Grignote & Ronron

Orleans, Centre Val De Loire · 15 mi / 24 km

Neko is a bar à chats and tea room on Rue Royale in central Orléans, the arcaded street that runs from Place du Martroi down towards the Loire. It opened in May 2024 as the city's first cat cafe, run by two young Orléanaises, and spreads over three levels fitted with cat trees, wall shelves and scratching furniture. Up to eight cats live in the cafe at a time, all from a local cat welfare association and all up for adoption, with the adoption fee going to the association. Visitors wash their hands and wait in an entry airlock before being let in, and may stroke the cats but not pick them up or wake them. Each visitor orders at least one item. The menu covers homemade cakes such as carrot cake and chocolate lava cake, savoury snacks and local drinks, with brunch on Sundays by reservation.

• Adoptable cats

La Ferte Alais, Ile De France · 43 mi / 69 km

Ronrons et Latte is a tea room and cat cafe in the centre of La Ferté-Alais in the southern Essonne, about five minutes on foot from the RER D station. Five or six cats roam freely through the cosy room, sleeping, playing and accepting cuddles. Most are residents, including a mini snow Bengal, and two at a time are available for adoption under an association contract with Nos Chats Sans Toit, a rescue group based in Corbeil-Essonnes. The menu mixes healthy and indulgent snacks, such as cookies, pancakes, muffins, tarts and matcha cake, with hot sandwiches like bagels and grilled cheese, milkshakes and specialty hot chocolates and lattes, much of it made to order. Cat books and board games are available, and a concept store sells gifts and work by local makers. Children are welcome under parental supervision, and tables can be reserved by text message.

• Adoptable cats

Versailles, Ile De France · 65 mi / 104 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 · 67 mi / 108 km

Le Chat-Rivari Café is a vegan cat cafe on Boulevard Auguste Blanqui in the 13th arrondissement, one minute from Corvisart métro station and five minutes from Place d'Italie, near the Butte-aux-Cailles. Opened in August 2025 by Marie and Aniss, it acts as a foster home for around ten cats of all ages from the BooGlaw rescue, and every cat is available for adoption through the association, with more than sixty cats rehomed since opening. The cats move freely between the ground-floor cafe and a private basement room with beds, litter trays and food. The menu is fully plant-based, with hot and cold drinks and homemade sweet and savory snacks; no alcohol is served. There is no entry fee and no reservations, so visitors simply walk in. Children aged seven and over are welcome with an adult, and guests follow a conduct charter for the cats' comfort. Board games are available.

• Adoptable cats

Paris, Ile De France · 68 mi / 109 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 · 68 mi / 110 km

Le Chatelier is a cat cafe and cat boarding hotel on Rue Saint-Jacques in the 5th arrondissement, a short walk from the Jardin du Luxembourg and Luxembourg RER station. It was opened in 2025 by Nadège, who has a background in animal behavior. The ground-floor cafe is home to five rescued cats, among them Tala, Chase, Stella, Ananas and Kahina, whom she adopted and who live here permanently; boarding cats stay in a separate space upstairs and do not meet visitors. The cafe occasionally hosts adoption days with a partner rescue. There is no entry fee: visitors order a hot or cold drink and a snack such as a brownie, madeleine or mochi, and can use the wifi, board games, books and manga. Booking is recommended, and on busy Fridays and Saturdays visits are limited to one hour per drink. The cafe also runs workshops, game nights and events.

• Booking recommended