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Kaohsiung · 0.4 mi / 0.6 km

貓永春咖啡廳 (Cat Spring Cafe) is a rescue cat cafe on Xintian Road in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, near Central Park and the Shinkuchan shopping streets. The cafe doubles as a halfway home for stray cats, and its friendly resident cats, known to staff as the cat masters, climb onto guests and surround them. Cats looking for homes are listed on the cafe's website and adoption is arranged through the cafe, while some elderly or special-needs cats stay on permanently. The menu covers hand-drip coffee, desserts and light bites such as thick toast with Oreo, pork floss or bacon and cheese, plus dumplings. Booking by phone is recommended, and the cafe also works well as an evening hangout. Every drink ordered helps pay for the care of the cats waiting for a home.

• Adoptable cats

Kaohsiung · 0.4 mi / 0.7 km

角落.有貓 Corner Cat Coffee is a large cat restaurant on Xintian Road in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, close to the Shinkuchan (Xinjuejiang) shopping streets. The dining and cat area is on the second floor, a spacious room where about ten resident cats, mostly pedigree breeds, each with its own personality, roam freely between the tables. Staff hand out cat treats so guests can interact; the cats may be stroked but not picked up. The menu covers all-day brunch, curry and rice sets, hot pots, fried snacks, cat-paw egg cakes, desserts and drinks. The minimum spend is NT$280 per person plus a 10% service charge. Guests wear socks in the cat area. On the ground floor, a reptile shop shows and sells geckos and other reptiles. Booking ahead is recommended, particularly at weekends and lunchtime.

Kaohsiung · 0.5 mi / 0.9 km

嗜咖啡 TRYer Cafe is a cat cafe on Minxiang Street in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, near the Kaohsiung Cultural Center. All of its resident cats were rescued, including a friendly orange tabby and a sensitive white cat that staff ask guests not to stroke, and the cafe promotes adopting rather than buying. The food is a cut above many cat cafes: pastas such as tomato bratwurst and creamy smoked chicken, risottos, steak and desserts, and for NT$100 more a dish becomes a set with a drink and homemade panna cotta. The minimum spend is NT$200 per person with no service charge. It is popular for remote work and is pet-friendly. Bookings are by phone on the cafe's landline, and special closures are posted in its Instagram stories.

Kaohsiung · 0.6 mi / 0.9 km

厝內 tshù-lāi, Taiwanese for 'at home', is a small cafe in a lane off Nanhua Road in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, laid out like a tiny bookshop and home to three resident cats. The cats wander freely and are friendly, but guests may not pick them up or feed them, and should take care that they do not slip out of the door. The menu has coffee, caramel milk, milk tea, pudding, tiramisu, banana pound cake, Basque cheesecake, dumplings and noodles. Each guest must order a drink, groups of more than four are not accepted, and the cafe does not recommend visits with children under six. Guests are asked to be considerate to the neighbours outside. Opening times sometimes change, so check Instagram before visiting. It is a favourite with students who come to study among the cats.

Kaohsiung · 0.8 mi / 1.3 km

白領貓手作餐廳 is a small rescue cat restaurant on Daren Street in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung. The ground floor is a tidy dining area with a friendly shop cat, and upstairs is a separate cat room where about a dozen rescued strays, mostly adults, can be stroked up close. The cats are dewormed, neutered and used to people, and they are available for adoption after the owner checks the adopter's home. The kitchen serves curry rice, beef rice, dumplings and other hot meals at set times, alongside afternoon-tea items such as Basque cheesecake, croissants, egg toast and brown sugar milk tea, at modest prices. Because the cats come first, the owner sometimes closes to take them to the vet, so booking ahead is advised, especially at weekends.

• Adoptable cats

Kaohsiung · 0.8 mi / 1.3 km

拾六貓舍 is a cattery cafe on Qixian 1st Road in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, near Kaohsiung Main Station, and a sister shop of the Shixi catteries in Fengshan. Around 20 pedigree cats, mainly Ragdolls, golden Chinchilla-type British cats and British Longhairs, share the cafe and surround guests, with the males and females housed on separate floors. The kitchen offers desserts such as mille crêpe cake, Basque cheesecake, caramel pudding, freshly baked croissants and bagels, tamagoyaki and drinks. As a licensed cattery, the shop breeds and sells kittens, and it also provides grooming and cat boarding. A per-person minimum spend applies. With so many long-haired cats in one place, it is a good choice for anyone who wants to be surrounded by fluffy, people-friendly cats over afternoon tea.