Coff Cat Cafe

Mueang Suang, Roi Et · 82 mi / 131 km

Scottish Cafe is a restaurant and cat cafe on the Roi Et–Suwannaphum road in Nong Phue, just before Mueang Suang town and about 25 minutes south of Roi Et city. The grounds are spacious, with a lake and fish pond where you can feed the fish, duck pedal boats, a children's playground and an air-conditioned dining room. The cat cafe zone is home to a gang of Scottish-breed cats that visitors can play with, photograph and feed up close for a small entry fee. The restaurant serves a broad menu including shabu, pizza, papaya salad and other Thai dishes, plus coffee, cakes and other drinks. It makes a good family outing, combining a meal by the water with time with the cats, though service can be slow when the restaurant is busy at weekends.

Ubon Ratchathani · 91 mi / 146 km

Snoopcat Cafe is a two-storey cafe on Sappasit Road in the heart of Ubon Ratchathani, next to Wat Pathumalai and opposite Ubon Wittayakhom School. The ground floor is a regular cafe, good for working or meeting friends, so anyone who is allergic to cats or simply not keen can stay downstairs. Upstairs is the cat zone, open from midday, where a mix of breeds, including a very sociable Sphynx, roam freely and often settle on laps. Access to the cats costs 50 baht or the purchase of a drink. The menu is broad for a cat cafe: coffee and non-coffee drinks, Italian sodas, smoothies, cakes, Thai-style Tokyo pancakes and roti, plus breakfast and simple lunch dishes at affordable prices. The staff are friendly, the space is clean and free of smells, and free parking is available.

Si Sa Ket · 102 mi / 164 km

Toem Maew Cafe (the name means 'top up on cats') is a cat cafe on Ubon Road in Mueang Tai, central Si Sa Ket. The owners describe it as a coffee and dessert shop with cats to help you unwind after work, and the clean, odour-free room is home to many fat, fluffy cats who love to play and pay special attention to anyone holding a lickable treat. Visitors can feed the cats and take photos with them, following a clear set of house rules set out by the cafe. Queue bookings can be made through the cafe's own website, which is worth doing at busy times. Drinks and cakes are on the menu at reasonable prices. The owner is attentive and clearly takes good care of the cats, making it a welcoming spot for cat lovers without a cat of their own.

Khon Kaen · 124 mi / 200 km

Huskimo Cafe and Bar is a long-running dog and cat cafe on Sri Chan Road in central Khon Kaen. The ground floor is a regular cafe and bar serving coffee, Thai tea, honey toast, pasta and Isan dishes at normal cafe prices. The animals are the main draw: Siberian Huskies, Corgis, a Chow Chow and a Collie share the space with a big group of cats, close to 30 at last count, and there are even some exotic lizards. Playing with the animals in the upstairs rooms requires a ticket of about 99 baht, and free snacks for the animals are provided. The big dogs can be boisterous and occasionally squabble, so families with small children should keep a close eye on them. Staff are friendly and happy to take photos and videos of you with the animals.

Khon Kaen · 124 mi / 200 km

Fluffy Plus Cafe is a cat and dog cafe on Rop Mueang Road in central Khon Kaen, run by Fluffy+ Farm, which breeds Munchkin, British and Scottish cats as well as Corgis. The cafe has separate rooms for the cats and the dogs, a seating area and a lawn where the animals are sometimes let out for play and photos. Cats outnumber the Corgis, and each animal has its own MBTI-style personality card so you know who you are meeting. To enter the animal rooms, order two drinks and one cake, which gives you 30 minutes of play time. Drinks come from the sister coffee bar Zync and include specialty coffee and hot cocoa, served with homemade cakes and bakery items. The owner and staff are attentive and happy to introduce each cat and dog, which makes it popular with families.

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Khon Kaen · 125 mi / 201 km

Loading Matcha Cafe is a two-storey matcha cafe in the north of Khon Kaen city that doubles as a cat cafe. The ground floor is a quiet workspace with plenty of power outlets and Wi-Fi, popular with students reading and working into the night. The second floor is the cat floor, where a group of plump, affectionate, well-groomed cats nap among the seating and like to climb into bags; you can stroke them, but picking them up is not allowed. The upstairs room is kept clean and fresh, and there are cabinets where you can leave your drink so the cats don't knock it over. The menu focuses on matcha and hojicha in several grades, plus Thai tea, coffee and fairly sweet desserts, and you can even decorate your own glass.