My fascination with cat cafés began in the summer of 2015, when I visited Le Café des Chats in Paris, France. What better way to spend an afternoon in Paris, I thought, than to sip café noisettes among a bevy of lounging felines? At last, someone had invented something that combined two of my favourite things: cats, and coffee.
Fortunately for those of us who do not live in France, Le Café des Chats is not the world’s only cat café. Since Taiwan’s Cat Flower Garden pioneered the movement in 1998, cat cafés have been popping up all over the globe. The continent of Asia alone has over 40 cat cafés, and counting; following in the lead is Europe, with at least one cat café in most of its major cities. In recent years, Canada and the United States have clawed onto the trend, introducing cat cafés that not only allow visitors to enjoy beverages and pastries in the company of felines, but also serve as a foster home for the kitties.
Here is a list (that is by no means complete!) of the most popular cat cafés around the world.
Asia
Nyafe Melange (Tokyo, Japan)
Temari no Ouchi (Tokyo, Japan)
Neko no Niwa (Singapore)
The Company of Cats (Singapore)
Meomi Cat Café (Singapore)
Caturday (Bangkok, Thailand)
Cataholic (Bangkok, Thailand)
Purr Cat Café (Bangkok, Thailand)
Cat Up Café (Bangkok, Thailand)
Dalgo Cat Café (Gunsan, Korea)
Europe & the UK
Café Neko (Vienna, Austria)
Le Café des Chats (Paris, France)
Kopjes (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Romeow Cat Bistrot (Rome, Italy)
Crazy Cat Café (Milan, Italy)
Kačių Kavinė (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Kociarnia (Krakow, Poland)
Pee Pees Katzencafé (Berlin, Germany)
Maison de Moggy (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium (London, England)
Australia & New Zealand
The Cat Lounge (Auckland, New Zealand)
Cat Café (Melbourne, Australia)
USA
Cat Town (Oakland, California)
KitTea Cat Café (San Francisco, California)
The Cat Café (San Diego, California)
Meow Parlour (New York City, New York)
Purrington’s (Portland, Oregon)
Denver Cat Company (Denver, Colorado)
Blue Cat Café (Austin, Texas)
Seattle Meowtropolitan (Seattle, Washington)
Calico Nook (Franklin, Massachusetts)
Canada
Catfé (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Café Chat L’Heureux (Montréal, Quebec)
Siberian Cat Café (Chelsea, Quebec)
TOT the Cat Café (Toronto, Ontario)