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  Neko no Niwa
As you can tell, I finally visited the first ever cat cafe in Singapore (Neko no Niwa) to celebrate Agnes' birthday. It is located along the Singapore River, so visitors only have to travel a short journey from either Raffles Place or Clarke Quay MRT.

Just giving you guys a heads up if you decide to visit the place, you have to wash your hands before entering the cats area, and the staff will give you a quick briefing before you enter!


Some basic details:

Cuddle Charge

1st hour: S$12 per person
Subsequent 1/2 hour block: S$5 per person

Drinks & desserts (optional)

Mineral water & canned drinks: From S$1.00
Bottled drinks & fruit smoothies: From S$2.80
Premium coffee & tea: From S$2.50
Desserts from artisanal bakers: From S$2.00

Cash only. No service charge. No GST.
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Do take note that the cafe only sells dessert and whatnot, there are no savoury food but clarke quay has many restaurants around so you can simply have your meals around the area.

We ordered hot chocolate which was pretty good albeit being a little too thick, and I love the tiger skin roll. It's like a light fluffy sponge cake with wayyy too much cream (so if you hate cream pls don't order this) and strawberries but I love cream so I love it.

We also got some lemon cheese tart (this is pretty good) and chocolate cheese tart (doesn't taste too chocolate-y).

Only took a shot of the lemon cheese tart lol

But you know, I really don't encourage people eating there. I suppose the food prices for some items are pretty reasonable, but $12 for the first hour is just not really worth it. Yes the subsequent half hours are only $5 but if you do the math it's only $1 cheaper lol.

 You have to be really gentle with the cats and most of them run off when you intend to stroke them. And well most of them napped almost the whole 1.5 hours we were there so... 

Oh and one thing that really pissed me off was that we only called to book a 1 hour slot, but we exceeded by like 12minutes and we had to pay the extra half hour. It's our fault for not minding the time  (too captivated by the cats) but it would really be nice if the staff could remind us that one hour was up. 

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The cafe rules are simple:


It's kind of a shame that carrying of cats are not allowed (since it is near impossible that they will voluntarily jump onto your lap) but it is understandable that some people may be overly aggressive and insistent.



Do look out for this 'cat cafe' sign, it's pretty easy to miss! 


The cafe is located at the second story of the shophouses


This photo belongs to @molly-mia cause I forgot to take a photo of the stairs... Do check her out she did a review on neko no niwa too!


This is the enclosed area where all the cats are! It's really cosy and luckily for us they weren't too busy that day so we sort of had all the cats to ourselves!


All the scratch posts for the itchy kitty claws 


Visitors can order food/drinks through the sliding glass window. On the other side there's a small synthetic grass lawn which is the only place where shoes are allowed. Anywhere beyond that area is strictly no shoes allowed! Btw thats gin (left) and agnes the bday girl (right).


Some gay-ass balloons we bought for Agnes to embarrass her otw home 

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First thing first, meet Dewey. Because this is my favourite cat there and I think we have a special bond (ok maybe it's one sided but what's new) Also, Dewey is Mr white's brother!


But, this lazy cat slept like half the time I was there... but it's okay...


Dewey grooming himself and a curious Emma walking pass the box.


"Hey how r u doing"


"Sleeping makes me thirsty"


Look at those gorgeous eyes and fur coat oh god


Thee royal cat

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The second cat in line: Emma. Wait for it...

Look at those gorgeous blue eyes.


it's mad pretty like what, how can a cat be gorgeous.

I'm just trying to win Emma over to take a selfie. 


And it didn't work out she just turned away. Why Emma why.


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Meet Miley.


She is a gorgeous chinchilla persian cross (IDK did a cat mated with a chinchilla?)


She's so fluffy 


And her emerald green eyes are gorgeous


"let me groom myself before posing for you"


"there. am i majestic or what"


"are you almost done I'm bored of being photographed"


A lumbering furball - Miley.


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This is Little Miss Muffet. She's Baloo's sister (which is the next cat in line). The pink thing is her belly btw.


"Get the hell away I'm trying to nap here"


"FML. Really humans? zzzzzz"


She's huge man. Both her and Baloo are the oldest at 5 years old and their size shocked me when they got out of their curled sleeping position.


