Cat Cafes in Kharkiv Oblast

Kharkiv

Kytsi ta Kava (Cats and Coffee) is a specialty coffee shop and cat cafe on Hudanova Street in central Kharkiv. Opened in 2018 and run with a registered non-profit of the same name, it has kept working through the full-scale war. Around fifteen resident cats move freely around the halls, among them Sphynxes, Persians, a Bengal and ordinary moggies, and staff greet new guests and explain the house rules. There is no separate entry fee, but access to the cats comes with an order at the bar. The menu goes beyond coffee and desserts to all-day breakfasts, quiches and other light dishes. Books, manga, board games and a small laptop-friendly coworking corner make it a place to stay a while, and branded souvenirs are sold. The cafe is for ages 12 and over only, sleeping cats should be left alone, and photos are taken without flash.

Kharkiv

Meowroom (Miaurum) is a charity cat shelter and cat anticafe on Kultury Street in Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi District, run with the BlueCross for Cats foundation. Since the full-scale invasion began in 2022 it has taken in cats from the streets, from combat zones and from people who found animals in trouble, and it now cares for around sixty. Every cat is examined at a partner clinic, quarantined, treated, vaccinated and sterilised before joining the shared room. There is no kitchen or menu: visitors pay for their time with the cats, with tea, coffee and sweets included, and can play board games or work on a laptop. Visits are booked online a day ahead. Children under 12 are not admitted and those aged 12 to 14 need a parent. Street shoes stay at the door, and cats are not picked up against their will. Cats can be adopted or sponsored.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required