Nos ha encantado la experiencia de estar con tantos gatit@s. La gatoteca es un sitio maravilloso donde poder estar con gat@s que tienen su historia detrás. Puedes adoptar. Tienen una tienda solidaria con muchísimas cosas. El personal es super amable y atento. Te explican todas las normas super bien. Desinfección y todo antes de entrar a estar con los [email protected] estar media hora como una hora. Te dan una bebida con tu entrada. Un lugar super recomendable que visitar al lado de la Plaza Mayor. Y estaras ayudando a todos estos gat@s para que puedan seguir felices alli y sobre todo encontrar a su familia. Encantada de conocer@s.😘😻

Hemos estado esta mañana, mis hijos han disfrutado mucho poder jugar e interactuar con los gatetes. El personal muy amable nos ha estado explicando sobre los gatitos y están muy bien cuidados

Fui con mi hija que es una loca de los gatos y flipo. Es un sitio muy limpio, no huele nada y los gatos super amigables. La merienda estaba bien y pasar una hora entre tanto ronroneo es la mejor terapia

D B

I really enjoyed my time here. The cats are beautiful and happy. The lady who welcomed me was very nice, and the girl inside who looks after the cats was amazing. You can tell they really care for the cats. It was a wonderful break from a wet rainy day.

Magdalena Żółkowska

Its CATS with coffee (or other beverage) not just coffee with cats. Awesome cats😻 and staff❤️ who are really dedicated to the 🐈🐱🐈‍⬛not typical cat cafe but totally worth to visit! And buy sth from the shop to help the cats - especially items with catified arms of Madrid (whoever invented it is a genius!).

+6

Deborah Laks

Nice car Shelter / coffee to spend time with lots of fluffy friends. The cats are treated like kings, the space is clean , organized, and they have lots of toys to play with the kitties. You can stay a minimum of 30 min for 6€ or 1 hour. It’s recommended to reserve in advance because sometimes there isn’t enough availability as they only let a few people in at the same time.

+5

Sarah Carroll

A beautiful place - staff were friendly and helpful. The cats are very looked after and hope they all find a forever home! I’m glad I popped in!

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I really needed a place like this during my trip to Madrid, and it delivered 💛 I was feeling sad, but spending time here lifted my mood instantly. Located right in the city center, it’s a quiet hidden gem. You pay a small fee and get to play, cuddle, and relax with dozens of cats. The cats are super friendly – one even cuddled in my lap. We gave them some treats (Shanta style!), and they got extra playful. Best part? Not crowded with tourists, just calm, soft fur, and purring. If you love animals, this is a must-visit for cat therapy in Madrid. 🐾

Uyen Nguyen

Super cute! I didnt expect to find such a cute cat cafe / shelter in my Madrid trip. The cats are so friendly and well cared for

+4

Carolyn Graham

A fantastic cat shelter that allows you to meet and play with the cats for as long as you want, although the price will be amended accordingly. One drink is included in the ticket price. This is NOT a cat cafe, this is a shelter! The gentleman that booked us in was very knowledgeable about all the cats and very happy to answer questions. We were just visiting the cats rather than adopting and that was ok too. All the cats in the public area are in good health and well cared for. To our surprise we met a cat called Florence who has ataxia, the same rare condition my husband has. We were delighted to find out that Florence has been adopted and was just waiting to be picked up to go to her forever home. It was such a heartwarming story. There's a gift shop and cat supplies you can buy here too.

+5

Carolina Cancino

It was a pleasure to visit this amazing cat cafe/ rescue shelter while in my stay in Madrid! All the cats seemed well cared for and loved ❤️ which made me happy. You can interact with cats and get to know their personalities which is wonderful. It apparent that this place is doing an amazing job in making sure the cats get the proper care and best home!

Nicola R

I met and adopted my cats at La Gatoteca. I initially met ‘Squirtle’, a beautiful female cat. I went to La Gatoteca with no intention to adopt, however, Squirtle went nose to nose with me and chose me., and I knew it I then discovered that she had a brother! What I loved was that the staff refused to separate these siblings from one another. And so, I adopted both (and adore them both!). The team at La Gatoteca - from my visits and questions, to their adoption process and support - are wonderful. What a great group of people caring for absolutely beautiful cats. Thank you all so much for supporting me throughout the process of bringing these two beautiful creatures into my life. I adore them and love how La Gatoteca operates. Additional note - in the shop, they sell some of the BEST quality toys (fur and leather ones, which my cats love). Also, the food and treats are of incredible quality and healthy for the animals. I’ll be back for shopping and to say ‘hello’. Thank you all!! 🙏❤️🐈‍⬛🐈

+7

Geonna Snyder (TheArtGe)

Love this place, I was missing my little kitties when I was in Spain, so I had to stop by to pet some fuzzy little cat faces. We have cat cafes in the USA that adopt out and shelter cats in need, so places like this have a spot in my heart. The owner is lovely, the cats are loved, and there are plenty of toys to play with. It is 5 euro for 30 minutes of play time, but make sure to leave a little extra for the babies it helps to keep them well fed and continue their mission to find these fur babies a good home.

+1

A T

I spent an hour in this place and I loved it. The cats are all adorable and well kept and taken care of. It's just a lovely place with a lovely purpose, to make adoptions possible.

+2

M S

We were on vacation and missed our cats. La Gatoteca is not a cat cafe, but a cafe for cats. It’s a rescue and the goal is to socialize the cats for adoption. Basically, you come and hang out with them. They have free coffee and drinks. The visit doesn’t cost anything however you can donate or support the shop via buying merch. This is an amazing place.

+1

karen savage

What a great place! Happy adoptable cats that we get to pet. Attention and socialization for the cats and cat time for me. Definitely make a reservation online and then when you arrive they explain the rules. A drink is included (you can buy more) and then in the room with the cats. Half were happily sleeping and the others were quite entertaining. They have many toys for you to use with the cats. And great cat trees and beds. I enjoyed my time with the cats.

+1

Candy Zhao

Great way to spend an evening. Our reservation was for 8:30 PM but we got there much earlier than expected and they accommodated us. Space is small but the cats are well cared for, it is great what they do! My husband's favorite cat was Warrior. We noticed the cats really liked this one toy with a magnet so we asked the staff and bought one home for ours too. Our cat Leo seems to enjoy the toy too! (Last 2 photos are him)

+7

Javier Troncoso

Simply adorable! La Gatoteca is not a cat café, as one of the staff said, it is more of "cats with café". It is mainly an animal shelter whose objective is to get the felines adopted, but you can also spend some quality time with them and have some drinks in the meantime. (That was my particular case, since I am not a resident there) Staff was incredibly friendly, but people with allergies should be warned, there was a lot of cat hair in there! Overall it was a wonderful place and certainly one all cat-lovers would appreciate visiting. If you live nearby, consider adopting one (or more) of the cats!

+2

Katie

Perfect place to go to pet cats if you can’t have your own at home. The staff are lovely, and the money you spend goes to taking care of the cats. The cats are really well cared for, I’ve been here 3 times, and every time I notice lots of cats have been adopted which is great!

+3

Domingos Lamas Rodrigues

An amazing place to be if you love cats! :D The place is an animal shelter association, you pay depending on how much time you spend there, (30min 4€, 60min 6€) the money goes toward taking care of the cats. You receive a free drink with the entry and you can take more drinks if you leave a donation. The cats are very well behaved, docile and playful. If you fall in love with one you can adopt it for a tax that includes some basic care equipment. The place is packed full of toys, water fountains, snacks for the cats and sleeping baskets. The cats appears very happy. The staff is very helpful and pleasant. The cats are constantly changing as the get adopted and new ones arrive.

+1

You get to escape the busy city of Madrid and just chill with cats for a bit, with a drink included. The cats are very cute and you can adopt one if you want! Very nice and helpful staff.

Si estuvo bien, pero 6€ media hora mmm incluye una bebida ( agua , o un cafe de maquina)pero bueno, si se nota q los cuidan bien a los gatitos.un momento agradable vuendo a los mininos interactuar y jugar.

Pelle

The cats looked very sedated like they were drugged. Of the 20 cats, 15 of them did not move at all. Not responded to any sound, touch or toys. This seemed weird for me because I've had cats all my life and these cats didn't seem like any other cats I've encountered. That's weird. Furthermore the people where nice and the place had a good vibe. Just the drugged cats was weird.

Totally worth a visit! The cats are independent, yet sweet. The staff is very caring, and it was lovely to interact with so many precious cats! The visiting room was pretty small for the amount of pe…

Me ha decepcionado un poco la experiencia. Los gatos son encantadores y están bien cuidados, pero es igual que ir a cualquier otro refugio de adopción. Realmente no se puede disfrutar mucho del rato con los gatos y los encargados de la sala estaban demasiado encima de la gente y no muy dispuestos a hacernos sentir cómodos. En un momento determinado había demasiadas visitas en la sala, lo cual me parece más perjudicial para los animales. Además, si haces una reserva de una hora, lo normal es que puedas disfrutar de tu tiempo con ellos sin más gente, puesto que el espacio es reducido.

