will cover cafés which are laptop & work-friendly as well as dedicated coworking spaces designed for getting serious work done.
This guide is not affiliated with any space on this list – it is an objective and unsponsored post.
| Price | Open hours | Calls? | Internet | Private offices | Food service* | Vibe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Studio | Free | 8:00-19:00, Mon-Fri¹ | No | Yes | No | Yes | Casual |
| MarLe café | Free | 9:00-17:00, Mon-Sat | No | Yes | No | Yes | Casual |
| Giramar | Paid | 9:00-18:00, Mon-Sat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Workation |
| CoLagos | Paid | 9:30-18:30, Mon-Fri² | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Office |
| The Office | Paid | 9:30-18:00, Mon-Fri | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Boutique |
| CENTRO | Paid | 9:00-22:00, Mon-Sun | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Professional |
| Price | Open hours | Calls? | Internet | Private offices | Food service* | Vibe |
¹The Coffee Studio is open from 8:00-19:00 Monday – Friday, and 8:00 – 15:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
²CoLagos has a lunchtime closing between 13:30 – 14:30.
CENTRO – Best professional coworking space
Very much a professional-oriented coworking space, CENTRO in Lagos offers a clean space with the amenities a real office would have – coffee machine, fridge, laptop-sized safe, shared mailbox, desk, chair, storage, whiteboard, multiple windows, etc.
They offer private offices, coworking/shared offices, and dedicated meeting rooms which can be used for events/seminars/exhibitions. They also include free CENTRO website advertising and an indoor advertising space with routine cleaning and a 44m² event space.
They also offer virtual office services where you can list a business mail address, receive & forward mail, and more with a 3 month minimum term.
Prices for CENTRO coworking
| Shared office | Private office | Meeting room | Event space | Virtual office* | |
| Hourly | – | – | €50 (2 hrs) | €60 (4 hrs) | Lite (€25-35) |
| Daily | – | – | €80 (4 hrs) | €100 (8 hrs) | Plus (€75-105) |
| Weekly | €100 | – | €100 (8 hrs) | €120 (12 hrs) | |
| Monthly | €180 | €299-599 | €100/day | Contact |
Amenities at CENTRO coworking space
| Desk, chair | Monitor | Coffee/kettle/fridge | Lockable storage | Cleaning | Whiteboard | Printer | ||
| Shared space | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Private office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting room | Yes | – | Yes | – | Included | Yes | Yes | – |
| Event space |
CENTRO is definitely the most fully-featured and working-professional office in Lagos. It is also the highest in price. It’s in a central location with good access to cafés and restaurants for a nice lunch break or dinner after work.
CoLagos – Most affordable Coworking space
CoLagos is located next to the Associação Teatro Experimental de Lagos (Experimental Theatre Association of Lagos) and partnered with the municipality of Lagos to provide an affordable coworking space.
They offer virtual office spaces where you can receive mail, designate a corporate headquarters, scan and print documents, and have access to the meeting room, depending on the subscription chosen.
Prices at CoLagos
| | Shared office | Private office | Meeting room | Virtual office |
| Hourly | -€ | €8-10 | – | |
| Daily | €10 | -€ | € | – |
| Weekly | €100 (12 passes) | -€ | € | – |
| Monthly | €100-130 | € | € | €30-50 |
Amenities at CoLagos
| Desk, chair | Monitor | Coffee/kettle/fridge | Lockable storage | Cleaning | Whiteboard | Printer | ||
| Shared space | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Private office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting room | Yes | – | Yes | – | Included | Yes | Yes | – |
| Event space |
CoLagos is ideal for those on a tighter budget and want a quiet, calm, quality working space with all the potential of a dedicated office and all the amenities required to run any business, startup, or freelance operation.
The Office – Most attractive coworking space
The Office is a beautiful and chic coworking space in Lagos centre with immediate access to the core of Lagos which means choosing any café or restaurant for a comfortable lunch break.
If what you need is a beautiful and simple space for working alongside with others in an intimate environment and access to the most attractive part of Lagos, The Office is well worth checking out.
| | Shared office | Private office | Meeting room | Event space |
| Hourly | – | € | – | – |
| Daily | €15 | € | – | – |
| Weekly | €70 | € | – | – |
| Monthly | €110-225 | € | – | – |
Amenities at The Office Lagos coworking space
| Desk, chair | Monitor | Coffee/kettle/fridge | Lockable storage | Cleaning | Whiteboard | Printer | ||
| Shared space | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes | |
| Private office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes | |
| Meeting room | Yes (4) | – | – | – | Included | Yes | – | |
| Event space |
As such, The Office is a lovely place if you’d like to fuel your creativity and artistic ambitions by being surrounded by such an atmosphere and people. The proximity to cafés and restaurants is ideal for lunch breaks and enjoying a tranquil post-work walk.
