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Cat Cafes in Belgium
There are 25 cat cafes in Belgium.
B'aristokat
Kortrijk, West Flanders
B'aristokat is a coffee house and cat cafe on Onze-Lieve-Vrouwestraat in the centre of Kortrijk, a short walk from the Grote Markt. Eight resident cats live there, several of them adopted from animal shelters, among them a senior cat and a partially sighted cat found injured beside a road. The menu offers coffee with plant-based milk options, tea, seasonal drinks, light snacks, pastries and fresh pancakes, and breakfast is served on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Booking is not required but is advised at weekends, through the website form or by text message. House rules put the cats first: guests may not pick the cats up or put them on their laps, wake sleeping cats or feed them, and children must be supervised. The cafe also hosts events such as monthly yoga sessions with the cats. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
- Booking recommended
Katjen Aloe
Aalst, East Flanders
Katjen Aloe is a cat adoption cafe and gift shop on Molenstraat in the centre of Aalst, run by three cat lovers. It moved in the summer of 2026 from the Esplanadeplein to this larger building, which has an upstairs area for the kittens that visitors can look into at the end of their visit. The cats are shelter cats from the Ark van Pollare in Lennik, quarantined, neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before they move in, and around 150 had been adopted by mid-2026. The cafe serves drinks, healthy snacks and pastries, with plant-based milk options, and the shop sells sustainable gifts by local artists. Visitors disinfect their hands on entering and follow a few house rules, and there is no time limit. Adopters meet the cats in the cafe and apply for a particular cat. Tables can be reserved.
- Adoptable cats
BaristaCat Oostende
Oostende, West Flanders
BaristaCat is a cat adoption cafe on Louisastraat in the centre of Oostende, and the only cat cafe on the Belgian coast. It is run as a small recognised animal shelter: the cats roaming the cafe are rescues waiting for new homes, and visitors who are interested in adopting can put their name on a list for a particular cat. Many cats live there at any one time, and they can withdraw through a cat flap into a separate room when they want quiet. Guests order from a menu of coffee, smoothies, milkshakes, beers and cupcakes, and there is no entry fee. House rules are handed out on arrival. The cafe opened in 2022 and holds occasional events such as game nights and anniversary weekends. It is open every afternoon, and from late morning at weekends.
- Adoptable cats
KattenKlap
Sint Niklaas, East Flanders
KattenKlap is a cat adoption cafe run by a nonprofit on Knaptandstraat in Sint-Niklaas, in the Tereken area south of the centre, and the first of its kind in the Waas region. The entrance is through a large brown gate beside a butcher's shop, with free parking about 250 metres away by Tereken church and cemetery. The cats are former strays and other cats without a suitable home, placed through the rescue group Heartbeat4cats, and they live at the cafe until they are adopted. Visitors pay an entry contribution towards the cats' care and can order drinks and pastries. Visits run in time blocks of up to 20 people; booking is strongly advised but walk-ins are possible. Children must be accompanied by an adult, and cats may not be picked up. Interested adopters register their interest during a visit and follow an adoption procedure afterwards.
- Adoptable cats
Chez Miss Miaouw
Namur
Chez Miss Miaouw is a cat bar and tea room on Rue des Brasseurs in Namur's old town, a few steps from Place d'Armes and the Meuse. Opened in 2018 as the city's first cat bar, it was taken over in 2023 by two cousins. About ten cats live in the cafe, which acts as a foster home for the rescue association Poils et Moustaches; all of them are up for adoption, and the association handles the adoptions. The drinks are non-alcoholic, from coffee and tea to milkshakes and smoothies, served with homemade pastries that change with the seasons and a few savoury dishes, with plant-based milk available. Seating is spread over a main room and a lower room. Board games are available, and the cafe holds themed and game evenings and a Sunday brunch by reservation. It is open from Wednesday to Sunday.
- Adoptable cats
Bar les ChaChoux
Sombreffe, Namur
Bar les ChaChoux is a cat bar on Rue Gustave Fiévet in Sombreffe, a village between Namur and Charleroi. It was founded by two long-time friends, Valérie and Stéphanie, who act as a foster family for the SPA de Charleroi: the cats living in the bar come from the shelter and can be adopted when visitor and cat get on, and more than a hundred have found homes this way. The bar follows an eco-friendly approach, with second-hand furniture and decoration, local suppliers and Belgian soft drinks and beers, including a house beer. The kitchen serves simple homemade dishes such as spaghetti bolognese and croque-monsieur, with vegetarian versions, alongside pastries and hot drinks. There is a reading corner, a shelf of cat-themed gifts, board game evenings, crochet and other workshops, and children's birthday parties. It is open from Wednesday to Saturday.
