Cat Cafes in Shandong

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.

Jiaozhou, Shandong

Miao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌⁠Wu is a small cat cafe and craft studio on Dongguan Golden Street in the Zhongyang Gongyuan (Central Park) development, about 150 metres west of the Fuzhou Road junction in central Jiaozhou. The room is decorated almost entirely in pink, down to the sofas, tables and hanging basket chairs. The resident cats include a seal-point Siamese, long-haired Ragdolls and silver shaded British Shorthairs that are used to being handled. Visitors order drinks and can combine time with the cats with DIY craft sessions, which makes it popular with families with children.

Jinan, Shandong

K161 ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌⁠is a long-running cat cafe at No. 61 Furong Street, the crowded old-town snack street between Quancheng Square and Daming Lake in Lixia, Jinan. The cafe sits behind a wooden door down a narrow side lane, and the quiet, spacious rooms contrast with the busy street outside. About 20 cats live there, and the cat area is partitioned off, so guests who are wary of cats or come with small children can sit outside it. Visitors order coffee, tea or waffles, and staff introduce the cats and their temperaments.

Jinan, Shandong

Cat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠Nap Coffee, also signed Qianmeng Mao Yu, is a cat and dog cafe upstairs from the Hongjitang ejiao shop at the edge of the Kuanhouli pedestrian street, near Quancheng Road in central Jinan. Cats of many breeds share the space with a few dogs, and staff explain each cat's personality and ask guests not to touch tails. Visitors order a drink or dessert such as tiramisu, and the cafe also runs craft activities like painting plaster figurines, which is popular with children.

Jinan, Shandong

Milk ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​⁠Cat is a cat cafe on the Lushang Changchunteng commercial street on Daxue Road in the Changqing University Town, south-west of central Jinan. The bright corner room has floor-to-ceiling windows and separate areas for the cats, board games, video games and selfies. The cats include Maine Coons, Ragdolls, Siamese, Bengals and silver shaded British Shorthairs; kittens, such as Minuet short-legged cats, are also offered for sale. Guests sanitise their hands and wear shoe covers. A day ticket includes drinks and snacks along with board games, a Switch, an arcade machine and a shelf of manga.

Jinan, Shandong

ICE ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌⁠Goubuli is a dog and cat cafe on the third floor of a building on Xianxi Lane, the old-town lane west of Quancheng Square in Lixia, Jinan; a lift next to the Sixiju restaurant goes straight up. Visitors pay for time with the resident dogs and cats, and the decorated room is used as a photo backdrop.

Jinan, Shandong

Xiaomao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌⁠Jianghu is a stray-cat cafe on the third floor beside the south gate archway of the Kuanhouli pedestrian street in central Jinan; the stairs are to the right of the Chengji rice cake shop. The cats are rescued street cats from the group's own rescue base, which has taken in well over a hundred cats, and they are put up for adoption. The cats are friendly and play with visitors' shoelaces, and staff know each one by name.

• Adoptable cats

Jinan, Shandong

Qingyi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌⁠is a small cat cafe in Room 3126 of Building 3 in the China Resources Center office complex beside the Mixc mall on Yaojia East Road in eastern Lixia, Jinan, near the Olympic Sports Center area. Visitors order a drink and spend time with the resident cats.

Jinan, Shandong

Yi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​⁠Bei Mao is a cat cafe on the second floor of the Me Too Mitao department store in the Sanqing Youth City development at Ziwei Road and Zhangheng Road, in the Changqing University Town south-west of central Jinan. Visitors order drinks and spend time with the resident cats.

Jinan, Shandong

Zhen ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​⁠Mo Pai is a Japanese-style cat cafe combined with a self-service photo studio in Room 1108 of the Rongji Business Building in Licheng, Jinan. The photo area has themed sets, lighting and props, and a separate cat room houses show-quality Ragdolls and Maine Coons that are friendly with visitors. The photo studio and the cat room are ticketed separately.

Jinan, Shandong

Chunri ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌⁠Shiguang is a cat cafe combined with a Japanese and Korean-style self-portrait photo studio on the fifth floor of Tower A of the Shimao International Plaza offices, next to the Kuanhouli pedestrian street in central Jinan. The entrance is outside the mall: turn right after Gate 4 by the Chow Tai Fook shop and enter beside the convenience store. Visitors can spend time with the cats and book photo sessions.

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.