The most famous cat café in Orlando is not in Orlando. Orlando Cat Café opened in September 2016 in Clermont, about 4 miles west of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and has stayed at the same address ever since. Downtown has its own cat café, The Kitty Beautiful, which spent four years as a crowdfunding campaign before opening in 2019. Two newcomers arrived in 2026: Maine Coon Manor, a large lounge on the Kissimmee tourist strip, and Fables & Fur, a fantasy bookshop with a cat room in Altamonte Springs.
All four let you meet adoptable rescue cats, but they suit different trips. Which one is right depends on where you are staying, how old your children are and whether you want a full café or just an hour with the cats. We checked prices, rules and hours on each café’s own website in October 2026.
Orlando’s Cat Cafés at a Glance
The Kitty Beautiful | Orlando Cat Café | Maine Coon Manor | Fables & Fur | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Where | Downtown Orlando | Clermont, west of Disney | Kissimmee, on US-192 | Altamonte Springs, off I-4 |
Price | $16 an hour plus tax, $8 for 30 minutes on weekdays | $13 an hour, $11 for under-12s | $21.50 for 55 minutes, tax included | $18 for 55 minutes |
Children | All ages, under 3 free, under 13 with an adult | All ages, under 12 with an adult | All ages, under 3 free, two under-12s per adult | All ages, under 2 free, 12 and under supervised |
Booking | Walk in on weekdays, book for weekends | Book online, or call for same day | Book ahead, often sells out | Book ahead, walk in if space |
Food and drink | Vegetarian café, food allowed in the lounge | Coffee counter and pastries | Coffee and pastries | Full café with specialty lattes |
Closed | Mondays | Open daily | Mondays | Wednesdays |
Adoption fee | $160, same day possible | $100 to $150, not same day | $125, apply first | $160 |
Which One Should You Choose?
- If you are staying near Disney, go to Maine Coon Manor or Orlando Cat Café. Both are a short drive from the parks, which makes either one an easy afternoon off. Maine Coon Manor is next to Old Town on US-192, and Orlando Cat Café is in Clermont, on the west side.
- If you are downtown or near International Drive, go to The Kitty Beautiful. It is the only one you can reach without a car, and the only one of the four with a lunch menu.
- For a cheaper visit, go to The Kitty Beautiful at $8 for a weekday half hour, or to Orlando Cat Café, where under-12s pay $11.
- With a big family, check the rules first. Maine Coon Manor allows no more than two children under 12 per adult. The Kitty Beautiful and Orlando Cat Café are the more relaxed choices with young children.
- For books, coffee and a quiet hour, go to Fables & Fur. Its café and bookshop are open without a booking, and you can watch the cats through the window before deciding.
- If you are ready to adopt today, go to The Kitty Beautiful. It has no waiting period, and staff send cats home in cardboard carriers the same day. Orlando Cat Café does not do same-day adoptions.
The Kitty Beautiful
Courtesy of David Strauss via bungalower.com
The Kitty Beautiful is a purple building at 360 State Lane, a block west of Orange Avenue between Livingston and Robinson Streets. Co-owners David and Heather Strauss first pitched the idea in 2015 and opened in November 2019. It is family-run, and by October 2026 more than 1,200 cats had found homes through it. Its rescue partner is Cats-Can, which takes cats from colonies, owner surrenders and county shelter lists and fosters them until they move into the lounge. The site lists about 23 cats in residence. All of them can be adopted except Bongo, the house cat.
An hour in the lounge costs $16 plus tax. On weekdays you can walk in for a $8 half hour, and through the fall a “Twelve at Twelve” special charges $12 for the noon hour, Tuesday to Thursday, if you book online. Booking is through Acuity only, with no phone reservations. Walk-ins are welcome on weekdays, but on weekends and school holidays you will almost always need to book. Children of any age are welcome, everyone 3 and over pays, and under-13s need an adult with them.
This is the most café-like of the four. The vegetarian menu (with vegan options) runs from avocado toast and grilled cheese to chocolate waffles and affogato. The drinks list includes butterbeer and about 20 “dirty sodas” named after cats who have been adopted. You can take anything from the menu into the lounge, but outside food is not allowed. The café side has a small library and Wi-Fi, so anyone allergic can stay there. Private events cost $250 for two hours with up to 20 guests, and the lounge hosts cat yoga and murder-mystery nights. Reviewers love the staff and cats. The most common complaint, in several 2026 reviews, is a strong litter smell, and the café is raising money to renovate the lounge.
