Cat Cafes in Gujarat

Vadodara, Gujarat

Escape by the Portal is a board game cafe with a cat cafe section on Vasna-Bhayli Main Road in Bhayli, Vadodara, in The Food Castle building beside the Nayara petrol pump. It describes itself as the city's first cat cafe and first dedicated board game cafe. The cat area opened in mid-2026 and is home to a small group of rescued cats, which are vaccinated and looked after by the owners, and the cafe rehomes cats through its own adoption process. Visitors pay to spend time with the cats and are asked to call ahead to visit the cat area. The rest of the venue has more than 60 board games, VR games, an open terrace, a private party room and a menu of coffee, burgers, pasta and snacks, and it hosts game nights, open mics, comedy and music jams. It opens in the evenings and is closed on Mondays.

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Surat, Gujarat

Whisker's Pet Cafe is a pet cafe on the second floor of the KBC 2 building near Gajera Compound in Mota Varachha, Surat. It opened in September 2026. Several resident cats share the space with the cafe's dogs and puppies, and visitors can sit with the animals while they have a coffee or a meal. The menu centres on specialty coffee, including an espresso tonic, along with brownies and other cafe food. It stays open late every day, past midnight. The cafe has not published a visit fee, the number of cats or where they come from, so it is worth calling ahead before a first visit.