Coffee Cats Cafe

We absolutely loved our visit to Coffee Cats, and are so grateful to have a cat cafe in Des Moines! Coffee Cats is a delightful fusion of a coffee shop and a cat lover's haven. Partnering with the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, they provide a unique experience of enjoying delicious beverages and food while spending quality time with cats up for adoption.

The cafe's warm atmosphere, friendly staff, and the joy of interacting with furry friends make it a must-visit. Five stars for Coffee Cats! We can't wait for our next visit🐾☕

Love cats? Love coffee? Art? Look no further for your heaven! Yoga with cats a couple times a week, come to hang out with cats, drink excellent lattes, have a pastry (gluten-free available), grab some grab and go lunch items and hang out! The vibes are good, authentic, and fun. There are tons of original art items for sale too!

We adopted our sweet boy here a few months ago but have been coming here for over a year. Amazing staff, delicious coffee, and the cutest cats. The owner is very kind and has let us give the cats treats on occasion. They also have a wide variety of cat treats and toys for cats you have at home. 10/10 recommend if you love cats/ and or coffee.

I loved this place! What's a better way to de-stress than cuddling up with a sleeping cat? And the coffee is great too!

My daughter had dreams to go here and spend the day with cats, she got an hour 😆 the space is set up well and really cute! We had some people who chased the cats away too much at first, but once they left and it was quiet, the cats came out to play. Affordable and several cute (cat) items you can purchase-- as well as coffee of course! Wish we had one closer to home.

What a wonderful place! Thank you so much for allowing children to be with the cats! Unfortunately, we are unable to have a cat in our home due to allergies, but I have a 4-year-old that absolutely loves cats and was so sad when we finally told him that we wouldn't be able to have one in our house. We found you all when we googled a place to go see cats & spend time with them!

We came to your shop for the first time tonight, and it was so much fun. My husband and I enjoyed a drink. Our two children absolutely loved their time with the cats. We read the rules (posted on the wall) to our children before we started, and it was an excellent way to practice being gentle and calm around a pet. They did so well. My 2-year-old even squealed at one point with delight (and excitement!), so I'm sorry if we spooked the employee! The kids did really well and it was just such fun family time together. It will definitely be a core memory for our kids. We really appreciate it. ♥

Grab a cup of coffee and watch the cats through a window in the other room. You can pay a small fee to spend time in the lounge WITH the cats too! Great set up if you’ve got folks with allergies or aversion to cats, you can still come in and enjoy drinks and snacks. Mostly grab and go style food and pastry options, but plenty of options, including dietary considerations. AND the coffee is great too! Oh and they are set up through the Animal Rescue League of Iowa and all the cats are adoptable! ❤

We came here from an hour and a half away to celebrate a very special cat lover's birthday and it was totally worth it. While we waited for our reserved time to begin in the lounge area, we treated ourselves to fruit smoothies -- which were delicious. This is such a well kept and comfy place to spend an afternoon. The staff were all very friendly too! Highly recommended.

Such a great place for coffee and cute kitties! Made a reservation online, but they also take walk ins. All the cats were so cute and sweet, and the staff were amazing! It smelled clean, and everything was sanitized between groups. The cats are well cared for, and available to adopt! Would definitely recommend this place to any animal lover.

Large breve was 5.35 and better than the usual $7 equivalent. They adopt the kitties here and take care of them, and you pay a tiny fee to go hang out with them while drinking high quality affordable coffee ☕.

Little over $2.00 for 15 minutes is the rate

I plan on stopping in here for a lunch break whenever I have time. I love this concept so much.

Update, this is my new routine if I have any spare time during the day.

Who doesn’t love coffee and cats? Especially the one with the screwed up ear. They were all sleeping so none of them wanted to cuddle with me. Which can you blame them? Everyone snuggles them all week long. They deserve a day off too. PSA: If you are allergic then I’m sorry. Take an antihistamine. Also if you just don’t like cats then who are you as a person. Also they take AMEX. But seriously if you don’t like cats bye boy.

I am a sad college student, who needed some cats in my life, and I can say after my first visit to Coffee Cat I will be returning. I got their special latte the “tuxedo” which has dark chocolate and toasted marshmallow flavor, and it was lovely. The staff were friendly and clearly care for this place. The cats were lovely, my favorite were the tuxedos, but you can tell these cats are living the dream. I think you can also tell from this review I am a fan of tuxedo cats.

Cute little Coffee Shop with Cats to play with! Cat Room costs $10 an hour. Reservations are recommended as they only allow 2 walk ins per hour I believe. Some cats are very friendly and others are scared. Great place to get to know them if you want to adopt. They have little cat cookies, some sweets, and drinks. Animals are from the ARL and can be adopted.

Friendly staff, great coffee, sweet cats - I don't know what else you could ask for, really. 15min time offering made this a great side quest. Recommend calling ahead to reserve a time as you have to wait to hang with the cats if they're booked.

Loved the cats. It was soo relaxing to be in the midst of those cattos UNTIL some obnoxious kids showed up. They were yelling/freaking out the cats and me! They woke the cats up that wanted to sleep, yanked the cats off the bed, force-picked up cats wearing mittens. I think owners should keep children out or at least keep an eye of children, because some parents are irresponsible and/or lazy.

My girlfriend and i went and had a wonderful time. The food is good and the kittys are well cared for. It does get a bit busy sometimes.

Absolutely love coffee cats. Mary and her staff are amazing, they have helped adopt so many cats and create a fun community space.

Great place to grab a drink and meet some new kitties that are looking for their forever homes! Definitely recommend stopping by

I loved this place. The peach smoothie was great, but cuddling and petting the cats was even better. Such a calming experience. I fell in love with Darcy, the little grey kitty. I will definitely come back again!

Staff is phenomenal!!! The drinks are one of a kind and if your looking for a wonderful cat for a furever home this is the place to go! Favorite place ever! Weekdays are calm and a great time to come relax, weekends are amazing fun with parties and lots of people reservations are encouraged!!! Please come adopt your next forever kitty! Thank you for being a great locally owned one of a kind business!