Cat Cafes in Mexico: All 37, City by City (2026)

Mexico has 37 cat cafés open as of October 2026, counting a guesthouse in Mérida whose rescue cats you can visit by appointment. Eleven of them are in and around Mexico City, and the rest are spread across more than 20 other cities, from Tijuana on the US border to Cozumel in the Caribbean. Many opened in the last few years, and most are run with rescuers, so a visit usually doubles as a way to meet cats looking for homes. In Mexico cats are often called michis, and many menus play on the word.

This guide lists every one of them, starting with Mexico City and then going region by region. We checked hours, menus and adoption details on each café’s own website and social pages in October 2026. Hours change often, especially at the smaller cafés, so check Instagram or Facebook before a long trip across town.

How Cat Cafés Work in Mexico

Most don’t charge to get in. At the majority of Mexican cat cafés you just order food or a drink and stay as long as you like. A few charge for the cat area: Bastet in Tijuana has a small entry charge, IXU in Oaxaca charges a cover that counts towards your order, Cafelino in Boca del Río asks for a minimum order before you go into the cat room, and Cozumel Cat Cafe charges one admission fee that includes drinks and snacks.

Many are rescue cafés. At most of them the cats are rescues, and all or some of them can be adopted. Adopting usually takes an application form, an official ID, proof of address and an interview, and some cafés also ask for photos of your home or a small fee to cover vaccines and sterilization. A few only adopt locally: Meow Café & Bistro in Puebla, for example, requires adopters to live in Puebla.

Some are cat-themed cafés with a few resident cats. El Gato Negro in León, 3/4 Café in Culiacán, Dina’s Cat Café in Querétaro and San Michi Café in Nezahualcóyotl are cafés first, where the owners’ own cats wander among the tables. They are good for a coffee with a cat nearby, but you won’t find adoptable cats or a dedicated cat room.

House rules are similar everywhere. Don’t pick the cats up, don’t wake them, and don’t feed them anything except treats sold by the café. Staff usually go over the rules when you arrive. A few cafés set a minimum age: Mon Minou in Monterrey does not admit children under 10, and Snacks and Cats in Chihuahua admits ages six and up. Outside pets are almost never allowed, with Coffee & CATS Tampico and Catfé in Tehuacán the exceptions.

Check the day. Monday is the usual day off, and many cafés outside the capital open only in the afternoon or evening. For more on how cat cafés work in general, see our guide to what a cat café is.

Cat Cafés in Mexico City

Mexico City has nine cat cafés, plus two more just across the border in the State of Mexico. The best cluster for visitors is in Hipódromo Condesa, where Catfecito and Meow Cat Café are a few blocks apart near Chilpancingo Metro station. Condesa is also one of the most popular neighborhoods for visitors to stay in, with leafy streets and plenty of places to eat: here are places to stay in Condesa on Booking.com. The rest are spread around the city, from the historic center to Portales and Jardín Balbuena.

Which One Should You Choose?

• Near the main sights, go to Mundo Mistu’, a block from Pino Suárez Metro and a short walk from the Zócalo, or Vegattos, on the eighth floor of a building on Insurgentes near the Monumento a la Revolución.
• For two cafés in one afternoon, go to Condesa. Catfecito and Meow Cat Café are a few blocks apart.
• For a proper meal, go to Vegattos for a vegan set lunch, 31 Gatitos for vegan burgers in the evening, or Crumbs & Whiskers for breakfast.
• With children, go to 7 Vidas or La Catfetería, both relaxed, family-friendly places. 31 Gatitos asks visitors not to bring young children.
• On a Monday, go to Meow Cat Café, Yuki-CatCafé or Crumbs & Whiskers. Most of the others are closed.
• Early or late, go to Yuki-CatCafé, which opens at 8am, or San Michi Café in Nezahualcóyotl, which stays open until 11:30pm.
• To adopt, start with Catfecito, Meow Cat Café, Mundo Mistu’, 31 Gatitos or Vegattos. All of their cats are rescues looking for homes.

