Cat Cafes in Nanjing, Jiangsu

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Chun ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌⁠Zhen Coffee is a coffee shop and cat room on the ninth floor of Building 1 at the Xinghuo E-Fang office park on Xinghuo Road in the Jiangbei New Area of Nanjing. A small group of cats, mostly Exotic Shorthairs, lives in the bright room with floor-to-ceiling windows. Visitors pay an entry package that includes coffee and cake, and the kitchen also serves bagels, desserts and set meals.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Da ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌⁠Shu de Hua Mao (Uncle's Calico) is a ground-floor cat cafe on Tongwei Road beside Gate 3 of Nanjing Agricultural University in Xuanwu, Nanjing. The sunny room has wooden floors and friendly cats, including a ginger cat that greets visitors, and the owner explains each cat's temperament. Freshly made coffee and desserts are included with entry, cat wands and grooming brushes are free to use, and there are sinks and disinfectant for washing hands before and after petting the cats.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

This ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​⁠One More Time cat cafe is at the cinema entrance on the fifth floor of the Huacai Tiandi mall in the Hexi area of Jianye, Nanjing. One More Time is a chain of cat cafes, several of them inside cinemas. Many cats, including Ragdolls, share the room with sofa seating, and staff explain each cat's personality and help with photos. Visits are sold as packages that include a drink.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

This ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​⁠One More Time cat cafe is inside the CGV cinema on the third and fourth floors of the Jingfeng Center on Shuanglong Avenue in the Baijiahu area of Jiangning, Nanjing. The room is spacious and suits groups. Staff disinfect visitors at the door and hand out aprons to keep fur off clothes, and visits have no time limit.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​⁠Mi Ri Ji (Cat Diary) is a courtyard cat cafe in a quiet lane off Mingyang Street in Qinhuai, Nanjing, opposite the Shuangtang subdistrict community centre. More than 40 cats move freely between an indoor room of over 100 square metres and two private courtyards with plants and a small pond. The owner introduces each cat by name, and lint rollers and disinfectant are provided. The menu includes coffee such as an osmanthus latte, and desserts like tiramisu. Closed on Tuesdays.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

MOCHA ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌⁠is a cat cafe inside the Laomendong historic quarter in Qinhuai, Nanjing, behind the Chayan Yuese tea shop and opposite the west gate of the Jinling Art Museum. The cats are of many breeds, and each has a name card describing its personality. Entry includes self-service coffee and drinks, Nintendo Switch games are free to play, and students get a discount. Visitors wash their hands before touching the cats and are asked not to pick them up by force.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Purrpurr ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​⁠is a cat cafe on the third floor of Jinchuang Book City, a large independent bookshop on Zhujiang Road in Xuanwu, Nanjing. A coffee area with comfortable seats and big windows sits at the entrance, and a modest number of clean, calm cats live in the room beyond, gentle enough for children.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Conglin ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌⁠Miao Wu, also called Mao Mao Da Gong Ji (Cats at Work), is a cat cafe and cat-themed guesthouse in the Wangyuan homestay village at Shinian Village in Lukou, Jiangning, a short drive from Nanjing Lukou International Airport. The entrance is marked by a blue mural of cats and fish. Day visitors can spend time with the cats over coffee, and guests can stay overnight with them. Open Wednesday to Sunday afternoons.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

You ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠Qian (Rich Cat) Cafe opened in April 2024 in the shops of the Vanke Jiuduhui residential complex on Minhe Road, near Nanjing South Railway Station in Yuhuatai. The bright, spacious room leaves plenty of space for the cats to move around, and staff ask visitors to disinfect their hands and explain the house rules at the door. Closed on Mondays.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Wo ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌⁠Wo Li is a pet-friendly courtyard restaurant in Pancheng village in the Jiangbei New Area of Nanjing, where more than 20 cats and six dogs live in the garden among the tables. It serves barbecue, including whole roast lamb, suckling pig, chicken and ribs, as well as hotpot, coffee, afternoon tea and tea brewed over a charcoal stove, and it hosts group outings. Visitors can pet the animals while they eat.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Qi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌⁠Miao Wu Yu is a cat cafe in an office unit at Leji Plaza on Suojie in the Hexi area of Jianye, Nanjing. More than a dozen cats live here, including Ragdolls and American Shorthairs, and the cat area is separated from the coffee area. Drinks include a latte with milk foam shaped like a paw, served with cakes such as Basque cheesecake.

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Spring ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌⁠Wild is a Samoyed-themed dog cafe with a cat room on the 30th floor of the Nanjing International Trade Center on Zhongshan East Road, above the Xinbai department store at Xinjiekou in Qinhuai, Nanjing. Several Samoyeds and other dogs share the space with a group of cats, and separate tickets are sold for time with the dogs and with the cats. Take lift 3 to the 30th floor.