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Tainan City · 0.7 mi / 1.2 km

Mao De Fa (貓的法) is a small home-style restaurant and cafe on Antong 1st Street in Annan District, Tainan, run for more than four years by a friendly owner and her two shop cats. The cats greet guests even before opening time and are affectionate enough to rub against visitors and settle beside them. One wears a red collar and is the cuddlier of the pair, while the blue-collared cat prefers some space. The cooking focuses on natural ingredients: vegetable stocks simmered in-house, French-style cream sauces, cold-pressed olive oil, salmon pasta, herb chicken risotto, beef bourguignon, brownies and lemon tart, with lattes and brown sugar milk tea. Booking ahead is recommended on weekdays, and dinner is available by advance order. The space hosts private gatherings and handicraft classes. The cats occasionally take time off.

Tainan City · 1.7 mi / 2.8 km

Always Here Cat Hotel (都在貓咪旅館) is a large cat lounge on the third floor of a building on Minzu Road in West Central District, Tainan, modelled on Japanese cat cafes. Around thirty cats share the wood-toned room, many of them long-haired breeds, and visitors sit on the floor among them. Entry is a timed ticket bought at a self-service machine: about NT$300 on weekdays and NT$350 at weekends for 90 minutes, with an all-day pass also offered. The ticket includes a self-serve bar of drinks, coffee, biscuits, ice cream and oden. Canned treats and wand toys can be bought to play with the cats. Lockers and a shoe rack are provided at the entrance, and online booking is available. The business also runs cat boarding, grooming and pet sales alongside the lounge.

Tainan City · 1.8 mi / 2.9 km

Corner Cat Coffee's Chihkan Tower branch sits in West Central District, Tainan, inside the Chihkan East Street Japanese dormitories, a row of wooden former police quarters listed as a city historic building in 2016. The Kaohsiung-born cat cafe has kept the old timber structure, and its cats, including Ragdolls and British Shorthairs, roam the Japanese-style corridors and a glass-walled cat room off the dining area. There are tatami rooms suited to families, and children are welcome. Booking ahead is strongly advised. Each guest spends at least NT$280, and visits are limited to two hours. Treats can be bought to feed the cats. The kitchen serves grilled rice ball sets that turn into tea-soaked rice with broth, quesadillas, quiche, cat-shaped egg cakes, coffee and roasted tea lattes, with some dishes offered only at weekends.

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Tainan City · 1.8 mi / 2.9 km

Fat Cat Coffee (肥貓咖啡) is an independent cafe at the quiet end of historic Shennong Street in West Central District, Tainan, an old merchant lane lit with painted lanterns. Its shop cats are the heart of the place: the black-and-white Bin Bin, a long-time favourite who comes when called and makes the rounds of every table, and the more aloof Yae. The cats are free to sit with guests or retreat somewhere quieter. Memories of an earlier shop cat, Xiong Xiong, live on in photos and portraits around the room. The owner bakes the desserts, notably chiffon cakes, tiramisu, brownies and crème brûlée, and serves coffee including cold brew and sea-salt caramel lattes. The minimum spend is one drink. Pet snacks, cat supplements and local souvenirs are also for sale.

Tainan City · 1.9 mi / 3.0 km

Mao Yan Mao Yu (貓言貓語) is a quiet cafe in a restored old house in North District, Tainan, a short walk from Tainan railway station. It is hidden in a narrow alley; the easiest way in is from Beimen Road, turning in at Fulong Temple. The house keeps its vintage character, with a small courtyard open to the sky, and two resident cats, an orange tabby and a tuxedo, wander between the tables, greet arriving guests and nap in the sun. The menu covers brunch dishes such as chicken leg steak and rice bowls, waffles, cakes and seasonal shaved ice, including a popular mango milk ice in summer. It is a relaxed, unhurried place to sit with a dessert and the cats rather than a busy cat lounge.

Tainan City · 2.0 mi / 3.2 km

XinChao Vietnamese Coffee (心早越式咖啡廳), formerly known as Mo Vietnamese Coffee, is a rare Vietnamese-style cat cafe on Nanyuan Street in North District, Tainan. Three gentle, sociable cats, nicknamed the shop's part-time staff, roam the clean, relaxed room and are happy to be petted. The owners hand out wand toys and introduce each cat. The owner makes the food herself in a home-cooked Vietnamese style: crisp banh mi with roast pork, Vietnamese ham or other fillings and fresh coriander, Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk, egg coffee, sea-salt cream black tea and matcha lattes. Prices are modest and the atmosphere is unhurried, making it an easy place to chat with friends while the cats wander. Many customers also order coffee to take away. Contact is easiest through the shop's LINE account.