Cat Cafes in North Sumatra

Medan, North Sumatra

Meow Meow Cafe is a small cat cafe in the J City housing and shophouse complex in Pangkalan Masyhur, Medan Johor, in the south of Medan. Resident cats share the seating area with guests, although many are kept in cages and only a handful are let out to be petted at any one time, and the cats are often asleep in the afternoon. There is no separate entry ticket; every guest orders from a menu of drinks, sweet tea, brownies with ice cream, rice bowls and Western-style dishes, priced above an ordinary cafe. House rules ask guests to keep the noise down and not to go in and out repeatedly. The cafe opens from 12 PM to 9 PM from Tuesday to Friday and from 10 AM to 10 PM at weekends.

Medan, North Sumatra

Medan Pet Cafe is a halal cafe on Jl. Halat in the Medan Area district, in a two-storey building it shares with a pet shop that sells cat and dog food and offers grooming and boarding. The cafe is on the upper floor, where more than ten resident cats roam freely among the tables; a few chinchillas and a chameleon live there too. There is no entry ticket and no time limit: guests simply order from the menu, with a minimum spend of around 50,000 IDR per table as of 2026, and a 5% service charge is added to the bill. The kitchen serves coffee, other drinks and dishes such as fried rice and rice bowls. Visitors may not bring their own pets into the cafe. The cafe opens daily, from 10:30 AM to 8 PM on weekdays and 11:30 AM to 9 PM at weekends.

• Walk-ins welcome

Medan, North Sumatra

Gatto Cat & Antique Doll Cafe is a themed cafe on Jl. Gunung Seulawah in Glugur Darat, East Medan, opened in September 2025. It is split into two spaces: a cat room and a room displaying more than 200 antique dolls, most of them German porcelain dolls, alongside replicas of Annabelle and Chucky. Most of the furniture is antique too. The owner, who also runs a pet shop, keeps a group of pedigree cats here, mainly Maine Coons and Persians plus Munchkins, which are tame and used to being petted. In 2025 a surcharge of about 30,000 IDR was added per bill rather than per person. The menu covers coffee, tea and signature drinks with Indonesian dishes such as pecel, priced at roughly 20,000 to 30,000 IDR. It opens daily, from 9 AM to 9 PM on weekdays and 10 AM to 10 PM at weekends.