Cat Cafes in China

Bijie, Guizhou

Wei ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​⁠Wei is a cat and exotic-pet cafe at Zunjing Fortune Plaza on Tongxin Road in Qixingguan, Bijie, near the junction with Biyang Avenue. Visitors can spend time with the cats, which the shop presents with breeds such as Egyptian Maus and short-legged Munchkins, and with other small exotic animals, over coffee. The cafe also offers perler-bead (pindou) crafting without a time limit, sold per person as group-buying packages.

Weihai, Shandong

Ya ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌⁠Shang is a book cafe and cat cafe in the Likoushan Rural Lounge, a converted courtyard complex in Wangjiatuan Village in the Likou Mountain scenic area west of central Weihai. The lounge opened on 8 March 2026 and also holds a ginger culture museum, a Chinese-style ginger tea bar and the Yashang grill. The cat room has dozens of gentle cats of mixed breeds, and visitors can sit with a drink and a book while the cats wander around. Staff say the rooms are disinfected regularly. Holidays bring many families with children.

Weihai, Shandong

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​⁠Mi Sen Lin (Cat Forest) is a cat cafe and craft shop on Huanhai Road in Weihai's Torch Hi-tech Zone, across the road from the Diwanggong beach, with big windows looking out to sea and sunsets. The ground floor is a large cafe room where the cats roam and visitors can make beaded bracelets, fridge magnets and other handicrafts; in the evening it also works as a small bar, and there are guesthouse rooms upstairs. One drink lets you stay as long as you like. The shop also sells Weihai souvenirs.

Weihai, Shandong

Pang ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​⁠Xi Bao CityZoo Pet Party is a large multi-animal cafe in the restored Qixia Street historic block of central Weihai, the third shop of a chain that also has branches in Qingdao and Weihai's Hanlefang. It keeps more than 300 animals of over 50 kinds, with a cat area alongside dogs, alpacas, peacocks, rabbits and reptiles. Visits use an all-day ticket that includes a drink and a portion of animal food; a ticket cost about 58 yuan in 2026, with frequent group-buy discounts.

Liaocheng, Shandong

Waerte ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌⁠is a pet shop with a cat cafe upstairs on the commercial street along the north bank of the canal in Liaocheng's old town, near Limin West Road. The ground floor sells pet food and supplies and offers grooming and pet photography; the upper floor is a cat lounge with about 20 cats, where visitors can pick up the cats and order coffee and desserts. The owners run a CFA-registered cattery breeding mainly Ragdolls and sell kittens.

Huaian, Jiangsu

Pa ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​⁠Chong Gong Yuan (Reptile Park) is a reptile room and cat cafe on the third floor of Wanda Plaza in Huai'an District, the old town of Huai'an. It opened on 20 April 2026. Visitors buy a ticket for either the reptile area, where they can handle lizards, snakes and other reptiles with staff, or the cat cafe; pre-opening tickets were 29.9 yuan in April 2026 and no booking was needed. It is aimed at families with children as well as couples.

• Walk-ins welcome

Huaian, Jiangsu

Qianxia ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​⁠is a Japanese-style cat cafe and costume photo studio in an apartment unit on the 23rd floor of the Suning Yayue tower at Suning Life Plaza in central Huai'an. Visitors can play with the cats and rent kimonos and other Japanese outfits to take self-service photos in the decorated rooms.

Changshu, Jiangsu

Yujian ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁠Maomi Zahuopu (Meet the Cats General Store) is a coffee shop and vintage shop in a former thread factory compound in a residential area of Changshu, about 500 metres from Yujing Wenhua Plaza. The rooms and garden are full of plants and flowers in a Japanese country style, with secondhand goods the owners brought back from abroad. Five friendly resident cats, including an Exotic Shorthair, a Ragdoll and a British Blue, live there with a French Bulldog, and guests can pet them over coffee, drinks and waffles.

Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu

You ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌⁠Ren A (Friend A) Game House is a games room with resident cats in an office tower beside the east gate of Wanda Plaza in central Zhangjiagang. Visitors play PS5 and Switch consoles, board games and bead crafts while the cats wander around, and the owner helps beginners with the games. Visits are sold as timed packages; in October 2025 a four-hour package covered consoles, cats and board games.

Heze, Shandong

Fushi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​⁠Mao Hui is a Japanese-style cat cafe and costume photo studio on the 19th floor of Tower C at the Jiahe City complex on Zhonghua Road in Heze. Visitors can play with the cats and dress up in kimonos to take self-service photos. It began trial opening in October 2025, when a visit cost about 40 yuan per person.

Dongying, Shandong

Juan ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​⁠Er Mao is a small cat lounge upstairs in the middle of the Lehuo City food street on Shanghe Road in Dongying, reached by a pink staircase from the street. It is a pure cat-petting room rather than a cafe: there are no drinks or desserts on sale, but visitors may bring food from the food stalls below. Visits are paid by time, and the cats are friendly and happy to be held.

Yancheng, Jiangsu

Hao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌⁠Wang Jiao Cat Cafe is on the second floor of the Chuanchang Eye shopping centre by the Chuanchang River in Yancheng's Yannan High-tech Zone, near the Oufeng Flower Street. It belongs to a local pet shop brand with stores in Ruier Garden and Wuyue Plaza. Most visitors are young people, students and children who come to relax with the cats; in September 2025 a visit cost a little over ten yuan.