Catfecito

Courtesy of gatogazzu.org

Catfecito is the café of La Casa del Gato Gazzu, a non-profit that has rescued and rehomed street cats in Mexico City for more than fifteen years. It is on Avenida Baja California in Hipódromo Condesa, a few steps from Chilpancingo Metro station. The rescued cats roam the small dining room freely, and all of them can be adopted through the association’s application process.

The menu is cat-themed all the way through, with cat-shaped burgers and pastries, wings, milkshakes, coffee and Meow craft beer, and there is a corner shop with cat merchandise. What you spend pays for the cats’ food, sterilization and vet care. The room is small and fills up at weekends, so expect to wait for a table. It opens Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 8pm. See the Gato Gazzu website for adoption details.

Meow Cat Café

Courtesy of @meowcatcafecdmx on Facebook

Meow Cat Café is a few blocks from Catfecito on Avenida Nuevo León, run by an independent rescuer who has worked with the street cats of Mexico City since 2012. You order at the counter, and the cats and kittens live in a separate room next door that you can go into to play with them. A cover charge may apply to the cat room on top of your order. All the cats are up for adoption, through a form, an ID check and an interview.

The menu has coffee, frappés, cat-themed drinks, ciabattas and desserts, and the adjoining Vintage y Gatos shop sells cat gifts and supplies. It is one of the few cafés in the city open every day, from 10am on weekdays and 11am at weekends, and it closes at 6pm on Sundays. Check @meowcatcafecdmx for workshops and events.

Mundo Mistu’

Courtesy of @Mistucafe2021 on Facebook

Mundo Mistu’ is the most central option, on the first floor of the Pasaje Capital arcade on Avenida 20 de Noviembre, about a block from Pino Suárez Metro and a short walk from the Zócalo. Two independent rescuers opened it as Mistu’ Café. Since early 2026, after an inspection by the borough, it no longer serves food or drinks, but it is still open as a cat lounge, shop and adoption center.

More than twenty rescued cats have lived here at a time. They are vaccinated, dewormed and sterilized before they join the lounge, and adoption is free but involves a questionnaire, an interview, documents and delivery to your home. Mundo Mistu’ is open Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 7pm and until 5:40pm on Sundays. Check its Facebook page before you go.

Vegattos

Vegattos is a vegan café, grocery and cat café on the eighth floor of Insurgentes Centro 19 in San Rafael, half a block from the Revolución Metrobús stop. It is run by El Gato Vago, a shelter that looks after well over a hundred rescued cats. A few of them live at the café, where they roam among the tables and can be adopted, and the windows look out over Insurgentes and the city center.

The kitchen is fully vegan, with a daily set lunch, seitan tacos, burgers, quesabirria and desserts, and the shop sells vegan sausages, cheese and ice cream as well as cat food and toys. Everything you buy supports the shelter. Vegattos is a lunchtime place, open Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 5pm. See @vegattosmx for the day’s menu.

7 Vidas Cat Café

Courtesy of @7_vidas_cat_cafe on Instagram

7 Vidas Cat Café is on Calle Naranjo in Santa María la Ribera, a few minutes on foot from San Cosme Metro station. You read a short set of house rules on arrival, staff introduce the cats, and then the cats wander among the tables and often settle on laps. They are rescues, and the ones marked as adoptable can go home with you after the café’s adoption process.

The menu covers coffee, frappés, milkshakes, crepes, burgers, fries and wings, and there is a small shelf of cat-themed items for sale. It is a relaxed, family-friendly place, open Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 8pm and until 7pm on Sundays. Check @7_vidas_cat_cafe before you go.

31 Gatitos

Courtesy of @31gatitos on Facebook

31 Gatitos is a café and shelter on Calle 17 in San Pedro de los Pinos, near the corner of Avenida Revolución and a short walk from San Pedro de los Pinos Metro station. It was founded by a group of Mexican designers and printers, and every cat here is a rescue available for adoption after a screening. The cats live in their own room off the dining area, and you can go in and stay as long as you like.

The menu is fully vegan, with burgers, snacks, cat-shaped conchas, Italian sodas, coffee and cocktails. Visits are geared to adults, and the café asks people not to bring young children. A boutique sells the team’s own cat prints and merchandise, and part of the money funds vet care and sterilization campaigns. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 2pm to 9pm and until 8pm on Sundays. See the 31 Gatitos website for adoption details.

