Cat Cafes in Qingdao, Shandong

Qingdao, Shandong

Haibian ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌⁠de Mao he Kafeiguan (The Cat by the Sea and the Cafe) is a small cat cafe run by a couple in a courtyard house opposite the north gate of Xiaoyushan Park in Qingdao's old town, a short walk from the seafront and Lu Xun Park. It has been open for about ten years. The garden is full of plants and cat-themed decorations and wooden cat houses, and the cats move between the cosy indoor room and a small terrace. Coffee comes with cat latte art, and cheesecake is the usual pairing. Fushan Branch Road is one-way, so drivers have to loop round via Fushan Road.

Qingdao, Shandong

Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠Bu Li is a cat cafe and Ragdoll cattery in a street-front shop on Zhoukou Road in Shibei District, Qingdao, known nationally through its Bilibili channel, which has more than 1.6 million followers. Around 70 cats live here, most of them Ragdolls. The entry ticket includes a drink and a bag of cat treats, and the cats crowd round as soon as visitors sit down. Shoes go into a shoe-cover machine at the door and hands are disinfected. Cats wearing a collar can be grumpy and should be touched with care. The cafe does not admit visitors under 16 and is closed on Tuesdays.

Qingdao, Shandong

Gou ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​⁠Bu Li Mao is a cat and dog cafe in a street-front shop on the Taidong 3rd Road pedestrian street, Qingdao's busy shopping and night-market district in Shibei. The resident cats and dogs greet visitors at the door and mingle freely in the spacious room, and staff show newcomers how to hold the animals calmly and help coax them into photos. Visitors order coffee, milkshakes or other drinks. The shop also offers pet grooming.

Qingdao, Shandong

Yi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌⁠Tang is a coffee bar and pub with a green courtyard on Laiyang Road in Qingdao's old town, near the Navy Museum and the Zhanqiao pier, steps from Laiyang Road metro station. Several rescued street cats live at the cafe and are well fed and easy to stroke, so many visitors come to sit with them over coffee or tea. Pour-over coffee and desserts are served by day and drinks in the evening. Parking nearby is scarce at mealtimes.

Qingdao, Shandong

Liuyue ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌⁠is a cat cafe attached to a British Shorthair cattery, in a shopfront in a residential block on Yan'an Yi Road near the Taidong pedestrian street in Shibei, Qingdao. Besides British Shorthairs in silver shaded and blue, the cats include Devon Rex and ginger cats, and they are calm and used to being stroked. Cats are sold, and the shop also stocks cat food and supplies. Packages cover time with the cats with or without a drink, and include cat treats and teaser toys. Weekend afternoons are busy.

Qingdao, Shandong

Wangyu ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌⁠is a cat cafe that has operated since 2016 on Dexian Road in Qingdao's old town, near Guanhai Hill and a short walk from the Zhongshan Road shopping street and St. Michael's Cathedral in Shinan. The menu runs from coffee to steak, pasta and grilled skewers. Several resident cats, including Ragdolls, a Maine Coon, silver shaded British Shorthairs and a shy ginger cat, roam the quiet room, and staff introduce each one by name.

Qingdao, Shandong

Mimile ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌⁠is a small cafe known for its short-legged Munchkin cats, on Daxue Road in Shinan, the photogenic old street by the Yushan campus of Ocean University of China. Each cat has a name and its own personality, and a large ginger cat is a regular lap-sitter. The owners serve coffee, Basque cheesecake and simple dishes, and sometimes take guests into the back yard to feed the cats.

Qingdao, Shandong

Yi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​⁠Shu Miao Sheng is a cat cafe serving afternoon tea on the Leke Golden Street pedestrian strip north of the Leke City mall, near Xiazhuang Road and Weike Plaza in Licang, Qingdao. A drink order covers an afternoon with the cats, which are well groomed and friendly, and the owner will introduce them and bring them over. The upstairs window seats look out over the street.

Qingdao, Shandong

Cafe ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​⁠de Dari is a two-storey cat cafe and bar on the street-front behind the Xincheng Wuyue Plaza mall in Huangdao, on Qingdao's West Coast, opposite the car park entrance. Cats can be seen through the front windows, and there are more of them upstairs, in a range of breeds that are used to visitors. Each person orders at least one drink or dessert, and the cafe serves coffee, sparkling drinks, desserts and alcohol until midnight.

Qingdao, Shandong

Chai ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​⁠Yuan Gun Gun is a Shiba Inu-themed pet cafe on the tenth floor of Tower B of the Wanda business building at the CBD Wanda Plaza in Shibei, Qingdao. Separate cat and dog rooms are covered by one ticket, so visitors can move between a room of cats and a pack of food-loving Shiba Inus. Guests sanitise their hands and wear shoe covers. Tiramisu and coffee are served, and the cafe also has perler bead crafts and video games, which makes it popular with families.

Qingdao, Shandong

Let's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌⁠Coffee is a coffee shop with resident cats in Building 22 of the Qingdao National Advertising Industrial Park on Changcheng Road in Chengyang, a converted creative park that hosts the district's coffee festival. Ragdolls and British Shorthairs wander among the tables, and a large ginger cat likes to settle on laps. Packages include a basic drink and time with the cats, and lint rollers are provided at the door.

Qingdao, Shandong

RED ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​⁠Coffee is a large cafe on the ground floor of the Hongshulin (Mangrove Tree) resort town on Binhai Avenue on Qingdao's West Coast, near the resort's chapel and seafront square. Inside the 1,500-square-metre cafe, a glass-walled cat room with wooden climbing frames lets guests watch the cats from their tables or go in to play with them, and staff look after the cats. The cat room opened in 2021, and the cafe serves coffee and desserts.