Cat Cafes in Nouvelle Aquitaine

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 has a storybook interior inspired by Alice in Wonderland and other fantasy tales, with walkways above the tables where the cats can watch the room or nap out of reach. Several cats, some of them very fluffy, live in the café and come to visitors when they feel like it; 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 a range of teas, coffee and hot chocolates in several flavours, plus homemade cakes, biscuits and tarts, many of them vegan. Prices are set slightly higher than an ordinary café to cover the cats' veterinary care.

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, with one-hour, 90-minute and two-hour formulas that each include a drink from the menu, and last entry is an hour before closing. Guests swap their shoes for slippers. 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. 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

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

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.

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.

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

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. Six rescued cats act as bookshop cats, each with a favourite section: Agatha and the Siamese Frida from Hopy Protection Animale, Barnabé from Biscarefuge, Roland from Les Amis de Sam, and the young ginger brothers Ed and Harry. 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, and the shop also sells cat-themed gifts.

Brive La Gaillarde, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Ô P'tits Chats Gaillards is a bar à chats, café and small restaurant on Rue Gambetta in the centre of Brive-la-Gaillarde. Its resident cats, including Berlioz, Saphir, Maurice, Slash, Ulysse and young Arsène, range from large Maine Coons to a cuddly Ragdoll, and they roam the cosy room and terrace among the guests. The café opens early for breakfast, serves homemade lunches with vegan and plant-based options during the week and puts on themed brunches on some Sundays, alongside teas, coffee, cold drinks and pastries such as cookies, brioches, pancakes and scones. There is no entry fee; visitors order from the menu, and booking is advised for meals. A small shop sells loose-leaf tea, teapots and gift boxes, and the café hosts regular events and children's birthday parties on a cat theme.

• Booking recommended

Orthez, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Ronron et Gourmandises is a bar à chats, restaurant and tea room on Boulevard des Pommes in the centre of Orthez, in the Béarn, opposite the Saint-Pierre church. The cats in the dining room are entrusted by the associations Patounes de Chats and Animal'Âme and are all waiting for adoption, so visitors can meet them over a meal and ask about taking one home. At lunchtime the kitchen serves a daily combined plate that changes with the market, always with a vegetarian option, plus homemade desserts including the house El Gato. Until 6 pm it works as a salon de thé with cakes, tea, hot chocolate, coffee, juices and smoothies. The building also houses a gallery of local makers selling cat-themed crafts, loose tea and biscuits, rooms for wellbeing practitioners such as hypnotherapy and massage, and an organic plant-based hair salon.

• Adoptable cats

Bayonne, Nouvelle Aquitaine

Café Moustache is a café à chats on Rue du 49ème Régiment d'Infanterie in the Poste quarter of Bayonne. It was opened in summer 2026 by Emmanuelle Daragnes, a former veterinary assistant, and works as a foster home: the cats living in the café, such as Mimi, Aya and Brooke, are looking for families and can be adopted by visitors who fall for one. Guests settle into a warm, cocooning room with a coffee, tea, latte, cappuccino, pastry, quiche, cheesecake or savoury tartine and wait for a cat to come over for attention. There is no entry fee, prices are modest, and the room is arranged so the cats can come and go safely. The café suits a sweet break, a quiet read or simply time with the cats, and it is open from Tuesday to Saturday.

• Adoptable cats