Yuki-CatCafé

Yuki-CatCafé is the newest café in the city. It opened in October 2026 on Calzada de Tlalpan in Portales Norte, between the Portales and Ermita stations of Metro Line 2. It is a Japanese-style coffee shop with a separate room where you can spend time with its resident cats, and there are video game consoles for guests to use.

It opens early, at 8am every day except Sunday, when it opens at 9am, and closes at 7pm, or 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays. As a new café, its menu, number of cats and visiting rules are still being settled, so check @yuki.catcafe before you go.

Crumbs & Whiskers Café

Crumbs & Whiskers Café is inside the Galerías Plaza de las Estrellas shopping center on Avenida Marina Nacional in Verónica Anzures, next to the passport office of the Foreign Ministry. Kittens and adult cats share the café with customers. All of them are rescues looking for homes, and they change often as cats get adopted.

The menu covers coffee, tea and frappés, breakfasts such as chilaquiles and French toast, salads and desserts. It is a quiet place to work, or to wait after a passport appointment. Crumbs & Whiskers opens at 9am on weekdays and 11am at weekends, closes at 6pm, and is closed on Tuesdays.

La Catfetería

La Catfetería is a small neighborhood café on Lorenzo Boturini in Jardín Balbuena, east of the center. Rescued cats, most of them waiting for adoption, share the room with customers, who can play with them and stroke them while they eat. The café introduces individual cats on its Instagram.

The menu has espresso drinks, seasonal lattes, infusions, ciabattas and desserts, with cat faces drawn on some of the coffees, and there is a takeaway window. Children are welcome. It opens Tuesday to Saturday from 2:30pm to 9:30pm and on Sundays from 12:30pm to 5:30pm. See @lacatfeteria.cdmx for its cats.

Katu Café

Katu Café is in the Pabellón ADSA building on Circuito Circunvalación Poniente in Ciudad Satélite, just north of Mexico City on the Tlalnepantla side. It gives rescued cats and kittens a temporary home, and each cat’s age and temperament is listed on its adoption page. There is a separate area without cats for anyone who would rather work or eat away from them.

The menu covers coffee, traditional cacao drinks, frappés, tapioca drinks, baguettes, molletes and desserts, and there are board games and books. Katu is open Monday to Saturday from 10:30am to 7pm. See the Katu website for adoptable cats.

San Michi Café

San Michi Café opened in early 2026 on Calle 8 in Colonia Esperanza, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, and calls itself the only café in Neza with real cats. Its resident cats share the room with guests and can be petted, but they are not up for adoption.

It is an evening place. It opens at 5pm and stays open until 11:30pm every day except Tuesday, serving coffee, frappés and milkshakes, crepes, burgers, chilaquiles and cat-shaped conchas, with cocktails later in the evening. There is karaoke on request and the occasional film night. Check its Facebook page for events.

Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta

Jalisco has three cat cafés: a calm, Japanese-inspired café and a cultural centre that shelters rescued cats, both in Guadalajara, and a full restaurant with rescue kittens in Puerto Vallarta.

Neko-hi Café

Courtesy of @Nekohicafe on Facebook

Neko-hi Café calls itself Guadalajara’s first cat café. It is on Avenida de la Paz in the Lafayette part of Colonia Americana, a few blocks west of Avenida Chapultepec. The interior is Japanese-inspired, and eight or nine cats roam among the tables, each introduced by name on the walls. Some of them can be adopted through the café.

You walk in without booking and order coffee, cat-themed drinks, cookies or Japanese cheesecake, and staff explain the rules before you meet the cats. Children are welcome if parents make sure the rules are followed. It opens Tuesday to Friday from 2pm and from 11am at weekends, until 9pm, and closes on Mondays and public holidays. See the Neko-hi website.

La Casa de los Gatos

La Casa de los Gatos is a cultural centre, gallery and bistro that opened in early 2026 in an old house on Calle Pino Suárez in central Guadalajara. It is a sister project of El Gatuario, a small rescue that finds homes for cats, and the rescued cats live in the house, so every visit helps pay for their care.

The bistro serves coffee, wine, tostas and charcuterie boards, and the house runs stained-glass and mosaic courses, a film club, exhibitions and plays. It opens on Fridays from 3pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am, until 11pm. Follow its Instagram for events.

