Cats & Caffeine

Brandon, Florida · 13 mi / 21 km

Sassy ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​⁠Cat Club Cafe is a cat lounge in a shopping plaza on West Lumsden Road in Brandon, east of Tampa. It is run by a veterinary technician and partners with A Kitten Place Rescue, which supplies the adoptable cats and kittens that live in the lounge. Visitors pay an admission fee for a one-hour visit or a shorter 30-minute pop-in, and children under two enter free. Children five and under start with a 30-minute visit, and children under 13 must be supervised by a paying adult. Reservations are recommended, especially on weekends, but walk-ins are accepted when there is space. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cold drinks are available, guests may bring their own drink or food from plaza restaurants, and free WiFi makes it a common spot for studying and remote work. It also hosts parties and is closed on Wednesdays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

St Petersburg, Florida · 16 mi / 25 km

Whiskers ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌⁠Workspace is a coworking and meeting space with adoptable cats on Central Avenue in west St. Petersburg, on the second floor of 4699 Central Ave. Its main cat room, Whiskers Oasis, works as a cat lounge: visitors pay by the hour to relax, read or do light work with the resident cats, and walk-ins are accepted when space allows, although booking an hour or two ahead is recommended. All the cats come from CJPaws, a foster-based St. Petersburg cat rescue, and can be adopted. The building also has a coworking room that includes an hour in the cat lounge, two small private rooms shared with calm cats, and cat-free rooms for focused work and meetings on the ground floor. Weekly kitty yoga with a sound bath runs on Fridays, and during yoga classes lounge guests use another room with cats. The space opened in 2024.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Lakeland, Florida · 33 mi / 54 km

Purrology ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​⁠Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on South Florida Avenue in south Lakeland, opened in September 2022 as the first cat cafe in Polk County. It combines a drinks counter with a separate cage-free cat lounge where visitors spend time with rescued cats and kittens, all of them fixed, vaccinated and microchipped and available for adoption through the rescue partner Cat Haven. Entry to the lounge is charged per person and booked as a reservation, and children one year and younger enter free. Children 14 and under must stay with an adult in the lounge. The cafe side serves coffee, Italian sodas, lemonades and other drinks, and sells cat-themed merchandise. Adoption applications can be submitted online and are reviewed by volunteers. A private room is available for parties. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Lakeland, Florida · 35 mi / 57 km

Kitty ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​⁠Cat Lounge is a mid-century modern cat cafe on East Orange Street near downtown Lakeland, run by former newspaper photographer Cindy Skop. The front of the house is set up as a retro living and dining room where anyone can stay as long as they like with coffee from a local roaster, juices, teas, pastries, cheesecakes, bagels and savory items, all sourced from local businesses, plus board games, puzzles and books. The cats live in a separate room with its own ventilation, and time with them is charged per person for 30 minutes or an hour. Reservations are not required, and children three and under enter free. The cats are adoptable and come from Saving Paws Rescue of Florida. The lounge also has free community pantries, an art wall of local work for sale, and hosts book clubs, trivia, crafts and drag shows.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Sarasota, Florida · 41 mi / 66 km

Katy's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​⁠Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Boulevard of the Arts in Sarasota's Rosemary District, a few blocks north of downtown, founded by Katy Morano after a crowdfunding campaign and opened in 2025. The cafe serves organic coffee, tea, mocktails, gelato and pastries from local businesses, and entering the cat lounge is optional. Lounge admission is a single day ticket with no time limit and no reservations, subject to capacity, so guests can stay to work, read or play board games with the cats around them. There is a student discount and a discount on Fridays, and monthly memberships give unlimited access. Everyone signs a waiver, children under 14 need an adult, and children five and under enter free. The cats come from local shelters and can be adopted through Katy's Cat Charity Co., the nonprofit that runs the lounge. It hosts cat yoga, art shows and other events.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Clermont, Florida · 59 mi / 94 km

Orlando ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌⁠Cat Café is a coffeehouse and cat adoption lounge in the Town Center at Cagan Crossings in Clermont, on US 27, about five miles west of Disney's Animal Kingdom as the crow flies. Opened in 2016, it was the first cat cafe in Florida. The coffee shop side serves Minch Coffee, tea, pastries and light food, while a separate 1,000-square-foot cat play and adoption area with its own entrance holds around 12 to 15 cats and kittens from SPCA Florida, all available for adoption. Guests pay an hourly entry fee per person, with a lower rate for children under 12, and can take their food and drinks into the cat area. Reservations are strongly recommended. Visitors who only want coffee can watch the cats through a viewing window from the cafe. The cafe also hosts special events, including cat yoga and after-hours overnight stays with the cats.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended