There are many unique cafés in Abu Dhabi. If you’re looking for some of the cutest, then you could head to the cat cafés in the UAE. Because why should dogs have all the fun? Here’s a list of cat cafés in the UAE where you can hang out with the cutest of kitties, just wandering around.
If you don’t have a cat to call your own, you can play with the resident cats or even adopt one at some of these cat cafés.
If you’d rather take your own cat out for a treat, we’ve even found a dessert café designed just for cats and dogs. It’s a thing, apparently.
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Ailuromania Cat Café
The first cat café in the Middle East is the purrfect way to spend a weekend surrounded by dozens of your favorite animal. They have the cutest cats and kittens, roaming around the café, and if you’re lucky enough, plonking in your lap. You can pet the chunky furballs, while enjoying the likes of pizzas, pastas, waffles, and a variety of hot and cold beverages. And the best part? The cats are up for adoption, so now’s your chance to give them a forever home.
Open daily, 11am-10pm. Ailuromania Cat Café, Umm Suqeim, instagram.com/ailuromaniacafe.
Cat Café Vibrissae
Cat Café Vibrissae promises cats, coffee, and cuddles. And honestly, there’s not much else we need. With an extensive beverage menu featuring Cat Café Vibrissae specials such as rose latte, pistachio latte, toffee nut latte, and Dalgona coffee, and cuddles from the resident cats – we’re all set to have a good time. You can’t bring your four-legged furry friends here, but you sure can make new ones.
Open daily, noon-10pm. Al Safa Park Complex, Jumeirah, vibrissaecafe.com (056 966 6571).
Happy Bark Day
From 1pm everyday (expect Wednesdays), fresh baked goodies roll out from the kitchen door as the scent of pupcakes and puppucinos fills the room. But this is not an ordinary bakery, it’s a premium pet dessert shop. Desserts for your favourite furballs are made by a certified pet nutritionist, who cares about health as much as taste. Only the most nutritious ingredients are used to make the likes of waffles, cheese cakes, ice creams and more.
Thu-Tue, 1pm-10pm (Closed Wed). Happy Bark Day, Business Bay (050 676 1031).
Meow Café
Abu Dhabi’s first cat café is as cute as you’d imagine a cat café to be. Here you can make brand-meow friends of all shapes, sizes and colours, plus enjoy a scrumptious range of coffees and sweet goodies such as croissants, cakes, tiramisu, and mini pancakes.
The eating area and cat lounge are separate to make sure the kitties don’t indulge in any human food. Another thing to remember is that the café does not allow dogs or cats from outside, so this one is good for those who do not have pets but want to hang out with the lovely creatures.
Click here to read more about the recently opened cat café.
Open daily, 10am-10pm. Meow Café, Al Muneera, instagram.com/meowcafe.ad, meowcafe.ae.
Want to bring your kitty or pup on vacation? Click here for all the pet-friendly hotels in the UAE.
