Cat Cafes in Russia

Murom, Vladimir Oblast

Doroga Domoy ("The Way Home") is a rescue zoo cafe on Kommunisticheskaya Ulitsa in central Murom, run by the local animal welfare charity of the same name. Cats are the largest group of residents, alongside dogs, rabbits, squirrels and a raccoon, and the charity has sheltered more than a hundred homeless animals. Visitors can stroke and play with the cats, walk the dogs, drink tea or coffee with sweets, play from a collection of more than 70 board games or use an Xbox. Entry is by donation rather than a fixed fee, as the cafe is not run as a commercial venue. Any of the animals can be adopted, and the charity also cares for disabled cats that need long-term support. The cafe is open every day and hosts community events for children and adults.

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Gus Khrustalny, Vladimir Oblast

Kotiki i Kofe ("Cats and Coffee") is a cat cafe on the ground floor of a building in the Mikrorayon district of Gus-Khrustalny. Opened in July 2025 by local volunteers, it is the town's first cat cafe and was set up to tackle the problem of homeless cats. Rescued cats live in the cafe, where visitors can drink coffee, play with them and watch how they behave, and anyone who finds a cat they want to adopt is helped with the paperwork by the volunteers. The cafe shares before-and-after stories of cats it has nursed back to health. Opening hours vary through the week, with shorter afternoon hours on Thursdays and Fridays and at weekends.

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Yaroslavl

Kofeteriy is a cat anticafe on Respublikanskaya Ulitsa in central Yaroslavl, by the Respublikanskaya stop. Opened in 2016 as the first cat cafe in the city, it keeps no more than about 15 cats at a time so the rooms stay calm, and the cafe shares daily stories of its residents. Visitors pay for their time, and tea, coffee and biscuits are included; guests can play board games or read. Changing into indoor shoes is required. The cafe sells its own merchandise, including cat keyrings, badges, postcards with Yaroslavl landmarks, handmade soft toys and wooden cat beds, and runs drawing workshops and children's competitions. It is open every day, and the entrance has a ramp.

Tambov

Koteykino is a cat anticafe on Sovetskaya Ulitsa in Tambov's Oktyabrsky district, in the 1000 Kvartir residential complex. Opened in March 2025 as the city's first cat cafe, it was founded by Marina Lukyanova with cats from Tambov shelters and has since rehomed more than 40 of them. Around 15 cats live there; each is tested, vaccinated, treated for parasites and sterilised before moving in. Adoption involves an interview, and adopters must have their own home and keep the cat indoors. Visitors pay for the first hour and then by the minute, with higher weekend rates, and tea, coffee and sweets are included. The cafe runs workshops, art therapy sessions, book evenings, small concerts and group singing, and sells cat-themed souvenirs and postcards.

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Lipetsk

Murgrad is a cat time-cafe on Pervomayskaya Ulitsa in Lipetsk, the larger of the two branches of the city's first cat cafe, which opened in 2020. The cats come from Lipetsk shelters and volunteers, and any of them can be adopted after an interview with a curator; more than 130 have found homes. Visitors pay by length of stay, from half an hour to a full day, and drinks and snacks are included. This branch has more than 150 board games and an Xbox, hosts Friday game nights, Dungeons & Dragons sessions, workshops, talks and birthday parties, and can be used as a coworking space. Guests take off their shoes and wear disposable socks, wash their hands, and may not pick up or hold the cats; children under 14 must come with a parent. Opening times change often and are posted on the cafe's Telegram channel.

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Lipetsk

Murgrad on Ulitsa Vodopyanova is the second branch of Lipetsk's first cat cafe, located behind the Ulitsa Smurgisa stop in the Oktyabrsky district. Like the main branch on Pervomayskaya, it is a time-cafe where cats from local shelters and volunteers wait for new families, and visitors can adopt a cat after an interview with its curator; the cafe has rehomed more than 130 cats since 2020. Visitors pay by length of stay, from half an hour to a full day, at slightly lower prices than the main branch, with drinks and snacks included. Board games are available. Guests wear disposable socks, wash their hands and may not pick up or hold the cats, and children under 14 must come with a parent. Opening times change often and are posted on the cafe's Telegram channel.