Hours are noon to 6pm Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday, and noon to 7pm Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Mondays. Since 1 October 2026 the city has removed its downtown parking meters. Street parking is now $2 an hour through the ParkMobile app from 8am to 8pm, and free on Sundays. LYNX Central Station is the nearest transit hub.
Adopting: the fee is $160, $50 for cats aged 7 or older and $60 for a second cat adopted at the same time. There is no paperwork beyond a conversation with staff, so a cat can go home the same day. A 24-hour hold costs $15.
Orlando Cat Café
Courtesy of orlandocatcafe.com
Orlando Cat Café calls itself Florida’s first cat café. It opened on 8 September 2016 in the Town Center at Cagan Crossings in Clermont, built by Sandra Cagan, the shopping center’s developer. In September 2026 it celebrated its tenth birthday, with more than 3,600 adoptions and 240,000 visitors, and Lake County declared 8 September “Official Orlando Cat Cafe Day”. Cagan has said she takes no salary from it. It has also started franchising, with a first location sold in the Dallas area.
The building has two parts. A coffee counter run by Minch Coffee serves coffee, tea and pastries, and a window looks into a separate 1,000 sq ft cat room with 12 to 20 cats and kittens from SPCA Florida. Entry to the cat room costs $13 for adults and $11 for children under 12. You pay at the counter and get a sticker, and drinks are extra. Several reviewers say a session lasts 55 minutes.
You can book online, but not for the same day; for a same-day visit, call (352) 989-4820. Walk-ins go straight in at quiet times. The coffee counter is open daily from 9am to 6pm. The cat room opens at noon on Mondays and at 10am from Tuesday to Sunday, closing at 6pm every day. There is no minimum age, but under-12s must be with an adult, and staff will ask rough players to leave. Parking in the shopping center lot is free. The room can be hired for up to 20 guests at $300 an hour on weekdays and $350 at weekends. Reviewers praise the volunteers and say it suits children. One noted that the cats tend to nap from about noon to 2pm, so come in the morning or late afternoon if you want playful ones.
Adopting: fees are $150 for kittens under six months, $125 for cats up to two, $100 for older cats, and $200 to $400 for special breeds. You fill in a form at the café and an SPCA Florida application. You need photo ID showing you are over 18, proof that you own your home or a lease showing a paid pet deposit, two references and the vaccination records of any cats you already have. Same-day adoptions are not possible, and holds must be placed in person.
Maine Coon Manor
Courtesy of mcmanor.com
Maine Coon Manor opened on 1 February 2026 on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee, in front of Fun Spot and Old Town. That is about 15 minutes from the Disney parks. It calls itself Central Florida’s largest cat café, and it has been the hardest one to get into. Local news reported it sold out every day in its first months.
The name explains the hook. The main lounge belongs to a dozen or so resident cats owned by the family who run the café: mostly Maine Coons, plus Scottish Folds, Sphynx and a Bengal. The resident cats are not up for adoption, and the café does not sell cats. It is unrelated to Maine Coon Manors, a cattery with a similar name that sells kittens. Adoptable cats live in a separate adoption lounge run with Cat Haven Rescue. About 15 cats rotate through it, and it is sometimes closed at the rescue’s request.
A 55-minute Cat Lounge Experience costs $21.50 with tax and includes the adoption lounge when it is open. Book on Acuity. The café warns that same-day tickets are never guaranteed, so book well ahead in school holidays. Everyone aged 3 and up needs a ticket. Under-16s must be with an adult, and the café strictly allows no more than two children under 12 per adult. Arrive 15 minutes early to sign a waiver. Cancellations need 12 to 24 hours’ notice (the website and booking page disagree). The coffee shop serves Joffrey’s coffee and pastries and is open to anyone without a ticket. There is plenty of parking.
The café does not publish its hours on its website. Its listings show Tuesday to Friday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm, Saturday until 8pm, and closed on Mondays. It also closes on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Paid events include cat yoga ($29), a Halloween party and craft nights. Frequent visitors can buy a $99 VIP membership, limited to 100 people, which includes one free visit a day when there is space. Reviewers love the setting. The main complaint is that the cats get less sociable when the room is full.
Adopting: the fee is $125, more for some breeds, and covers vaccines, spaying or neutering and a microchip. Apply to Cat Haven Rescue online before your visit, and a volunteer will follow up.
