Coimbra, Portugal
Pet & Tea
Pet & Tea is a cat café on Rua João Cabreira in the Baixa, Coimbra's old downtown, a few minutes on foot from Praça 8 de Maio. Opened in March 2017, it is the oldest cat café still operating in Portugal. The building is divided into a pastry café, a reading room with a small pet shop, and a separate cat room behind glass, so customers can eat without contact with the cats and watch them from the main room. The cat room holds rescued cats waiting for adoption alongside a few resident cats, and kittens appear regularly. Access to the cat room is paid separately and is limited to a small number of people at a time. The menu covers coffee, bubble tea, smoothies, crepes, pancakes, cakes and burgers. Visitors' own pets are welcome in the café areas but not in the cat room.
Before you go
- Booking
- Walk-ins welcome
- Food & drink
- Serves meals
- Adoption
- Cats available for adoption
Based on the cafe's website and visitor reviews, checked October 2026. Policies change, so confirm with the cafe before you visit.
Reviews
Cat Cafes Nearby
O Porto dos Gatos
Porto65 mi / 105 km
O Porto dos Gatos is a vegan cat café on Avenida de Rodrigues de Freitas in Bonfim, Porto, a short walk from Campo 24 de Agosto metro station and the Municipal Library. Opened in March 2018 by Fátima Meireles and Joana Rocha, it is run together with their rescue association, Vida de Gato, and has rehomed more than 300 cats. Around a dozen rescued adult cats, some with disabilities, live in a dedicated cat room with toys and climbing trees and in an enclosed garden courtyard with tables. The front dining room is kept free of the café cats and welcomes visitors' own pets. There is no entry fee; visitors order from an entirely vegan menu of brunch dishes, cakes, light meals and vegan francesinhas. All the cats can be adopted after an application, an interview and a home delivery by the founders.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
Ailuro Cat Café
Vigo, Galicia140 mi / 225 km
Ailuro Cat Café is an adoption cat cafe on Rúa Emilia Pardo Bazán in the Sárdoma district of Vigo. Opened in January 2024 as the city's first cat cafe, it is run by a small youth cooperative and works as a foster home for the local rescue group Gatiños da Rúa, so every cat in the cafe is looking for a family. The cats roam freely around a lounge with books and board games, and visitors pay a per-person entry fee that includes a first drink, with coffee, cheesecake and snacks available. There is no booking: entry is first come, first served, with members given priority and capacity kept low. Children under six are not admitted, and under-14s need one adult each. Adoptions take several visits to find the right match. The cafe also hosts cat yoga, film nights and craft workshops.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome
Luna Gatuna
Salamanca, Castile and Leon154 mi / 248 km
Luna Gatuna is a volunteer-run cat adoption centre in Salamanca, on Avenida de Salamanca about a kilometre north of the Plaza Mayor, that also welcomes visitors who simply want to spend time with the cats. The non-profit association takes in sociable cats from the street and from other rescue groups, and they live together in a lounge where visitors can have a drink, read a book, play with the cats or just relax. Visits are arranged in advance by WhatsApp and are open in the early evening from Wednesday to Sunday, with a fixed contribution per person, no time limit before closing, and up to 12 people at once. Children under 14 must come with an adult. Cats are adopted through the association's process and are never taken home on the day of a visit. It also sells charity merchandise and holds trivia nights.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking required
Zoonia Coffee Cat
Huelva, Andalusia219 mi / 353 km
Zoonia is a pet supply shop on Calle Galaroza in the Isla Chica district of Huelva that opened the city's first cat cafe, Coffee Cat, in March 2025. Alongside shelves of natural food and grooming products for dogs and cats, the shop has a small cafe area with tables where visitors drink specialty coffee or have a snack in the company of cats waiting for adoption, which have their own comfortable space around the shop. Staff explain how to approach the cats and ask visitors not to disturb them, and prices are kept low. The cats can be adopted, and the shop also collects donated food for local animal protection groups and offers nutrition advice for pets. It follows shop hours, closing in the afternoon and on Sundays.
- Adoptable cats
Oh My Cat! Salón con Gatos
Sevilla, Andalusia235 mi / 378 km
Oh My Cat is a cat lounge on Calle Carmen Martínez Sancho in Sevilla, close to Avenida Alcalde Manuel del Valle, run since May 2023 by volunteers of Ghato Verde, an association that cares for cat colonies in Las Pajanosas and rescues strays and litters. It is not a cafe: a small donation covers a drink and time in a quiet room with around ten adoptable cats, each quarantined in a volunteer's home and under veterinary care. Booking per person on the website is required to keep numbers low, and families are welcome. A small shop sells treats to give the cats, plus crafts, prints and mugs, and all proceeds fund the lounge and the colonies. Adoption involves a questionnaire, an interview and a contract. The association also offers home veterinary visits and cat sitting in Sevilla and the Aljarafe.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking required
La Gatoteca
Madrid249 mi / 401 km
La Gatoteca is a cat lounge and adoption centre in central Madrid, on Calle del Duque de Rivas near Plaza de Tirso de Molina, a short walk from Tirso de Molina and La Latina metro stations. It belongs to ABRIGA, a non-profit cat rescue association, and opened in Lavapiés in October 2013 as the first cat cafe in Spain and, after closing that site in 2020, reopened at its current address in 2021. Around 24 adult rescue cats live in a bright salon with climbing furniture and toys, all looking for homes. Visits are booked online in advance as one-hour or half-hour slots, with a self-service soft drink included, and only 12 visitors are admitted at a time. Children up to 12 come with an adult, and visitors may not pick up or feed the cats. The association also sells cat products and runs educational activities.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking required