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Cat Cafes in Florida
There are 34 cat cafes in Florida.
Kitty Cat Lounge
Lakeland, Florida
Kitty Cat Lounge is a mid-century modern cat cafe on East Orange Street near downtown Lakeland, run by former newspaper photographer Cindy Skop. The front of the house is set up as a retro living and dining room where anyone can stay as long as they like with coffee from a local roaster, juices, teas, pastries, cheesecakes, bagels and savory items, all sourced from local businesses, plus board games, puzzles and books. The cats live in a separate room with its own ventilation, and time with them is charged per person for 30 minutes or an hour. Reservations are not required, and children three and under enter free. The cats are adoptable and come from Saving Paws Rescue of Florida. The lounge also has free community pantries, an art wall of local work for sale, and hosts book clubs, trivia, crafts and drag shows.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome
Coastal Cat Cafe
Pensacola, Florida
Coastal Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on West Garden Street, just west of downtown Pensacola, and the city's first. It opened in December 2023 after a Kickstarter campaign by founder Adrienne Brynteson. The front of the shop sells coffee, tea, sodas, local pastries and snacks, along with cat merchandise and treats for the cats, and a separate lounge holds a room full of adoptable cats and kittens. Visits to the lounge are 45-minute sessions for guests aged six and up, paid in advance online, and everyone signs a waiver. Reservations are not required but are strongly recommended, and walk-ins are not accepted once the last session of the day has emptied. Every cat can be adopted, and the cafe passed 500 adoptions in 2026. It runs a busy events calendar with cat yoga, paint nights, trivia and crafts for children. It is closed on Mondays.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
Salty Cat Cafe
Panama City, Florida
Salty Cat Cafe is the cat lounge of Salty Cats Rescue, a volunteer rescue for abandoned and feral cats, in a mural-painted building on Bayview Avenue in the St. Andrews area of Panama City. It is less a cafe than a rescue's adoption house: visitors pass a small gift shop and spend an hour in a large snuggle room with the rescue's cats and kittens, many of them teenagers and adults, plus an outdoor area. Sessions are paid by the hour and can be booked online or taken as a walk-in. All the cats are available for adoption through the rescue, and the founder matches adopters with suitable cats. The fees go to the cats' food and veterinary care. It opens in the afternoons from Tuesday to Saturday, with a later session on Wednesdays.
- Adoptable cats
Purradise Springs Cat Sanctuary
Fort White, Florida
Purradise Springs is a free-roaming cat sanctuary and private retreat on a nine-acre rural property in Fort White, a few minutes from Ichetucknee Springs State Park in Columbia County. It is run by Denise and Thom Howard through their nonprofit Purrapy Inc. and is home to more than 150 cats, mostly abused, abandoned and legacy adult cats, with no kittens or unneutered cats. The sanctuary funds itself by renting out four air-conditioned glamping tents on Airbnb, so guests can stay overnight among the cats, and some visitors use a stay to bond with a cat before adopting. It is a private property rather than a drop-in venue, and visits have to be arranged in advance or booked as a stay. The owners warn that a working sanctuary has smells and mess, so it suits committed cat lovers.
- Adoptable cats
PURe JOY Cat Cafe
Daytona Beach, Florida
PURe JOY Cat Cafe is a nonprofit cat adoption lounge and gift shop on Beville Road in Daytona Beach, run by father and son Frank Lund and Isaac Morden, who has Down syndrome. It opened in May 2024 with the aim of creating jobs for people with special needs as well as finding homes for rescue cats. Visitors pay an entrance donation for the cat lounge, which includes a drink and a prepackaged cookie, and the kitten room is included in the same visit in kitten season. Appointments are made online, and walk-ins are taken only when there is space. The gift shop, with cat and beach-themed merchandise, is open to everyone. All the cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption, which is done through an application. Hours are short and vary by day.
