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Cat Cafes in France
There are 78 cat cafes in France.
Mon Chat Pitre Colmar
Colmar, Grand Est
Mon Chat Pitre Colmar is a general bookshop with resident cats on Place Sainte-Catherine in Colmar's old town. Opened in May 2025 by Caroline Picard, it is the first franchise of the Mon Chat Pitre 'ronron-librairie' concept that started in Aix-en-Provence. About seven rescued cats, adopted from the Pattes de Velours refuge and the SPA in Mulhouse and from an association in Aix, live in the shop and roam freely among the shelves, with baskets, toys and an overhead walkway where they can retreat from visitors. The cats are permanent residents and are not up for adoption. Entry is free; the shop stocks some 6,000 titles, including novels, comics, children's books and a cosy mystery section, along with stationery and cat-themed gifts.
Café des Félins
Besancon, Bourgogne Franche Comte
Café des Félins is a cat cafe on Grande Rue in the historic centre of Besançon, inside the loop of the Doubs and a few doors from Victor Hugo's birthplace. Opened in April 2015, it was one of the first cat cafes in eastern France. Seven resident cats, named after characters from Les Misérables such as Gavroche, Fantine and Marius, live in the cafe; they are the cafe's own cats and are not up for adoption. They have a private room and an inner courtyard to retreat to, and the room is fitted out with climbing routes. Visitors read the house rules before entering: no waking, carrying, feeding or chasing the cats, quiet voices and no flash. Children under 12 are not admitted. The menu includes homemade cookies, tartines, milkshakes and teas, and there are board games. Booking online is recommended for groups, weekends and school holidays.
- Booking recommended
Chalon de Thé Metz
Metz, Grand Est
Chalon de Thé is a cat tea room on Rue de la Petite Boucherie in central Metz, a short walk from Place Saint-Louis. It opened on 8 August 2018, International Cat Day, as the first cat cafe in Lorraine, and has been under new ownership since 2022, separate from the Thionville cafe of the same name. A large group of resident cats lives in the room, including several Sphynx and other pedigree breeds alongside ordinary house cats, and staff are glad to tell visitors each cat's story. Guests come in through an airlock, wash their hands, and may stroke and photograph the cats but should not pick them up or feed them. The menu features Italian hot chocolate, homemade cookies and tiramisu, milkshakes, granitas, mocktails and sandwiches. The cafe is open every afternoon and can be booked for private events.
Chalon de Thé Thionville
Thionville, Grand Est
Chalon de Thé Thionville is a cat tea room on Rue des Deux Places in Thionville's pedestrian centre, about 30 km north of Metz near the Luxembourg border. It opened in summer 2024, run by Mehdi Mimeche, who founded the original Chalon de Thé in Metz in 2018 and is now a cat behaviourist and veterinary assistant, with his wife Jalila. The room is styled as an indoor jungle with shelters, cabins and climbing and resting spaces for a large group of cats of many different breeds. Visitors enjoy Italian coffee and hot chocolate, iced coffee cream, cocktails, pastries and light meals among the cats, with a minimum spend per person that goes towards the cats' upkeep. The cafe also runs animal-assisted therapy workshops, talks and corporate events, and is open every day.
Le Bar à Papattes
Chalons En Champagne, Grand Est
Le Bar à Papattes is a cat tea room in the Croix Dampierre commercial area on the south-east side of Châlons-en-Champagne, with free parking next door. Opened in autumn 2022 by Maryline Moncuit, it was the first cat cafe in the town. The cats belong to a partner rescue association and live in the cafe while waiting for a home, so all of them can be adopted, and a notebook at the tables presents each one. Visitors put on overshoes and use hand gel at the entrance, and the cats decide when to approach: they should not be woken, picked up or fed. Homemade cakes and biscuits, a choice of teas and local apple juice are served. Guests who do not order pay a small access fee that goes to the cats, and the room is small, so it can fill up during school holidays.
- Adoptable cats
Pattes et Pages
Remiremont, Grand Est
Pattes et Pages is a cat cafe, tea room and second-hand bookshop in the centre of Remiremont, in the southern Vosges. Opened at the start of 2026, it is run by volunteers of the cat rescue association Chat'ouille, and the profits go to the association's work. A few rescued cats live among the bookshelves while they wait for adoption, and the volunteers can also introduce visitors to the cats still at the association's shelter. Visitors can sit with a coffee, tea or homemade cookie, browse and buy used books at low prices, read in the lounge, or donate books to the collection. The space doubles as a small art gallery. Prices are modest and the atmosphere is quiet, and it is open every afternoon except Monday.
