Cat Cafes in Bahrain

Jannusan, Northern

Animalia Cat Cafe is a cat café in Gardens Plaza on Budaiya Highway in Jannusan, part of Animalia by Yara, a pet complex with a vet clinic, grooming, pet physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, and a pet accessories boutique. Opened in early 2023, the café serves Italian-roast specialty coffee, drinks and snacks, and visitors pay an entry fee to spend time with resident cats, many of them rescues, in a separate cat area. Cats from the café are available for adoption. The café also runs pottery painting sessions, kids' camps and events, which makes it popular with families, and visits of around 30 minutes to an hour are typical. The wider Yara venue in the same building has bowling, karaoke and restaurants. Reservations and enquiries go through WhatsApp. It is open every day from 10 AM to 9:30 PM.

• Adoptable cats

Arad, Muharraq

Meow Pets Boutique & Spa is a pet shop in Arad, Muharraq, with a cat café area where visitors pay a small fee to pet, feed and play with the shop's cats. The cats live in a glass-walled play room that staff keep clean and monitor, and the shop's animals also include ferrets and a few dogs. Visits are charged by time in short blocks, which makes it a popular stop for families with young children. The shop also sells pet food, supplies and accessories, offers grooming and cat boarding with photo updates for owners, and runs a pet pick-up and delivery service. It is on Road 29 in Block 242 and is open daily until 11 PM.