Cat Cafes in Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland, Florida

Purrology ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​⁠Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on South Florida Avenue in south Lakeland, opened in September 2022 as the first cat cafe in Polk County. It combines a drinks counter with a separate cage-free cat lounge where visitors spend time with rescued cats and kittens, all of them fixed, vaccinated and microchipped and available for adoption through the rescue partner Cat Haven. Entry to the lounge is charged per person and booked as a reservation, and children one year and younger enter free. Children 14 and under must stay with an adult in the lounge. The cafe side serves coffee, Italian sodas, lemonades and other drinks, and sells cat-themed merchandise. Adoption applications can be submitted online and are reviewed by volunteers. A private room is available for parties. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

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