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Our Story

When Sue walked into Sam’s life with Marbles, things changed. Sam realized just how precious cats can be. At that time, Marbles was an old fart in cat years -12 years old but such a darling. He never failed to greet Sam and Sue at the door when they reached home. He will then spend five whole minutes complaining about his day. When it was time for bed, Marbles would mound himself around Sue’s head on the pillow – he was Sue’s Russian hat every night. Sam formed a very special bond with Marbles who responded to his calls and especially when it was “Pat-pat time!”, Marbles’ favourite pat-massage game.

Our Experience

After visiting several cat cafes in Japan, Sam and Sue wanted to bring the same experience to Singapore. They are firm proponents of cat therapy and the indescribable joy and relaxation that it comes with. In fact, they witnessed in Japan how a customer entered a cat cafe only to sit in a comfortable chair, close his eyes and soak in all that positively soothing kitty energy – a power cat nap!

What is a Cat Cafe?

A cat cafe is like a regular cafe, except that it is full of cats! These cafe cats are free to roam in an interaction space where they eat, sleep and play. For an hourly fee, customers can enter this space to play and groom the cats, or just enjoy the therapeutic environment.

Our Message

While cat cafes in Japan, Korea and Bangkok usually feature only pedigreed cats, Sam and Sue made a decision to only adopt cats for their cafe. This is their message – Adopt, don’t buy!

All cats deserved to be loved, what more the homeless and abandoned ones? They want to show that non-pedigreed cats can be beautiful and affectionate companions.

With more than 15 years of cat care experience behind them, Sam and Sue want to share the joy and knowledge of cat ownership which seem to be lacking in Singapore. Myths like ‘cats are dirty, noisy and aloof’ can’t be further from the truth. The only way to dispel such myths is to create an opportunity for people to spend time with cats and experience for themselves what lovely, responsive and intelligent companions cats can be.

With Cat Cafe Neko no Niwa (Japanese for ‘Cat Garden’), Sam and Sue take their first step towards changing mindsets.