- Adoptable cats
Chacolathé
Andenne, Namur
Chacolathé is a cat bar and tea room on Avenue Roi Albert in Andenne, a town on the Meuse between Namur and Huy. Alexandra, its founder, combined her two passions, cats and baking, when she opened it in August 2021; the name joins chat, chocolat and thé. The cats roam freely in the room and are offered for adoption, with a profile for each one on the cafe's website, and close to 500 cats have been rehomed so far. Visitors can simply come for homemade cakes, cookies, tea and hot chocolate in a calm setting; the cats have a separate area where they can retreat. A homemade brunch is served on the first Sunday of the month by reservation, and there are board game evenings, craft workshops and other events. It is open on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons.
- Adoptable cats
Le Mysticat
Sambreville, Namur
Le Mysticat is a cat bar on Rue des Deux Auvelais in Auvelais, part of Sambreville between Namur and Charleroi. Emilie, a veterinary assistant who previously worked in a shelter, and Léa opened it in February 2026, and the first adoptions came soon after. The cats come from rescue associations and live in the bar while they wait for a new home. The interior is themed around magic and fairy tales, with a witchy, mysterious decor, and the shelves hold books, board games and colouring materials. The menu centres on hot and iced chocolates, chai lattes, coffee and homemade cakes and cookies. There is no entry fee. The bar runs themed weekends, a private reading club and other events, and booking a table is advised for busy weekends. It is open from Wednesday to Sunday, with later hours on Friday and Saturday.
- Adoptable cats
Le Temps d'un Chat'Fé
La Louvière, Hainaut
Le Temps d'un Chat'Fé is a small cat bar on Rue Omer Houssière in Strépy-Bracquegnies, a district of La Louvière in the Centre region of Hainaut. It opened in April 2026 in collaboration with the local cat rescue association Paco Cat's & Co, whose cats live in the bar; the first two arrived before the opening and others have joined gradually so that each cat can settle in at its own pace. Visitors come for coffee and other drinks and sweet treats in the company of the cats, with no entry fee. The bar opens on weekday evenings from Wednesday to Friday, staying open later on Fridays, and on Saturday afternoons, and it announces occasional closures on its Facebook page.
Cats & Chill
Mons, Hainaut
Cats & Chill is a Japanese-style cat cafe and coworking space on Rue de Houdain in the historic centre of Mons, near the Marché aux Herbes and the Grand-Place. It opened in April 2024 and came under new management in 2026. The ground floor is a Japanese tea bar with free entry, where teas brewed in kyusu pots, Japanese lattes, matcha and wagashi sweets are ordered from the menu and Japanese board games can be borrowed. Upstairs, a quieter floor for reading, working or resting with the cats is open for a small access fee, with unlimited tea and coffee and a library of books and manga. Six resident cats, all adopted from Hainaut rescue associations, live in the cafe permanently. Visitors are asked not to pick up, feed, chase or wake the cats and to keep their voices low upstairs. It is open from Wednesday to Sunday.
T'chat Bar
Chapelle Lez Herlaimont, Hainaut
T'chat Bar is a small cat bar on Rue Wauters in Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, between La Louvière and Charleroi, opened in November 2021 in a former flower shop. It works with Cat'z Hope, a local cat rescue association founded in 2020 that takes in several hundred cats a year through a network of foster families. Around six of the association's cats live in the bar at a time, in a cosy, cushioned room where they have space to retreat, and they can be adopted through Cat'z Hope under its contract. Visitors come for coffee, hot drinks and homemade sweet treats and snacks, with no entry fee, and money spent in the bar helps cover the cats' care. It is open from Wednesday to Saturday in the afternoon.
- Adoptable cats
The Barvary
Ciney, Namur
The Barvary is a cat bar on Rue du Commerce in the centre of Ciney, in the Condroz south of Namur. Charline and Eoline opened it in January 2024 and run it as a foster home for two rescue associations, Rosie et Nous and Perle de Chat, which supply the cats and handle adoptions and the checks on new homes; the bar opened with nine cats. Visitors can simply spend time with the cats, which roam the room freely and have their own quiet area out of bounds to guests, or come to meet a cat they may want to adopt. The menu has several kinds of coffee, homemade lemonades and other drinks, croque-monsieur, sandwiches and homemade pastries such as brownies. There is no entry fee. It is closed on Mondays and Thursdays and open the rest of the week, from the morning on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Adoptable cats
Check each cafe's website for current hours, booking requirements and age restrictions before visiting.