Cat Cafes in China

Taiyuan, Shanxi

Shijie ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​⁠Mingmao Guan, the World Famous Cats Hall, is a cat room on the fifth floor of the Huayu Baihuagu shopping centre on Xuefu Street in Xiaodian, Taiyuan, where Xuefu Street meets Binhe East Road. Visitors buy a ticket or a package and spend time in a room full of pedigree cats of many breeds. The same mall has an indoor petting zoo and a reptile and exotic animal hall, which makes it a common family outing.

Datong, Shanxi

Wuyan ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌⁠Xia de Mao, Under the Eaves Cat, is a coffee shop and cat cafe in the row of shops by the west gate of the Meihao Xinlicheng estate in Pingcheng, Datong. The owner is a trained coffee taster and the ground floor is a cafe with coffee, sparkling drinks and small cakes; the cat room is upstairs, with a board of each cat's name and character, including Devon Rex cats, plus a film room and a games area. Drinks and cat-room tickets are sold separately, and in November 2024 three people spent a little over 100 yuan.

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌⁠Xiansheng Zhi Jia, Mr Cat's House, is a branch of a national chain of breeder-run cat rooms, on the third floor of the MixC mall on Daxue West Street in Yuquan, Hohhot, beside exit C of Daxue West Street metro station. Visitors buy a single or double ticket and spend time with the shop's pedigree cats in the lounge; the shop also sells kittens and cat supplies.

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Zhiqiu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌⁠is a cat and dog cafe in an office unit on the 16th floor of Block B at Hailiang Plaza on Zhongshan West Road, in the Huimin shopping district of Hohhot. In March 2023 it had about 30 cats along with a Shiba Inu and other dogs, an alpaca, chinchillas, rabbits and small reptiles; it now also offers bead crafts, a PS5 and board games. Visitors put on shoe covers and wash their hands on arrival; an unlimited-time ticket was 29.9 yuan in March 2023 and came with cat treats. Cakes and drinks are sold.

Baotou, Inner Mongolia

Maofu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌⁠Wangzhai is a pet shop with a cat cafe in a street-level unit of the Wanda Plaza complex on Qingnian Road in Qingshan, Baotou. Visitors can buy a cat-room visit as a group-buy deal (9.9 yuan in August 2025), and the shop also grooms and bathes cats and dogs and sells pet supplies.

Chifeng, Inner Mongolia

Miaowu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌⁠Shuba is a cat-themed Xinhua bookshop with resident cats, in a three-storey wooden building of about 600 square metres at Shibo Park, where Linxi Road meets Fuhe Street in Songshan, Chifeng. It opened in November 2020 as Inner Mongolia's first cat-themed bookshop. Several shop cats roam among the shelves and readers can stroke them; there is a coffee bar on the ground floor, a children's corner, a lecture floor above and a roof terrace.

Nanning, Guangxi

Miao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌⁠Yuan is one of Nanning's oldest cat cafes, open since November 2011 in a unit on the 18th floor of Tower A of the Guomao Center on Minzu Avenue in Qingxiu, about 600 metres from exit A of Xinmin Road station on Metro Line 1. Its pedigree cats, including Siamese and British Shorthairs, roam the main room freely. Visitors put on shoe covers and wash their hands before going in. A visit has cost about 30 yuan per person, including a drink, and the menu also has coffee, milk tea and fried snacks.

Nanning, Guangxi

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌⁠Shisan is a cat shop, cattery and cat cafe in an office unit on the fourth floor of Building A11 at Jiangnan Wanda Plaza in Jiangnan District, Nanning, on the Xingguang Avenue side next to the Yishang Plus hotel. Visitors pay to spend time with the shop's cats in the lounge, and the shop also sells kittens and offers cat bathing and boarding. A visit has cost about 25 to 30 yuan per person. Drivers can use the mall's underground car park.

Haikou, Hainan

Chaoneng ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​⁠Mao Kongjian (Super Cat Space) is a 250-square-metre cat room on the ground floor of the cdf Haikou International Duty Free City in Xiuying, opened in July 2025 as part of the mall's pet-friendly area. More than 50 cats of breeds such as British Shorthair, Devon Rex, American Shorthair and Exotic Shorthair live there, with separate feeding, play and interaction areas. Tickets have cost 29 yuan on weekdays and 39 yuan at weekends and on holidays, with no time limit. The same brand runs cat rooms in malls in other cities.

Haikou, Hainan

Huadao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​⁠Ouba He Mao is a cat lounge in a detached house in the Shenhai Garden estate on Haidian 5th West Road on Haidian Island, Haikou, near Hainan University. More than 40 cats, including Ragdolls, British and American Shorthairs and Maine Coons, take turns in the lounge, and there is an outdoor yard with swings and a flower wall. A single visit with entry and afternoon tea has cost 53 yuan. The shop also offers cat boarding and grooming.

Kunming, Yunnan

Yijia ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠Lumao is a cat and dog cafe with a reading corner in Room 1121 on the 11th floor of the Nanping Times Building on Baoshan Street in Wuhua, central Kunming, about 600 m from exit B of Wuyi Road station on Metro Line 3. The Lantong cat cafe is on the same floor. The cat room has many breeds, among them Ragdolls and ginger cats, and four small short-legged dogs share the space. A wall of bookshelves lets visitors read while the cats play, and staff introduce each animal by name and temperament.

Kunming, Yunnan

Wang ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​⁠Zhuangyuan is a multi-animal pet cafe on the seventh floor of Building B of the Golden Eagle shopping centre on Weiyuan Street in Wuhua, central Kunming, a few minutes' walk from Nanping Street. Besides cats, it keeps dogs, alpacas and a selection of exotic pets, and visitors can spend time with the animals in the same space. It suits families and groups of friends as much as cat lovers, and the shop posts its animals on its own Douyin account.