cat cafe

American  

[kat ka-fey, kuh-fey] / 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

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

A book club meets a cat cafe at Long Beach’s Cool Cat Collective, a gallery and boutique committed to fighting cat overpopulation in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Annapurna Interactive, the game’s publisher, also promoted “Stray” by offering two cat rescue and adoption agencies copies of the game to raffle off and renting out a New York cat cafe.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

A caged rat in a cat cafe sounds like some sick experiment.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022