Pounce Cat Cafe + Wine Bar

Georgetown, South Carolina · 55 mi / 89 km

Purr ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​⁠& Pour Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Front Street in historic downtown Georgetown, the waterfront town between Myrtle Beach and Charleston, a block from the Harborwalk. Opened in 2019, it fosters adoptable cats for All 4 Paws Animal Rescue in a storefront set up like a relaxed living room, with comfortable seating and Wi-Fi, where about a dozen cats roam freely. A visit to the cat lounge includes a drink from the gift shop counter, which offers Kitty Town coffee, hot tea, soda, craft beer and wine, and the shop also sells cat-themed merchandise. Lounge spots can be booked online, and walk-ins are welcome for one-hour or half-hour visits when there is room. All the cats can be adopted, with applications taken at the cafe. The cafe also hosts outings for veterans and school groups, and two Airbnb apartments upstairs are rented to visitors.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Savannah, Georgia · 83 mi / 134 km

Pounce ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌⁠Cat Cafe is a cat cafe and wine bar on West Broughton Street in Savannah's Historic District, near Franklin Square and City Market, and the sister cafe of Pounce in Charleston. A front cafe serves coffee, tea, beer and wine with pre-packaged pastries and snacks, and a separate cat lounge holds 15 to 20 adoptable cats from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah, which live at the cafe uncaged until they are adopted. Adoptions can be arranged on site. Lounge visits are charged by the hour, and you can take your drink in with you. Reservations are not required but are strongly recommended because the lounge takes only a small number of guests per hour, and weekends are busiest. The minimum age is 12, and visitors aged 12 to 15 must come with a parent or guardian. The cafe also hosts events such as cat yoga.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Columbia, South Carolina · 107 mi / 172 km

Cat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌⁠Daddy's Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Main Street in Columbia, between the Cottontown and Elmwood Park neighborhoods about two miles north of the State House. It began when the owner, Mohammad, started feeding and then taking in stray cats from the neighborhood, and the cafe is now home to more than a dozen rescued resident cats. The coffee bar serves drip coffee, espresso and seasonal lattes made with locally roasted beans, lemonades, ice cream and desserts, and visitors pay for a 30-minute or one-hour session in the separate cat room. Socks are required in the cat room, and cat socks are sold at the desk. Walk-ins are welcome, and booking ahead is recommended at weekends; the room can also be reserved for parties. The cafe sells cat merchandise and local goods and holds occasional adoption events.

• Booking recommended

Monroe, North Carolina · 156 mi / 251 km

Charlie's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌⁠Cat Cafe is a nonprofit cat cafe on North Main Street in downtown Monroe, run by Charlie's Angels Animal Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) rescue. The sanctuary pulls cats from high-intake shelters and takes in some local strays, has them vetted, spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, and houses them in the cafe's cat lounge until they are adopted. The cafe counter is separate from the lounge and sells coffee, beer, wine, soda and pastries along with pet supplies, local art and merchandise, so anyone can stop in without a fee. Time with the cats is charged per person, either as one-hour reservations booked online or shorter walk-in visits when space allows, and private hours for small groups can be booked. Visitors must be at least 7. The cafe is named after Charlie, a rescued cat, and the sanctuary also runs a barn cat program.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Rock Hill, South Carolina · 163 mi / 262 km

Purrfect ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​⁠Pair Cat Cafe is a cat lounge, coffee shop and cat boutique in Rock Hill, South Carolina, about 25 minutes south of Uptown Charlotte off I-77 exit 82B. It sits in the building behind Golden Corral, with entrances from Cherry Road and North Anderson Road and free parking. The lounge is a living-room style space where adoptable cats from the Lancaster SPCA mix with a few permanent resident cats. Visits are timed tickets of 30 or 60 minutes, booked online or taken as walk-ins when there is space, and memberships give an hour in the lounge on each open day. Children are welcome; under-13s need an adult in the lounge. The cafe serves espresso drinks, seasonal lattes, matcha, chai, boba and slushies, with gluten-free pastries from a local bakery. The family-run business opened in May 2024 and also offers feline-only boarding.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Fayetteville, North Carolina · 165 mi / 265 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌⁠Farmer's Cat Cafe is Fayetteville's first cat cafe, on Gillespie Street at the corner of the service road, and opened in February 2025. It is family-run and combines a coffee shop, rotating local food trucks and a room of adoptable cats and kittens supplied by its partner rescue, T.A.R.A. Rescue. The cafe serves coffee drinks, smoothies and pastries, and the owners plan a neighborhood farmers market with American-grown produce. Visits with the cats are booked as separate cat time sessions with a per-person fee, and the cat sessions run on their own schedule, which can differ from the coffee shop's hours. Anyone who connects with a cat can apply to adopt through the rescue. The cafe cannot take in cats from the public.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required