Fables & Fur
Courtesy of fox35orlando.com
Fables & Fur opened in late July 2026 in the Saxon-Clark Center on State Road 436, about half a mile from I-4. It is three things in one: a bookshop that sells only fantasy and romantasy, a café, and a cat lounge decorated in what it calls a “cozy, witchy” style. Its cats come from Cats-Can, the same Seminole County rescue that supplies The Kitty Beautiful.
A 55-minute lounge session costs $18 for everyone aged 2 and over and is booked on Bookeo. Sessions start on the hour from 11am, with about ten places in each. Walk-ins get in only when there is space, but the café and bookshop need no booking, and a large window lets you watch the cats from the shop. Everyone signs a waiver, and children 12 and under need an adult watching them. Cats cannot be picked up, and no animals are allowed in the cat room, guide animals included.
The café has proper coffee from Black Cat Coffee in Titusville, including an ube latte named after the shop. It also sells matcha, chai and pastries from a Longwood bakery, with vegan and gluten-free options. The events calendar is the busiest of the four. October 2026 has silent reading with the cats ($28), Dungeons & Dragons and Daggerheart nights, witch-cat sculpting, and free local-author signings on Saturdays. Most ticketed events are for ages 13 and up. The shop is open from 11am to 7pm every day except Wednesday. The lounge closes from 3pm to 4pm for the cats’ nap. It takes card payments only.
Adopting: the fee is $160, paid to Cats-Can. Staff handle the adoption at the shop.
Cat Cafés Worth a Day Trip
If you have a car and a free day, five more cafés are within about an hour and a half of the city.
- DeLand Cat Cafe, DeLand. An adoption lounge next door to Trilogy Kitchen, which serves breakfast and lunch, under an hour north of Orlando. An hour costs $13 for adults and $9 for under-13s and college students, plus tax, and the kitten room is limited to ten minutes per group. The cat area is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 3pm. Adopters must be 21 or older, kittens go home in pairs, and adoptions happen Wednesday to Friday.
- Kitty Cat Lounge, Lakeland. A mid-century-styled café near Lake Mirror run by former newspaper photographer Cindy Skop. It serves Ethos coffee, bagels, beer and wine, plus Sunday mimosas, and hosts book clubs, trivia and drag shows. An hour costs $12 plus tax, and no booking is needed. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm and Sunday from 11am to 4pm.
- Purrology Cafe, Lakeland. Polk County’s first cat café, opened in 2022, with a drinks bar serving lattes, matcha and lemonades. An hour costs $12, and it opens at 9am at weekends. It is closed on Tuesdays. Its cats come from Cat Haven Rescue, the same group as Maine Coon Manor.
- PURe JOY Cat Cafe, Daytona Beach. A non-profit lounge founded in 2024 by Frank Lund and his son Isaac Morden, who has Down syndrome, to create jobs for people with special needs. An hour costs a $15 donation and includes a drink and a cookie. Opening hours are short, so check them before you drive.
- Lily’s Kitty Café, Melbourne. The Brevard Humane Society opened this lounge inside its Molly Mutt thrift shop in June 2026. A visit costs $20, and you pay ahead when you book online. Every cat is in the society’s adoption program.
Two Central Florida cat cafés have closed: Catnip Cafe in Plant City, in September 2025, and LoCATion Cat Automat in Port Orange. Some directories still list both.
Getting Around
Plan on driving or using a rideshare. SunRail, the commuter train, runs on weekdays only and does not reach Disney or International Drive, so it is of little use for these cafés. The Kitty Beautiful is the only café you can reasonably reach without a car, from LYNX Central Station downtown. If you are coming from the parks, Maine Coon Manor and Orlando Cat Café are the closest. Fables & Fur and The Kitty Beautiful sit along I-4, where traffic can double the drive at rush hour.
Adopting a Cat in Orlando
Every café here works with a rescue, and the rescue sets the rules. The Kitty Beautiful is the quickest: you can take a cat home the same day after a conversation with staff. Orlando Cat Café is the strictest, asking for proof of housing, two references and a wait. At Maine Coon Manor you apply to Cat Haven Rescue online before you visit. Standard fees at the four run from $50 for senior cats at The Kitty Beautiful to $160, and they cover spaying or neutering, vaccines and a microchip. If you are visiting from out of state, ask about residency rules before you fall in love. DeLand Cat Cafe, for example, asks adopters for a Florida driver’s license.
If you are new to cat cafés, our guide to what a cat café is explains the house rules most places share. Our Florida cat café map lists every café in the state, from Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale.
