Cat Cafes in Hanoi

Hanoi

Quán Kẻ Cót is a traditional tea and coffee house with resident cats, at 17 Ngõ 113 Phố Yên Hòa in Cầu Giấy, Hanoi. It occupies the green front yard and rooms of the owners' family house, furnished rustically with wooden tables, brick walls and calligraphy, and it bills itself as a place for tea, coffee and art. Many of the cats were taken in by the owner from people who could no longer keep them. They are healthy, sleek and lively, roam freely between the garden and the tables, and are not made to entertain guests. There is no entrance fee: guests buy a drink to pet the cats, and cat food is sold cheaply for feeding them. The menu is simple and inexpensive, with pink milk tea, cocoa with pearls, avocado smoothies and bánh mì que. There is a TV room upstairs.

Hanoi

SIPPAWS Coffee is a small cat cafe at 17 Ngõ 29 Phố Khương Hạ in Khương Đình, in the former Thanh Xuân district of Hanoi, which has drawn crowds through its TikTok videos. A group of resident cats lives in the cafe, wandering among the tables or sleeping under the chairs, among them a ginger cat with a chronic sinus condition that staff are happy to explain to visitors. Guests order from a menu of coffee, cold brew and fruit and yogurt drinks at ordinary cafe prices, and the cafe has an instant photo printing booth. A sign asks visitors not to pick up the cats, and staff warn when one is grumpy. The cosy room is small and can feel cramped and warm at busy times, and some visitors have been disappointed to find only one or two cats awake when they arrived.