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Cat Cafes in France
There are 78 cat cafes in France.
Le Chat'Puccino
Vienne, Auvergne Rhone Alpes
Le Chat'Puccino is an independent cat cafe and tea room on Rue de la Table Ronde in the centre of Vienne, in the Isère south of Lyon, with a small wooden terrace out front. Its cats include permanent residents and foster cats from a local association that are waiting for adoption, and recently kittens have joined the group of about six. The menu has specialty coffee, selected teas, mocktails and homemade pastries such as cookies and chocolate fondant, with a homemade savoury lunch. On Friday and Saturday evenings the cafe serves aperitif boards, and it hosts game nights, talks and other events; board games are available at any time. Booking ahead is recommended. The cafe works with local producers and is accessible to wheelchair users. It is open five days a week and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended
La Ronronnerie
Nice, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur
La Ronronnerie is a cat cafe and small restaurant on Rue de Lépante in central Nice, a few streets east of Avenue Jean-Médecin and a short walk from the Jean Médecin tram stop. Open since 2015, it is the city's only cat cafe. Five resident cats live in the cafe, among them Zéphyr, a Maine Coon, and Willow, a British Shorthair. There is no entry fee and no booking: tables are first come, first served, and guests order from the menu. Children under 10 are not admitted, and house rules ask visitors to let the cats come to them. The kitchen makes everything on site, with bagels, pancakes, French toast, crêpes, carrot cake and other pastries, plus matcha lattes and hot chocolate, served from late morning through lunch and afternoon tea. The cafe also runs occasional workshops and events.
- Walk-ins welcome
Mouan's Chatoux
Mouans Sartoux, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur
Mouan's Chatoux is a small cat cafe on Avenue de Cannes in Mouans-Sartoux, between Cannes and Grasse. Five resident cats, including Moon and Tango, live in the cafe and wander among the tables, and the owner is happy to tell visitors about each of them. Guests order a drink or a meal and spend time with the cats, or sit on the terrace. The kitchen serves continuously from late morning, with lunch dishes such as savoury crêpes, homemade cakes like brownies and carrot cake, tea and hot chocolate for the afternoon. The entrance has a doorbell and a door that must be closed behind you to keep the cats inside. Families with children are welcome as long as the cats are left to come to visitors on their own.
Miss Tea Griff
Ajaccio, Corsica
Miss Tea Griff is the first cat cafe in Corsica, in the Salines district of Ajaccio. Opened in September 2025, it combines an alcohol-free cat bar with a nail art studio and a corner selling work by local Corsican makers, such as tufted rugs, jewellery and bags. The cafe works with the rescue association Les Chats de l'Île: alongside a few resident mascots, cats are fostered here until they are adopted, and some have already found homes this way. Cats roam freely and have plenty of hiding spots. Visitors order a drink and spend time with the cats. The menu covers coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cold drinks and homemade cookies, waffles and small cakes. Visitors are asked to keep the room calm for the cats.
- Adoptable cats
Le Charisto
Lancon Provence, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur
Le Charisto is a cat cafe and luxury cat boarding house on the RN 113 in Lançon-Provence, between Salon-de-Provence and the Étang de Berre, opposite a Marie Blachère bakery. The cafe has sofas, cat trees, plants and hideouts, and its cats are the house's own sociable residents, sometimes joined by particularly friendly boarders; outside cats are not admitted. Each visitor orders at least one drink, or pays a small entry fee instead, and when the room is busy tables are shared on a rotation after 90 minutes. The menu includes lattes, hot drinks, crêpes, waffles and homemade ice cream, with lunch platters on some days and a Saturday brunch. Board games are available, and the cafe organises workshops and themed events. Children are welcome if they stay calm, do not pick up the cats and stay with their parents.
Les Chats Touilleurs
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.
Le Comptoir des Chats
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. 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, each visitor orders at least one item, and no booking is taken. Children are admitted from age 10. The menu is homemade, with a slow-cooked hot chocolate made from three chocolates and organic milk, light desserts, cheesecake and several gluten-free pastries.
