Get ready for the dog café (Picture: Alamy)

London’s first dog café is set to open in the spring.

The House of Hounds will be located in Shoreditch (where else?) and provide grooming treatments for pets while their owners and other dog lovers relax in the café.

At present there are very few details about the venture and it is not clear whether the café will just include dogs brought in by customers or also house permanent canines rescued from shelters, like Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium.

The capital’s first cat café is expected to open before its doggy rival on Bethnal Green Road and will allow cat fans to enjoy a cup of coffee in the company of a number of rescued felines.




The House of Hounds at present has a basic holding page for a website, although followers of its Twitter account can sign up to a newsletter for updates on its progress.

But let’s not get bogged down in the details – there is a dog café opening in London later this year and frankly that’s the best news we’ve heard all week.