Her white chest makes her name really apt idk why maybe it makes Little Miss Muffet look really feminine.


"Don't try to hide I know u r there taking photos of me u pervert."


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Who's that huge fa-


"you were saying? Fat?"


Meet Baloo, brother of Little Miss Muffet.


"Maybe if I stick out my tongue I'll look even cuter"


Baloo lies wherever he wants


Because Baloo simply doesn't give a fuck about what you think.

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Meet Kai Kai. (who has a sister named Jia Jia)


He loves to prowl around like a tiger


And watch the world go by underneath his little paws.


He does the most impossible feat jumping everywhere (and yes it's a god damn cat-opoly say whatttt)


He watches you from where you can't see.


"What scratch posts?? These chairs are far better for scratching"


"I can even do it one-handed"


At times he just likes to nibble on kibbles (see what I did???)


And I think Kai Kai loves balloons he has been eyeing them wherever they are.

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And this is Jia Jia.


She sleeps wherever she can


"whatcha staring at?"


Look at that sudden streak of brown on her face 


I like her fusion of colours LOL


And she is fabulous. 

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This is 4 year old Demi who has the most beautiful prominent prints I've seen on a tabby cat.


She likes to nibble on party craft paper


And she- zzz...

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This cat has not many photos because he is constantly snoozing on that chair. But meet Mr White (oh the irony), and he is Dewey's brother!


zzzzz...


Those eyes though


FYI he was staring at the balloons at the mantelpiece hahah he's so transfixed on them.

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And this is Robbie acting all nonchalent...


All he wants is to sneak into your bag and sniff all around. He also did this to my paper bag that had a skirt.. I suppose it felt nice to scratch so he batted my skirt inside the paper bag lol...

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This is Skittles, who's really similar to Robbie.


And she's giving the really judgemental look.


Staring at the...


- other cat.


She loves the balloon I swear it kept her entertained the whole day.


And that awesome stretch HAHAHA. 

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This is Brown Monkey, and he is a siamese crossed cat. The description booklet says that he will squeak like a monkey so I was really looking forward to meeting him but he wasn't there ):

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Anyhow, that sums up all the cats at Neko no Niwa! But here's some random shots everyone and the cats:

Gin and Kai Kai :D


Agnes and Kai Kai LOL


Selfie level: Agnes.


Selfie Level: Simin.


Gin and Mr White


But first, let me take a #selfie


Emma trying to have a whiff of Kai Kai's butthole


qtpie


I have no idea what Jia Jia is doing LOL


The staff are really pretty too -hint-


Emma was playing with Kai Kai hahaha


Emma, gorgeous like Emma Stone ermahgerd


Kai Kai is stalking Emma


Jayi admiring the cats hahaha


Curious Skittles says waddup


Pretty Jayi and Simin hehhe


Let me end off this section with a group shot hahaha

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Very talented uncle along the SIngapore River it's worth the effort to zoom in on his painting I swear.


Another group shot along the Singapore River


Jayi's face HAHAH


Once again, happy birthday Aggie Pie! 

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On a side note, it's totally cool to visit Neko no Niwa if you haven't, it's a good experience but it's not somewhere people would frequent I suppose. It's kinda overpriced and they are not much food choices, I think it would be good if they served proper meals? Otherwise it's pretty much paying $22 without eating anything lol pls don't tell me to eat cakes until I'm full. 

I have read some pretty bad reviews because everyone is trying to get the cat's attention when the cafe is fully booked and really crowded but fortunately for us there were only 3 groups of people there including us so it's all great. 

Feel free to drop by the cafe if you're around the Singapore River but do make a reservation as they are usually fully booked!


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Cat Cafe Neko no Niwa is located at
54A Boat Quay (Level 2)
Singapore 049843
Telephone: (65) 6536 5319
*Reservations recommended*
- New hours from 1st April 2014 -
Mon, Wed to Fri: 11am to 10pm
Sat, Sun & Public Holidays: 10am to 10pm
Closed on Tuesdays
Nearest MRT:
Raffles Place Exit G (400m), Clarke Quay Exit E (450m)














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