Mr.Moore

Voronezh · 3.4 mi / 5.5 km

Myaurum, which uses the slogan "it's all about the cats", is a charity-run cat time-cafe on Ulitsa 25 Yanvarya in Voronezh's Zheleznodorozhny district, near the DK Elektronika stop. Visitors pay only for the time they spend, with tea and biscuits included, and can sit with the cats, read, watch television, play board games or a games console, or use the free Wi-Fi. The cats are rescues looked after by volunteer curators, and each is available for adoption; the cafe posts regular updates on cats that have gone to new homes. Staff can tell visitors about the history and character of each cat. Families with children are frequent visitors. The cafe opens in the afternoon on weekdays and from late morning at weekends.

• Adoptable cats

Lipetsk · 66 mi / 106 km

Murgrad on Ulitsa Vodopyanova is the second branch of Lipetsk's first cat cafe, located behind the Ulitsa Smurgisa stop in the Oktyabrsky district. Like the main branch on Pervomayskaya, it is a time-cafe where cats from local shelters and volunteers wait for new families, and visitors can adopt a cat after an interview with its curator; the cafe has rehomed more than 130 cats since 2020. Visitors pay by length of stay, from half an hour to a full day, at slightly lower prices than the main branch, with drinks and snacks included. Board games are available. Guests wear disposable socks, wash their hands and may not pick up or hold the cats, and children under 14 must come with a parent. Opening times change often and are posted on the cafe's Telegram channel.

• Adoptable cats

Lipetsk · 67 mi / 108 km

Murgrad is a cat time-cafe on Pervomayskaya Ulitsa in Lipetsk, the larger of the two branches of the city's first cat cafe, which opened in 2020. The cats come from Lipetsk shelters and volunteers, and any of them can be adopted after an interview with a curator; more than 130 have found homes. Visitors pay by length of stay, from half an hour to a full day, and drinks and snacks are included. This branch has more than 150 board games and an Xbox, hosts Friday game nights, Dungeons & Dragons sessions, workshops, talks and birthday parties, and can be used as a coworking space. Guests take off their shoes and wear disposable socks, wash their hands, and may not pick up or hold the cats; children under 14 must come with a parent. Opening times change often and are posted on the cafe's Telegram channel.

• Adoptable cats

Tambov · 121 mi / 195 km

Koteykino is a cat anticafe on Sovetskaya Ulitsa in Tambov's Oktyabrsky district, in the 1000 Kvartir residential complex. Opened in March 2025 as the city's first cat cafe, it was founded by Marina Lukyanova with cats from Tambov shelters and has since rehomed more than 40 of them. Around 15 cats live there; each is tested, vaccinated, treated for parasites and sterilised before moving in. Adoption involves an interview, and adopters must have their own home and keep the cat indoors. Visitors pay for the first hour and then by the minute, with higher weekend rates, and tea, coffee and sweets are included. The cafe runs workshops, art therapy sessions, book evenings, small concerts and group singing, and sells cat-themed souvenirs and postcards.

• Adoptable cats

Kharkiv · 172 mi / 277 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 · 173 mi / 278 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