Cat Cafes in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Do

Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Do

Cafe GoEat is a brunch cafe and cat cafe in Idong, Nam-gu, Pohang, beside Idong Hot Spring and opposite a Lotteria. Visitors enter through the brunch cafe on the second floor and take the inside stairs to the cat room on the third floor. The owners describe it as a space for bonding with cats rather than an animal experience venue, and ask that sleeping cats are not woken; on days when the cats are tired there may be unannounced breaks. Socks must be worn. Admission is charged by age, with adults and teenagers paying least, and babies up to 12 months enter free; children must be accompanied. Reservations are taken by phone with a deposit and are recommended at weekends. Paid public parking is two minutes away. It is closed on Mondays.

Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Do

Ichungjip Goyangi (Second-Floor House Cat) is one of Pohang's oldest cat cafes, operating since at least 2016 and now on the second floor of a building in Sangdo-dong, Nam-gu, about 100 metres down the alley between Tous les Jours and Joeun Animal Hospital at the Ssangyong junction. Many of the resident cats are older cats that have lived here for years, and the cafe says it is run around the cats' needs. Admission is charged per person with drinks extra, and it is a no-kids zone for children under 10. The cafe also offers cat boarding and grooming without anaesthesia. Free weekend parking is available at the Sangdo public car park. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Do

Catnap & Reborn combines Reborn Sikdang, a casual restaurant using ingredients from Jukdo Market, with a cat book room where resident cats live, in an alley by the entrance to the market's fourth public car park in Buk-gu, Pohang, next to the Odagada guesthouse. The book room is a quiet space for doing nothing much with the cats, stocked with books and comics, board games, drawing and colouring books, a piano and a ukulele, with a self-service pour-over coffee set. Food and drinks from the restaurant can be taken up. The room can be used on its own with a Naver reservation or paid for on arrival; entry is by unstaffed kiosk, and booked guests receive instructions by text. Visitors with cat allergies should take care.