This is a truly wonderful experience for the cats and the people. Beautiful large play room with plenty of light and windows. Many cat toys and tunnels. Kitties are very well loved and cared for. We adopted 2 sisters, wonderful. read more

Great place for an awesome hour with cats! I love cats and I really enjoyed my time there. All the cats are very friendly with humans and we spent one hour with them drinking our coffees. The owner stayed with us for a bit and he told us some great stories about their cats.. He really loves them a lot! Anyway our experience was really relaxing and enjoyable.. We had a really good time and we will be back for sure :) read more

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We always wanted to go to a cat café while in Tokyo but never made our way to one. When we found this online we knew we had to come while in Sydney. This is an neat and quirky place for cat lovers. There's a cat room and a kitten room; we chose the former. The people who work here are really nice and the coffee is damn good. The cats, as expected, are hilarious and have their own personalities. The white one that's super furry is the alpha cat and picks fights with all the other kitties. Made us laugh. We liked coming here a lot. Entrance is $20 per person and the tuna (which the cats went crazy for) was $4. Worth it. read more

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MEOW! I bought a groupon to this furballed fun zone and received a coffee and an hour to pet and purr with some cuddly felines. All cats here have been chosen to dwell at catmosphere from a rescue shelter and all of them are readily available to be adopted. The cat-chaperone (Caterone?) was really knowledgable about their habits and names and not surprising-these cats cone and go quite quickly. Which I loved to find out.....adoption rocks! I kinda wished they would of had cat profiles (catfiles?) on the walls with their picture as without our Caterone I didn't know their names. Please don't bring young kids here. The urge to pick them up would be too great...there were some smooshy faces. Lovely afternoon. read more

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My wife has been bugging me to take her here ever since we moved to Sydney and she learned of this place. So this weekend I bit the bullet and surprised her with a booking today at 1 pm. She was over the moon excited and the experience did not let down. When we arrived we greeted right away and our drink order was taken, just as quickly my wife was headed upstairs to as we were on the clock (60 min). When we entered the room it seemed there was only a few cats however the more we looked around, there were cats everywhere! 16 total in the room! As a dog person myself, this experience was actually extremely relaxing, and enjoyable. The staff in the room were very informative and had great stories about each cats. There was also a kitten room, but that is a separate booking. Next time we go we will be doing the kitten room for sure! read more

Catmosphere Cafe - Landmarks & Historical Buildings Near Me - Surry Hills, NSW

I love this place (in part because I love cats, and in part because it's a great place itself!). I made a reservation for six friends and me to play with the cats (and drink coffee/hot chocolate) for an hour. (Tip: they take reservations for the cats - you can walk in, but if it's full, you're out of luck. They seemed pretty busy on the Saturday afternoon when I was there, so I suggest making a reservation). When we arrived, they took drink orders (the price for an hour with the cats - $20 - included a coffee/hot chocolate/tea). We then went upstairs, where they have a room with probably 12-15 cats. We played with the cats for an hour while drinking our drinks. Each of them have space-themed names. The cats themselves were very accustomed to humans, however given the number of people in and out each day, the staff asks that you not pick the cats up. They were great to pet, though. A couple staff members joined us to talk about the cats and the cafe. They gave us some background about the cats, their respective personalities, etc. We had to leave after an hour because another group had booked. It was sad to say goodbye but I will definitely be back! read more

Catmosphere Cafe - Landmarks & Historical Buildings Near Me - Surry Hills, NSW

First time here at the cat cafe, wasn't sure what to expect. The coffee was good, but we didn't get the cookies as part of the $20 entry fee which was a bit of a let down as fairly expensive coffee! We booked for 6pm & got into the room about 6:10pm which cut down our hour session as we were asked to leave at 7pm. What was odd was people from the previous session had not left & were still in the room for at least half our our session, so there were 12 people & 16 cats. The cafe does really good work, socialising the abandoned cats before they go to families for adoption, however I feel the cats were a bit overwhelmed by having so many people demanding their attention. It may need to be monitored better. I think it would work better with 8 people per session & would benefit the cats too. All the cats look well & have lots of toys & places to relax. The staff were friendly & welcoming & happy to explain how the cafe work & the procedures if you wanted to adopt. The cats stay there for 6 months before they can be adopted & checks are extensive. read more

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Cool concept, like Japan. There's a cafe and then you play with cats. We have way more rules and council regulations than Japan, so you can get a coffee or tea (I got a green tea), which you can take inside he room; but has to be in a take away cup with a lid. You also cannot take food in, so you have to eat before or after. It's $20 to play with cats, have a coffee and then they give you a cat shaped cookie. The cats are rescue cats - but now very well looked after and they can be adopted. I sat with a beautiful stray, that was obviously well loved but hadn't been chipped. You can adopt them if you so please. About three tried to bite me, one successfully. There's also a kitten room, but have to book separately. Darren, the man working there was super knowledgeable and lovely. A good place to take kids on school holidays read more