Anastasiya Boiko

I have a feeling that cats being overdosed with something. Everybody slept when I came and didn't react on petting. Hope I'm wrong and they were just super tired

+2

La verdad, esperábamos que sea una experiencia linda como regalo de cumpleaños para una amante de los gatos (y que ha rescatado a muchísimos gatos en su vida, cuidado, sanado, y dejado ir en paz) pero la verdad nos hemos sentido de todo menos cómodos. Las chicas de recepción han sido muy buenas, nos han explicado las normas y han sabido adaptarse a las preguntas de mi hermano, niño de 7 años que venía con nosotras, pero apenas entramos por la sala de los gatos ni un hola ni un buenos días nos llevamos. Hicimos una doble reserva, cada una de una hora, dando un total de dos horas con los gatos en la sala. La encargada de la sala, (que nos indicaron que se llama Cata, por cierto) apenas nos miró y empezó a decirnos las normas. Todo bien, pero con el paso del tiempo en la sala empezamos a notar actitudes con nosotros que con otros clientes no tenía: nos seguía para todas partes, no nos quitaba la mirada de encima, nos hablaba de manera seca y pasivo agresiva. Se nos indicó que no podíamos interactuar con una gatita, pero en cuánto una niña lo hizo y nosotras le llamamos la atención (la encargada no se había percatado) se lo comentamos a Cata y aparte de no decirle nada a la criatura, nunca repitió las normas, se quedó callada mirándonos como si fuéramos nosotras las culpables. Se nos indicó mil veces como teníamos que interactuar con los gatos, pero si una persona/niño lo hacía de la manera contraria, no se llevaba ninguna llamada de atención, en cambio nosotras nos llevábamos miradas despectivas. En un momento preciso (cuando se había cumplido ya una hora de estar, repito, pagamos DOS horas) la encargada nos empezó a preguntar hasta qué hora teníamos, le explicamos como era nuestra reserva y que en la pulsera ponía la hora de salida, le dió igual, se hacía la que no entendía (y no solo le estábamos explicando nosotras, sino otro señor que estaba en la misma sala y nos escuchó) si no se lo tuve que explicar 3 veces mentiría, al final aceptó de mala gana. Si haciamos preguntas sobre los gatos, lo mismo, malas contestaciones, pasivo agresiva, con tono sarcástico. Todo esto ocasionó que nos fuéramos casi 10min antes de nuestra hora. Se lo comentamos a las chicas de afuera. Pero sinceramente, tengo la sospecha que esto puede ser algo contra nuestro color de piel o acento, puesto que no somos españolas. Cabe aclarar que pasó una familia alemana y a ellos los trataron como reyes, cosa que no logramos entender del todo. Nosotras nunca tratamos mal a los gatos, ni siquiera nuestro hermano, les dimos tiempo, respetamos sus espacios, seguimos las normas, pero supongo que ser latinas es lo que tiene. Además, entendemos que estos sean gatos con un trabajo detrás gigante, cosa increíble y que merece mucho mérito. Pero sinceramente, creemos que podría ser mejor dejar un tiempo de descanso o limitar el aforo o edad para la convivencia con los gatos para que ellos también disfruten muchísimo más de lo que disfrutan ya está experiencia, además de descansar. Más que todo en este caso que muchos estabas constipados y necesitaban medicina y descanso. Espero se entienda. Gracias!

El sitio está muy bien y los gatitos muy bien cuidados. El problema es que hice una reserva xa 2 personas y allí dentro éramos demasiados . Estaba lleno de niños y era imposible disfrutar del espacio, nos molestamos unos a otros. Además estaban limpiando todo, los areneros y todo y era imposible estar allí. Me ha decepcionado mucho porque m hubiera gustado disfrutar del poco rato q he estado. No entiendo que em la misma reserva haya tanta gente. Si es así siempre... No volveré a ir

