Hawai'i Cat Cafe Waikiki Beach Walk

Honolulu, Hawaii · 0.3 mi / 0.5 km

Cat Café MOFF International Market Place is a cat cafe inside the International Market Place shopping center on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. Opened in September 2023 as the first US branch of Japan's MOFF animal cafe company, it is home to about 20 resident pedigree cats brought over from Japan, including Scottish Folds, Ragdolls, a Himalayan, a Russian Blue, a Minuet and a Maine Coon, each with a Hawaiian name. The cats live at the cafe for life and are not sold or adopted out. Visitors sign a waiver and buy a 30- or 60-minute ticket that includes one drink, and can buy treats to feed the cats. Collar colors show how each cat likes to be handled, and staff explain the rules on entry. Walk-ins are welcome, and this is the only MOFF branch in Hawai'i that also takes advance bookings. Kama'aina and military visitors get a discount.

Honolulu, Hawaii · 1.0 mi / 1.7 km

Hawai'i Cat Cafe is a rescue cat cafe on Kapahulu Avenue in Honolulu, next to the Texaco gas station on the edge of Waikiki. Opened in 2018 as the first cat cafe in Hawai'i, it has a coffee bar serving locally roasted coffee, teas, matcha, lemonade and fresh pastries, and a separate cat lounge with around 25 adoptable cats and kittens from the Hawaiian Humane Society. The cats roam the lounge freely, also at night. Lounge visits are charged per timed session, drinks and food are bought separately, and walk-ins are welcome, though booking online is recommended because numbers are limited. Children 15 and under must come with an adult. Cats can be adopted during a visit, often on the same day, and the cafe helps visitors to Oahu take a cat home. Private lounge parties are available, and a second branch is at Waikiki Beach Walk.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Honolulu, Hawaii · 1.1 mi / 1.8 km

Cat Café MOFF Ala Moana Center is a branch of the Japanese MOFF cat cafe chain inside Ala Moana Center, the large open-air shopping mall on Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu. It is home to around 20 resident pedigree cats that came from Japan, such as Persians, Scottish Folds and Ragamuffins, each given a Hawaiian name. The cats live at the cafe for life and are not sold or adopted out. Visitors sign a waiver, then buy a 30- or 60-minute ticket that includes one drink, chosen from a menu exclusive to this branch with coffee, americano, cappuccino, latte, tea, juice, soda and water. Treats can be bought to feed the cats, and staff explain how to handle them. There are no reservations here; visitors simply walk in. Kama'aina and military visitors get a discount. A second Honolulu branch is at the International Market Place in Waikiki.

• Walk-ins welcome

Honolulu, Hawaii · 2.1 mi / 3.4 km

Pounce Hawaii, located in the trendy Kaka'ako neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, is a luxurious cat-centric haven founded in 2019 by college friends Erin and Boretta, offering an unrivaled blend of premium cat boarding, grooming, and a cage-free adoption lounge. The cafe features spacious, air-conditioned suites, including a lavish Presidential Suite with a filtered water fountain, crystal food bowl, and live fish for stimulation, where boarding cats enjoy daily playtime, pristine housekeeping, and soothing spa music, with optional grooming services like bubble baths, lion cuts, and nail trims tailored to pamper every feline guest. The adoption lounge partners with the Hawaiian Humane Society and Cat People of Oahu to showcase adoptable cats, inviting visitors to enjoy time with a complimentary beverage or cat treats for $25, fostering over 700 adoptions since its inception. This women-owned business also provides a cat store with toys and supplies, a chauffeur service for convenience, and a strict no-cash policy, creating a clean, modern space where cat lovers can relax, work, or find their next furry companion amidst a commitment to feline welfare and community joy.

• Adoptable cats

Aiea, Hawaii · 10 mi / 16 km

Toe Beans & Dreams Adoption Cafe is a cat cafe in the Pearl Kai Shopping Center on Kamehameha Highway in Aiea, close to Pearl Harbor. It works with KAT Charities, a nonprofit rescue: the friendly cats and kittens trapped on Oahu's streets during weekly trap-neuter-return outings move into the cafe's kitty lounges once they are healthy and fixed. There are two lounges, one for playful kittens and one for calmer adult cats, with an upstairs area where the cats can retreat. Visits last 50 minutes and include cat treats, with a lower price for online bookings than for walk-ins, and children need adult supervision. The cafe serves build-your-own sandwiches, coffee and other drinks, and offers monthly memberships, birthday parties and a monthly kitten tea. It also provides jobs and training for young adults with developmental disabilities. All cats are adoptable, and more than 1,100 have been adopted.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Lanai City, Hawaii · 65 mi / 105 km

Lāna'i Cat Sanctuary is a nonprofit open-air cat sanctuary on four acres near Lanai City, about five minutes from Lanai Airport. Founded in 2006 by Kathy Carroll with 25 cats and an old horse corral, it is now home to around 700 rescue cats, known as the Lanai Lions, and has saved more than 3,000 cats. It is not a cafe: visitors walk among the free-roaming cats inside a fenced enclosure about the size of half a football field. Entry is free, donations are welcome, no appointment is needed, and it is open every day. There is no food or drink for sale, so visitors are encouraged to bring a picnic. Every cat has a name, a microchip and a medical record, and the sanctuary also protects the island's ground-nesting seabirds. Many visitors arrive by ferry from Maui. Cats can be adopted or sponsored.

• Adoptable cats