Cat Cafes in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Café ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​⁠Entre Gatos is a cat cafe in Porto Alegre's Zona Sul, on Avenida Copacabana in Vila Assunção, on the side street next to Shopping Paseo near Tristeza. It opened in July 2025 as the first cat cafe in the South Zone and raises money for Projeto Acolha Gatinhos, a volunteer rescue project that has placed more than 400 cats since 2020. The rescued cats are neutered, vaccinated and available for adoption after an assessment. The cafe and the cat area are separate. For a small entry fee, visitors go into an indoor cat room that opens onto a screened outdoor patio. No booking is needed and there is no fixed time limit. Flash photos and outside pets are not allowed, and children must come with an adult. The menu has specialty coffee, cakes, medialunas and cat-shaped toast, and a small shop sells cat-themed items.

• Adoptable cats

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Gatinhos ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌⁠Café is a cat cafe in a converted house on Rua Domingos José de Almeida, a quiet residential street in Rio Branco, Porto Alegre. Opened in August 2023, it serves cakes, pies, sandwiches, frappés and coffee, many shaped or decorated like cats, with plenty of vegan options. The cats live in Casa dos Gatinhos, a glass-walled room that usually holds 15 to 20 rescued cats, visible from the tables. All of them come from the ONG Vem Adotar, run by animal protector Deise Falci, and are tested, treated and quarantined before they arrive. Entry to the cat room is charged per person for a 10-minute visit, and the fee pays for food, litter and weekly vet visits. Adoption needs an application form and photos showing safety screens on every window. Two mascots, Gatuxa and Gatuxo, live at the cafe for good. The cafe is pet-friendly and closed on Mondays.

• Adoptable cats