- Adoptable cats
Caféline
Chalon Sur Saone, Bourgogne Franche Comte
Caféline is a cat cafe due to open in autumn 2026 on Rue des Poulets in the old town of Chalon-sur-Saône, near Saint-Vincent Cathedral, the first of its kind in the town. Founder Isoline Denet, a trained barista who holds the French certificate for keeping domestic cats, is setting it up over two floors, with a ground floor laid out like a traditional coffee bar and a cosier upstairs room fitted with cat trees, hammocks and wall shelves. Five cats will live in the cafe, fostered for the rescue association Nouveau Chat'pitre 71, and visitors who connect with one will be able to adopt it through the association. Coffee and pastries will be served, and the cats will be free to come to guests rather than being picked up.
- Adoptable cats
Kattkrogen
Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes
Kattkrogen, which calls itself the cat tavern of Grenoble, is a small cat cafe on Place Claveyson in the pedestrian streets of the old town, a short walk from Place Grenette. Its name is Swedish for cat tavern, and the cosy interior has stone walls, walls papered with old book pages, board games and books. Three resident cats, Jaurès, Logan and Hope, live in the cafe and come and go among the tables. Visitors order from a menu of hot and cold drinks, including seasonal lattes and hot chocolates, homemade crêpes and sweet and savoury snacks, with halal and vegetarian options. The cafe asks guests to follow its house rules so the cats can rest when they want. It is open six days a week, with shorter hours on Sundays.
Le Chat L'Heureux
Valence, Auvergne Rhone Alpes
Le Chat L'Heureux is a restaurant and cat cafe on Rue d'Arménie in the centre of Valence, the first in the city and in the Drôme and Ardèche. It opened in August 2026 in partnership with the École du Chat de Valence, a cat welfare association founded in 2001, and around fifteen rescued or abandoned cats live there while they wait for adoption. The cats roam the dining room and a cosy lounge and have their own 25-square-metre room, reached through a cat flap, where they can retreat at any time. Visitors pass through an entrance airlock, disinfect their hands and are asked to respect the cats' calm. Weekday lunches offer traditional homemade dishes, afternoons work as a coffee shop with waffles, smoothies and bubble tea, and Saturdays are for brunch. Because of demand, visits are by phone reservation. Unlike many cat cafes, it welcomes children who respect the cats.
- Adoptable cats
La Main à la Patte
Chambery, Auvergne Rhone Alpes
La Main à la Patte is a cat cafe and tea room on Rue Jean-Pierre Veyrat in the centre of Chambéry. Opened in autumn 2024, it hosts cats from the association L'Arche de Siena, and all of them are up for adoption, so the number of cats in the room changes as they find homes; usually around five to seven are present. The cats wander freely and come to visitors when they choose. There is no entry fee; visitors order from a menu of Illy coffee, Dammann teas, hot chocolates and homemade pastries such as cookies, madeleines and fruit tarts, and the drinks list also has cocktails, local beer and kombucha. Tables can be booked by phone. People come to read, work or meet friends, and families are welcome.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
Déli'Cat
Villefranche Sur Saone, Auvergne Rhone Alpes
Déli'Cat is a tea room and adoption cat cafe on Rue Pierre Morin in the centre of Villefranche-sur-Saône, the capital of the Beaujolais, about 30 minutes north of Lyon. The cafe acts as a foster home for cats from the association Nos Chouchous, based in Vénissieux, and the cats, chosen for their gentle and sociable nature, are all up for adoption. There is no entry fee, but everyone orders at least one item, including visitors who come only to meet the cats, and guests staying more than an hour to work or relax take a sweet or savoury set menu. The menu has organic teas, specialty coffees, cold-pressed juices, savoury dishes at lunch, pastries and ice cream. Reservations are not taken, groups are limited to six, and children under 10 are not admitted.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome
Le Royaume des Chats
Montlucon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes
Le Royaume des Chats is a cat cafe and tea room on Place Édouard Piquand in Montluçon, in the Allier. Four resident pedigree cats live there, Léon, Marcel, Achille and Basile, who are Maine Coons, a Sphynx and a Bengal, in a cosy setting decorated in a 1970s style. Visitors order from a menu of coffees, premium teas and infusions from the French supplier FBKT, hot chocolates, homemade cookies, cat-shaped shortbread, cakes and crêpes, with snacks and salads at lunch, and the teas can also be bought loose to take home. A reading corner with free books and a collection of board games are available. House rules ask guests to disinfect their hands, let the cats approach on their own and never feed them. Children are welcome under constant supervision.
Check each cafe's website for current hours, booking requirements and age restrictions before visiting.