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Monday 11am - 7pm Wednesday 11am - 7pm Thursday 11am - 8pm Friday 11am - 8pm Saturday 11am - 8pm Sunday 11am - 7pm

Cat Therapy

We are a Cat Cafe Experience: A modern space where you can socialize with 15-10 rescued shelter cats while supporting an improved quality of life for them!
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Cat Therapy is a magical place where you can curl up and cuddle with wonderfully sweet kitties in a relaxing, cafe-style environment. The best part? These are all adoptable cats from local shelters who need a forever home! If the cuteness overload works up your appetite, we’ve partnered with Brasil Arts Cafe to bring you tasty treats at your leisure. Since we don’t store or prepare food here, you

don’t have to worry -- our place is clean, safe, and all about the cats. As Santa Barbara’s only cat cafe, we’re incredibly excited to bring a concept like this to our city for the first time. Any occasion is better with cats (trust us), so whether it’s date night, you’re out for a special occasion, or even just enjoying your lunch break, we can’t wait to welcome you soon.

10/12/2024

No caption necessary, just a cute floof for you to see 💕Happy Caturday from Walter!

09/13/2024

Nothing better to celebrate the arrival of spooky season than with a Halloween party with our kitties! 👻
And the return of our Meowlloween merch which is now up on our website 🎃
The details:
October 26th at 5pm and 6:45pm. $65 tickets.
The Halloween event will be a really fun costume party where you’ll get a chance to show off your most creative dress up skills and participate in our contest! Winner will take home a $100 Cat Therapy gift card :)
There will also be treats, wine, non-alcoholic aperitifs from and of course, the company of our kitties! Tickets are limited so get yours meow 🧙‍♀️

09/09/2024

We've had so many adoptions recently and so many new babies joining us❤️ Here's a quick intro on a few of them:
😻 Marry (Grey with clipped ear ❤): Marry is super shy but loves pets and will rub her head on you asking for more pets! Absolutely adorable💕
😻The seaweed kittens: The two calicos are named nori and willow haven! & the grey little one is kombu! Kombu is outgoing, playful, loves treats and will follow you around asking for attention, he is very chatty!!😀The girls are so snuggly and will fall asleep on you any time of the day!!😀
😻Minow is a stunning little panther! She is very shy but she will let you pet her if you approach her nicely! She still has a hard time trusting others but if you slowly come to her she will rub her head on your hand ✨
Come meet the kitties in person!

06/22/2024

The kitties had a very special visitor yesterday after Cat Yoga! (yes she’s covered in kitty stickers 😻) came by to play with our cats ✨She was also very kind to take a photo with Johnzy (white and black floof), so now he can be famous too and find a home 💕Whoever takes him home can say he was in a photo with Katy Perry 😄If you’d like to meet him come on by this weekend 💕Our founder got to meet Katy and as a musician herself, all of her Katy Perry & cats dreams came true!

06/13/2024

We have ONE last minute spots for yoga with cats tomorrow! And we have a few spots left for our class next week. Head over to our website and grab those last tickets 💕💕

05/10/2024

The purrfect Friday evening doesn't exis.....Yes! Cat Yoga is back! In happy hour edition 😻 Join us June 14th at 6:15 for a 45min gentle yoga class amongst our kitties followed by 30mins of relaxing, chatting with friends and enjoying our cats company! 🍷For those who feel up for it, we'll be offering a complimentary glass of wine to finish your amazing Friday. Bring your own mat please ❤ Tickets are up on our website, click the link in bio to our booking page! Tickets are super limited so share with your friends and book right away :)

04/16/2024

03/07/2024

Cat lover friends: We are hiring! 😻 We are currently looking for one person to join our team as host and cat caretaker on Wednesdays and Thursdays. If you have cat care experience and wish to join us, please send over your resume and cover letter at [email protected]. If you've already sent us your resume and you're still interested, please forward it again so we know you're still interested! ❤

02/14/2024

Happy Meowlentine's Dayfrom Terrance and Tabitha who just went home! Nothing better than celebrating the official day of LOVE in your new forever home 😻For everyone who's got the right idea about celebrating Valentines and are coming to visit us today, you'll get to meet so many new kitties that arrived these past few days!

