Cat Cafes in Brazil

Foz Do Iguacu, Paraná

Casa ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​⁠dos Gatos Cat Café is a cat cafe on Rua das Crisálidas in Jardim Bourbon, Foz do Iguaçu, and the first in the city. Opened in 2026, it is run alongside Associação Amigos dos Gatos Foz, the local association that rescues and cares for the cats. The cafe has a dining room with a Van Gogh theme and a separate garden cattery, the Jardim dos Gatos, plus a nursery area for kittens. Visits to the cats are individual and charged, with the fee going to the association, and run in set time slots from Wednesday to Sunday: late morning, early afternoon and late afternoon. All the cats are available for adoption. The menu covers breakfast, French press coffee, hot chocolate, s'mores, cakes and savoury dishes, and some staff speak English. The cafe is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

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Maringa, Paraná

Petit ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​⁠Gatô is a cat cafe on Avenida Herval in Zona 07, Maringá, and the first in the city, open since 2024. It works with local animal protection groups and the city to take in rescued cats, which live in a separate glass-fronted cat room that diners can watch from their tables. Visitors pay a small fee for 15-minute sessions inside the room, and the money goes to the cats' care. All the cats are available for adoption, with an interview as part of the process. The menu includes specialty coffee, cappuccino, teas, toasts, focaccia, stuffed pão de queijo, salads, a cat-faced cake, a house brunch and petit gâteau, the dish the cafe is named after. With Wi-Fi and quiet tables, it is also used as a place to work on a laptop. The cafe is closed on Mondays.

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Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande Do Sul

Lovvi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​⁠Cat Café is a cat cafe on Rua Primeiro de Março in the centre of São Leopoldo, in the Vale dos Sinos north of Porto Alegre. It opened in March 2026 as the valley's first cat cafe. The large cafe room serves coffee, cakes, pies, brownies and savoury snacks. At the back is a separate cat area called Vila Miau, with a covered space and a screened outdoor enclosure. About ten rescued cats live there. They come from the rescue group SOS Gatinhos in Esteio and are all available for responsible adoption, which needs an application form and screened windows at home. Entry to Vila Miau is charged per adult, the whole fee goes to the cats' care, and house rules keep the cats calm. The cafe hosts events such as book club meetings and seasonal teas, and it is closed on Mondays.

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Passo Fundo, Rio Grande Do Sul

Frodo ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌⁠Gato & Café is a small cat-themed cafe on Rua General Canabarro in the centre of Passo Fundo. It calls itself the city's first cat cafe. The menu has hot and iced coffee drinks, cappuccinos, pies, banoffee, jams and savoury snacks, including cat-shaped treats, and it also delivers through iFood. The resident cats, which have included Capuccino and Baunilha, live in a small room separate from the cafe. Visitors pay to go into the room for a timed session. There are only a few cats, often two or three, so this is a quieter and more modest set-up than the larger adoption cafes. The cafe takes reservations, is popular with students and works well for laptop work. It opens on Tuesday to Friday afternoons and on Saturdays from mid-morning, and it sometimes opens on Sundays, which it announces on Instagram.

Recife, Pernambuco

Gato ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​⁠& Grão is the first cat cafe in Recife, opened in November 2025 on Rua Quarenta e Oito in Aflitos, a residential neighbourhood in the city's north zone. The cafe and the cats are kept apart: food and drinks are served in the main room, and visitors pay a separate fee, charged by time in blocks from 15 minutes to an hour, to enter a cat room fitted out for the animals. The cats are rescues from the local group Cantinho Filó, and all are neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and tested for FIV and FeLV before they arrive. They are available for adoption, and the cafe has rehomed more than a hundred cats. The menu covers coffee drinks, milkshakes, croissants, crepes, burgers and desserts, with weekday two-for-one promotions on set items. Tables can be booked online, and the cafe is closed on Mondays.

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Aracaju, Sergipe

Miauteria ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌⁠Cat Café is the first cat cafe in the state of Sergipe, opened in August 2025 on Avenida Dr. Edelzio Vieira de Melo in Aracaju. The cats live in a separate room next to the cafe, visible through glass from the tables, and visitors who want to go in and play with them pay a small entry fee that goes toward their care. All the cats are rescued by the local protection group Manjedoura Aju, and they are neutered, dewormed and tested for FIV before being put up for responsible adoption. The kitchen serves coffees, juices, tapiocas, omelettes, sandwiches, toasts, savoury snacks and cakes, with vegan options and cat-shaped desserts. There is also a small shop with cat-themed gifts and hand-painted pictures, and the cafe hosts workshops and Sunday-morning yoga. It is closed on Mondays and opens later on Sundays and public holidays.

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