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Cat Cafes in Taiwan
There are 283 cat cafes in Taiwan.
吉利緬因貓舍 GillyGilly
Taichung City
GillyGilly Maine Coon Cattery (吉利緬因貓舍) is a reservation-only cat cafe at 75 Wuquan West 1st Street in Taichung's West District. Large, easygoing Maine Coons wander the room, climb onto spare seats and crowd round anyone who opens a cat treat, and the owner joins in the play. The kitchen is a step above the usual cafe fare, with beef noodle soup, margherita pizza, curry rice, tiramisu and mille-feuille alongside cocoa and milk tea. Afternoons are the main opening window, and booking ahead is needed because there is no walk-in service. Kittens are sold from the cattery with health checks and advice for new owners. There is no car park, so use street parking.
- Booking required
以為有貓 eWayCats
Taichung City
eWayCats (以為有貓) is a small cafe and cat hotel at 80 Leye 2nd Road in Taichung's East District, near Jianguo Market. The first floor is a cosy cafe with sofas and fast wifi where three shop cats live, two of them sociable and one shy, and they let guests stroke their backs and heads. The second floor is the boarding hotel, and a screen in the cafe shows the rooms. Each person orders at least NT$150 and may stay 90 minutes, with a lower minimum of NT$100 for children under 120 cm who come with an adult; overtime is charged per ten minutes. The menu has milk tea, ice cream and thick toast with toppings such as white-sauce mushroom. It also runs classes, and seating is limited, so phone ahead.
- Booking recommended
青牛咖啡館
Taichung City
Qingniu Cafe (青牛咖啡館) is a reservation-only cafe in a residential lane at 22 Lane 683, Section 1, Zhongyang Road in Wuqi District, on the Taichung coast. The owner has taken in about sixteen stray cats, and they live in the cafe, with litter trays tucked around the room but little smell. The cats are well fed, mostly friendly and keen to climb into laps, so sitting on a camp chair is a good way to attract one. The owner chats about how each cat came to the cafe and offers cat snacks for guests to buy. Seating is small, so booking is required. The minimum is one drink, around NT$100, and visitors can stay a long time when it is quiet. The menu has coffee, brownies, cakes and yogurt drinks.
- Booking required
榮珈琲 Rong Cafe
Taichung City
Rong Cafe (榮珈琲) is a small owner-run coffee shop at 191 Zhongshan Road in Shalu District, Taichung. Two shop cats live in the room, including one called Rong Mao, and they nap on the chairs and wander over to be stroked. The owner makes the coffee and the desserts, chats with guests and sells roasted beans. Drinks include a light-roast Sicilian coffee with adjustable sweetness, osmanthus latte, matcha latte and cocoa latte, and the cakes include Basque cheesecake, lemon tart filled to order, chiffon cake and Showa-style pudding. The room is spacious but has few tables, and on weekends stays are limited to 90 minutes when it is busy. Motorbikes can park at the door, while car parking nearby is tight.
給貓金幣 Give Cat Coin
Tainan City
Give Cat Coin (給貓金幣) is an all-day restaurant on Wufei Street in Tainan's West Central District, not far from the National University of Tainan, with a licensed cat room in the basement. Upstairs it serves crispy egg pancakes, toast, stir-fried instant noodles, pot-cooked yi mian, fried snacks, shaved ice and drinks until late at night. A meal comes with a free ten-minute cat voucher, and visitors can pay a little extra to stay with the cats for up to an hour. Staff hand out freeze-dried treats and meat paste for feeding, and the young cats are used to being picked up. The room is small, so it suits one or two groups at a time, and the basement can feel warm on hot days. Booking is not required.
- Walk-ins welcome
潘吶 Panshout Coffee
Douliu, Yunlin County
Panshout Coffee (潘吶) is a late-night coffee shop in an old wooden house on Aiguo Street in Douliu, Yunlin, with a warm Japanese-style interior over two floors. Three resident cats, including Wagui (蛙貴) and Migao (米糕), wander between the seats and are friendly enough to sit with guests. The owner roasts the beans in-house and serves hand-drip and single-origin coffee, cat latte art, ice cream drinks, affogato, cinnamon rolls and Basque cheesecake, including a pistachio version, with a little alcohol after dark. Each guest orders at least one drink. Seating is limited, with some power sockets, and stays are not timed unless it is full. The shop opens in the afternoon and runs until midnight, or 1 a.m. at the weekend; closing days are posted on its Instagram.
