Cookie Cat Café

Incarville, Normandy · 17 mi / 27 km

Au Bon'Eure des Chats is a family-style restaurant, tea room and bar à chats in Incarville, next to Louviers in the Eure. Owner Martine cooks a homemade daily menu of starter, main course and dessert, adapted to guests' allergies, and serves crêpes and afternoon snacks, while many rescued cats live in the dining room and come to the tables for attention. The cats are looked after by the rescue association Boule de Poil 27 and are available for adoption, and Martine, who chairs the association, explains the adoption procedure and fees to interested visitors. Lunch from Monday to Saturday needs no reservation, while evening meals are by reservation, so it is best to phone ahead. Visitors describe the place as feeling like a visit to a cat-loving grandmother's house.

• Adoptable cats

Rouen, Normandy · 30 mi / 48 km

Cosy Lunch is a family-run crêperie and bar à chats on Place de la Calende, right beside Rouen Cathedral. Open since 2015, it serves buckwheat galettes, sweet crêpes, burgers, salads and set lunch menus, with vegetarian and vegan options, in a room decorated with 2000s pop-culture and video game references. A few resident cats live in the restaurant and wander between the tables, sleeping on chairs or coming over for a stroke when they choose. Upstairs is a games library with free board games and a cloud-themed corner inspired by Mario, and there is a terrace on the square. Guests are asked to stroke the cats gently and never force contact, and children under 12 must stay at the table with their parents. Tables can be reserved by text message.

Rouen, Normandy · 30 mi / 48 km

Coffee Cat is a cat cafe and brunch spot on Place du Général-de-Gaulle in central Rouen, beside the Hôtel de Ville. It opened in October 2024 as a solidarity cafe run with the local rescue association Un Espoir pour Demain: the owner fosters the cats for the association, and visitors who form a bond with one can fill in an adoption form on site, after which the association handles the adoption. The cats roam the small, cosy room freely. House rules ask guests not to wake sleeping cats, force contact or feed them. The menu covers specialty coffee, matcha, teas, milkshakes, homemade pastries such as cinnamon rolls and cookies, and brunch dishes including avocado toast, with vegetarian and vegan options. Since late August 2026 it has been open seven days a week. Reservations are not taken, so visitors walk in and are seated as space allows.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Versailles, Ile De France · 36 mi / 57 km

Mon Chat Pitre Versailles is a general bookshop in central Versailles where rescued cats live among the shelves, part of the Mon Chat Pitre network of 'ronron-librairies' founded in Aix-en-Provence in 2021. It opened in spring 2026. The cats, all from shelters and rescue associations, roam freely, sleep in the displays and come to greet browsers, and they have their own space to retreat to. They are permanent residents rather than adoptable cats, and the shop uses its following to promote cats waiting for homes in local associations. There is no cafe or entry fee: visitors come to browse, ask the booksellers for recommendations, order titles not in stock, and spend time with the cats. The shop also sells cat-themed accessories and gifts.

Paris, Ile De France · 41 mi / 66 km

Chat Mallows Café is a cat tea room on Rue des Volontaires in the 15th arrondissement, steps from Volontaires métro station. About fifteen resident cats live here, a mix of pedigree breeds such as Bengal, British Shorthair, Devon Rex and Maine Coon alongside adopted European cats, with a separate quiet room where they can retreat. The cats are not for sale or adoption, though staff point interested visitors toward animal associations. Visits must be booked and carry a per-person entry fee that includes a tea; other drinks, homemade cakes and savory snacks are optional. Children under six are not admitted, and children up to fifteen must stay beside an adult. Visitors are asked to whisper, not to pick up the cats and not to bring outside food. The Asian-inspired decor doubles as a showroom, and the furniture, mugs and plush toys are for sale.

• Booking required

Paris, Ile De France · 42 mi / 68 km

Café Miaou is a cat cafe on Rue Saint-Martin in the 3rd arrondissement, a few minutes on foot from Arts-et-Métiers métro station on the northern edge of the Marais. Opened in April 2024, it keeps a large group of pedigree cats, including Munchkins, British Shorthairs and Longhairs, Devon Rex and Minuets, with a back area where they can withdraw from visitors. The cats are residents and are not offered for adoption. Visitors buy a one-hour pass that includes a drink, a dessert or both, and can extend their stay in half-hour blocks. On entry everyone puts on shoe covers and washes their hands. The menu is Asian-inspired, with flavored lattes, matcha, fruit sodas, shaved ice and pancakes. Children under seven are not admitted, and children up to fourteen must come with an adult. It is open every day on a walk-in basis.