cat cafe

American  

[kat ka-fay, kuh-fay] / ˈkæt kæˌfeɪ, kəˌfeɪ /

Or cat café

noun

1. a business establishment that has numerous cats available for customers to play with, and usually offers food and drinks.

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Etymology

Origin of cat cafe

First recorded in 2010–15

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Example Sentences

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cat cafe

One piece of good news was that 25 felines from a "cat cafe" inside the mall were rescued and transferred to Hiroshima, triggering widespread relief on social media.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

A cat cafe inside the mall said on Wednesday that its 25 cats, which had been left behind during the chaos of the quake, had all since been safely rescued.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

I got them through a cat rescue called Tail Town Cats in Pasadena; it has a cat cafe where you can sit in a room and just get covered in cats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

Following their second date at Crumbs & Whiskers, a cat cafe in Georgetown, came his stint in Indonesia and Vietnam.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

Leah Penney works at a local cat cafe and volunteers with the Northwest PANDAS/PANS Network, a local nonprofit that helps support and advocate for children and families in the Pacific Northwest dealing with PANDAS.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

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