Cat Garden — Restaurant in Seoul

This place is beautiful, both visually and emotionally. The people who run this place and work here clearly care for and love the cats. We went through the gate and walked back a bit to a small counter to pay the entry fee. They offered instructions on a sheet of paper that was translated to English. You are offered one beverage per person visiting. The beverages are items such as bottled drinks or cans of soda.

The place clearly smells like a place where cats live. Many of the cats either followed us around or sat near us during our visit. Some even sat in our laps. A good portion of the cats are more reserved. Some slowly opened up to us and wanted pets and attention. Others kept their distance. A fair amount of the cats did seem “sick”. And by sick I mean sneezing a lot. I hope this doesn’t discourage people. It’s something I’ve seen often when a location has so many cats. This place does care for the cats. We saw them brushing them, providing what looked like medicine, and all the cats seemed to be a...

Visited on a weekday around lunch time, paid 20k won for adult entrance tickets & had unlimited time there. It was really empty so we pretty much had all of the cats to ourselves. For a place taking in 130 abandoned cats, i would say the entrance fee is completely justified. Plus, all the cats are extremely friendly & love pets. I would definitely recommend this place to those who love cats!

Just take note, this is NOT a fancy cat cafe. From the not so pleasant reviews of this place, this seems to be a common misconception some may have had of this place. Yes, there might have been some animal smell in the indoor area. But it really isn’t that bad if you think about how 130 cats are living there.

A huge shoutout to the people who run this place, I really respect them for giving the adorable cats a second chance at life. The friendliness of the cats towards humans is also a testament to how well they have been caring for the cats all this while. I will definitely visit when i’m...

First of all, it seems in Korea people don’t really care about animals (probably only about dogs in their fancy backpacks/strollers), as all the places we’ve visited before were full of poorly maintained animals.

The main problem of the cafe is that all cats are sick and owners don’t care about them. Most of the cares have rhinitis, some of them have scars and poor fur.

As it was for free or with small fee I can understand, but the price is 20000 KRW per person (10000 KRW for a preschool kid), so I think they just don’t spend all the money for cat food and treatment.

As for European, I was extremely sad seeing these little cats in their conditions.

And yes: the urine smell is everywhere, they are not responsible for cleaning it properly (I’ve never smelled anything in any well-maintained shelter!).

I would not recommend to go here unless you want to see...