cat cafe

or cat ca·fé

[ kat ka-fey, kuh-fey ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cat cafe¹

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

It’s a cat cafe where people can go and get a cup of coffee and hang out with the cats, and a lot of times they end up adopting them.

From Los Angeles Times

Decide a delicious dining dilemma Depending on how long I was at the cat cafe, I’d probably head on out to dinner.

From Los Angeles Times

A 2023 study in the journal Behavioral Processes studied 53 adult domestic shorthair cats at a cat café, obtaining 194 minutes of footage with 186 different cat interactions.

From Salon

It’s a cat cafe where people can go and get a cup of coffee and hang out with the cats, and a lot of times, they end up adopting them.

From Los Angeles Times

Decide a delicious dining dilemma Depending on how long I was at the cat cafe, I’d probably head on out to dinner.

From Los Angeles Times