Canterbury Tails Cat Cafe

25/12/2024

MEOWY XMAS! 🎄 From all cat crew and tails team 🫶🏻 we are all enjoying some much needed (and deserved) down time with family, friends, and owners Pip and Vik with the cat crew of course too, and wish you all a wonderful and relaxing few days of warmth and love, wherever you may be and whatever you may be doing. ✨Also big thank you to all lovely people who gave us cards and gifts this festive season too! The cards are all gorgeous and proudly displayed in the cafe (as are some of the gifts!) and the cats are enjoying all their new toys too! 🎁
We reopen on the 27th (no Boxing Day shifts here for our team!) and look forward to bringing this year to a close with you all 💝

23/12/2024

Mood for the next 10 days 🎄🔥🥶

01/12/2024

December drop!! 🎄A couple of cuteee and festive pics from the last week or so - we are in full festivities swing in the cafe - we are decorated and the nakeys are all showing off their ((extensive)) Xmas jumper collection! 🫶🏻
We were also gifted a veryyy cute kitty advent calendar from , but even giving each of our cat crew a singular square we still wouldn’t have enough 😹 so manager Val’s cat - honourary cat crew member - Gatalina has an early lil advent gift from us & untamed 🙏🏻 (pic 2!)

17/11/2024

Important update on our current situation. We thank you for your understanding and compassion. We will update when we can.
UPDATE pm: Figgy will be staying at the emergency and night vets through today and overnight, this is the best place for him right now. They will monitor and treat him continually, and have already run a lot of diagnostics, including heart scans, ultrasound and chest X-ray. Current diagnosis is he had clots forming, which cause pain and that is likely what is causing him to panic, then have an attack and effect his breathing. However the presentation of his symptoms is not textbook, and some things are still unsure, and treatment for the clots won’t resolve the root cause. I will ring the vets again this evening for further updates before his overnight stay, then another phone call in the morning, at minimum.
Thank you so much to the team at MiNightVet for taking care of our Figgles 🫶🏻
UPDATE 18/11: Had multiple phone calls and check-ins on Figgs last night and this morning. He has stayed in the intensive care ward overnight with constant monitoring and treatment, but has had no more episodes. He has now been discharged from the emergency vets with new meds and a report of all treatments with them, and has been transferred to our usual , who know his full history as were the ones to first diagnose him, and have been seeing him everything else the past few years. Very thankful to head vet Peter and the team for fitting him in today despite them being full and busy. The service and care we receive for our cat crew from the CV team is always exceptional. He will probably have another round of blood tests and a heart scan with them during today, and all being well/ not worse we will take him back home this evening.
However, future is uncertain as there are lots of factors I have discussed with the vets, we are not sure what the future may look like for him at this point, but of course will always do whatever it takes to ensure he is happy and comfortable and healthy as possible.

Thank you again so so much for all your love and support during this time and well wishes for our Mr.Figgs.
🫶🏻

13/11/2024

Owner Pip here - welcome to the most entitled and insane review we have ever received.
From someone who hasn’t even been, no less, after his friend also left a negative review about our cats sleeping.
I am at a loss for words how there are people like this out there. I am absolutely livid, as are my whole team, and even my mum (who I am with on a pre-birthday trip with to the Eden Project before busy seasons).
I want it to be made clear, if this is your opinion you are not welcome at Canterbury Tails.
We are the largest cat cafe in the UK, providing a safe and secure guaranteed forever home for 28 rehomed cats, and helping to rehome local others. You are a guest to our cat crew’s home, and opinions like this go directly against mine and my entire businesses ethos. Animals are not a commodity, they are living beings and friends.
If you disagree with Sam and Dave, please report their reviews, and leaving us a 5-star yourself would really help - unfortunately our rating has now dropped to 4.8 as a result of this madness, and any stories you have of wonderful times visiting us would be lovely to hear right now 💚

10/11/2024

really important jobs only ✨

30/10/2024

POV: You’re being charmed into visiting by the glorpiest silly little cats at Canterbury Tails ✨🖤

26/10/2024

A busy Saturday & the first official day of Halloween Half-Term got us all (cats & human crew!) feeling like Mayo here 💤😴😹

Half term spaces are booking up fast so if you want some spooky but sweet cosy cuddle time with the cat crew this next week then use our link in bio to snag your session space before they sell out! ✨🙈

24/10/2024

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO THE CUUUTEST DOUBLE TROUBLE DUO CECE & CHAI 🧡😼🐱🖤
Our surprise siblings joined us last winter and while we initially didn’t know if we would be able to keep them long term, our entire team (and the rest of the cat crew) fell in love with these goobers so fast and now we couldn’t imagine cafe life without them!
Make sure to give them BOTH big cuddles if you’re visiting us this week, and check back tomorrow to see which other cat crew member is also celebrating their birthday tomorrow 🙈😻

22/10/2024

Who wore it better?