- Adoptable cats
The Kitty Cup
Port St Lucie, Florida
The Kitty Cup is a cat cafe on SW Gatlin Boulevard in Port St. Lucie and the only cat cafe on the Treasure Coast. It opened in June 2024, started by a local family who had fostered cats and left accounting to open it. The cafe serves coffee, tea, wine, beer, pastries and snacks, and a ten-foot viewing window lets guests with allergies watch the cats from their table. In the separate cat room, visitors book 30-minute or one-hour sessions and can bring their food and drinks in. Reservations are strongly recommended, walk-ins depend on space, and the cat room is for ages five and up, with one adult for every two children aged five to 12. The cats come from the Humane Society of St. Lucie County and the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, and adoptions are arranged at the cafe. It also hosts bingo and yoga nights.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
Whiskers Workspace
St Petersburg, Florida
Whiskers Workspace is a coworking and meeting space with adoptable cats on Central Avenue in west St. Petersburg, on the second floor of 4699 Central Ave. Its main cat room, Whiskers Oasis, works as a cat lounge: visitors pay by the hour to relax, read or do light work with the resident cats, and walk-ins are accepted when space allows, although booking an hour or two ahead is recommended. All the cats come from CJPaws, a foster-based St. Petersburg cat rescue, and can be adopted. The building also has a coworking room that includes an hour in the cat lounge, two small private rooms shared with calm cats, and cat-free rooms for focused work and meetings on the ground floor. Weekly kitty yoga with a sound bath runs on Fridays, and during yoga classes lounge guests use another room with cats. The space opened in 2024.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
Cara's Cat Cafe
Destin, Florida
Cara's Cat Cafe is Destin's first cat cafe, a restaurant-style cafe with a separate cat lounge off Furling Lane, a short drive inland from the beaches. The cafe side serves coffee, matcha, brunch and lunch dishes such as paninis, salads, acai bowls and pizza, with vegan options, and needs no booking. A wall of windows looks into the lounge, which has its own air conditioning, so diners can watch the cats without going in. Lounge visits are charged per person per hour, with a shorter half-hour option, and are open to guests aged 10 and up only. Each guest needs an individual reservation made online, and walk-ins are taken when there is space. All the cats come from the local rescues 30A Cats and S.O.C.K.S. and can be adopted, with the full adoption fee going to the rescue.
- Adoptable cats
Katy's Cat Cafe
Sarasota, Florida
Katy's Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Boulevard of the Arts in Sarasota's Rosemary District, a few blocks north of downtown, founded by Katy Morano after a crowdfunding campaign and opened in 2025. The cafe serves organic coffee, tea, mocktails, gelato and pastries from local businesses, and entering the cat lounge is optional. Lounge admission is a single day ticket with no time limit and no reservations, subject to capacity, so guests can stay to work, read or play board games with the cats around them. There is a student discount and a discount on Fridays, and monthly memberships give unlimited access. Everyone signs a waiver, children under 14 need an adult, and children five and under enter free. The cats come from local shelters and can be adopted through Katy's Cat Charity Co., the nonprofit that runs the lounge. It hosts cat yoga, art shows and other events.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome
Central Purr Cat Cafe
Panama City Beach, Florida
Central Purr is a nonprofit cat cafe on US 98 (Panama City Beach Parkway) in the middle of Panama City Beach, close to the beach accesses, mini golf and go-kart tracks. It opened in March 2026 and is run by volunteers. The cafe side sells cold lattes, coffee, drinks, chips, cookies and desserts, and a separate lounge holds around ten to fifteen adoptable cats that roam freely. Visits are paid by time: one-hour sessions are booked online and strongly recommended, while shorter 30-minute visits are for walk-ins when there is space. All ages are welcome, and children aged two and under enter free. Every cat in the lounge can be adopted, and the cafe also takes volunteers to help care for the cats. It opens in the afternoons and is closed on Wednesdays.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
Maine Coon Manor Cat Cafe
Kissimmee, Florida
Maine Coon Manor Cat Cafe is a large cat cafe on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway (US 192) in Kissimmee, in the tourist corridor next to Old Town. Opened in early 2026, it pairs a coffee shop serving specialty drinks and pastries with ticketed cat lounges. One lounge is home to the cafe's own resident cats, mostly Maine Coons along with other pedigree breeds such as Sphynx and Scottish Folds, which are not for adoption. A separate adoption room holds rescued cats and kittens taken from high-kill shelters through local rescue organizations, and these can be adopted. Lounge visits are timed sessions of just under an hour, and everyone aged three and over needs a ticket bought in advance; a waiver is required. The cafe is closed on Mondays and stays open later on Saturdays. Proceeds are meant to fund a future cat sanctuary.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking required
Fables & Fur
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Fables & Fur is a cat cafe and fantasy bookstore on State Road 436 in Altamonte Springs, about half a mile west of Interstate 4 and roughly ten miles north of downtown Orlando. The cafe counter and the bookshop, which stocks only fantasy, romantasy and related genres alongside goods from local makers, are open to everyone without a booking. The cat lounge is a separate room that needs a reservation, although walk-ins are accepted when there is space. The resident cats are adoptable through Cats-Can, a Seminole County rescue, and staff can help with the adoption process during a visit. The lounge closes for a cat nap each afternoon from about 3 PM to 4 PM. The business hosts book events and offers memberships, accepts cards only, and is closed on Wednesdays.
- Adoptable cats
Check each cafe's website for current hours, booking requirements and age restrictions before visiting.