Cat Cafes in Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Tinker's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​⁠Cat Cafe opened in November 2017 as Utah's first cat cafe, on 900 South at 300 East in Salt Lake City's Central City. The front cafe serves coffee roasted by local Rimini Coffee, tea and local pastries with vegan and gluten-free options, alongside a boutique of cat-themed gifts. Behind it is a home-style cat lounge with couches and a cats-only retreat, where visitors spend hourly sessions with adoptable cats chosen by Salt Lake County Animal Services. Every cat is vaccinated, microchipped and spayed or neutered, and can be adopted from the lounge. Reservations are encouraged, especially on weekends, but walk-ins are welcome when there is room, and extra half hours can be added. Children 10 and under pay a reduced rate and toddlers enter free. Classes such as yoga, painting and crochet with cats are held, and the lounge can be booked for private parties.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Ogden, Utah

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​⁠House Cat is a cat cafe on 27th Street in downtown Ogden, a few blocks south of Historic 25th Street. Founded by longtime friends Christine Otterstrom, a zoologist and barista, and Jenny Wilcox, a culinary school-trained baker, it pairs an espresso bar using locally roasted coffee and house-baked quiches, cookies and bars with a separate cat lounge. All of the lounge cats come from Weber County Animal Services, arrive spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and are adopted through the shelter. Lounge visits are timed, are currently walk-in only and carry a small admission fee, and guests sign a waiver and may bring their food and drinks into the lounge. Kittens too small to live in the lounge sometimes visit while they grow. The cafe also sells handmade merchandise, hosts events and takes private group bookings.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Bountiful, Utah

Fawn's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌⁠Family Cat Rescue & Lounge is the adoption lounge of Fawn's Family Rescue, a nonprofit cat rescue founded in 2022 by Areah, on Orchard Drive in Bountiful, north of Salt Lake City. Its cats come from local shelters and owner surrenders, and visitors can relax, read, study or do homework among the free-roaming adoptable cats, with pre-packaged drinks and snacks for sale. No appointment is needed: guests pay by the half hour or hour, with extra 15-minute add-ons, discounted family rates from Tuesday to Thursday, and free entry for children under two. A liability waiver is required. Adoptions can be started on the spot during a visit, and the rescue has recorded more than 300 adoptions since 2022. The lounge can also be booked for private events, and the rescue runs a pet food pantry and an online merchandise store.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Salt Lake City, Utah

MiaoMiao ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​⁠Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on 200 East near 800 South in Salt Lake City's Central City, a short walk from Tinker's Cat Cafe. The cafe side serves espresso, matcha, boba milk teas and house-made desserts such as bear-shaped cheesecakes and puddings, with no reservation needed. Next door is a separate cat lounge with a large group of resident cats, entered for a fee in short 20- or 30-minute sessions, with lower prices Monday to Thursday and bundles that add a drink and a dessert. The cats are owner Lisa's own cats plus cats from foster homes, the street, local shelters and breeders, and guests help socialize them; the cafe also offers cat fostering. Walk-ins are welcome, groups of six or more should book ahead, and children under 10 must be with an adult. Birthday parties and private events are hosted.

• Booking recommended