- Walk-ins welcome
La P'tite Griffe Café
Bruges, Nouvelle Aquitaine
La P'tite Griffe Café is the first bar à chats in Bruges, a suburb just north of Bordeaux, on Rue Pierre Andron near the Grand Darmal bus stop and car park. Run by Anne-Claire and Victor, it acts as a foster home for the local association Les Chats de Bacalan: every cat in the café, around six at a time, is sterilised, vaccinated, microchipped and available for adoption. Visitors walk in without booking, enter through an airlock with a member of staff and follow simple rules such as letting sleeping cats rest and not feeding them; groups are asked to reserve. The menu is organic and local, with specialty coffee, organic teas, vegan cookies and muffins and a savoury lunch plate. The café hosts cat yoga, drawing, knitting, writing and massage workshops, Friday board game evenings and a food truck on the terrace.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome
Chat Roule?
Le Bouscat, Nouvelle Aquitaine
Chat Roule? is a family-run crêperie and café à chats on Boulevard du Président Wilson at the Barrière du Médoc, on the Le Bouscat side of the Bordeaux boundary, served by tram line D and bus 23. Opened in August 2025, it serves savoury galettes and sweet crêpes made with organic flour, hot drinks and homemade pastries while the café's resident cats, all adopted from associations, wander between the tables. The cats have rest areas and a cat flap to an enclosed patio so they can retreat when they want, and visitors are asked to let them come over on their own terms. There is no entry fee or timed session; guests simply order from the menu, and children are welcome. The room can be booked for private events, and two car parks are nearby.
L'Escale des Chats
Merignac, Nouvelle Aquitaine
L'Escale des Chats is a bar à chats on Rue Montgolfier in Mérignac, west of Bordeaux, which opened in 2026. Five resident cats share a quiet lounge with visitors, and the café serves artisan pastries such as financiers, madeleines and cookies, viennoiseries, milkshakes, locally made cold drinks and hot drinks. There is no timed session or entry fee; guests order at the counter and settle in with the cats, and families with young children are welcome. The lounge is set up for relaxing, and remote working is allowed. Board game and card evenings are held twice a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays, when the café stays open into the evening. Free parking is available directly in front of the building.
PawPao
Agen, Nouvelle Aquitaine
PawPao is the first bar à chats in Agen, on Rue Molinier in the town centre. Founder Paola opened it in September 2025 as a café solidaire: alongside a few resident cats who live there permanently and are not for adoption, the café hosts cats entrusted by local animal protection associations, usually around seven to nine at a time, all looking for new homes. The cats roam freely in a cosy room, and visitors can simply come for a drink and a cuddle or start an adoption on the spot. There is no entry fee or timed session; guests order from a seasonal, homemade menu of sweet and savoury dishes, lattes such as a cherry-blossom latte, lemonade and fresh fruit smoothies. A small solidarity shop sells cat accessories, gifts and items by local makers, and the café also runs workshops.
- Adoptable cats
Miaou Coffee
Beziers, Occitanie
Miaou Coffee is the first bar à chats in Béziers, on Rue du Chapeau Rouge at Place Pépézuc in the historic centre. Johanna Delauzun opened it in July 2024 in a former clothes shop that she converted with a purpose-built cat room and a pastry kitchen. Her resident cats include pedigree cats from LOOF-registered breeders, among them a Maine Coon, a Bengal and Orientals, and rescues from the SPA such as a Siamese and a European shorthair. They are used to children and spend nights at the owner's home. There is no entry fee; visitors order from a salon de thé menu of coffee, cappuccino, iced teas, milkshakes and mostly homemade pastries. The café pitches itself as a calm place to unwind, students come to work there on weekdays, and it has hosted cat yoga with a teacher from across the square.
Check each cafe's website for current hours, booking requirements and age restrictions before visiting.