Sip, Snack and Cuddle: Discovering Vancouver, BC's Pet Cafés

Vancouver, known for its amazing landscapes and diverse culture, is also home to a delightful and growing trend: pet cafés. These unique spots offer a cozy retreat where animal lovers can unwind with a coffee, tea or other treat while enjoying the company of furry friends. With Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA and Coast Metro Vancouver Hotel located near Vancouver’s favorite pet cafés, it’s a great activity to add to your travel plans that will bring a smile to everyone’s face.

Catfé: A Cat Sanctuary

Catfé is Vancouver’s original cat café and is located in International Village Mall (aka Tinseltown Mall) in Vancouver on the edge of Gastown near Rogers Arena and BC Place Stadium. They offer a relaxed environment where you can sip your coffee while surrounded by adoptable cats. With a mission to promote cat adoption, Catfé is partnered with various animal rescues and their teams of fosters and volunteers to help adoptable rescue cats from all over Canada find loving homes. The café itself is designed with the cats’ comfort in mind, featuring climbing trees, cozy nooks, and plenty of toys. The menu includes a selection of “catpuccinos”, cat-themed treats, cat supplies and “meowchandise”. Reservations are recommended. 

The Bunny Café: Hop Into Happiness

The Bunny Café is a charming establishment on the north end of Commercial Drive, located on on the corner of Venables Street, where fluffy, friendly bunnies rule the café and offer a unique and heartwarming experience. It’s worth the short drive to visit North America’s first-ever bunny café. They partner with Rabbitats Rescue to create a safe, positive atmosphere for customers to interact with adoptable bunnies. Your admission includes snack cups of lettuce and herbs to feed the bunnies while you interact with them. They also have a variety of bunny merchandise for sale such as t-shirts, stickers, tote bags and more.

Catoro Café: A Cat Lover’s Dream

Catoro Café is more than just a café, it contains a café, “cat forest”, a bubble tea shop and cat supply boutique store all in one. Located at East Broadway and Fraser Street, they rescue cats and bring them to the “Cat Forest” inside their café for customers to cuddle and play with. All cats in the cat forest can be adopted and stay at the café until they find their “furever” home. Catoro Café has a wide variety of bubble teas to choose from and if bubble tea isn’t your thing, they have a selection of hot teas and coffees as well. Every bubble tea purchase helps to support the rescue cats living at the cat café. 

Tips for Visiting Vancouver B.C.’s Pet Cafés 

To have the best possible experience at Vancouver, B.C.’s pet cafés, we’ve listed two tips below to make that happen. 

• Check admission costs: Each café has its own admission costs to interact with the animals. These costs tend to go towards taking care of the animals and/or to assist the rescue organization(s) they work with. 
• Make a reservation: The pet cafés can become quite busy, and they tend to allow a certain number of people in at once, so to make sure you can get into these cafés, a reservation is highly recommended.

These pet cafés provide the perfect setting to relax, enjoy delicious drinks and/or treats and spend time with lovable animals! Whether you’re staying at Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA or Coast Metro Vancouver Hotel, you’re only a short distance from Vancouver’s unique and growing pet cafés. Enjoy Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA’s convenient location in the heart of downtown Vancouver with pet-friendly rooms, spacious, stylish and comfortable rooms, an outdoor heated pool and a hot tub. Or, enjoy the fully renovated Coast Metro Vancouver Hotel’s relaxing and comfortable rooms with private balconies, pet-friendly rooms in Burnaby, BC, an open-air courtyard and a garden. So, next time you’re in Metro Vancouver, BC, make sure to visit one of these charming spots while helping out local rescue organizations.