The Cat Cafe

I was honestly super excited to come here especially if there’s coffee and cats involved, but our visit was unpleasant and most of all tense. The cats were adorable as always and the place is beautiful. But the baristas in the front were unwelcoming. I honestly felt uncomfortable even ordering my coffee, they just seemed annoyed at all times. Once we entered the private area with the cats with our coffee and pastries, we were stopped by a man. I’m not sure who he is, but he supervised the area with the cats at all times, but he seemed annoyed that we were coming in with our coffee and pastries. The cats kept getting on the table when our coffee was there, but we were careful to grab our drinks and he kept taking them down from the table or putting them inside the room. We told him it was okay, but he was over it. He also made rude comments during our time there and he just seemed so cold and annoyed. I went with a coworker of mine and she tried to make the best of it, but I was honestly tense the whole time, I felt almost scared to pet the cats or play with them because I wasn’t sure how he would react. The whole room felt tense. I think even the other people felt the tension, nobody moved until it was time to leave. I really wanted to ask questions about the cats, know their stories, but I wasn’t trying to have him answer those question, but I managed to see that they had a book with info on all their cats, and I managed to read some of their stories during our time. Their stories are beautiful, every cat deserves a home

This was not our first time at a cat cafe, we’ve been to many others and we know the drill! But this time we had a very unwelcoming experience. Last November I was visiting my oldest daughter in San Diego with my two youngest daughters (both autistic, verbal and love cats to their bones!) and we decided to stop by this place. First of all there was no one in the coffee bar, only one guy taking care of the whole place. Since we were the only guests I thought it would be a smooth ride nonetheless. The guy treated one of my daughters very differently, he noticed she had verbal stims and kept asking her to lower her voice while we were with the cats. She asked him some questions to which he didn’t mind to answer or care. He kept “teaching” us how to interact with the cats like he was annoyed and just wanted us to sit still and observe. We were so uncomfortable we were walking around like we were in a slow motion movie, whispering to each other and avoiding too much interaction with the cats because he constantly interrupted us. We had no food or drink with us, but he never let us be and stared at one of my daughters like he wanted her to leave because of her vocal stims (even though they weren’t loud). I felt so unwelcomed I decided to go outside with one of my daughters (the one with the stims) and go for a walk. Because my son-in-law was there I felt comfortable leaving my two other daughters with him to finish the visit and l left to never return again. I had a better time walking the streets of downtown with my sweet daughter than staying at that place with an unfriendly faced dude guiding our every move and being annoyed at a neurodivergent girl who just wanted to have fun. My daughter was very sad and cried because she can’t help her stims, they’re part of her autism. I hope every cat gets adopted despite that man’s attitude, they all deserve a loving home with a joyful atmosphere.

This is such a great place with friendly staff. My wife and I had a great time and would highly recommend the spot. Cats are awesome and it is a great cause. Cat wait to come back.