Cat Cafes in 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.

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Bento Goncalves, Rio Grande do Sul

Miatto ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​⁠Café is a cat cafe on Rua General Gomes Carneiro in the centre of Bento Gonçalves, in the Serra Gaúcha wine region. It opened in late 2024 as the region's first cat cafe. From early morning it serves specialty coffee, iced drinks, hot chocolate, cakes, pies and savoury snacks such as coxinhas, in a cat-themed room with cat books and decor. The cats live in a separate area called Gatolândia, and the entry fee goes toward their care. The cafe runs a responsible adoption project that has rehomed more than 170 cats. At times every adoptable cat has been placed and only the cafe's own resident cats are there. Visitors can also sponsor a cat. Miatto holds themed events and workshops, such as watercolour afternoons and a book club, and pets are welcome in the cafe area. It is closed on Mondays.

• 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.

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Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul

Lovvi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​⁠Cat Café is a cat cafe on Rua Primeiro de Março in the centre of São Leopoldo, in the Vale dos Sinos north of Porto Alegre. It opened in March 2026 as the valley's first cat cafe. The large cafe room serves coffee, cakes, pies, brownies and savoury snacks. At the back is a separate cat area called Vila Miau, with a covered space and a screened outdoor enclosure. About ten rescued cats live there. They come from the rescue group SOS Gatinhos in Esteio and are all available for responsible adoption, which needs an application form and screened windows at home. Entry to Vila Miau is charged per adult, the whole fee goes to the cats' care, and house rules keep the cats calm. The cafe hosts events such as book club meetings and seasonal teas, and it is closed on Mondays.

• Adoptable cats

Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul

Frodo ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌⁠Gato & Café is a small cat-themed cafe on Rua General Canabarro in the centre of Passo Fundo. It calls itself the city's first cat cafe. The menu has hot and iced coffee drinks, cappuccinos, pies, banoffee, jams and savoury snacks, including cat-shaped treats, and it also delivers through iFood. The resident cats, which have included Capuccino and Baunilha, live in a small room separate from the cafe. Visitors pay to go into the room for a timed session. There are only a few cats, often two or three, so this is a quieter and more modest set-up than the larger adoption cafes. The cafe takes reservations, is popular with students and works well for laptop work. It opens on Tuesday to Friday afternoons and on Saturdays from mid-morning, and it sometimes opens on Sundays, which it announces on Instagram.