Cat Cafes in United States

Ocala, Florida

Purrs and Pages is a used bookstore and cat lounge on East Silver Springs Boulevard, just east of downtown Ocala, Florida, and the city's first cat cafe. It opened in June 2026. The front of the shop sells books, many of them cat-themed, along with gifts, pastries and bottled drinks, and visitors can watch the cats from there for free. In the separate cat lounge at the back, guests book timed hangout sessions with around 18 cats, a few permanent residents and the rest adoptable cats from House Meow, a local rescue. Each adoptable cat has a QR code that links to its profile and the adoption application. A waiver and house rules apply in the cat room. The shop also holds cat yoga, meditation, painting nights, bingo and reading events for children, and is open every day.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Naples, Florida

Collier Purr & Play is a free, cage-free cat lounge run by Collier County inside the Exhibit Hall of North Collier Regional Park, off Livingston Road in North Naples. It opened in March 2026 as the county's first cat lounge. Adoptable cats from Collier County Domestic Animal Services and partner rescues live in the room, and visitors spend time relaxing and playing with them while learning how cats communicate and bond. Admission is free. Visits are booked through the county parks reservation system, walk-ins are welcome when there is space, and the room holds about 10 guests at a time. It is open Wednesday to Sunday with a midday break, and Mondays and Tuesdays are used for cleaning and introducing new cats. All the cats can be adopted through the county shelter, and the lounge also hosts Tails and Tales reading sessions where children read to the cats.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Melbourne, Florida

Lily's Kitty Café is the cat cafe of the Brevard Humane Society, set inside its Molly Mutt II Thrift Shop on West New Haven Avenue (US 192) in Melbourne, Florida, across from the golf course. It opened in summer 2026. Visitors book one-hour sessions in a supervised room with adoptable cats from the humane society's adoption program, and they can come simply to relax with the cats as well as to meet a possible new pet. Admission is charged per person, with a discount for Brevard Humane Society members, and the fees support the care and enrichment of the cats. Reservations are required and made online, and spots are limited. Cats can be adopted through the Brevard Humane Society, a nonprofit no-kill shelter founded in 1952, and every purchase in the surrounding thrift shop also supports the shelter.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lazy Cat Lounge is a small coffee shop, gift shop and cat lounge on Merrimack Street in downtown Lowell. Opened in March 2025 as the city's first cat cafe, it has a separate cat room furnished like a Victorian library, where usually 10 to 12 cats live: four permanent residents and adoptable cats from Happy Tails Pet Rescue, which handles adoptions. Cat room time is booked by the hour online, with lower rates for students, seniors and veterans, and walk-ins are taken when there is space. Children under 8 are not allowed in the cat room, which closes daily from 2 to 3 PM so the cats can rest. The cafe serves Atomic Coffee and local baked goods that can be taken in with the cats, and anyone can visit the gift shop and watch through the windows. It also hosts kitty yoga and game nights.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Milford, New Hampshire

Catalino's Cat Lounge & Bookshop is a bookshop with a private cat room on South Street, just off The Oval in downtown Milford, about 10 miles west of Nashua. Opened in summer 2026 by co-owners Trina Catalino and Sean Gatcomb, it sells new and used books, books by local authors, cat-themed titles and handmade gifts, with lounge seating, free Wi-Fi and a small counter serving Kitty Town Coffee, tea and baked treats. The bookshop is free to browse. The cat room is visited in 50-minute sessions for a per-person fee, with up to four guests at a time; children under 4 enter free. Sessions are booked by phone, and there are no bookings between 2 and 3 PM while the room is cleaned and the cats rest. A small group of cats lives in the lounge, and games and coloring supplies are provided in the room.

• Booking required

East Haddam, Connecticut

Two Wrasslin' Cats is a coffee house and cafe in a cobalt blue house from 1784 on Town Street in East Haddam, a few miles from Devil's Hopyard State Park. Opened in 2013 by Mark Thiede, a retired molecular biologist, and named after his cats Bruno and Larry, it serves breakfast, sandwiches, coffee and baked goods in rooms filled with cat art and memorabilia. Six sibling cats adopted by the owner live in a separate cat room that can be seen through glass doors from the cafe. Customers can visit the cats in small groups, about six people at a time, and a donation is requested; on busy days there can be a wait. The cats are residents and are not for adoption. There is outdoor seating, and the cafe is open daily except Tuesday until mid-afternoon.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PURR Cat Café is the adoption lounge of PURR (Philadelphia Urgent Rescue & Relief), an all-volunteer nonprofit cat rescue, on the first floor of a building at the corner of Orthodox and Thompson Streets in Bridesburg, Philadelphia. Visitors book a time to spend with free-roaming adoptable cats and kittens in a home-like lounge with a separate kitten area, comfortable seating and free Wi-Fi. Complimentary drinks and snacks are included with admission. All the cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, tested and microchipped, and every one of them can be adopted through the rescue. The fee supports PURR's medical care, trap-neuter-return work and sanctuary for cats that cannot be placed. The lounge is open Friday to Monday, with reduced prices on Fridays and Mondays. Booking online is recommended, and street parking is usually available near the cemetery on Thompson Street.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Ellicott City, Maryland

