Cat Cafes in France

Paris, Ile de France

Chat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠Mallows Café is a cat tea room on Rue des Volontaires in the 15th arrondissement, steps from Volontaires métro station. Fourteen resident cats live here, breeds such as Bengal, British Shorthair, Devon Rex and Ragdoll alongside European cats, some bought from specialist breeders and some adopted, with a separate quiet room where they can retreat. The cats are not for sale or adoption, though staff point interested visitors toward animal associations. Visits must be booked, and entry is €10 per person; at weekends, public holidays and school holidays it is €10 per hour, with nothing extra after two hours. Drinks, homemade cakes and savory snacks are optional and extra. Children under six are not admitted, and children aged 6 to 12 must be closely supervised. Visitors are asked to whisper, not to pick up the cats and not to bring outside food. The Asian-inspired decor doubles as a showroom, and the furniture, mugs and plush toys are for sale.

• Booking required

Paris, Ile de France

Le ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠Café des Chats is a restaurant and tea room on Rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement, a short walk from Bréguet-Sabin métro station and Place de la Bastille. France's first cat cafe, it opened in September 2013 in the Marais and later moved to Rue Sedaine. Its 14 cats were adopted from animal welfare associations and live on the premises, roaming freely between the tables, baskets and cat trees; they are residents and are not available for adoption. Four cooks prepare homemade savory dishes and desserts, served continuously from noon. Tables can be booked, and walk-ins are seated as space allows. There is no entry fee on weekdays; at weekends, public holidays and school holidays a €5 'Pass Ronron' per person applies, free for children under two, students and some other groups. Children of any age are welcome, and those under 12 must stay at the table with their parents. House rules ask visitors not to wake, feed or pick up the cats, and to take photos without flash.

• Booking recommended

Rennes, Brittany

Le ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠Chat Puccino is a bar à chats and tea room on Rue des Francs Bourgeois in Rennes city centre, close to Place Saint-Germain and the Vilaine quays, a short walk from République métro station. Opened in July 2016 after a crowdfunding campaign, it was the first cat cafe in Brittany. Five permanent resident cats, including Maine Coons, live there alongside cats placed for adoption, and they roam freely among the armchairs and sofas. Visitors order from a menu of teas, coffees and hot chocolates, waffles, cakes, muffins and banana splits, with vegetarian options. Cats approach visitors when they choose to, and house rules are posted for guests. It can be busy on Saturdays, when tables fill quickly.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Troyes, Grand Est

Troyes ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌⁠Petits Chats is a cat cafe and tea room on Rue Général Saussier in the historic centre of Troyes, a few minutes' walk from the town hall. Opened in June 2021, it occupies a small room decorated around cats, down to the cat-shaped crockery, and the cats also have a hidden room of their own. They come from a local rescue association, and the cafe acts as their foster home, so all of them are available for adoption. A notebook at the tables tells each cat's background. The menu offers teas, coffee, hot chocolate, local apple juice, mocktails and local beers, cakes and savoury dishes at lunchtime, and a brunch formula, and there are cat-themed books, board games and a small selection of gifts whose sales support the cats. Children are welcome when accompanied.

• Adoptable cats

Limoges, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Once ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​⁠Upon a Cat is a bar à chats and tea room on Rue Jauvion, a quiet street in the centre of Limoges. Opened in 2021, it is home to several cats, some of them very fluffy and some with Harry Potter names such as Crabbe, Minerva and Petunia, who come to visitors when they feel like it and have a retreat area for when they want peace; staff are happy to introduce each one, and guests are asked to respect their space. There is no booking or time limit, and seating is free. The menu covers teas, coffee, hot chocolates, milkshakes, matcha lattes and homemade iced tea, plus homemade cakes such as brownies, carrot cake and marble cake. Prices are set slightly higher than an ordinary café to cover the cats' veterinary care and the extra work.

Saint Etienne, Auvergne Rhone Alpes

La ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​⁠Patte de Velours is a cat cafe and tea room on Rue de la République in the centre of Saint-Étienne. Opened at the turn of 2020, it was the city's first bar à chats. About ten cats live in the cafe, most of them rescued from refuges, associations or the street after being abandoned or mistreated, and some are offered for adoption; dozens have found homes since the opening. Visitors enter through an airlock with house rules and are asked to let the cats come to them. Every guest orders something, including children. The owners cook everything in house: tarts, wraps, salads and poke bowls at lunch, and cakes such as walnut tart and honey cake in the afternoon, with ice creams and drinks from local producers. Children are welcome when supervised.