貓之城親子餐廳
Taipei City
貓之城 (Cat City Family Restaurant) is a cat restaurant on the second floor of a building in Lane 235 off Zhongzheng Road, a few minutes' walk from exit 1 of Shilin MRT station in Taipei's Shilin District. Around nine cats live in the dining room, and the owner explains how to play with them, give them snacks and clean their teeth before you start. Children are welcome, and everyone wears disposable gloves when touching the cats. Each person orders one food item and one drink, at NT$150 each. The menu covers coffee, light meals, cakes and children's drinks, and the venue also runs talks for pet owners and has a members' third floor that can be hired for parties. Visits are by reservation, made through the shop's LINE account.
- Booking required
碧耳貓 BeerCat
Taipei City
BeerCat (碧耳貓) is a craft beer bar at No. 8 Chang'an West Road in Taipei's Zhongshan District, a short walk from Zhongshan MRT station and Chengde Park. Two resident cats live in the bar, get up to greet people who walk in and settle by the counter, where customers can stroke them. About ten taps pour mostly Taiwanese craft beer with some American and Japanese guests, and the fridge holds cans from small breweries. The kitchen sends out Japanese-style bar food such as takoyaki and curry cheese udon. The walls are hung with Japanese rock band towels and posters, and J-Rock sets the mood. It is an evening bar that stays open late, so check its Instagram page for event nights and delayed openings.
喵仔間 Niau-á King
Taipei City
Niau-á King (喵仔間) is a vinyl record salon in a small lane on Xingcheng Street in Taipei's Datong District, near exit 2 of Shuanglian MRT station and Chifeng Street, in the old Blacksmith Street neighbourhood. Four resident cats live in the shop; an illustrator painted their portraits on the wall, and the fridge holds beers and sakes with cat labels. Coffee and tea are served by day and alcohol from the afternoon, with a weekly-changing menu of small dishes, oden, curry and a roasted-millet latte. The menu is also written in Taiwanese Hokkien. Records play on the turntable, and the room is small, so it suits a quiet drink alone or with a friend.
不是貓咖
Taipei City
不是貓咖 (literally "Not a Cat Café") is a second-floor café at No. 10-1, Lane 26, Section 2, Zhongshan North Road, in Taipei's Zhongshan District, about two minutes' walk from Zhongshan MRT station. The owner opened it as a home for a paralysed cat, and four cats now live there, including a cow-patterned cat who gets around in a small wheeled cart. The cats have their own rest room and some are shy, so guests can sit near them and watch them, but the café asks that they are not picked up, chased or crowded. The café serves Taiwanese teas, hand-baked pastries and desserts, brunch plates, pizza and tea-flavoured soft-serve. There is a minimum order and no time limit. It is open Tuesday to Sunday.
小公寓 Apt. Café
Taipei City
Apt. Café (小公寓) is an apartment-style café on the second floor at No. 56, Section 2, Zhinan Road, in Taipei's Wenshan District, close to National Chengchi University. Three cats live in the room, among them a plump grey one, and they can be stroked freely while they nap on the sofas. The minimum order is one drink, and when the café is full the stay is limited to three hours. Many students come to read and work on laptops. Portions are large, with pita wraps filled with curry chicken, big waffles with lemon sauce, smoothies, matcha drinks, coffee and brownies with ice cream, and it is worth sharing.
The Who Cafe
Taipei City
The Who Cafe is a cat-themed café and restaurant on the second floor at No. 2-1, Lishui Street, in Taipei's Da'an District, a short walk from busy Yongkang Street. Two resident cats, Loki and Thor (洛基 and 索爾), greet guests at the door and wander between tables, calm rather than pushy, and often nap on the seats. The cooking is home-style, with beef noodles, spicy chicken rice, pork and cheese baked rice and set meals, and lattes come with three-dimensional cat-face milk foam. Plates and decorations follow the cat theme, power outlets are available at the seats, and food orders come with a free nougat cookie.
Check each cafe's website for current hours, booking requirements and age restrictions before visiting.