I’m a cat person, so am excited to find out about Lady Dinah’s Cat Cafe in Shoreditch, London’s first-ever cat café! It takes inspiration from the Japanese who are already BIG on this kind of thing – apparently it’s a trend that started out in Osaka 10 years ago. The idea is that you book a 90-minute slot so you can relax, eat and drink in the company of the café’s 12 resident felines.
Aussie Lauren Pears opened the cafe early last year by raising £108K through a crowdfunding campaign, with 3000 bookings made in the first 4.5 hours after it announced its opening day. Until I plan my visit, I couldn’t resist a little peek inside to meet the friendly pets.
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Lady Dinah’s serves afternoon and high tea and sells an interesting selection of memorabilia, such as necklaces, fridge magnets, totes bags, and mugs. Must-buys for any cat and kitsch lover.
Find Lady Dinah’s Cat Cafe at 152 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch.
(Photos via Christina Marie; Nasryne; fourcatsplusus; fromfifiwithlove and Lady Dinah’s Instagram feed)
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We need to go here soon Els, I went to one in Thailand, it was so cool!! x
I think there's one in Sydney too! Was the Thai one full of stray cats?! Love the tote bags. WANT!!
I'll pay for us – let's get a date in the diary! x
And what was the Thai one like? My sister and I want to know!
If I ever come over, let's go. It's such an intriguing yet bizarre concept. I want the magnets!
it was great, they gave us slippers to wear, we sat and had a cup of tea and some cake and made friends with a gorgeous all white kitten. there were plenty of others wandering around but he seemed to want to be with us 🙂 x
no jo, they weren't stray, they were really well looked after
http://www.catmospherecafe.com/
looks like it's the same as the sydney one x
i just had a look on the website, his name was Murph x