01/29/2024

What a weekend!!! We said goodbye to Tinkers + Amos (who’d been here over a year! 🥹)Westley & Buttercup (grey), Viv (tabby), Blaze (black), Angus and Poppy who was only here overnight 😂 Happy adoption to all of our foster babies!

01/26/2024

Beetle has his tuxedo suit all ready for the weekend :) We are welcoming 4 new kitties from today so come say hello!

01/25/2024

The two sides of Angus! As his beautiful face is split between two colors, his purrsonality is as well! He is a curious and snuggly guy with a "mature" attitude that makes you feel his soul is wise. Until the toys come out, that is! Then he has the playfulness of a kitten! If you come and visit us, make sure to ask about him, as he does enjoy snuggling in the clean laundry cabinet 😹

01/17/2024

As you can imagine our amazing team gets some pretty funny photos of our cats showing their silliest side 😂They’re truly too good to keep to ourselves, so if you enjoy this cute inside look into our teams daily life with our foster cats comment below!! 💕 Today we have goofy extraordinaire Amos! His day isn’t complete without laying in un comfy spots, chorus, checking guests in and playing with his best friend Tinkers 💕

01/16/2024

Thanks so much to everyone who came to visit our kitties over the long weekend :) Today is our day off but we can't wait to see you tomorrow ❤ Let's wish Felix a happy adoption as he went home over the weekend!

01/13/2024

Happy Caturday from Snowball! She is now enjoying life as a house-cat after being adopted this week, but we had to share this photo of her! ❤

01/12/2024

Have you ever seen a torbie cat? That's a tortie mixed with tabby! Viv is as unique as she is sweet! This little girl has the sweetest, tiniest little face you've ever seen! Guests just melt when they meet her. She came in with her two siblings and they've been adopted, so now she's waiting for her turn to go home! ❤

01/10/2024

Brownie wasn't too sure about the camera, but we still had to show you his cute little face! He's here with his sister Cookie (all grey kitty) and they're doing so well! Come by to meet this cute sibling duo this week ❤

01/09/2024

What a fun day of adoptions!! Say congrats to Snowball and Chance who went home today 🎉🎉Amd thank you for their wonderful adopters! Chance had been here a while so it was so good to see her finally graduate to house kitty 💕💕Can’t wait to welcome new kitties from this week!

12/26/2023

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! We are closed today but reopen tomorrow 12/27 for the rest of the week with slightly reduced hours so make sure to look at our google account or our website's booking platform for accurate opening hours :) But do come visit us!

12/24/2023

Merry Christmas Eve from Catsby who is going home today and spending his first ever Holidays with his furever family 😻 We hope everyone has a lovely Holiday. We are open today from 10-1:30pm and then reopen on Wednesday!

12/23/2023

Happy Caturday from Loch! Him and his two sisters Viv and Nessie were found at Stowe House near Lake los Carneros. They were thought to be "working cats": kitties that work in ranches and farms. But they were constantly trying to get the attention of visitors, they were WAY too friendly to be working cats and they were in danger of being attacked by predators. This cute trio was rescued by ASAP and we were fortunate to pick them up a few days ago and bring them to CT! They made themselves right at home and they're the sweetest angels! Come visit them this weekend!

12/21/2023

Hosting family or friends over the Holidays? Bring them to visit our kitties 😻🎄We also offer private parties! See our holiday availability on our website and book your visit ❤

12/20/2023

Rainy days are for snuggling kitties! We have normal hours this week leading up to Sunday the 24th, when we'll be open only 10am to 1pm for last minute cat cuddles and Holiday shopping! 🎄Hope to see you this week 😻

12/18/2023

When we picked Catsby from ASAP Cats they said he was a "really cool cat". Well they were right! We are rarely able to let a kitty out to explore our lounge immediately, usually they need a few days of acclimation in a crate. But he was READY! He made himself at home right away and he has been loving it here! Come meet him this week, he'll be happy to greet you! 😻

12/12/2023

This Holiday season, remember to support your local businesses ❤ If you have a cat loving friend or family member, we have gift cards for them! We brought physical gift cards back this year 🎄 And a few other cute things in store like greeting cards, jewelry and more! Feel free to stop by and say hello to our cats before shopping, or order online by this Friday to get it in time for the Holidays! 😻

