Le café des chats

What Le café des chats does

Le café des chats SAS is a private French single-location cat café and tea salon operating since 2013 at 9 rue Sedaine in the Paris 11th arrondissement, founded and led by PDG Margaux Gandelon. The venue combines a restaurant and salon de thé with approximately 14 rescue cats adopted from animal protection associations that live freely among guests (apart from the kitchen), offering visitors a walk-in experience centered on feline companionship alongside homemade food and beverages. All dishes and desserts are prepared on-site by four cooks/pâtissiers using fresh, largely organic, locally sourced ingredients, and the café does not accept reservations.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer, walk-in-only go-to-market with three revenue streams: (i) on-premises food and beverage sales spanning lunches, goûters (teas/snacks), and dinners; (ii) a €5 "Pass Ronron" entry fee applied on weekends, public holidays, and zone C school holidays, with exemptions for children under 2, students, the unemployed, RSA beneficiaries, and disabled persons; and (iii) tiered digital gift cards (Bons-Cadeaux) sold through lecafedeschats.fr at €14/€28 (goûter) and €35/€70 (lunch/dinner), valid for one year. Payment methods accepted on-site are credit card (CB) and cash, with ticket restaurant no longer accepted.

Marketing is conducted almost exclusively through the @lecafedeschats Instagram account, supplemented by recurring in-café art exhibitions (e.g., Silvia Gilli illustrations, Christine Ratillon vernissage scheduled 3 July 2026) that drive repeat foot traffic. The company has no disclosed investors, no funding rounds, no subsidiaries, no patents, and no AI or technology platform; operations are supported by approximately six employees, and the entity is registered as SAS Le Café des Chats – Paris – Bastille (SIRET 801 988 650 000 25). Regulatory exposure is limited to standard DDPP hygiene and animal welfare inspections conducted in partnership with the cat-sourcing associations.

Name

Le café des chats

Legal name

SAS Le Café des Chats – Paris – Bastille

Website

https://lecafedeschats.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le café des chats is a single-location cat café and tea salon in Paris's 11th arrondissement, founded in 2013, serving homemade meals and desserts alongside ~14 rescue cats that live freely on-site, with revenue from walk-in F&B, a weekend Pass Ronron fee, and online gift cards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cat Café / Restaurant Hospitality

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFADAC

Independent Neighborhood Cafes

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Cafes & Coffee Shops

SECONDARYTHAFADAG

Cafe-Bakeries (Coffee + Pastry Focus)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Cafes & Coffee Shops

Keywords

• Cat café
• Restaurant dining
• Homemade desserts
• Animal rescue
• Tea salon

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: The café serves lunches, teas (goûters), and dinners with all dishes and desserts prepared in-house by 4 cooks/pâtissiers. Menu includes lunches, desserts, and drinks prepared using fresh, maximum organic, locally sourced products.
2. Entrance Fee (Pass Ronron): A 5€ Pass Ronron fee is applied during weekends, public holidays, and zone C school holidays. Exemptions apply for children under 2, students, unemployed persons, RSA beneficiaries, and disabled persons.
3. Gift Cards (Bons-Cadeaux): Gift cards sold online with one year validity. 1 Lunch/Dinner = €35 (includes dish, dessert, and drink), 2 Lunches/Dinners = €70, 1 Tea/Goûter = €14 (includes dessert and non-alcoholic drink), 2 Teas/Goûters = €28.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Le Café des Chats operates a single-location cat café and restaurant in Paris where approximately 12-14 rescue cats live freely among guests. The establishment serves homemade lunches, dinners, and tea-time snacks (goûters) prepared on-site by 4 cooks/pâtissiers using fresh, largely organic, locally sourced ingredients. Customers can also purchase digital gift cards online.

Product overview

Le Café des Chats operates as a single cat café concept, combining a restaurant/tea salon with resident feline companions. The core offering is the unique café experience where approximately 14 cats live freely among diners. Food and Beverage Service provides made-from-scratch meals, desserts, and drinks prepared on-site by 4 kitchen staff. Gift Cards (Bons-Cadeaux) are sold as a sub-product through the e-commerce website, offering tiered dining experiences (meals and snacks) as digital gifts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Café des Chats Cat Café Experience A walk-in cat café and restaurant in Paris where guests enjoy meals and beverages in the company of about 12-14 resident cats that roam freely (excluding the kitchen). Open Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00-21:30 (Fridays/Saturdays until 22:30). Targets individual consumers, cat lovers, families, and tourists seeking a unique Parisian experience.
• Food and Beverage Service (La Carte) Restaurant and tea salon offering homemade lunches, dinners, desserts, and drinks prepared on-site using fresh, maximum organic, locally-sourced ingredients. Targeted at walk-in individual customers visiting the café.
• Gift Cards (Bons-Cadeaux) Digital gift cards sold online for individual consumers. Tiers include: 1 Déjeuner/Dîner (€35) for one meal with dessert and drink; 2 Déjeuners/Dîners (€70) for two meals; 1 Goûter (€14) for one snack with non-alcoholic drink; 2 Goûters (€28) for two snacks. Valid for one year.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Animal Protection AssociationsminorOthersThe café works in collaboration with animal protection associations to adopt cats that were abandoned or at risk of euthanasia. Cats are adopted from their shelters and live permanently at the café. The café also works with DDPP (Direction Départementale de la Protection des Populations) for regular hygiene and animal welfare inspections.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Le Chat Bizarre: Paris-based cat café serving drinks and snacks in the company of resident cats. Direct peer in geography, concept, and customer segment (cat-loving tourists and locals seeking the same experiential offering).
• BIG MAMA CAT CAFÉ: Independent French cat café combining feline interaction with food service, similar to Le Café des Chats. Comparable concept and customer segment, operating in a French-speaking market.
• Cat Café (Melbourne): One of the earliest and most established cat cafés globally, often credited with popularizing the format internationally. Comparable in concept (cats + café experience), operating model (resident cats + F&B), and reliance on tourist foot traffic.
• Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium: London-based cat café offering food, drinks, and feline interaction in a single location. Closely comparable in concept, target audience (tourists + cat lovers), and the entrance-fee + F&B revenue model.
• La Maison de Moggy: Another well-known cat café in Paris combining resident cats with food and beverage service. Directly comparable in concept (cats + café), target customer (tourists and cat lovers), and operating model (single Paris location).
• Neko no Café: Established Japanese cat café brand — Japan being the originator of the cat café concept. Directly comparable resident-cat + café model, with similar rules around cat welfare and customer interaction, though in a more urbanized, chain-like format.

Regional players

• Café des Chats de Tokyo (Chatnoir): Long-running Tokyo cat café serving light food and drinks with resident cats. Concept-comparable to Le Café des Chats, but geographically distinct and operating in a more mature, saturated cat café market in Japan.
• PAWS Cat Café: UK-based cat café focused on rescued cats with food and beverage service. Concept-comparable in the rescued-cat positioning and café model, but operating in a different geographic market.
• The Cat Lounge: Swiss cat café offering drinks and snacks alongside resident cats. Concept-comparable in the hybrid cats + F&B model, though operating primarily in a different linguistic and geographic market.

Others

• Café Olé: Independent Parisian neighborhood cafés serve as adjacent food-service peers for benchmarking menu pricing, foot-traffic sensitivity, and gift card economics, even though they lack the cat-café differentiation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/lecafedeschats
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-caf%C3%A9-des-chats

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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