Visiting the cat cafe

 

As the first cat cafe here in Singapore, this little cosy space borrows the concept from popular cafés in Japan where they allow guests to mingle around 'cafe cats'.

So far it's been really popular among Singaporeans. When I called up to make a reservation on a weekend, I was told that I had to wake two weeks for the next available slot. 

Sensing that I had better luck walking in on a weekday, I decided to visit this little shop tucked away at Boat Quay today.

Despite being a weekday, business was still running good, with about 10 guests in the small room allocated for interaction with the free roaming cats... Well, most of the cats were actually sleeping really.

There was a healthy variety of food and deserts served as what you might expect from a cafe. Also decently priced, for something along Boat Quay. Considering that there's already a $12 dollar fee to be the cats (for 1st hr only, additional $5/hr afterwards), I'm glad there arn't Starbucks type of pricing for the food.

There's a total of 13 cats. All adopted to create awareness of responsible pet ownership. They are so well cared for here that you'll be touched considering their darker history.

For cat lovers, this place would be heaven. For the unfamiliar though,don't expect the cats to be very welcoming of you. They'll ignore you most of time, unless you manage to catch their attention with an interesting toy.

Or you're giving them a really good scratch...