Cowork Giramar – Best ‘workation’ coworking space
Open from 9:00 am to 6:00 PM all week, Giramar has three distinct areas for working: a common room, private office, and meeting room.
It’s located within a holiday accommodation centre, has a pool with sun beds, restaurant on site for food & drink, and a large, bright, spacious open area. It embodies a ‘workaction’ atmosphere which allows for nice prolonged sunshine-filled breaks and healthy work/life balance.
Prices for Cowork Giramar
| Shared office | Private office | Meeting room | Event space | |
| Hourly | €100 for 10 days | – | €30 (2 hrs) | Contact |
| Daily | €15 | – | €50 (4 hrs) | – |
| Weekly | €60 | – | €80 (8 hrs) | – |
| Monthly | €175 | €549 | Contact | – |
Amenities at Cowork Giramar space
| Desk, chair | Monitor | Coffee/kettle/fridge | Lockable storage | Cleaning | Whiteboard | Printer | ||
| Shared space | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Included | |||
| Private office | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Meeting room | Yes | – | Yes | – | – | |||
| Event space |
Cowork Giramar is definitely the place to go if you’d like to soak up some sunlight and have a dip in the pool in between calls or to let the mind sit for some creative inspiration. Bonus that there’s the possibility of food service and coffee on tap to save your time.
The Coffee Studio – Coworking café
In the heart of Lagos, The Coffee Studio is a place internationals like to conglomerate and enjoy some nice drinks and snacks while clacking away on the keyboard.
This is a good place for casual work, though serious work and business meetings where privacy is important is best done elsewhere as it’s often quite busy. If you want a good café which has great food and drinks, The Coffee Studio is an inviting place!
The Coffee Studio also has a second location in Luz which has opening hours of 8:00-15:00 all week and is often more quiet than the other coworking cafés listed.
The Coffee Studio is definitely the most populated and casual place on the list and a great location to meet up with friends and work on some projects before having a hearty meal or fuelling up with a high-quality coffee. It’s always good etiquette to at least purchase a coffee if you go to a coworking café – support local businesses!
MarLe cafe – Coworking café
MarLe café is another great coworking café in the heart of Lagos. Laptop friendly and also serving great food and drinks, this place is often a little less crowded than The Coffee Studio is.
You may have a better time taking non-sensitive calls here, however you won’t be able to expect privacy or a quiet atmosphere like in a dedicated coworking office.
MarLe café is the place to go if you’d like to go somewhere quieter than The Coffee Studio while still being right next to delightful home-brewed coffee and freshly made food. It’s always good etiquette to at least purchase a coffee if you go to a coworking café – support local businesses!
Other coworking spaces in & around Lagos
NomaVillage
While Google may list it as a coworking space, NomaVillage is a co-living space primarily which offers co-working arrangements by default. This is an ideal place to go for a monthly rental which has a community and work atmosphere baked in. There is no monthly subscription as the coworking space is only available for tenants.
Luz
Cafés in Luz are usually less busy than those in Lagos, however not many of them have public WiFi or are laptop friendly. The only one which is known to be open to this is The Coffee Studio in Luz.
Portimão
There are a number of coworking spaced in Portimão – All Work Portimao (professional), HUB Ativo (business), and CoCreate Coworking (organic, creative).
Summary
Refer to the table below to discover which coworking space speaks most to you and your situation.
Always practice good etiquette in coworking spaces – clean after yourself, support local businesses, and support others in being productive, creative souls!
If you own or have been to another coworking space in or around Lagos, please contact so this article can be updated promptly!
| Price | Open hours | Calls? | Internet | Private offices | Food service?* | Vibe | |
| Coffee Studio | Free | 8:00-19:00, Mon-Fri¹ | No | Yes | No | Yes | Casual |
| MarLe café | Free | 9:00-17:00, Mon-Sat | No | Yes | No | Yes | Casual |
| Giramar | Paid | 9:00-18:00, Mon-Sat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Workation |
| CoLagos | Paid | 9:30-18:30, Mon-Fri² | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Office |
| The Office | Paid | 9:30-18:00, Mon-Fri | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Boutique |
| CENTRO | Paid | 9:00-22:00, Mon-Sun | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Professional |
¹The Coffee Studio is open from 8:00-19:00 Monday – Friday, and 8:00 – 15:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
²CoLagos has a lunchtime closing between 13:30 – 14:30.
Hello Lagos Nomads,
My name is Inês and I’m contacting you from CoLagos.
First of all we would like to thank you for including us on your platform.
We are contacting you because we noticed that in the text about CoLagos you mention that our space is located in the Teatro Experimental, but we are not. We are located on the same street, but next door, door number 6, they are two different spaces.
Thank you for your attention.
Best Regards,
Inês Rodrigues
Thanks Inês, updated!
Love your blog =.
FYI – MarLe Cafe is permanently closed 🙁