Cat Cafes in Wroclaw, Lower Silesian

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian

Cat&Alice is a cat cafe on Igielna Street in Wrocław's Old Town, a short walk from the Market Square. Opened in 2023, it takes its name and look from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its resident cats include several Sphynxes along with the cafe's five-year-old host, a cat named Cheshire, and others such as Alice, Leon and Lusia. The cats have the run of the whole cafe and choose where to settle and when to come to guests, and staff ask that they are not picked up. Visitors pay a per-person entry charge on top of an order from the menu, which covers a stay of up to 90 minutes. Tables cannot be reserved, so at busy times guests wait for a free place. The menu includes speciality coffees, matcha, lemonades, waffles, cakes and breakfasts. A sister cafe of the same name operates in Kraków.

• Walk-ins welcome

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian

KOTON Kocia Kawiarnia is a cat cafe on Igielna Street, just off Wrocław's Market Square in the Old Town. Opened in 2018, it is home to a small group of male cats chosen from the cats in the care of the Fundacja Kotłownia rescue foundation because they enjoy human company; of the original four, Henryk, Kazimierz and Dyzio still live there. They act as adoption ambassadors, and the cafe displays photos of the foundation's cats that are still waiting for homes. Coffee comes from the Wrocław roastery Czarny Deszcz, and cakes, including vegan options, from local bakers. There are sofas, large poufs and a rocking chair, plus books, board games and chess. The cafe is open every day from morning until late evening.

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian

Kot Cafe is a cat cafe on Dubois Street in Nadodrze, the neighbourhood just north of Wrocław's Old Town across the Oder. Opened in March 2018 as the city's first cat cafe, it is home to about seven resident cats, most with rescue stories: the elderly Bambaryłka, who came after her owner died, Borys, bottle-fed after being found as a three-week-old kitten, the ginger Ryszard, adopted from a shelter, and the brothers Karmel, Tofik, Krówka and Irys from a village near Wrocław. The menu centres on coffee, tea and cakes, with speciality drinks such as a rose latte, and board games are available. Guests should wash their hands and not feed the cats. Visitors must be 10 or older, except on Sundays, when younger children are welcome with an adult. Reservations are optional and free but must be made by phone at least a day ahead.

• Booking recommended

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian

Kawa i kot. is a small cat cafe on Powstańców Śląskich Street in Wrocław's Krzyki district, near the Rondo tram and bus stop at Rondo Reagana. Opened in August 2021 by owners who wanted to combine their love of cats and baking, it is home to four resident cats, Jordan, Blanka, Frania and Kleofas, who move freely between the tables. Cakes are baked on site, drinks include coffees named after cats, and there is no background music. Visitors are asked to wash their hands before touching the cats, to open the door and the inner gate one at a time so no cat slips out, to wait to be shown to a table, and not to bring their own animals or outside food. Calm children are welcome under adult supervision, and a table reservation is recommended at weekends and for groups.

• Booking recommended