16/10/2024

Business man Figgy reporting for duty 🫡

03/10/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAWDIA WRINKLEMAN 🎉
Our gorgeous Clawd turns 4 today and is looking fabulous (as always) in her super special blue ruffle dress 👗 and enjoyed her new spooky dress yesterday to welcome in this Spooktober season 🧙‍♀️ (high fashion only for this queen 💅)
Her and the other nakeys have also been enjoying more hand knitted jumpers made and gifted to us recently by super talented and super generous guests, which have been doing a fab job of keeping them cosy as the days get colder again ☕️ 🍂 - though they still love to snuggle and stack as always - swipe for some cuddle puddle action 😻
If you’re visiting us this week remember to wish our Miss Mouse a happy birthday week, and then check back again through the month for the 4(!!) other October birthdays we also have still to come 🎂🎉

12/08/2024

We hope everyone is staying as cool as possible in this heatwave! 🌞 Despite our multiple windows & 2 aircon units, the cats (& team!) are definitely feeling the heat today, so not doing much else than enjoying a good snooze in cool spots (the cats -not the team - though we wish we were!) 🫣😹
Mocha is making no secret she is too fabulous to be in this heat, and scroll for a little Figgy peek during his vet visit this morning for his now regular heart scan checkups. It’s all good news for Figg, he has no clots or fluid buildup and his prescription looks to be doing it’s job job and has been refilled. Fingers crossed for more good news at his next one in 3 months time! ❤️

07/08/2024

Please stay safe everyone, and avoid central Canterbury this evening.
We have been made aware bus services will stop at 3.30pm today.

23/07/2024

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED! - please do not send an email it will not be considered. We have received a truly overwhelming amount of applications (over 70!) in the last 24 hours and thank you all so much for your eagerness to be a part of our team. Pip will be working through applicants tonight and emails will be sent by the end of the week, if not before. 👀

EDIT: Applications will be CLOSING 3PM TODAY 24/7/24 - we have received a truly overwhelming response already and have to cap it so Pip isn’t reading CVs until September! (Even with Chai’s help) 🫣
Any application sent after the cutoff will not be considered, and Pip will be working on getting replies out to everyone by the end of the week.
THANK YOU 😻

😻WE ARE HIRING! 📑
Summer is upon us and we are looking for some additional wonderful people to join our team! We are particularly looking for those with kitchen and/or barista experience, who would be available to start asap and work flexible shifts across the summer (including weekends). The positions have high potential to continue through September and beyond, as we have some current team embers leaving us come September.
✅You must be friendly and personable, eager to learn, able to work in a fast paced environment, able to be on your feet all day and work across multiple floors, and work well in a team.
✅Other traits we would prioritise from applicants are previous experience working with animals, multilingual skills, previous hospitality experience, and Canterbury local.
💚Please send your cover letter and CV to Pip at [email protected], with subject line “JOB APPLICATION”, including your availability and reference details.
❕Disclaimer - this is a physically demanding job for both kitchen and front of house roles, where maintaining a high level of cleanliness and organisation across both areas is key.
ps - yes, Chai here will be assisting in the application selection process 😹

21/07/2024

FIGGY IS FIVE 🎉🎉🎉 Fabulous fan-favourite Mr.Figgs recently celebrated his birthday in style - snoozing and upholding his position of head stair guardian, with a sprinkling of assistant manager in his formal attire ✨
Also this month the cat crew had their annual vaccinations and health checks- when unfortunately we discovered Figgy has a heart condition which requires him to be on daily medication to help manage. It doesn’t negatively affect his day to day so after extensive talks with the vets nothing will be changing for Figgs except his daily tablet and monthly heart scans, to minimise additional stress. His condition is not curable and is fairly serious and his future unpredictable, but he currently is not in distress and we will all of course continue providing him a safe, loving forever home with all the cuddles he could want ❤️

09/06/2024

Happy Canterbury Pride weekend everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 who’s as obsessed with Clawdia’s special rainbow fairy super extra pride dress as we are? 😻 Although she spent most of Saturday sleeping, she still looked absolutely fetch for the day 💅 We hope you all had a fabulous time, whether you were out celebrating or elsewhere (or even sleeping like Clawd!) - remember pride is for every day, not just a weekend or a month! 🎉
Despite the disappointing last minute cancellation of Canterbury Pride’s planned 2-day festivities, some of our team still managed to have time off to enjoy the parade and the sun with friends and loved ones 🌞 our decor is staying through June, but we also like to keep the rainbows and welcoming inclusivity present all year round - Canterbury Tails is proud to always be a safe space for all 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩶🤍🤎

06/06/2024