Cat Cafes in New York

New York

Koneko Cat Café is a cat café at 26 Clinton Street in New York City’s Lower East Side, where visitors can spend time with adoptable rescue cats from Anjellicle Cats Rescue. Opened in October 2015 as America’s first Japanese-inspired cat café, it features three areas: an upper cattery, a lower cattery, and an outdoor catio, with a total capacity of about 20 cats. Guests aged 8 and up can book hourly sessions for $25, which includes a covered beverage like coffee or tea from the café’s menu of Japanese-inspired snacks and drinks; outside food and drinks (non-alcoholic) are also allowed. The café is open Wednesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with the cattery opening at 11 a.m., and reservations are recommended due to a 15-person limit per session. A live webcam streams the cats online, and the space doubles as a venue for events like movie nights and art exhibitions.

New York

Meow Parlour is a cat café at 43 Essex Street in New York City, where visitors can spend time with adoptable cats from their nonprofit division, Meow Parlour Cats, Inc. It opened in December 2014 as NYC’s first cat café, founded by Christina Ha and Emilie Legrand, and has helped over 2,000 cats find homes since then. Guests aged 9 and up (with adults for those under 18) can book sessions ranging from 30 minutes to five hours for $14-$66, enjoying drinks and cat-themed baked goods from Macaron Parlour, with outside food and non-alcoholic drinks allowed. All cats are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped, and the café is open daily with reservations recommended due to a capacity limit of about 20 people in the lounge. The space also hosts private events for up to 10 guests.