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Very nice place. I love to be able to go hear and sit with the cats have a break from the city and enjoy my coffee. Plus so much is going towards helping the cats find a new home. Wish there were more places like this in Sydney. read more

Absolutely loved my experience here! Compared to the other reviews, it seems that maybe mine was a bit more relaxed, but I'll just tell you as it was. The cafe closed at 8pm the day we went. Not really knowing what to expect, my friend and I showed up at 7:15pm, and though all their doors were locked, we knocked and someone let us in. They explained what they usually do ($20 for a sealed cup of coffee, an hour with the cats, and a cookie at the end), but since we'd gotten there late and since they were holding some sort of private party, the cafe was closed, but here's the deal: $10 for 45 minutes with the cats, skip the drink, and still get the cookie at the end. My initial reaction was that, wow, $20 is a lot of money, but $10 is doable. It was a little different than what I had experienced in Hong Kong prior to this experience, but it sounded fun regardless, so we quickly agreed. They led us into the room upstairs where they had a miniature BB-8 toy rolling around and all of their adult cats. The employees were extremely friendly with us and explained to us how most of the cats there had been with them since they had opened back in July'15. The majority of the cats were extremely friendly and very used to people by then, so it was cool to see them interact with BB-8 and all the while enjoying their wacky space- and Star-Wars-themed decorations. One of the managers popped in about halfway through our 45-minutes and offered to let us into the kitten room. It can only hold a small amount of people, so I'm pretty sure we were just there at a really good time. We went downstairs to a room in the back with 5 kittens. One of the employees explained to us that these guys get adopted quickly, so it's difficult but necessary to not get too attached. They had 5 orphaned kittens at the time we were there, and they were just little balls of energy. I loved playing with them way too much and definitely took way too many snapchat videos with them. Eventually it was one to leave, but they were selling a bunch of souvenirs, which I definitely wanted to bring home to some of my cat-lover friends. One of the posters they're currently selling is a smaller version of a mural they've got in their backyard. Very cool. The souvenirs themselves were slightly on the pricier side, but considering that they're all original art work and that a lot of the proceeds go fund the immense amount of effort required to raise and keep all of these cats, I think it was worth it. All in all a lovely experience. I definitely wish the best for he owners and hope they can keep their Catmosphere as enjoyable as I felt it was. read more

It's coffee...and cats...what could be better? We really loved our experience here, I'm missing a star only because we were to get a cookie at the end...and they ran out even though we were the first people in that morning. They also weren't upfront about it, and I had to ask...then they looked sheepish and said they didn't actually have any. read more

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Rude staff and service and whoever works there clearly don't care about their customers and the business, would not recommend people with young kids to visit this place. read more

I dragged a cat-loving mate here 'cause I was starved for cat social. Twenty bucks gets you a hot beverage, a cat-shaped gingerbread cookie, and an hour with the cats. Weekends seem to be booked solid, so get on it if you're keen. The space theme is pretty by-the-by; like my friend said: When you're the only cat café in Sydney you already have your gimmick. Your experience will probably depend on the time of day that you're there, what you're into, and your expectations. We were there 6-7pm on a Monday and the cats were fed halfway through, so before that they were all pretty much fast asleep (but happy to be petted) in various spots around the room (on couches, end tables, dedicated cat-stand things) and after dinner they were all pretty lively. There was a young rangey ginger tom with wild eyes and personality on eleven, but my favourite was a little white critter with fur that looked and felt like it had gotten too hot in the crimper. The thing is, with that many cats in the room (I think the handler said there were 17), and the requisite number of litter boxes, it can get a bit gamey in there; I grew up on a farm and even so..! I was impressed with the care they showed for the cats; one grey fluffy number threw up a furball twice during our visit, and after the second incident the handler put him (her?) in a cat carrier to remove him and give him a time out. (That cat really did not want to leave.) There's also a quiet room downstairs where cats are chillin' and you're welcome to go in and interact with them. It's low-key fun. read more

While living in Australia for 4 months and missing my cats back home I thought it'd be a nice treat to bring my boyfriend here who missed our cats as well. We did have a great time petting the cats and knowing that they were safe and had been carefully selected to be there but it wasn't exactly how we envisioned. I felt like I was more so in a pet store/someone's home than in a cafe. What I mean to say is that I was looking to sit with my coffee at cafe tables and just have cats stroll past me but this was more interactive and hard to balance the coffee and cat ratio. We also visited at night which I don't really recommend. The cats were more or less lethargic, probably from being around people the entire day and frankly there were really only 3 out of 13ish cats that were up to hang out. I will also say that I wasn't really impressed with the hard cookie and gift wrapping looking poster giveaways we received with our package deal. Overall, if you love cats, awesome, go, pet and play but if you're looking to sip a coffee and enjoy a cats company that might be a little more of a struggle. read more