Dagong Miao Julebu Stray Cat Cafe Luodian

Shanghai · 3.3 mi / 5.3 km

212 ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌⁠Zebra Coffee is a small cat cafe and board game room in an apartment unit in the Longhu Tianjie North City complex on Luxiang Road, Baoshan. Visitors spend time with the resident cats over coffee and can play card and board games or team up for video games. Entry is by a low-priced package, and the shop asks guests to call before coming.

Shanghai · 5.6 mi / 9.0 km

Shanghai ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌⁠City Cat Island is the city's stray-cat management and adoption centre, set in a converted former kindergarten inside Shengzhai Park in Gucun, Baoshan, with the main park entrance at Shenglian Road and Taihe West Road. Several hundred neutered and vaccinated former strays live in a free-roaming, cage-free compound of about 1,765 square metres, alongside a care unit for kittens and older cats. Entry is free after registering on site, with a daily visitor limit; a small cat science hall charges a fee that goes to food and neutering. The centre runs adoptions, volunteer days and public education on responsible pet keeping. The second phase is open only to booked workshop groups at weekends.

• Adoptable cats

Shanghai · 8 mi / 13 km

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌⁠Xiao Qing, also called Mao Xing She, is a large cat cafe on the second floor of the Huijin Center in Nanxiang, Jiading, above the Hema supermarket and about 15 minutes on foot from Nanxiang station on Line 11. Ragdolls, Maine Coons, Devon Rex and other breeds share a roomy space, and staff explain how to handle and approach each cat. Visitors change shoes or wear shoe covers and wash their hands before entering. Drinks and snacks from the shop's own Mao Xiao Qing brand are always available, and the space also has PS5 consoles, board games, karaoke, VR and films.

Shanghai · 8 mi / 13 km

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​⁠Shi'er is a cat cafe and teahouse on Nanxiang Old Street in Jiading, beside the Twin Pagodas, reachable from Nanxiang station on Line 11. The two-level building has an outdoor courtyard and coffee area on the ground floor with a separate cat room, and private tea rooms upstairs, with window seats overlooking the old street. Maine Coons, Ragdolls, American Shorthairs and other breeds live in the cat room. Visitors choose a cat-room package with coffee or tea such as Biluochun. It is part of a small chain of garden-style teahouse cat cafes with other shops in Suzhou and Wuxi.

Shanghai · 10 mi / 16 km

Shenqi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​⁠Maomi is a two-floor cat cafe on Hutai Road in Dachang, Baoshan, run with a charitable bent. The ground floor is a pet-supply shop with treats, toys and litter. Upstairs, the cat area has a large room where British Shorthairs, golden British Shorthairs and Ragdolls crowd around visitors, and a smaller room with a mahjong table, Switch and television. Bead-art crafts are also offered.

Shanghai · 12 mi / 20 km

This ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠branch of the He Ta Jiao Ge Pengyou pet cafe chain is on the sixth floor of a building on Daxue Road near Wujiaochang in Yangpu, reached through the doorway beside a Thai restaurant and a lift, near Jiangwan Stadium station on Line 10. Visitors share the space with cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, ducks and reptiles. Disinfectant and animal treats are provided, and drinks are served.