Michi Cat Café

Courtesy of @michicatcafe on Facebook

Michi Cat Café opened in 2022 as Puerto Vallarta’s first cat café, on Calle Niza in the Versalles and Díaz Ordaz area, inland from the hotel zone. It is a full restaurant, serving breakfasts, chilaquiles, burritos, salads, waffles and cat-themed coffees. Its resident cat Mandarina is joined by rescued cats and kittens that the café places with homes together with local welfare groups, so the number of cats varies.

You can paint a mug or a tote bag, play board games, or browse the small shop, and tables can be booked online. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 8:30pm and until 4pm on Sundays. See the Michi Cat Café website.

Monterrey

Metro Monterrey has two very different cat cafés, one themed on the TV series Friends and one serving French pastries.

Central Cats

Central Cats is in the Cuauhtémoc neighborhood of San Nicolás de los Garza, in northern Monterrey, and is decorated as a tribute to Friends, with a Central Perk-style sofa and dishes such as Joey’s meatball sub. The cats live in their own room, where only drinks are allowed, and a second dining room without cats suits visitors with allergies. It holds kitten adoption events with the rescue group Cultura Perrona, as well as cat yoga and art workshops. It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 9pm. See @centralcats.mty.

Mon Minou

Mon Minou is a French-style cat café on Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas in Zona Valle Oriente, San Pedro Garza García, founded in 2023. It works with the rescue group Proyecto Salvavidas, so the cats are rescues waiting for adoption. The kitchen serves quiche, croque monsieur, éclairs and tarte tatin. The house rules are printed on the menu, and children under 10 are not admitted. It has free parking and is open Tuesday to Sunday, closing at 8pm on weekdays and earlier at weekends. See the Mon Minou website.

Puebla and Tehuacán

Puebla has one cat café and a cat hotel with a coffee bar, and there is a second café in Tehuacán, in the south-east of the state.

Meow Café & Bistro

Meow Café & Bistro opened in 2022 in Plaza Solé on Boulevard 18 Sur, near the BUAP university campus. It is a café and a temporary home for cats rescued from the street, with around half a dozen living there at a time, many of them adults. The menu runs from burgers and wings to pasta, desserts and seasonal drinks. Adoption starts with an interview at the café, and adopters must live in Puebla. It is closed on Mondays. See @meowcafebistro.

Cat Inn

Cat Inn on Avenida Teziutlán Norte in Colonia La Paz is a cat hotel with a specialty coffee bar where you can sit with the resident cats, among them Parche and Biscuit. There is a box of toys and a shelf of cat-themed board games, and next door are the boarding rooms, a vet clinic and a pet shop. Cat yoga and sound-bath sessions are held in the same space. It opens at 8am on weekdays and is closed on Sundays. See the Cat Inn website.

Catfé: Coffee & Cats

Catfé is a small café on Calle 16 Norte in Tehuacán whose resident cats are named after characters from The Office, Jim, Pam and Michael Scott among them. Staff explain the rules, and you can borrow board games. Unusually, you can bring your own dog. It opens in the afternoon from Tuesday to Friday and from 9am at weekends, until 10pm, and is closed on Mondays, when the cats rest. See @_catfe.

Central Mexico and the Bajío

The colonial cities north and west of the capital each have one or two cat cafés.

Dina’s Cat Café

Dina’s Cat Café opened around the start of 2026 in Plaza del Sur on Boulevard Hacienda del Jacal, in the south of Querétaro. The owners’ own rescued cats wander freely among the tables and climb onto laps, but they are part of the family rather than up for adoption. There is no entry fee, and the short menu has coffee, chai, frappés, baguettes and croissants. It is quiet enough for reading or work, and it is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 9pm.

Il Gato Cat Café

Il Gato began as an extension of Fundación Pro Pet and works as a pre-adoption space for around 30 rescued cats, on Valle de Atemajac in the north of León. The cats live in two rooms, one facing the street and a lounge at the back. You can order coffee, frappés, ramen and burgers, buy treats for the cats and stay for hours. It opens only in the evening, Wednesday to Saturday from 5pm to 10pm. See @ilgatocafeteria.

