Cat Cafes in Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Nekomata ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠is a Japanese-style café à chats on Rue Lafaurie de Monbadon in central Bordeaux, between Place Tourny and Place Gambetta, reached by tram D (Fondaudège-Muséum) or tram B (Gambetta, Quinconces). Nine resident cats, Hime, Hoshi, Tora, Kuro, Kumo, Yuki, Kōyō, Kami and Maru, came from local shelters including the SPA's Fondaudège house, the Potron-Minet refuge and Aid'animaux 33, and they have a private room they can use at any time. As in Japanese cat cafés, visits are charged by time per person, each including a drink from the menu: €10 for one hour, €13 for 90 minutes and €16 for two hours, and last entry is an hour before closing. Guests swap their shoes for slippers. Children of any age are welcome, but anyone under 14 must come with an adult. The menu has bubble tea, onigiri and other Japanese snacks, and there is a manga library and a zen inner courtyard used in warmer months. Booking is recommended.

• Booking recommended

Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Les ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​⁠Chats Touilleurs is a small restaurant, tea room and bar à chats on Rue du Palais Gallien in Bordeaux, a few steps from the ruins of the Roman Palais Gallien amphitheatre and north of the city centre. Open since October 2021, it serves home-cooked lunches made from fresh produce at midday and switches to a salon de thé in the afternoon, with homemade cakes, tarts, waffles, hot chocolate, selected teas and organic smoothies, plus a brunch on Saturdays. The owner's group of resident cats roams the single room freely, naps in hammocks next to the tables and is introduced to visitors by the owner, who is keen to talk about each cat. There is no entry fee or timed session; visitors simply order food or drinks. Takeaway, free Wi-Fi and private events are offered.

Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Le ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​⁠Comptoir des Chats is a cat café and tea room in the old centre of Bordeaux, on Rue Pierre de Coubertin close to the Grosse Cloche. Opened in 2016 as the city's first café à chats, it is home to around eight resident cats, some adopted from shelters and others from breeders, including European shorthairs, a Maine Coon, a Chartreux, a Scottish Fold and a British Shorthair; they are not for adoption. The cats move freely through a calm room fitted with walkways and climbing routes, and there is a private terrace. Staff explain the house rules before guests go in. There is no entry or time fee, but each visitor orders at least one item, and no booking is taken. Children are admitted from age 10. The menu is homemade, with the house hot chocolate (€7.50) slow-cooked from three chocolates and organic milk, Mariage Frères teas, light desserts, cheesecake and several gluten-free pastries. It is open Wednesday to Saturday afternoons.

• Walk-ins welcome

Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Mon ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​⁠Chat Pitre Bordeaux is a general bookshop with resident cats on Rue Fondaudège, north of the city centre, and the Bordeaux branch of the Mon Chat Pitre ronron-librairie network that began in Aix-en-Provence in 2021. It opened in May 2026 in a shop of about 150 square metres. Rescued cats act as bookshop cats, among them Barnabé from Biscarefuge, Agatha from Hopy Protection Animale and Roland from Les Amis de Sam. The cats live there permanently and are not for adoption. Visitors browse fiction, crime, comics, children's books, cookery and wellbeing titles while the cats roam, climb the shelves or nap, and any book can be ordered. Entry is free, there is a children's and teen corner, and the shop also sells stationery and cat-themed gifts.