Little Zoo Café — Restaurant in On Nut Subdistrict

Not really sure how I feel about this place after visiting and now reading all the reviews. I read the 5 star reviews before going and decided to give it a try during my trip here since I love animals, especially dogs. My hotel concierge was nice enough to call the cafe for us around 3pm and got us a booking for 5pm.

When we got there, we chose option A, which lets you access basically every room with a door. It was 450THB per person and included a free drink, socks (that people threw away at the end since it catches fur and probably urine/cleaning solution), and a cookie. The main room was full of corgis, all pretty calm and sweet. The second main room was full of long-haired chihuahuas and cats, and one small poodle mix that seemed to belong to one of the owners. As soon as we sat down with other people on the floor, the chihuahuas came to sit on our laps and immediately went to sleep. It was really cute and sweet at first, but now it makes me wonder if they were on sedatives or just really tired from interacting with people all day. There weren't any toys for them to play with or chew on, which I wish they did. There was one hairless dog breed that kept coming to my lap... I imagine she/he doesn't get very much love since she is hairless or not as "cute". Please give her love if you end up seeing her!

I also went into the fox and raccoon rooms. There were 4 foxes sleeping and the worker woke one up to let me take a picture holding it. There was one fox on the floor frantically pacing back and forth in front of the window. It probably wants to be let out so bad. I wonder if it ever gets to go out?? I really hope it does, otherwise that is horrible abuse.

There was just one raccoon and I agree with the other reviews, it was super big and fat compared to wild raccoons. The workers were letting two specific corgis into the room to play and they were just playing a little rough but accidentally bumped into the raccoon. The raccoon growled pretty strongly. I could tell the other people in the room suddenly got scared. I got scared too and left the room back to the dogs.

Overall at first I was really excited to come here, but after seeing the wild animals in those small rooms, I feel sad and really hope they get to go outside often. That information isn't given as far as I know.

Cute concept, but a harsh reality for animals that should be free in the wild. (unless this cafe is part of some sanctuary foundation, but I...

I realize in some places and countries in the world, this type of pet cafe is controversial for animal rights activists and based on the previous reviews, some people may be opposed to this type of business. I understand the concerns there. But these places are considered acceptable in this area. There were pros and cons as there are with any place like this.

For 390 baht you get an hour with the animals, you reserve your spot in selected hour blocks, 12:30-1:30, 2-3, etc a souvenir (stuffed animal) and a free drink, and socks to wear inside the area. There are a lot of corgis and other puppies, a fox, a raccoon, cats, hairless cats and other dogs. No birds or reptiles, one wallaby and a meerkat. The wallaby was isolated and we were not allowed to pet her or interact with her. The animals appear mostly well cared for by the staff and were fed and treated well when I was there. The staff also kept a close watch to make sure the animals were also treated respectfully by the guests. They’re all very friendly. It is a clean facility, any accidents on the floor are cleaned up immediately. There are puppies, so that is bound to happen.

Understandably, some of them did not like to be held, it can be a lot for animals, I feel like some of them, like the fox, needed space because they were nervous around people. The staff was mostly good about limiting interactions with the animals that were people shy. But I also feel like it was unfortunate to force them to interact with humans at all if they didn’t want to.

The raccoon who is nocturnal just wanted to sleep, so I felt a bit bad for her being woken up to be petted. This is why the raccoon is noted by some other guests as being unfriendly, because she’s bothered by people all day. She was friendly but a tad grumpy because woken up, naturally. I feel like the staff could let her sleep during the day and have appointments later in the day (afternoon/ evening) when she naturally wakes up. That was my...

Second time to Little Zoo Cafe and so glad I came, new location at On Nut Community Mall is much more spacious with transparent doors and windows 😍 Happy I got to hug raccoon, meerkat and fennec fox this round hehe bucketlist checked.

Reservation is required and there are 5 different timeslots, I used Facebook Messenger to book my slot with translation.

Since I visited 3 years ago and coming back now, I saw that the living conditions and treatment really improved over the years. I saw some bad reviews here but i would say the animals are well taken care of and clean environment!! The staff are always cleaning after them and I did not smell anything strong, the floor is clean and the mop is always around if some animals urinate.

In response to some bad reviews below me, the wallaby and artic fox are now in isolation for their shedding fur and physical condition. No photo taking or interaction is allowed for these two animals. As I took some pet grooming lessons and so with my mediocre skills inspected the dogs' toenails and pawpads and they are really groomed regularly 💯

Maybe they changed staff but I did not see any physical abuse or hitting animals during my visit. In fact the staff are so nice and friendly, helped to take some photos for me. i think they love animals as much as I do!

Yes the place is not big for so many animals to stay together but most of the time they are out roaming before they go back to their cage at night. Animals have to take photos with visitors as part of their "job" to work for their food but I think they would feel happy to see visitors coming to pet and love them too!

390 baht with a pair of socks, one takeaway drink and souvenir plushie is well spent. 🦝 would come here everytime I...