Cat Cafes in Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk

Myagkiye Lapki is a cat anticafe in a semi-basement at Ulitsa Soni Krivoy 52 in central Chelyabinsk, near the Grazhdanproekt stop. It is one of two Myagkiye Lapki cafes in the city, and both are home to cats with feline leukaemia virus, which live together here instead of in a shelter and can be adopted by families able to care for them. Visits are charged for the first hour and then by the minute, with tea and coffee included, and slippers are provided. Guests can play board games or use the game console, and visitors can buy food to give the cats. Staff introduce each cat and its story on arrival. One room or the whole cafe can be rented for birthdays and other private events. The second branch is on Ulitsa Lovina near Komsomolskaya Ploshchad.

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Chelyabinsk

Myagkiye Lapki on Ulitsa Lovina is the second branch of a Chelyabinsk cat anticafe for cats with feline leukaemia virus, at Ulitsa Lovina 30 near Komsomolskaya Ploshchad in the Traktorozavodsky district. The cafe gives FeLV-positive cats a home where they can live with other cats and meet people, and they can be adopted by suitable families. Visits are charged by time, with tea and coffee included, and visitors can bring or buy food for the cats. Guests can play board games while the cats roam the room, and children are welcome with their parents. The cafe can be rented for private events. The first branch is on Ulitsa Soni Krivoy in the city centre, and both share the same VK group and opening hours.

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Chelyabinsk

KotoFei is a cat anticafe at Prospekt Pobedy 315 in Chelyabinsk's northwest, next to the 40-letiya Pobedy stop. It continues the Kotofey cat cafe, which opened in 2016 as the city's first and closed its old premises on Ulitsa Yevteyeva in May 2026 after the building changed hands; the team reopened in June 2026 in new premises with a newly designed interior. The cats are rescues taken in from shelters, and the cafe has found homes for more than 300 cats over the years; adoption involves an interview with the cat's curator. Visits are charged for the first hour and then by the minute, with lower rates for children, and coffee is available. Guests can read, draw, play board games or use a PlayStation, and the cafe runs workshops and hosts school and summer camp groups. Slippers are provided.

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