El Gato Negro Café

El Gato Negro is a cat-themed evening café on Ignacio Altamirano in the Barrio de San Juan de Dios in central León. A few resident cats live among the tables in its dim, rustic room full of cat artwork, among them a large one that regulars call the manager. There is no cover charge. The menu centers on Mexican coffee such as café de olla, with hot chocolate, crepes and vegan options. Reservations are taken through Instagram, and it is open Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm to 10:30pm. See @gatonegroc.

CATZY Cat Café

CATZY opened on International Cat Day in August 2025 on Calle Rayón in the historic center of Morelia, near the Mercado de Dulces. Its 13 or so rescued cats are all up for adoption, with their profiles posted on the walls, and adoptions are followed up by the city’s animal protection institute. The menu plays on cat names, from the CATpuchino to michi-molletes. Children must be with an adult. It is open every day from 10am to 8pm. See @catzy_cat_cafe.

Cattus Café

Cattus Café opened in November 2024 as Toluca’s first cat café, upstairs in a building on Calle José María Arteaga. Five resident cats live here, and the owners keep the number at six or fewer on their vet’s advice. Staff hand out treats for visitors to give them. The kitchen bakes its own bread, including cat-shaped burger buns, and serves taiyaki and conchas. It is open Tuesday to Sunday and closed on Mondays. See @cattuscafe2024.

Co-feeline

Co-feeline opened in Pachuca in 2025, next to the MasterCat vet clinic, which rescues, sterilizes and rehabilitates street cats. The cats roam the café, and you can browse a catalogue of the adoptable ones and start an adoption on the spot. The menu has coffee, cat-named frappés, waffles and boneless wings. The space is small and often run by one person, so food can take a while. It is open Monday to Saturday from 1pm to 8pm. See its Facebook page.

Oaxaca

IXU Cat Café

IXU is on Calle Mariano Abasolo in the historic center of Oaxaca, a few blocks from Santo Domingo, in the garden building that used to house La Selva de los Gatos. More than 30 rescued cats and kittens roam the café and garden, and all of them are available for adoption. You pay a cover that counts towards your food and drink. Mornings bring a brunch menu with vegan options and matcha horchata, and in the afternoons and evenings it serves pizza and mezcal cocktails. It also hosts workshops and film nights.

The hours are unusual: late morning to 7pm from Sunday to Tuesday, 3pm to 10pm from Thursday to Saturday, and closed on Wednesdays. See IXU’s links page.

Mérida and Cozumel

El Tío Félix

El Tío Félix is in Colonia Roma, in the west of Mérida. It opened as El Gato Félix in late 2024 and was renamed and enlarged in December 2025. The resident cats are rescues, black cats among them, and the café promotes responsible adoption. The cats have their own air-conditioned room, and there is a dining area without cats. It serves breakfasts, sandwiches, waffles and frappés on cat-themed plates, and it has free parking. It opens at 8am every day and closes at 10pm, or 2pm on Sundays. See @cafeteria_eltiofelix.

Casa-Kaan

Casa-Kaan is a vegetarian guesthouse in a renovated Art Deco house on Calle 70 in the Centro, half a block from San Sebastián square. Its name means snake house in Maya. Many rescue cats share the house and garden: about ten belong to the owner, Janet Bloor, and the rest are looking for homes. The small café on the property, Cafe Kaan, has closed, but you can still come to cuddle and adopt the cats by appointment, arranged by email through the Casa-Kaan website. Cat lovers can also stay in the casita in the garden, with hammocks, a pool and a breakfast of fruit, coffee and pastries. No meat is allowed on the property.

Cozumel Cat Cafe

Courtesy of @cozumelcatcafe on Facebook

Cozumel Cat Cafe is run by the Humane Society of Cozumel Island inside its shelter and clinic in Huertos Familiares, a short taxi ride inland from downtown San Miguel. It opened in late 2024 as an air-conditioned room with around a dozen rescue cats and kittens, all available for adoption. One admission fee includes drinks and snacks, and the money goes to the Humane Society’s free spay and neuter program. Staff speak English and Spanish, and it is popular with cruise passengers.

Visits run Monday to Saturday from 10am, with the last visits at 4pm, and you don’t need to book. The Humane Society is preparing to move the cat café to a new downtown location near the waterfront, so check the address on the Cozumel Cat Cafe website before you go.

The Gulf Coast

Cafelino

Cafelino calls itself the first cat café in the Veracruz port area. It is on Calle Antonio de Mendoza in Fraccionamiento Virginia, Boca del Río. The rescued cats live in a cat room next to the dining area, and photos of cats that have found homes hang on the walls. To go into the cat room you need to order a minimum amount of food or drink. The menu includes burgers, desserts and the house michipizza, with vegan options. It is closed on Tuesdays. See @cafelino.mx.

Coffee & CATS Tampico

Courtesy of @CoffeeAndCatsTampico on Facebook

Coffee & CATS Tampico opened around 2023 on the Tampico–Mante highway in Colonia Roma, as the first cat café in southern Tamaulipas. Sisters Ale and Addy Romero look after a large group of resident cats, around 35 at one count. The menu is full of cat names, from the catpuccino to the ameowricano, alongside salads, pizza and cat-shaped cakes. There is live music on some evenings, and raffles help pay vet bills for cats in need. It is open in the evening, Tuesday to Sunday from 6pm. See @coffeeandcats_tampico.

Paraíso Cat Café

Paraíso Cat Café started as a drinks bar and is now the only place in Macuspana, Tabasco, where you can sit with cats. Several friendly resident cats, one of them called Narciso, share the room with guests. The menu centers on cold drinks such as chamoyadas and frappés, with burgers and wings. It opens Tuesday to Sunday from 2pm to 10pm. See @paraiso_catcafe.

Northern Mexico

Bastet Cat Café

Courtesy of @bastetcatcafe on Facebook

Bastet Cat Café opened in 2015 in Colonia El Prado, Tijuana, as the first cat café in Baja California. It is a temporary home for 30 to 45 cats rescued from the street or from abuse, which live loose in two rooms. You pay a small entry charge, or order a combo of a drink, a slice of cake and entry. Adopting requires an ID, proof of address, a form and a recovery fee, and Bastet also runs free sterilization drives. It is open Thursday to Sunday from midday and closed Monday to Wednesday. See @bastetcatcafe.

Snacks and Cats

Snacks and Cats is a cat café and adoption lounge in the historic center of Chihuahua, a few steps from the Quinta Gameros museum. The money from visits pays for the rescued cats’ care until they are adopted. You order burgers in cat-shaped buns, fried chicken or Korean-style drinks, and then spend time with the cats. You don’t need to book, but the minimum age is six. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, from 4pm on weekdays and 1pm at weekends. See @snacks_and_cats_.

Michi Café

Michi Café is a small adoption café on Boulevard Miguel Alemán in Ciudad Lerdo, on the road linking Lerdo with Gómez Palacio and Torreón. Its cats come from the shelter Albergue Adopta con Amor, which handles adoptions, and sales from the small shop help fund the rescue work. It also hosts a free reading club. It is open Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm to 9pm. See @elmichicafe.

Cat-puccino Coffee

Cat-puccino Coffee is a cat-themed café in Plaza Puerta del Sol in Reynosa, with around five resident cats. The cats are usually there only from Friday to Sunday afternoons, so check before you go if you are mainly coming for them. Handling is limited to keep them calm, which makes it better for adults and older children. The menu runs from crepes and paninis to chilaquiles and cat-shaped conchas. See Cat-puccino’s links page.

3/4 Café

3/4 Café, also called ¾ Brew bar, is a small specialty coffee bar in Lomas del Pedregal, in the north of Culiacán, often described locally as the city’s only cat café. Several resident cats wander around the air-conditioned terrace, and you are asked not to wake them. There is no cover charge, and the bar makes AeroPress and V60 coffee, cold brew and light breakfasts. The street is a little hard to find, so use the location pin on @trescuartoscafemx. It is closed on Sundays.

Closed and Removed Mexican Cat Cafés

• Neko Café in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, has been removed from our map because it no longer has cats.

Know a Mexican cat café we have missed, or one that has closed? Let us know and we will update the map. For every café on a map, see our Mexico cat café map.