Meow, meow, meow, meow; okay we got it kitties. We love you but your cafes? So 2013.
So excuse us while we hop over to nuzzle with the new cute in town: the bunny cafe.
Enter the Lucky Bunny Café & Restaurant, Bangkok’s bunny-loving destination. The café opened last year but just recently completed building out the location to offer full service.
Hidden in a small soi of Lat Phrao 101 Yaek 28, visitors are welcomed into a well-decorated home at the end of the way. No, it looks nothing like a rabbit hole but is filled with bunnies.
A little green garden sits in front of the home, and the bunny cafe is on its first floor. This is a good place for your first selfie. After removing shoes, guests will find themselves in a high-ceilinged living room decorated with all things rabbit. The fee is THB50 per person. Guests can bring their own bunnies (THB100 bunny fee) but need to book in advance.
Chocolate Waffle (THB118), Ice Latte (THB99)
Various drinks, sweet desserts, and dishes are available as a snack, lunch or dinner. The menu changes daily and usually features a spaghetti or simple rice dish.
Kat owns the rabbit ranch.
“I’m actually a dog lover,” she said. “My daughter wanted to open her own pet cafe. We decided to open a bunny cafe because my daughter said there were so many cat cafes already, and we wanted to pet a rabbit.
She said the cafe tries to be sensitive to the animals.
“Cleanliness is significant here,” she said. “Rabbits are more sensitive than cats. It’s one of the reasons why we separate the cafe and rabbit areas.”
Visitors can eat while waiting for their chance to fall down the rabbit hole. Hand sanitizer is distributed for handwashing.
Chok is the rabbit trainer, but he grins like the Chesire Cat. Only eight guests at a time are allowed in the rabbit room for 40 to 50 minutes. The number of guests allowed at a time might increase after a larger area is opened later this year.
The bunny-worship session opens with entertainment visitors will find either cute or horrifying – the bunnies perform tricks. But those concerned with animal rights probably aren’t going to a bunny cafe anyway.
After that, visitors have about half an hour of quality bunny time. You can cuddle, play, offer them food and even take selfies with them.
“Bunny can be trained,” Chok explained. “They respond to a signal, not their name. You need patience and consistency to train them.”
For bunny owners, Lucky Bunny Café & Restaurant also sells accessories at its rabbit gift shop, a rabbit hotel with with a play area and a rabbit spa.
“Bunnies are indie animals,” said Sato, the owner of the shop and hotel. “If they come to greet you once you come home, it means that they really love you. So far, we’re the only hotel that offers a playground for bunny. They need exercise just like we do.”
Staff are happy to share their rabbity insights
“Bunnies cannot eat a whole carrot like in a cartoon, you have to cut it into small cubes,” Sato said.
Guests will leave Lucky Bunny with not only a bunch of photos, but also better knowledge about the small fluffy animals.
FIND IT:
Lucky Bunny Café & Restaurant
Tuesday – Sunday, 10:30am – 8pm
Lat Phrao 101 Yaek 28
MRT Lat Phrao, Airport Link Hua Mak or Saen Saeb boat service.
Limited parking
