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Key Largo, Florida · 185 mi / 297 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠Upper Keys Humane Society Cat Café is a cat room at the front of the Upper Keys Humane Society, the only no-kill shelter in the Florida Keys, at mile marker 101 on the Overseas Highway in Key Largo. Rather than a separate business, it is the shelter's cage-free cat and kitten area set up as a cafe, where visitors can relax with coffee, tea or water for a donation and play with adoptable cats and kittens, whether or not they plan to adopt. There is a separate room for kittens, a small cat library and cat-themed gifts for sale. All the cats are available for adoption through the humane society, a nonprofit founded in 1972 that runs on donations. The café keeps the shelter's short public hours, mornings from Wednesday to Saturday and a short window on Sunday, so check before driving down.

• Adoptable cats

Naples, Florida · 220 mi / 354 km

Collier ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌⁠Purr & Play is a free, cage-free cat lounge run by Collier County inside the Exhibit Hall of North Collier Regional Park, off Livingston Road in North Naples. It opened in March 2026 as the county's first cat lounge. Adoptable cats from Collier County Domestic Animal Services and partner rescues live in the room, and visitors spend time relaxing and playing with them while learning how cats communicate and bond. Admission is free. Visits are booked through the county parks reservation system, walk-ins are welcome when there is space, and the room holds about 10 guests at a time. It is open Wednesday to Sunday with a midday break, and Mondays and Tuesdays are used for cleaning and introducing new cats. All the cats can be adopted through the county shelter, and the lounge also hosts Tails and Tales reading sessions where children read to the cats.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Fort Myers, Florida · 235 mi / 377 km

Cattyshack ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​⁠Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge in Gulf Coast Town Center, the outdoor mall off I-75 in south Fort Myers, next to Sports Clips. It opened in June 2020 as Fort Myers' first cat cafe. The cafe serves coffee, craft beer, wine, pastries and light food and sells cat merchandise, and windows look into the lounge. The lounge, called the Mulligan Room after the golf term for a second chance, has a playful golf and tropical theme with climbing palm trees and holds adoptable rescue cats. Visits are 50-minute sessions starting at ten past the hour, booked online, with walk-ins when there is space. The room is for ages seven and up outside all-ages events, children under 13 need an adult, and strollers are not allowed. The cats come from local rescues including Community Cats of Bonita Springs, and the cafe has passed 2,600 adoptions.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Fort Lauderdale, Florida · 251 mi / 403 km

Good ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠Luck Cat Cafe is a volunteer-run cat adoption lounge on the second floor of Progresso Plaza in Fort Lauderdale's Progresso Village, close to the FAT Village arts district and Flagler Village. It is operated by Lady Luck Animal Rescue, a nonprofit rescue that takes in cats surrendered by owners, found as strays or transferred from animal control. Visitors can walk in without a reservation and spend time with free-roaming adult cats in the main lounge and with younger cats in a separate kitten room. The lounge runs on donations rather than a fixed ticket, and coffee and snacks are available. Every cat is vetted, vaccinated, spayed or neutered and microchipped, and adoptions go through an application and a home visit. The cafe is open every day except major holidays, and the rescue also offers community service hours for students who foster kittens.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

West Palm Beach, Florida · 288 mi / 464 km

Nine ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​⁠Lives Café is a nonprofit cat cafe and wellness space on North Dixie Highway in the Northwood area of West Palm Beach, north of downtown. The front cafe, which has no cats, serves specialty coffee, matcha, tea and pastries and looks into the cat room through glass. Next door, the Cat Heaven room is home to rescue cats and kittens waiting for adoption, and visitors pay a separate hourly admission to spend time with them, with reduced rates for children 11 and under and seniors 65 and over. Booking ahead by phone is recommended. Adoptions are arranged on site. The cafe also runs mat Pilates classes in the company of the cats, offers memberships and hosts community events, including free activities for women and children. It is a woman-owned and Black-owned business with a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking on site, and it is closed on Mondays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Sarasota, Florida · 291 mi / 468 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