Cat Cafes in China

Changji, Xinjiang

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌⁠Keai de Maomi (Lovely Cats) stray cat park is a cat house inside the Xinjiang Agricultural Expo Garden, a 4A-rated farm theme park on Changwu Road on the northeastern edge of Changji, about 35 km northwest of central Urumqi. It opened on a trial basis on 29 August 2026 with more than 130 rescued cats, including Ragdolls, Maine Coons, British Shorthairs, Devon Rex and Chinese domestic cats; in October 2026, 48 of them had the run of the play room, where visitors can stroke and feed them. The park has not charged admission since June 2025 and also has a butterfly greenhouse and a small zoo.

Lijiang, Yunnan

Dashu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​⁠Gouka (Big Tree Dog Cafe) is a coffee house in a traditional Naxi courtyard in Xinwen Village by Baisha Old Town, north of Lijiang. It is mainly a dog cafe with more than ten Bernese Mountain Dogs, but it also has a separate cat area; the place grew out of the Sanqian Maoyuan cat cafe, which moved here from near the Lijiang Culture and Tourism College and was rebuilt by early 2024. In March 2026 entry cost 58 yuan per person, children included, with a drink and a dog treat, and staff help guests take photos with the dogs.

Lanzhou, Gansu

Siji ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​⁠Youchong is a cat cafe and bead-craft studio in the Guofang department store on Guangchang South Road in Chengguan, central Lanzhou, by Dongfanghong Square. The cats roam a room that can be seen from outside the shop, and after playing with them visitors can move next door to make fuse-bead (pindou) pictures and bracelets. In January 2026 two people paid a little over 100 yuan for cat time plus an hour of bead craft. The owner started with a shop in Yantan, which concentrates on grooming and pet treats.

Lanzhou, Gansu

Xiaoxiang ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​⁠Dongwu Park (Little Elephant Animal Park) is an indoor animal park on the BM level of the Lanzhou Center mall on Xijin West Road in Qilihe, Lanzhou, part of a chain founded in Zhengzhou in 2021. One ticket covers a cat cafe room as well as alpacas, sika deer, Angora rabbits and mini pigs, an aviary with peacocks, a threshing-floor play area, craft tables and a pool for catching turtles and loaches. Gloves and veils are handed out free at the entrance. Two-hour tickets, including family tickets, are sold through Douyin and other group-buying apps.

Yuxi, Yunnan

Manny ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠(Manni) is a small cat cafe and pet care shop on the second floor of a building in the third group of Xiaomiao Street in Hongta, central Yuxi, near the Times Square shopping area. One side of the business offers pet bathing and grooming; the other is a cat room where visitors can sit with the shop's cats. Visits are sold as group-buy packages on Douyin, some including cat treats to feed the cats; in July 2025 the shop offered a three-person afternoon tea package for 88.8 yuan.

Kunming, Yunnan

Maoxuange ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌⁠is a two-storey cat cafe and book bar in Block 7 of Chenggong University Town on Zhiyuan Road in Chenggong, southern Kunming, close to several university campuses. Cats, and a few dogs, mix with visitors among sofas and bookshelves, and staff show newcomers how to hold and stroke the cats and explain basic cat care. Shoe covers and cleaning are taken seriously, and reviewers note the sofas stay free of fur. In December 2024 visits cost about 39 yuan per person with a drink.

Enshi, Hubei

Ju ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌⁠Mao Wu is a large cat cafe, about 400 square metres with princess-style decor, on an upper floor of the commercial block at Hualong City, the Lianhu Garden Phase 3 development in the Jinziba area of Enshi. Visitors come to play with and photograph the resident cats in themed photo sets that the shop changes from time to time, such as a Hello Kitty corner over the October 2025 holiday. Besides coffee and other drinks, the kitchen serves simple meals such as pasta, along with desserts.

Chenzhou, Hunan

Bu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌⁠Ding is a cattery and cat cafe next to Beihu Park in central Chenzhou, run by a breeder who started in 2019 and later added a cat lounge and grooming. Visitors pay for cat-petting packages, sold through Meituan and Dianping, and play with cats such as golden British Shorthairs, Napoleons (Minuets) and gold-and-white kittens; Bu Ding, an 11-year-old Ragdoll, keeps order among them. Kittens are sold on site with vaccinations, a contract and a three-month health guarantee, and the shop also offers grooming and skin care for cats.

Jingzhou, Hubei

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​⁠Ciyuan is a cat cafe and pet shop in the Renxinhui shopping area on Beijing Middle Road in Shashi, Jingzhou, started by a young local who came back from Wuhan to open it. The cat room is kept apart from a separate drinks area, and several dozen pedigree cats live there, including Ragdolls, British and American Shorthairs, golden British Shorthairs and Munchkins. Drinks and desserts are served. The same shop sells cat food and supplies, offers grooming, gives advice on keeping pedigree cats and sells kittens.

Huzhou, Zhejiang

Taihu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​⁠Mao Senlin (Cat Forest) is a cat-themed shop in Huanlou Village near the southern shore of Lake Tai, in the Taihu Xinlougang area of Wuxing that the district promotes for young entrepreneurs. It combines a cafe with resident cats, an art gallery, handmade crafts and small intangible-heritage workshops, and it hosts pet events, family activities, craft markets and small concerts. The owner makes the coffee at the bar, and the menu also includes food, so visitors often stay for the afternoon.

Yongzhou, Hunan

Ye ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠Maozi (Night Owl) is a cat cafe on the second and third floors of Building 19 in the Fenghuang Xincun housing estate on Wutong Road in Lengshuitan, Yongzhou, beside the Vision International Plaza. It opened in 2025 and is licensed as a small bar, so alongside time with the resident cats it serves drinks, including alcohol, and snacks, with seating spread over both floors.

Jingmen, Hubei

Kaidi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌⁠is a cat cafe on the fourth floor of the Zhongshang Department Store on Zhongtian Street, the shopping street in the Dongbao district of central Jingmen. The shop posts short videos of its resident cats, which have names such as Taizi, Yinfei, Yinchen and Huajuan and include silver shaded cats and calicos; some cats have had litters, and kittens born there are offered for sale. Drinks are served, and the space is also listed for parties and group events.