Address

1213 State Street Suite L
Santa Barbara, CA
93101

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 7pm
Wednesday	11am - 7pm
Thursday	11am - 8pm
Friday	11am - 8pm
Saturday	11am - 8pm
Sunday	11am - 7pm

Telephone

(805) 560-1996

Website

http://www.cattherapysb.com/

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Trust us, they’re here 😂😂😂Especially at snack time!! But cats have a funny way of disappearing at nap time don’t they! #catcafe #santabarbara #cutecats #catrescue #kitten #kittenlove #catlover

OUR KITTEN PARTY WAS AN ABSOLUTE SUCCESS! 9 kitties found homes and everyone had such a great time! 😻 7 years of Cat Therapy couldn’t have been celebrated better than with adoptable kittens from @asapcats ! Thanks to everyone who came and contributed with their tickets!!!!! We couldn’t have been here for 7 years without you! There were kitten snuggles, mimosas, delicious donuts and coffee from @hookandpressdonuts (THANK YOU for contributing to this event!!!), adoptions, sleepy kitten naps and lots of smiles. We are so grateful to be a part of Santa Barbara’s community of animal lovers, cheers to 7 more years!! 🎊

Join us for Cat Yoga next Friday 09/06 at 6pm 💕We’ll have a lovely 45min, all levels class followed by 30 mins of mingling with our kitties and optional glass of wine🍷 to say meow to your week and welcome the weekend. Only a few spots left so book yours now on our website 🎉

So many kitties to meet 💕We are open tomorrow morning on the 4th of July for a few hours if you’d like to send some time with us, then we’re open all weekend 🎉Our kitties are looking forward to seeing you!

Our Cat Yoga event was so fun! Cats do love it when people are on ground level with them 💕We have one more event this Friday with only 4 tickets left so sign up meow :) You can reserve your spot on our website!

Don’t forget to shop with our kitties for Mothers Day 💕We have gifts for human moms and cat moms, as well as gift cards 🥰You can also come visit us this weekend! Your purchases support our mission so thank you for thinking of us!

We often get questions about where our kitties come from. They are rescued by our partners at @asapcats 💕Watch the video to learn more!

Noel modeling our new cat beds 💕

Noel is a bad influence 😹

Our kitties are FaceTiming you to check if you’re coming to visit them this spring break. We’ll be here 💕(ps: We have FOUR new orange kitties for you to meet! 😍)

It’s a beautiful day to come snuggle rescued kitties 💕Our cats are soaking up the sun and waiting for you to come visit 🥰

Love is in the air whenever you’re around our kitties 💕We’re the purrfect Valentines or Galentines day plan! Come visit our kitties on Feb 14th 💕Maybe dinner after at any of the amazing restaurants nearby! Make your booking meow on our website 💕This sweet kitty is Terrance and he loves giving hugs!

We are hiring! 🎉If you’re interested in joining our team, please send us your resume, cover letter and availability to [email protected]. Can’t wait to hear from you! No need to have all of these available but at least two or three, shifts we are looking for are: Monday 8am-2pm or Monday 2pm-8pm Tuesday 8-11am Wednesdays 8am-2pm Thursdays 8am-2pm

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Our Story

IMAGINE YOURSELF having coffee with a friend in a beautiful and modern space that is also a sanctuary for 15-20 free roaming rescued cats!

THAT IS WHAT CAT THERAPY IS ABOUT. We are a local business dedicated to helping rescue organizations create a world where no cat needs to live in a cage or be euthanized due to lack of space at shelters. So we created an innovative social space for you to enjoy and benefit from the company of shelter cats regardless of your ability to adopt, all while helping us provide these cats with a humane environment to live until they are adopted.

WE'D SAY IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR CATS AND HUMANS :) As Santa Barbara’s only cat cafe experience, we’re incredibly excited to bring a concept like this to our city for the first time. Any occasion is better with cats (trust us), so whether it’s date night, you’re out for a special occasion, or even just enjoying your lunch break, we can’t wait to welcome you soon.

YOUR ENTRY FEE IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS OUR CAUSE. Book your next visit on our website right meow!