MeowCafe

Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast · 80 mi / 129 km

PURR Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Universytetskyi Avenue in Kryvyi Rih's Saksahanskyi District, in the 97th kvartal area. It is split into two zones: a separate room where the cats live and guests can drink coffee and play with them, and a cat-free area for eating in peace. The resident cats are rescues, and staff can tell visitors about each one and its health. Entry to the cat room comes with a minimum order per adult rather than an hourly fee. The menu covers coffee, seasonal drinks such as pumpkin latte, cold drinks, desserts and sandwiches, and cat treats can be bought to give to the cats. Children are admitted to the cat room from age 6, as some of the cats are shy or stressed. The cafe also holds workshops and sells gift certificates, and it is open every day.

Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast · 140 mi / 225 km

Cat Kav'iarnia is a cat cafe in central Kropyvnytskyi that moved in October 2026 from the Kovalivskyi residential complex to larger premises on Velyka Perspektyvna Street, at the corner of Tarasa Karpy Street. It is home to around fifteen pedigree and mixed cats, including Maine Coons, Bengals, Burmese, Orientals, a Devon Rex, a Sphynx, a Persian, a Scottish Fold and an Abyssinian. Guests pay for time in the cat area and can order coffee, tea, cocoa, cakes and other sweets, read, play board games or take photos. Staff introduce the cats and explain the rules before each visit: hands are sanitised, sleeping cats are not woken, cats are fed only with treats sold on site and photos are taken without flash. The cafe is popular with families and children. Gift certificates are sold.

Kharkiv · 157 mi / 253 km

Kytsi ta Kava (Cats and Coffee) is a specialty coffee shop and cat cafe on Hudanova Street in central Kharkiv. Opened in 2018 and run with a registered non-profit of the same name, it has kept working through the full-scale war. Around fifteen resident cats move freely around the halls, among them Sphynxes, Persians, a Bengal and ordinary moggies, and staff greet new guests and explain the house rules. There is no separate entry fee, but access to the cats comes with an order at the bar. The menu goes beyond coffee and desserts to all-day breakfasts, quiches and other light dishes. Books, manga, board games and a small laptop-friendly coworking corner make it a place to stay a while, and branded souvenirs are sold. The cafe is for ages 12 and over only, sleeping cats should be left alone, and photos are taken without flash.

Kharkiv · 158 mi / 254 km

Meowroom (Miaurum) is a charity cat shelter and cat anticafe on Kultury Street in Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi District, run with the BlueCross for Cats foundation. Since the full-scale invasion began in 2022 it has taken in cats from the streets, from combat zones and from people who found animals in trouble, and it now cares for around sixty. Every cat is examined at a partner clinic, quarantined, treated, vaccinated and sterilised before joining the shared room. There is no kitchen or menu: visitors pay for their time with the cats, with tea, coffee and sweets included, and can play board games or work on a laptop. Visits are booked online a day ahead. Children under 12 are not admitted and those aged 12 to 14 need a parent. Street shoes stay at the door, and cats are not picked up against their will. Cats can be adopted or sponsored.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Cherkasy · 178 mi / 287 km

CatCafe is a cat cafe on Baidy Vyshnevetskoho Street in central Cherkasy, open since 2015 and one of the longest-running cat cafes in Ukraine. More than ten cats live in the cafe and move freely around the room, with climbing shelves, houses and beds where they can rest away from guests. The cats are rescues looking for homes, and more than 90 have been adopted from the cafe so far. The menu is built around coffee, tea, cakes, desserts and ice cream rather than full meals, and treats for the cats are sold on site, since guests may not feed them their own food. Board games are available, and the cafe is popular with families and school groups, for whom it arranges group visits. It also runs occasional workshops and is open every day.

• Adoptable cats

Rostov On Don, Rostov Oblast · 218 mi / 350 km

Lapy i Khvosty is a cat anticafe on Ulitsa Grecheskogo Goroda Volos in central Rostov-on-Don, a few minutes on foot from Budyonnovsky Prospekt. Opened in 2015, it was the first cat cafe in Rostov. The entrance is through a gate with an intercom to the left of a hookah bar, and the cafe has several rooms for guests and cats. Around 30 cats of different breeds and backgrounds live here, some with health conditions, and the cats can be adopted. Visits are charged for the first hour and then by the hour, with higher rates at weekends; drinks cost extra and guests can buy treats to feed the cats. Booking ahead by phone or message is required. The cafe has books and board games, and it runs film evenings, craft workshops and children's parties among the cats.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required