Tucked away from the busy chaos of Brick Lane is a small, independent café with one of the best USPs (unique selling points) ever. Cats.
(scuse the terrible photos, it was rather late in the evening...)
There are 3 rules of cat club (as set by the furry creatures);
1. Get out of my seat
2. Don't wake us up
3. Love us
Lady Dinah's is an incredibly unique addition to the café scene exploding in London, a two level café full of rescue kittens, deliciously over stuffed furniture and an explosion of cat toys and gyms.
Set up for those urbanites unlucky enough to have their own beasties, we found ourselves on weekend evening a few months ago, seated with the company of these dozen beauties, a hot cup of tea and a wee slice of cake.
The cats are pretty non-p(l)ussed by their visiting guests - when we arrived it was clearly naptime, with crevices full of snoozing kitties. One by one, they popped their whiskered heads ups (I remarked at the time that it was like the Night of the Living Dead but with cats ears and noses twitching awake) and started to play with us.


Best night ever.
Lady Dinah's is quite simply one of my favourite places to visit ever. An Emma-mecca if you will...
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This is so interesting, did it not smell? I am allergic to cats so it is a no go for me but if I was not it sounds more like going to a friends house than a cafe!
ReplyDeleteAs much as I'd love to go to a cat cafe, there's no way I'd last more than 30 seconds before the sneezing fits would begin and my eyes would swell up to the size of planets. It makes me sad that I'll never get to do something like this. :(
ReplyDeleteI think this idea is amazing!! It looks fantastic fun! So cute too!
ReplyDeleteSo jealous. I wanna goooo.
ReplyDeleteDo, it's so lovely!
ReplyDeleteAnd such a central location to boot!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me so sad Sarah :( it's not fair!
ReplyDeleteNope, they are really well looked after! You know what, it almost was more like going to a friend's house, but in all the good ways!!
ReplyDeleteThey just seem to love it! No smell that we remember, and believe me that would be something you remember!
ReplyDeleteBut it's booked out till forever. :(
ReplyDeleteKeen an eye on their Twitter for cancellations, or look for random times eg Sat night.
ReplyDeleteSo cute cats and cozy place! Purrr! Also cat cafe are popular in Europe www.cat-cafe.lt Vilnius Cat cafe
ReplyDeleteI've heard of this but never seen photos before! Ahhh, this post had made me want to run out and get a cat! I'll keep an eye on cancellations, as it turns out I need to go here...
ReplyDeleteGemma
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I just don't get cat cafes. So weird.
ReplyDeleteIve been wanting to go for aaaaaages.
ReplyDeleteThat cat play house is insaaaane! I think we need one.
ReplyDeleteI know, right!!
ReplyDeleteI think they just released a few tickets, but they were snapped up. Join their Twitter as they often pop out cancelled tickets!
ReplyDeleteSo weird, but so fun for city folks!
ReplyDeleteCats are pretty darn awesome!
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