• Adoptable cats

Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes

Le ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​⁠GentleCat is a cat cafe, tea room and restaurant on Rue Auguste Comte in Lyon's 2nd arrondissement, in the Ainay quarter a few minutes' walk from Perrache station and the Ampère–Victor Hugo metro stop. Opened in 2015, it moved here from Rue du Général Plessier in 2022. About ten resident cats, mostly pedigree breeds, and a rabbit live in the cafe and move freely between its rooms, sofas and mezzanines; they are the café's own animals and are not for adoption. The owners trained in feline behaviour and keep clear house rules such as not waking, carrying or feeding the cats. Visitors are expected to order from the menu of about 80 teas, coffees, homemade pastries such as the house cheesecake and savoury dishes, and anyone who orders nothing pays a flat €5 on weekdays or €8 at weekends. Lunch is served from Wednesday to Saturday and brunch on Sunday mornings. A coworking room upstairs is available during the day. Children under 12 are not admitted. The same team runs a boarding hotel for cats nearby on Place Gailleton.

• Booking recommended

Toulouse, Occitanie

Chapristea ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌⁠is a neko café and salon de thé on Rue Jules Chalande in central Toulouse, about 200 metres from both the Esquirol and Capitole stations on métro line A. Opened in May 2016 after a KissKissBankBank crowdfunding campaign, it was the city's first bar à chats, and it has a vaulted brick cellar room arranged for a group of about nine cats. Most were adopted from the association Le Chat Libre de Toulouse and three are pedigree cats from regional catteries; the association also places cats here for adoption, and dozens have found homes through the café. Visitors clean their hands before entering and follow the house rules, and each guest orders something. Light lunches such as tarts and salads are served from noon to 2 pm and can be booked online; the rest of the day it runs as a walk-in tea room with specialist teas and pastries, subject to available seats. It is open every day, except on Sundays in July and August.

• Adoptable cats

Paris, Ile de France

Café ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​⁠Miaou is a cat cafe on Rue Saint-Martin in the 3rd arrondissement, a few minutes on foot from Arts-et-Métiers métro station on the northern edge of the Marais. Opened in April 2024, it keeps about nineteen pedigree cats, including Munchkins, British Shorthairs and Longhairs, Devon Rex, Minuets and American Longhairs, with a back area where they can withdraw from visitors. The cats are residents and are not offered for adoption. A one-hour menu costs €12 with a drink, €16.50 with a dessert or €19.50 with both, everyone at a table takes the same menu, and the stay can be extended. On entry everyone puts on shoe covers, washes their hands and takes a numbered wristband, and pays on leaving. The menu is Asian-inspired, with flavored lattes, matcha, fruit sodas, shaved ice and soufflé pancakes. Children under seven are not admitted, and children up to fourteen must come with an adult. It is open every day on a walk-in basis.

• Walk-ins welcome

Angers, Pays de la Loire

Cats ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌⁠and Cookies is a bar à chats and coffee shop on Rue de la Roë in central Angers, a few minutes from Place du Ralliement. Opened in August 2020 as the city's first cat bar, it is home to about ten sociable cats fostered for the SPA d'Angers (SPAA), all available for adoption; the owners act as volunteer foster carers, and the cats are sterilised, identified, vaccinated, tested and wormed before they arrive. The cats have high perches, a private area behind a glass wall and an outdoor courtyard reserved for them, and visitors may stroke and play with them but not pick them up or feed them. Adoption follows regular visits to get to know a cat, then an application; the fee is the SPA's €110, and adopters need at least 30 square metres of living space. Visitors can walk in without booking, and tables can be reserved for lunch between noon and 2 PM. The menu has homemade pastries such as cookies, brookies and tiramisu, organic or local drinks and bagels from €8.50. It has board games and hosts game nights and sewing workshops.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes

Neko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​⁠Café is a cat cafe and tea room on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the pedestrian centre of Grenoble. Opened in 2016, it was the city's first bar à chats. After a change of owners in summer 2026 it reopened on 12 September 2026 with a new team and a new group of six sociable resident cats. The cats live freely in the cafe and visitors are their guests, with house rules that let the cats choose when to approach. Visitors order from a menu of teas, coffees, hot chocolates, sweets and light food; before the change of owners the cafe was known for Japanese-inspired sweets such as mochi, Japanese groceries and kawaii gifts. At busy times visitors may have to wait briefly outside for a seat, as turnover is fairly quick.

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