Purrfect Day Cat Café Covington

Cincinnati, Ohio · 4.5 mi / 7.2 km

8 ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​⁠Cats Cincinnati is a bed and breakfast, tea house and event venue in a restored 1885 Victorian mansion on Wilson Avenue in Avondale, home to eight resident cats. Rather than a walk-in cafe, it runs ticketed tea sessions that are open to the public: a traditional afternoon tea with cats is held most weekends, a Crazy Cat Lady Tea takes place on the second Tuesday of each month, and candlelight high teas run on select Fridays, alongside children's teas and seasonal themed teas. Its house-blended teas are named after the cats and served with sandwiches, scones and pastries. The cats wander through the tea room and common areas and greet guests before and after the service. Other ticketed events include yoga and sound baths with the cats, crafting and bingo. Guests can also stay overnight in three rooms or a poolside apartment, which is kept cat-free.

• Booking required

Mason, Ohio · 21 mi / 34 km

Kitty ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌⁠Brew Cat Café opened in Mason in 2017 as Greater Cincinnati's first cat cafe and moved in June 2025 to a larger space on Reading Road in the Mason Square shopping center, next to Lucky Dog Grille. The cafe and the cat lounge are fully separate. The cafe is free to enter and serves coffee, espresso drinks, tea, smoothies, bagels and baked goods, and drinks can be taken into the lounge. The lounge holds adoptable cats from rescues such as His Hands Extended Sanctuary, HART Animal Rescue and Myles Ahead Animal Sanctuary, and visits are booked as 50-minute sessions, with walk-ins when there is room. Children need a ticket once they can walk, with one adult per three children under 14. Wednesday is Kids Day with a reduced child rate. More than 4,300 cats have been adopted through the cafe, and a kitty cam streams the lounge online.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Dayton, Ohio · 50 mi / 81 km

Gem ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​⁠City Catfé is a coffee house, wine bar and cat lounge in a green historic house on East 5th Street in Dayton's St. Anne's Hill Historic District, just east of the Oregon District. It opened in 2018 and works with its nonprofit partner Gem City Kitties, which also runs a low-cost vet clinic in Trotwood. Up to 18 adoptable cats live in the cat lounge, which is separated from the cafe by two doors and has a large wooden airplane for the cats, a nod to Dayton's aviation history. The cafe serves fair-trade coffee, tea, wine, cocktails and local baked goods, and an upstairs gallery doubles as co-working space. Lounge visits carry a small fee, discounted for members, and reservations are recommended. Twelve guests are allowed in at a time, children must be at least 5, and everyone signs a waiver.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Georgetown, Kentucky · 60 mi / 96 km

Central ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​⁠Purrk Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge at the Georgetown outlet center, next door to Peddler's Mall, about 20 minutes north of Lexington. Founders Jennifer and Ryan Hoskins opened it in January 2021 as central Kentucky's first cat cafe. The lounge works as a foster home for up to 10 adoptable adult cats from the Scott County Humane Society, and it passed 500 adoptions within two years. The cafe serves coffee from City Roastery, boba, dirty sodas, macarons and baked goods, and anyone can visit it or watch the cats through the lounge windows without a booking. Lounge time is charged per person by the hour or half hour, and reservations are highly recommended though walk-ins are taken when there is space. Children under 6 can visit during dedicated Kiddie Kat Hours. Monthly memberships are offered, and events include yoga with cats and trivia nights.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Columbus, Indiana · 79 mi / 127 km

Tribal ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​⁠Blend Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge in the Westhill Shopping Center on West Jonathan Moore Pike, on the west side of Columbus, Indiana, next to Hope Veterinary Clinic West. It opened in April 2026 as the city's first cat cafe. The cafe serves coffee, matcha, smoothies, shakes, dirty sodas and pastries, and adoptable rescue cats live in a separate cat room that guests can enter to play with them. The cats come from Columbus Animal Care Services, and adoptions start with an application at the cafe. Groups of fewer than 10 can walk in, while larger groups reserve a session in the cat room. Events include painting with cats, cat trivia, movie nights and date nights, and on Mondays, when it is closed to the public, the cafe hosts quiet visits for children with special needs and seniors from assisted living homes.

• Adoptable cats

Louisville, Kentucky · 87 mi / 140 km

Purrfect ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠Day Cat Cafe on Bardstown Road in the Highlands opened in August 2018 as Kentucky's first cat cafe. Anyone can stop in at the bar for coffee, tea, wine, beer or cocktails, while time with the cats is booked online in timed sessions; reservations are recommended at weekends, on holidays and in summer. There are two cat areas: a kitten lounge downstairs and an upstairs lounge for adoptable adult cats, expanded in a 2025 renovation. All the cats come from the Kentucky Humane Society, which sets the adoption fees, and are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before they arrive. Would-be adopters fill in the Humane Society's interest form, meet the cats during a session and can often take a cat home the same day. The cafe also hosts events and private parties with the cats.

• Adoptable cats