Luna Cat Collective is a Taiwanese-style cat cafe on Baltimore National Pike (US 40) in Ellicott City, the first cat cafe in Howard County. Its cafe and coworking side serves coffee and pastries from a local bakery and has books, manga and board games, and a large observation window lets anyone watch the cats for free. Time in the separate cat lounge is booked as timed passes, from a short visit to a full day, and walk-ins are welcome when there is room. All the cats come from Small Miracles Cat & Dog Rescue, arrive spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and are available for adoption. Visitors sign a waiver, children under 8 need a parent with them, and infants and toddlers cannot enter the lounge. Pets are allowed on the cafe side. Events include a monthly local artist showcase, movie nights, crafts, tarot nights and kitty yoga.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Richmond, Virginia

The Purrfect Bean is a vegan cafe with an upstairs cat lounge on North Lombardy Street in the Fan District of Richmond, in the former Westray's Finest Ice Cream building. The ground-floor cafe serves coffee, matcha, seasonal lattes, lemonades and plant-based food, and anyone can walk in for a drink without a reservation. The cat lounge upstairs is booked online for 50-minute sessions, charged per person, with higher prices on weekends and a cheaper happy-hour slot. It holds up to 10 people at a time. Children under 4 are not admitted, and visitors under 18 need an adult, with at least one adult for every three children. The cats and kittens come from Purring Hearts VA, a volunteer-run foster rescue that pulls cats from Richmond-area shelters, and they can be adopted through the rescue. The lounge is not wheelchair accessible, although the cafe is.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Mount Ephraim, New Jersey

The Cat Lounge is the adoption lounge of Community Cat Club, a South Jersey nonprofit cat rescue founded in 2021, on the Black Horse Pike in Mount Ephraim, Camden County, near exit 41 of the Atlantic City Expressway. Around 12 adoptable cats and kittens roam freely in a small lounge designed around them, with room for up to 15 visitors. Visits last 45 minutes and are paid as a tax-deductible admission donation, with a lower rate for children and free entry for infants. Visits are booked online, and walk-ins are possible when there is room. Everyone signs a waiver, and children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. All the cats are vetted and socialized, and visitors can apply to adopt before or during a visit. Merchandise and snacks are sold. Parking is beside and behind the building.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Charlotte, North Carolina

Wicks & Whiskers is a candle-making studio with a foster kitten lounge on Central Avenue in Plaza Midwood, Charlotte. Guests pour their own scented soy candle at the candle bar, then spend time in the Kitten Klubhouse, a closed-off room with its own air filtration where kittens and young cats from Killer Kitties Rescue, a nonprofit based in Oakboro, live while they wait for adoption. The kitten room can also be booked on its own as a 50-minute visit, and there is a combined candle and kitten package as well as private bookings of the whole space for groups. Reservations are recommended and walk-ins are taken when there is room. Visitors who fall for a kitten apply to adopt through the rescue, and in-store donations go straight to it. The shop also sells pre-made candles, candle care tools and branded merchandise.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Beautiful Together Cat Cafe is the cat lounge of Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary, a nonprofit rescue on 83 acres of farmland in rural Chapel Hill, about 15 minutes from the UNC campus. The cafe opened in September 2025 on the second floor of the sanctuary's farmhouse-style welcome and adoption center, a bright room with floor-to-ceiling windows over the pastures, sofas, a coffee bar and an outdoor deck. Rescued cats, many pulled from crowded North Carolina shelters, roam the room while they wait for adoption, and visitors book a visit online to spend time with them; kittens may be seen by request. The cafe and the lobby can also be booked for private parties and group meetings, and there is a conference room with resident cats. The sanctuary also rescues dogs, horses and donkeys, runs an on-site clinic and youth programs, and has walking trails and free parking.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required