Cat Cafes in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​⁠Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on Island Avenue at Third Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego near Petco Park. Opened in January 2015, it was the first cat cafe in Southern California. The front counter serves espresso and coffee from Café Virtuoso and pastries from Bread & Cie, and the coffee shop and patio are open to everyone. The cats live in a separate lounge, and they are adoptable rescues from The Rescue House, a local nonprofit, with adoption handled through the rescue's application process. Lounge visits are one-hour sessions booked in advance, with a food or drink item included, and walk-ins are taken when space allows. Children must be at least six to enter the cat room, and staff explain the house rules, including not picking up the cats. Memberships and gift cards are also sold.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

San Diego, California

Whiskers ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌⁠& Wine is a cat cafe and bar on Adams Avenue at the northern edge of North Park, San Diego, opened in 2020. Unlike most cat cafes it has a full kitchen and bar, serving flatbreads, small plates, local craft beer, wine and cat-themed cocktails that guests can take into the lounge. The space is on two levels and includes a rooftop catio where the cats roam in the open air. More than 20 adoptable cats from North Park Cat Rescue live there, and adoptions are arranged through the rescue's application. Entry is charged per person, reservations are recommended for evenings and weekends, walk-ins are taken when there is room, and the lounge is for ages 12 and up. Cat yoga runs on most Saturday and Sunday mornings, there is a weekday happy hour, and the cafe hosts paint nights and other events. It is closed on Mondays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended