Cat Cafes in Taiwan: Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Tainan

The cat café started in Taiwan. Kitten Coffee Garden opened in Taipei in 1998, and Guinness World Records lists it as the oldest cat café still in existence; you can read the story in our guide to the world’s first cat café. Today our directory lists 283 open cat cafés in Taiwan, and they are more varied than anywhere else we cover: foster cafés where every cat is waiting for a home, Japanese-style timed lounges, breed cafés full of Maine Coons, restaurants and dessert shops with cats upstairs, and a mountain village famous for its strays.

This guide covers the five big cities, with the cafés we checked against Google, official sites and recent reviews in October 2026. You can browse every café on our Taiwan cat café map.

How Taiwanese Cat Cafés Work

Most charge a minimum spend (低消) instead of an entry fee. Each person orders at least NT$150 to NT$400 of food or drink, many add a 10% service charge, and many set a time limit of 90 minutes to two hours. Some cafés let you meet the minimum with a single drink; others steer you to set meals. Cafés that ask for “one drink, no service charge” are usually the cheapest.

Timed lounges charge by time. MOCHA, FUFU, NUKU NUKU and a few others charge around NT$40 to NT$50 per 10 minutes, with drinks included and a daily cap, like the cat cafés in Japan.

Foster cafés (中途咖啡) rehome cats. Many cafés are run by rescuers or work with rescue groups, and their cats are up for adoption, with an application and a home check. Others are run by breeders or pet shops and sell kittens. We say which is which below, because many Taiwanese visitors choose on that basis.

Age rules vary a lot. Some cafés welcome families; others admit no children under 6, 10, 12 or 13. Check before you go with children; some cafés ask families to leave if children chase the cats.

Small cafés close at short notice for vet visits and rescue work, so check their Instagram or Facebook before you travel, and book through LINE or the café’s booking page at weekends.

Taiwan Cat Cafés at a Glance

Taipei

Taipei has the most cat cafés in Taiwan, and most are a short walk from an MRT station.

Shilin: Kitten Coffee Garden

Kitten Coffee Garden (小貓花園), right outside exit 1 of Zhishan MRT station, is where it all began in 1998, and it still feels like a neighbourhood café: about a dozen cats, two dogs and a bird share the room. There is no entry fee; each guest orders food or a drink. It opens from noon to 10pm and is closed on Tuesdays, and you can book by phone.

Ximending

The shopping district around Ximen MRT has three cafés close together. NUKU NUKU (NUKU NUKU Catcafe), about five minutes from the station, is a timed lounge whose rescue cats fill three floors and are all up for adoption. It charges NT$50 per 10 minutes, about NT$400 an hour, with drinks included once you have stayed 40 to 60 minutes, and is open every day from noon to 8pm. Its sister café, FUFU CatCafe, up a flight of stairs four minutes from the station, works the same way with about 20 pedigree cats, including Sphynx; only guests aged 13 and over are admitted, and staff check ID. Le Mao Kitchen (樂貓小廚), two minutes from Ximen, is a restaurant with Munchkins, plus Pomeranians and lizards; book ahead at weekends. A little south, ZAO CHU Entry Time (早初), eight to ten minutes from exit 6 of Ximen, is a brunch spot in an old three-storey house with three resident cats and no time limit. You order by picking an illustrated postcard, which the shop will post for you; it takes no bookings and is closed on Wednesdays.

Zhongshan, Datong and Taipei Main Station

Neko & Kafe (転運棧), about nine minutes from Beimen or Taipei Main Station, is a foster café founded in August 2023, where every cat but the shop cat is up for adoption. The minimum spend is NT$300 plus 10% for two hours, and only guests aged 12 and over are admitted; book and ask for the tatami room on the second floor. It is closed on Mondays.

Red Moon Maine Coon Gallery (紅玥緬因貓藝廊), two minutes from Shuanglian MRT, has more than ten Maine Coons as well as Ragdolls, and with more than 5,300 reviews it is the most-reviewed cat café we found in Taipei. You pay a NT$400 minimum plus 10% up front for 90 minutes, book online, and sit on the floor with your shoes off. Children aged 6 and up are welcome.

A few streets away, Lu LALA Sweets (擼LALA Sweets 南西店), a minute or two from Zhongshan MRT, is a dessert café with six to nine short-legged and round-faced cats and a NT$300 minimum, for adults and children alike; it is busy even on weekday afternoons, so book. Nekocoffee (貓珈), three minutes from Taipei Main Station, is a self-service lounge with manga, games consoles and massage chairs, where you pay a NT$90 drink charge plus NT$40 per 10 minutes on weekdays; it admits adults only.

Lang Lang Don’t Cry (浪浪別哭), three minutes from Shandao Temple MRT, is a rescue café chain with adoptable cats and dogs, and gives 3% of its sales to animal welfare. Luminous Isle (光嶼), near exit 2 of Yuanshan MRT, is a small rescue café with about 40 cats in its care; the minimum is NT$250 for two and a half hours, and it closes on days it goes out on rescues, so ask ahead.

Da’an, Xinyi and Songshan

Cat Cafe MOCHA Taipei Xinyi, in the basement of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A8 about six minutes from City Hall MRT, is the Japanese chain’s Taipei branch and the easiest walk-in. The first 30 minutes cost NT$250 on weekdays and NT$280 at weekends, then NT$50 or NT$60 per 10 minutes, up to NT$650 or NT$760 for the day, with the drink bar included. Children aged 4 and up are welcome with an adult, and it is open every day until 9:30 or 10pm.

• Duo Duo (朵朵嚐嚐貓咪中途咖啡廳), Songshan. A foster café with more than 20 cats, some with special needs, about seven minutes from Zhongshan Junior High School MRT. One drink or meal each, no service charge, no children under 12. Closed on Mondays.
• Meow House Da’an (喵喵屋大安館), Da’an Park. A cat hotel and foster café about five minutes from Daan Park MRT, with the dining area separate from the cat room. NT$400 plus 10% per person per hour.
• Mao Yu (貓嶼), Technology Building. More than ten cats and a Bernese mountain dog, three minutes from exit 2. NT$250 to NT$300 minimum for 90 minutes; book even on weekdays.
• Egghost (疍宅), Zhongzheng. A dessert café in an old house with two or three resident cats, 12 to 15 minutes from Xiaonanmen or Guting MRT. One drink each; open until 11pm from Friday to Sunday, with several closing days a month posted on Instagram.
• Paws Forest (肉球森林), Dongmen. Cats, meerkats and toucans, three minutes from Dongmen MRT. NT$400 minimum including a drink, for two hours; book online.
• Time with Cats (貓食光中途咖啡廳), Gongguan. A foster café near the university, about seven minutes from Gongguan MRT. One drink, no time limit unless it is full, no children under 12, walk-in only. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Nangang, Neihu and the Hills

Puzzle Cat (拼圖喵給貓館), about five minutes from Nangang Station, is an adoption lounge and coworking space with about seven cats, where you pay by time and can bring your own drinks; it is closed on Thursdays. In Neihu, Cafe’cat (加啡貓) has street rescues and charges NT$40 per 10 minutes, capped at NT$400, with free-flow tea and no age limit. Reading Cat Garden (讀貓園中途之家), on the third floor of a building four minutes from Wanfang Hospital MRT, is a volunteer foster home rather than a café, at NT$150 for two hours. Up in the tea hills, Cats Got Nothing To Do (貓空閒), six minutes from the Maokong Gondola station, is an outdoor café with a view, a few roaming shop cats, and hours until midnight or later.

New Taipei

• Catsconsulate (貓．領事館), Xinzhuang. Two foster cafés for a shelter’s cats, about ten cats each: the Zhonggang branch and the Fu Jen branch, seven minutes from Fu Jen University MRT. NT$150 drink minimum.
• J. Cafe (小咖啡 .J. cafe), Yonghe. A family-friendly foster café with a play area, about nine minutes from Dingxi MRT, which lends traps to people caring for strays.
• Meow to House (咪途之家), Zhonghe. A foster café with a one-drink minimum and no service charge; children welcome.
• Micospace (咪可思), Sanchong. An association’s shelter with 70 to 80 cats, which moved here from Zhonghe in 2026. NT$200 entry, including a bowl of cat purée.
• O CAT CAFÈ (老闆是貓奴咖啡廳), Sanchong. About seven minutes from Cailiao MRT. NT$250 minimum, no children under 12, book online. Closed on Tuesdays.
• Camulet (貓欸), Banqiao. About ten cats, four minutes from Xinpu MRT. NT$250 for two hours, no children under 13. Closed on Mondays.
• Mao Zhua Zhua (貓爪爪貓咪咖啡廳), Banqiao. Opposite Banxin station on the Circular Line, with floor seating. NT$250 each for about two hours; children under 12 by phone booking only.
• Yi Yu You Mao (一隅有貓), Shulin. About 20 cats plus kittens, six minutes from Shulin railway station; adoption by application.
• Cat Valley (貓谷), Xindian. Fifty to 80 cats in the hills, by booking only, with a NT$500 deposit that goes towards food and drink.

Houtong Cat Village

Houtong, an old mining village near Ruifang about an hour from Taipei Main Station by local train, became famous for the hundreds of cats that lived around its station. Neutering and age have brought numbers down sharply, and reports in early 2026 put them at fewer than 30, so set your expectations. Since February 2026 the Taiwan SPCA has run the village’s Cat Office for the city, with neutering, rescue and an adoption corner. The cafés are still open, including Mao Cun Shi Wan (貓村食玩咖啡屋) next to the station, which socialises kittens for adoption, and Hide and Seek (躲喵喵), three minutes away, which is closed on Thursdays.

Taichung

Taichung’s cafés are spread out, and many are easier to reach by car or bus than by MRT.

• Mao Yin Ju (貓癮居), near Taichung Station. Four minutes from the station’s rear exit, with torii-gate decor and many cats. NT$300 to NT$350 plus 10% for 90 minutes; at lunch and dinner peaks a main dish is required. Book by phone or LINE.
• Lang Ai You Jia (浪愛有家中途貓協會), Wufeng. A rescue association’s adoption center with many cats, NT$100 for two hours, socks required. You need a car.
• Justice Ice Cream (正當冰), West District. An ice-cream shop that is also a halfway home for foster cats, with a very low minimum; some cats are still learning to trust people, and some jump on tables.
• Glocke Bakery (G貓甜點), North District. A dessert shop with foster cats upstairs, near the National Museum of Natural Science. One drink, no time limit. Closed on Tuesdays.
• Orange Light Purr × Rucksack Cat (橘光呼嚕X背包Cat), Xitun. A large rescue group’s café, moved from Tunghai Art Street, with healthy cats on the second floor and cats in care on the third. NT$150 minimum. In summer 2026 several reviewers mentioned cats with colds.
• Dou Mao Space (逗貓空間), near Feng Chia. NT$100 for 90 minutes paid into an honesty box, with profits going to stray-cat care, and a children’s play area.
• Lang Lang Don’t Cry, Nantun. The rescue chain’s Taichung branch, with cats and dogs. Book ahead; closed on Wednesdays.
• Forest Path Jingcheng (森林小徑), West District. A family restaurant chain with several shop cats, some rescued, and a baby-changing table. NT$250 for anyone taller than 120 cm.
• Cat Nest (貓邸老咖狐獴餐廳), near Jingwu station. About four cats plus meerkats. Book by phone; your table is held for five minutes.

Several Taichung cafés are run by breeders and sell kittens: Wu Mao Bu Huan (無貓不歡), rated 5.0 by more than 2,700 visitors, with a Ragdoll cattery upstairs; Man Bu Mao Lang (漫步貓廊), with about 17 pedigree cats at NT$300 for 90 minutes; Maine Coon Forest (緬因之森Café), seven minutes from Shui-an Temple MRT; and UY Maine Coon & Ragdoll Cattery Café in Taiping, at NT$350 for two hours with free-flow drinks. At Wazi (瓦茲•貓咪咖啡廳), reviewers in September and October 2026 often found only a few cats out.

Kaohsiung

• Cat Spring Café (貓永春咖啡廳), Xinxing. A rescue café six minutes from Central Park MRT, rated 5.0 by more than 900 visitors, with its adoptable cats listed on its website. NT$180 for 30 minutes with tea, NT$290 for an hour, or NT$380 for 90 minutes with free-flow drinks and toast. Children welcome. Closed on Mondays.
• Keepacat (養一隻貓吧), Sanmin. A halfway house for mixed-breed rescues that also runs classes. Entry is a NT$280 drink with free refills, by booking only.
• Bai Ling Mao (白領貓手作餐廳), Xinxing. A restaurant with about 12 rescues upstairs, seven minutes from Sinyi Elementary School MRT; adoption follows a home check.
• One More Purr (等一隻貓咖啡), near the Museum of Fine Arts. Foster cats and a dog, no time limit, five minutes from the light-rail stop. Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
• Zhao Yi Ge Jia (找一個家義大利麵), Sanmin. A pasta restaurant with foster cats upstairs, open only Friday to Sunday at lunch and dinner; no children aged 10 or under.
• Mao Zhe Bian (貓這邊), Qianzhen. An old house with three resident cats and foster kittens, no service charge; upstairs seats six or seven groups, so book.
• TRYer Cafe (嗜咖啡), Xinxing. Rescues only, NT$200 minimum with no service charge, open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
• Kan Shu Suo (勘熟所), Qianzhen. A pet-friendly café with a few resident and adoptable cats, NT$180 minimum, at a new address on Chenggong 2nd Road.
• Corner Cat Coffee (角落.有貓), Xinxing. About ten pedigree cats on the second floor, seven minutes from Central Park MRT. NT$280 plus 10%; socks required.
• Cat Tracks Coffee (貓蹤珈琲), Sanduo. A timed lounge that opened in August 2026, five minutes from exit 4 of Sanduo Shopping District MRT, with about 20 young pedigree cats. NT$100 entry plus NT$2.5 a minute, with free drinks and soft-serve.
• MeowGuildhall (喵模會館), Qianzhen. A late-night café with about 18 cats, open from 6pm to 2am (from 2pm at weekends), with tarot readings. Book by phone or LINE; closed on Wednesdays.
• Bangbang Cat (棒棒貓壽喜燒喵陪館), Xinxing. A sukiyaki restaurant with eight or nine cats, from about NT$180 for a single pot; no children under 14.

KAGE Lide (KAGE 暮貓), six minutes from Fongshan MRT and rated 5.0 by more than 2,200 visitors, is a cattery that sells kittens.

Tainan

• Always Here Cat Hotel (都在貓咪旅館), West Central. A timed lounge with 18 to 30 cats on the third floor of a building on Minzu Road, and with more than 6,400 reviews the most-reviewed cat café we found in Taiwan. About NT$350 to NT$400 for 90 minutes on weekdays, cheaper if you book through LINE, with free drinks, ice cream and oden. No children under 6. It also boards, grooms and sells pets. Closed on Tuesdays.
• Corner Cat Coffee Chihkan Tower (角落.有貓 台南 赤崁樓店). Ragdolls and British Shorthairs in restored Japanese-era police dormitories, about 16 minutes’ walk from Tainan Station. NT$280 minimum for two hours.
• Xia Liao (瞎聊。貓咖啡), East District. A neutering-and-return halfway house with paralysed and other rescue cats, one drink each; open Thursday to Sunday afternoons. Visitors don’t handle the cats.
• Zao Miao Shi Si (早喵食肆), East District. A breakfast and lunch shop that fosters shelter kittens, from 6:30am on weekdays.
• Otaku Coffee (歐塔克手作咖啡烘焙館), Anping. About 11 rescues who live here for good, one drink each from about NT$40, with free treats. Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
• Mao Zhai (貓宅), Anping. A craft shop near Anping Old Street with three cats.

In October 2026, Lang Lang Don’t Cry’s Tainan branch announced that it would close for good on 1 November 2026, after its rent rose at renewal.

Elsewhere in Taiwan

Yilan, Taoyuan and Hsinchu each have a handful of cafés: Lu LALA’s sister café in Wujie, Yilan; a cluster near Chung Yuan University in Zhongli, Taoyuan; and Yo Meow, a foster restaurant in Zhubei, Hsinchu. See the Taiwan map for every county.

If you are staying in Taipei, Zhongshan is a good base: Lu LALA, Red Moon and Neko & Kafe are within a few stops, and Ximending is close by. Here are places to stay near Zhongshan MRT station on Booking.com.

If you are new to cat cafés, our guide to what a cat café is explains the etiquette, from washing your hands to letting the cats come to you.