Cat Cafes in Shanghai

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This ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​⁠branch of the REDOLL cat cafe chain is on the sixth floor of the Cloud Nine (Longzhimeng) shopping mall on Changning Road, above Zhongshan Park station on Metro Lines 2, 3 and 4. REDOLL began as a cattery in 2014 and its cafes are stocked from its own CFA-registered breeding cattery, with breeds such as Maine Coon, Ragdoll, Golden Shaded British Shorthair, Devon Rex, Napoleon and Abyssinian. Visitors put on shoe covers and disinfect their hands, and an entry ticket covers time with the cats. Bead-art (pindou) crafts and cat merchandise are also on offer. Cats are sold here, after staff check the buyer's home and experience.

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Shanghai ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌⁠City Cat Island is the city's stray-cat management and adoption centre, set in a converted former kindergarten inside Shengzhai Park in Gucun, Baoshan, with the main park entrance at Shenglian Road and Taihe West Road. Several hundred neutered and vaccinated former strays live in a free-roaming, cage-free compound of about 1,765 square metres, alongside a care unit for kittens and older cats. Entry is free after registering on site, with a daily visitor limit; a small cat science hall charges a fee that goes to food and neutering. The centre runs adoptions, volunteer days and public education on responsible pet keeping. The second phase is open only to booked workshop groups at weekends.

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Miao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌⁠Le Ge Mi is a cat cafe on the second floor of the Qiyuan Life Plaza on Wenhui Road in Songjiang University Town, reached by the stairs beside the ground-floor tea shops near the exit of the university's third-phase dormitory area. About a dozen cats of different breeds and temperaments live in the room, including British and American Shorthairs. The cafe serves coffee, desserts and light drinks, and doubles as a place to study or play board games while the cats wander between the tables.

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Da ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌⁠Wu Wu is a long-running cat cafe on the ground floor of the Shengui Business Building on Baoyuan Road in Jing'an, close to Dongbaoxing Road station on Line 3 and Hailun Road station on Lines 4 and 10. It has operated for about ten years, first in an office unit upstairs and now in a street-front shop. More than ten cats of different breeds live in the room, along with a pug, and photos of the cats as kittens line the walls. Visitors are given shoe covers and disinfect their hands at the door, then order drinks; the shop shares its space with the Funaunt milk tea and waffle counter.

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Jiangnan ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌⁠Lan Mao is a two-storey riverside cafe and teahouse on Caohe Street in Zhujiajiao ancient water town, Qingpu, reachable from Zhujiajiao station on Line 17. Many resident cats roam both floors and follow guests upstairs to the sofa area by the windows, and a small Pomeranian also lives in the shop. Any purchase allows an unlimited stay with the cats, and staff provide cat treats. The menu covers coffee, pots of tea with refills, cakes and snack platters.

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He ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​⁠Ta Jiao Ge Pengyou is a pet cafe in the Buynow mall on North Caoxi Road in Xujiahui, Xuhui, part of a small Shanghai chain. Dogs of many breeds are the main attraction, and cats live in a separate area, with some reptiles as well. Visitors receive shoe covers and smocks at the door, tableware is disinfected in front of guests, and set meals are served at lunchtime.

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This ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠branch of the He Ta Jiao Ge Pengyou pet cafe chain is on the sixth floor of a building on Daxue Road near Wujiaochang in Yangpu, reached through the doorway beside a Thai restaurant and a lift, near Jiangwan Stadium station on Line 10. Visitors share the space with cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, ducks and reptiles. Disinfectant and animal treats are provided, and drinks are served.

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VR ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌⁠Coffee is a two-floor cat cafe in the Sanxiang Fortune Plaza complex in Songjiang University Town, across from Songjiang University Town station on Line 9; the entrance is behind the orange-red brick building on Meixiang Road. Ragdolls, Maine Coons, Devon Rex and other breeds live here, with the younger cats downstairs and calmer adults upstairs, and each cat has a name card on the wall. Visits are not time-limited, cat treats are sold cheaply, and a VR gaming area offers something else to do. Drinks and light snacks are served.

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CAT ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​⁠MAGIC is a Harry Potter themed cat cafe styled as the Gryffindor common room, up the large outdoor staircase beside an e-sports hotel near Gangcheng New World in Lingang, Pudong. Maine Coons, Ragdolls and other breeds roam a spacious room with sofas and beanbags. Visitors order drinks such as coffee and non-alcoholic butterbeer, and cat food and teaser wands are provided free. A projector and Switch consoles are available, and staff introduce each cat's temperament. Lint rollers and masks are on hand.

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Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌⁠Xiao Qing, also called Mao Xing She, is a large cat cafe on the second floor of the Huijin Center in Nanxiang, Jiading, above the Hema supermarket and about 15 minutes on foot from Nanxiang station on Line 11. Ragdolls, Maine Coons, Devon Rex and other breeds share a roomy space, and staff explain how to handle and approach each cat. Visitors change shoes or wear shoe covers and wash their hands before entering. Drinks and snacks from the shop's own Mao Xiao Qing brand are always available, and the space also has PS5 consoles, board games, karaoke, VR and films.

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Mao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​⁠Shi'er is a cat cafe and teahouse on Nanxiang Old Street in Jiading, beside the Twin Pagodas, reachable from Nanxiang station on Line 11. The two-level building has an outdoor courtyard and coffee area on the ground floor with a separate cat room, and private tea rooms upstairs, with window seats overlooking the old street. Maine Coons, Ragdolls, American Shorthairs and other breeds live in the cat room. Visitors choose a cat-room package with coffee or tea such as Biluochun. It is part of a small chain of garden-style teahouse cat cafes with other shops in Suzhou and Wuxi.

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Lishan ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠Xiaoyuan is a countryside courtyard teahouse in Humin Village, Fengcheng Town, in rural Fengxian. Several cats and dogs live on the premises and keep guests company indoors and in the yard. The house is known for tea brewed around a charcoal stove, with milk tea and snacks, and offers outdoor barbecue and marshmallow toasting; it also serves coffee by day and drinks in the evening. It is a quiet rural spot suited to families and small groups.