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Saint Petersburg

Respublika Koshek is a cat cafe on Ulitsa Yakubovicha in the Admiralteysky District of Saint Petersburg, close to St Isaac's Square and between Admiralteyskaya and Sadovaya metro stations. Opened in 2011, it is the first cat cafe in Russia and a city branch of the Cat Museum in Vsevolozhsk. Around 25 cats of more than a dozen breeds live here, including cats from the Hermitage, and many of the cats are offered for adoption. Visits are booked in advance and charged per hour; the entry ticket includes a token that can be exchanged for a coffee, a fruit drink or a souvenir. Children under 14 must come with an adult. Besides the cat room there is a cafe, a library of books about cats, an exhibition space and a souvenir shop.

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Saint Petersburg

Soulmate is a time-cafe with cats on the Fontanka Embankment in central Saint Petersburg, near Lomonosov Square and within walking distance of Dostoyevskaya and Gostiny Dvor metro stations. Open since 2016, it is home to rescued cats from the Ostrovok shelter, all of which can be adopted, and more than 140 cats have found homes through the cafe and its second branch on Ulitsa Kuybysheva. Visitors pay by the minute, with tea, coffee and biscuits included and no minimum stay; there is no kitchen, but guests may bring their own food or order delivery. The cafe has board games, a games console, books and a piano. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult, and the house rules ask guests not to pick up, feed or wake the cats. Booking is recommended at weekends and on weekday evenings.

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• Booking recommended

Saint Petersburg

Soulmate on Ulitsa Kuybysheva is the second branch of the Soulmate cat cafe, on the Petrograd Side of Saint Petersburg at the corner of Michurinskaya Street, about ten minutes on foot from Gorkovskaya metro station. Like the original cafe on the Fontanka, it works as a time-cafe: visitors pay by the minute and tea, coffee and biscuits are included, with no minimum stay. The cats are rescues from the Ostrovok shelter and all of them can be adopted. The cafe has board games and a games console, and guests can bring their own food or order delivery since there is no kitchen. Children under 14 must come with an adult, and guests are asked not to pick up, feed or wake the cats. The cafe is in a lower-ground-floor space and is open every day.

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• Booking recommended

Saint Petersburg

Gorod Koshek is a cat cafe and open-type shelter on the Admiralty Canal Embankment, next to New Holland Island in the Admiralteysky District of Saint Petersburg. It is the city branch of a project that has rehomed more than 370 cats since 2019 and also runs a cafe in Kudrovo. The cats were homeless, and each one goes through quarantine, vaccination, microchipping and neutering before moving in; all are looking for families, and adoption involves an application and interview. The space is divided by a glass partition into a cafe zone and a cat zone, and guests move freely between them. Visits are paid by time, with a first half-hour charge and a per-minute rate after that. Guests change into slippers and wash their hands before meeting the cats, and children under 14 come with an adult. The project also offers a cat-sitting service.

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• Booking recommended

Kudrovo, Leningrad Oblast

Gorod Koshek in Kudrovo is a loft-style cat cafe and open-type shelter on Stolichnaya Street, just east of Saint Petersburg's city limit. It belongs to a project that has found homes for more than 370 cats since 2019 and also has a branch near New Holland in central Saint Petersburg. The cats were rescued from the street, and each one is quarantined, vaccinated, microchipped and neutered before moving in; all can be adopted after an application and interview. A glass partition separates the cafe area from the cat area, and visitors can move between them freely. Visits are paid by the hour, with a per-minute rate after the first hour. Guests wear slippers and wash their hands, and children under 14 must be accompanied. The entrance is step-free.

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• Booking recommended

Saint Petersburg

Antoshkin Kot is a small cat cafe on Rubinstein Street in central Saint Petersburg, two minutes on foot from Dostoyevskaya and Vladimirskaya metro stations. The entrance is in the second courtyard of number 30, reached from Shcherbakov Lane. All of the cats were once homeless and came through a private foster programme before moving to the cafe, where they wait for new owners, and a wall gallery shows cats that have already been adopted. Visitors can buy a session of 30 minutes, one hour or two hours, or pay by the minute; tea and sweets are included, and guests are asked not to bring their own food. The cafe has board games and is open every day.

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