The newest addition to Hong Kong’s cafe scene is taking a soft approach to business – and the hosts are all ears.
‘Rabbitland’ offers a new breed of dining experience, with 12 resident bunnies who munch on grass while customers pet them between sips of tea.
Tucked away on the third floor of a high-rise in the busy commercial district of Causeway Bay, the cafe says it gives people who have no room to keep a pet in space-starved Hong Kong the chance to bond with the fluffy animals.
Fancy a nibble? Customers greed the resident rabbits at Hong Kong’s ‘Rabbitland’
The cafe offers 12 resident bunnies who munch on grass while customers pet them between sips of tea
Rabbits are the third most neglected animals in Hong Kong, with hundreds of the animals cast aside every year.
Most of the rabbits have been abandoned by previous owners, and aren’t on sale.
The cafe is hoping to help families who can afford the space – Hong Kong is one of the world’s densest cities – to understand what it takes to raise a bunny.
The city already has a number of ‘cat cafes’, but this is the first one for rabbits, inspired by a similar shop in Japan.
‘I like how soft they are and like their fur and how gentle they are when you feed them,’ says Natalie Chan, 11, whose mother had brought her to find out more about keeping rabbits as she wants one as a pet.
There are a list of rules about how to behave around the animals, including not picking them up or pulling their ears.
The owner says it gives people who have no room to keep a pet in space-starved Hong Kong
The city already has a number of ‘cat cafes’, but this is the first one for rabbits
He says a visit helps children understand what looking after one would involve
Most of the rabbits have been abandoned by previous owners
Co-founder Teddy Chui, 29, says anyone who does not obey the rules is asked to leave.
He says a visit helps children understand what looking after one would involve.
‘A lot of parents bring their kids here if they want to buy a rabbit, so they know it’s not all about playing with them — it’s a lot of work and responsibility,’ says Chui.