Cat Cafes in China

Lianyungang, Jiangsu

Shi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​⁠Qu is a cat cafe on the middle section of Longhai Pedestrian Street, the main shopping street of Lianyungang's Xinpu old town in Haizhou District. More than 20 calm cats of different breeds roam the room while visitors sit with hot drinks. The shop started as a plain cat cafe and later added video game consoles and bead crafting, so a visit can combine cats, games and handicrafts.

Zhongshan, Guangdong

Wang ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​⁠Bubu Meng Mao Huisuo is a small cat cafe in a ground-floor unit of Building 24 in the Hailun Garden residential compound on Nantan Road in Tanzhou, the town in southern Zhongshan next to the Zhuhai border. The shop opens onto the compound's garden. It keeps cats of many colours, including white, ginger and black ones, which are mostly calm and used to being stroked, and the owner is devoted to them. Visits have cost about 35 yuan per person.

Foshan, Guangdong

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Ji Tuo is a cat cafe on the fourth floor of the atrium at Sanshui Plaza on Gongyuan Road, in the centre of Sanshui District, Foshan, one floor above the cinema. The shop's own count is more than 50 cats of over 20 breeds, and the cats come up to visitors as soon as they walk in. Besides spending time with the cats, visitors can make perler bead (pindou) crafts at the tables. Visits have cost about 50 yuan per person.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Cat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​⁠Cat Family (Fu Mao Li) is a cat cafe at 256 Beijing Road, on the Beijing Road pedestrian shopping street in Yuexiu, Guangzhou, within walking distance of Gongyuanqian station. Many of its cats are long-haired, and visitors may pick up a cat if it is willing; one black-and-white cat is known for standing up on its hind legs. The shop markets itself to couples and to families with children. Visits have cost about 50 yuan per person.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

EspressoCat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​⁠(Jiabei Mao) is a coffee shop with cats on the ground and first floors of a building at 6 Yibao Street off Nanzhou Road in Haizhu, Guangzhou, on the west side of the Nanzhou Mingyuan estate. The interior is white with many plants, and the cats live in a wooden-floored loft upstairs where visitors can play with them. The menu centres on coffee, including cold drip, and the shop also hosts fan and cosplay meetups. It earlier traded from the Qiaojian HiCity mall at 154 Nanzhou Road, near Nanzhou station.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Gu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​⁠Miao Ning is a small cat cafe and pet service studio in Guantang Village, one of the old villages of Nancun Town in Panyu, Guangzhou, a short ride from the Wanbo business district. The studio was registered as a pet service business in December 2023, and besides the cat room it boards pets and sells pet food and supplies. Visits have cost about 36 yuan per person. Guantang is a residential village, so the shop is easiest to reach by taxi.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Xi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌⁠Mao is a cat cafe in Nanshengdong Li, a lane off Beijing Road in Yuexiu, Guangzhou, opposite the north entrance of zone A of the Yangzhonghui mall; the entrance is about 20 metres down the alley beside a beef offal stall. It keeps 30 to 40 purebred cats, long- and short-haired, in many breeds and colours. Staff hand out masks and aprons at the door and ask visitors to wash their hands, and help brush cat hair off clothes on the way out. A standard visit lasts two hours, and visits have cost about 40 yuan per person.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Miao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​⁠Xian Sen Cat House is a cattery and pet shop with a cat-petting room in Dayuan village in northern Baiyun, Guangzhou. Besides letting visitors spend time with its cats, the shop sells kittens, grooms cats and dogs, prepares cats for shows and sells pet supplies, so it works more like a breeder's shop than a cafe. Visitors interested in a kitten can meet the cats in the room first.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Zhao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​⁠Chai Ju is a dog and cat cafe on the second floor of the Junyihui building at 38 Xihu Road, opposite the Dafo Temple near the Beijing Road shopping street in Yuexiu, Guangzhou, by exit E of Gongyuanqian station. The dogs are mainly Shiba Inus and corgis, with huskies and Samoyeds, and the shop also has cats and an alpaca. Each cat wears a name tag, and a wall chart shows which cats like being stroked and which are best left alone. Visits have cost about 70 yuan per person.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌⁠de Shijie (Cat World) is a cat-petting room at 11 Niuligang South Street in northern Tianhe, Guangzhou, beside the Niuligang bus stop. The owners breed from their own cats, so there are usually kittens among the cats visitors can hold and play with. It is one of the cheaper cat rooms in the city, and entry deals of under 10 yuan have been sold.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Ye ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​⁠Haha is a dog and cat cafe themed on Samoyeds and huskies at 80 Tianhe South 1st Road in Tianhe, Guangzhou, above the Lishanghuang chestnut shop and a short walk from Tiyu Xilu station. The dogs, including Samoyeds, huskies, Alaskan malamutes and a black Labrador, have their own floor, and the floor above is given over to the cats. Drinks are served. The street has several other cat cafes. Visits have cost about 75 yuan per person.

Guangzhou, Guangdong

Catch ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌⁠Cats Cafe (Mi Le Ge Mao) is a cat cafe on the second floor of Building B at the Zhuoyi Science and Innovation Park on Nanda Trunk Road in Nancun, Panyu, about 130 metres from exit C of Yuangang station on Metro Line 7; the lift is beside the Wumutian Chaozhou restaurant. The room is well ventilated and kept clean, and the cats come in many breeds. Visitors choose a package that includes a drink, and staff explain the house rules first. The cafe was earlier in Nanpu.