He venido en dos ocasiones a este sitio y la primera fue maravillosa, por eso repetí, pero esta segunda vez que fue hace un par de días, decidí que no volvería más y es una pena porque los gatos no se lo merecen. La única razón es la tensión entre los trabajadores, la única chica maja fue la más jovencita que nos explicó todo amablemente, pero tanto el compañero adulto como su compañera adulta que estaba dentro de la sala con nosotras fue un cuadro y la verdad que creó un mal ambiente. Muy malas miradas, malos comentarios, un tono de voz arrogante, constante gestos de juzgar a toda la gente que solo busca pasar un ratito con los gatetes (entiendo que hay gente que le cuesta más saber cómo tratarlos, pero las formas fueron muy cortantes). Además, se ve que tuvieron un malentendido entre ambos compañeros sobre unos vídeos para redes sociales y se pusieron en medio de la sala a debatirlo de mala manera cuando ni es el lugar ni el momento adecuado, pero se ve que el saber estar ahí está de más y la falta de profesionalidad es visible. Me da pena porque el sitio es acogedor y al final pasas un buen rato porque los gatos son adorables, pero la gente que lo regenta no.

Me and my child are huge cat lovers. I read carefully the instructions before going there. Unfortunately when we entered, terrible bad smell explode in our nose. Anyway we decided to stay. 5 min.late…

Estábamos súper emocionadas por ir a conocer a los gatitos y la verdad que la actitud de la compañera de dentro de lo que es la sala, nefasta, parecía incluso que la tomó con nosotras desde el principio. Nos “regañó” por ir a acariciar a unos gatos del fondo y nos dijo que a esos no, que llevaban poco tiempo y tenían miedo, pero con tono despectivo, nosotras no somos adivinas, que si no le arrimásemos los juguetes a la cara… bueno, como dueña de gato que soy… No digo más. Íbamos para disfrutar la experiencia como amantes gatunas y nos hemos ido súper defraudadas, parecía que estábamos todos en la sala como cohibidos. Sinceramente no volvería a repetir, apenas disfrutas y menos con personal así.

Hoy fui con mi hija a esta cafetería de gatos con mucha ilusión, pensando que sería una experiencia bonita para compartir juntas. Lamentablemente, la experiencia fue muy negativa. En primer lugar, hay demasiadas restricciones: No se puede coger a los gatos, no se puede acercarse demasiado para observarlos, y solo se permite interactuar brevemente con una varita. Prácticamente no se puede hacer nada. En un “cat café”, donde uno espera poder disfrutar de la compañía de los gatos, la interacción está extremadamente limitada. Lo que más nos incomodó fue la actitud del personal. Estuvieron vigilando constantemente a los niños, con expresiones muy serias. Cada vez que algo no cumplía exactamente las normas, se acercaban inmediatamente para reprender de forma bastante brusca, no con una explicación amable, sino con tono duro. En una hora nos llamaron la atención muchas veces. También vimos que otros niños extranjeros recibían el mismo trato. En un momento, un gatito entró en un pequeño armario y un niño simplemente abrió la puerta; fue reprendido de forma severa. El ambiente era tenso y nada acogedor, muy lejos de lo que debería ser un espacio donde los niños aprendan a tratar a los animales con cariño y respeto. Además, la ventilación no es buena y el olor dentro es bastante fuerte. Los gatos son gatos comunes, no hay razas especiales ni particularmente delicadas. Por supuesto, no significa que se deba tratarlos sin cuidado. Pero sinceramente no entendemos por qué se gestiona el lugar con un nivel de tensión tan alto. Si el objetivo es proteger a los gatos, eso se puede hacer educando con paciencia y amabilidad, no mediante constantes reprimendas. Pagamos 10 euros por una hora para escuchar “eso no se puede” repetidamente y sentirnos observados todo el tiempo. Entramos felices y salimos muy decepcionadas. Sinceramente, no solo no volvería pagando 10 euros; ni aunque me dieran 10 euros volvería a pasar por esa experiencia. No lo recomiendo para ir con niños.

Sahar Sarang

I think it’s funny to see the owner’s response to all the negative reviews. You can clearly see how they justify their actions. I was so hoping to like this place. I was so excited to see it online and made a reservation for an hour as I needed some furry-loving. Upon arrival, the lady at the front desk was super kind, checked me in and explained some rules. As soon as I walked into the area with the cats, this woman started explaining something in Spanish, I responded “lo siento. No hablo español.” And she instantly made an angry face at me. Most of the cats were asleep and did not want to engage. One was awake and I was a wiggling my fingers near my chest to encourage it to come closer to me and the lady came to me and shoved her finger in my face yelling “no”. I assumed she thought I was trying to play with the cat with my hands; in fact I was not; the cat was super far from me but it was fine, I let that go. Maybe two minutes later I tried to engaged with another cat who was trying to eat a piece of grass and kept dropping it. So I picked it up and she immediately came from behind me and put her finger in my face again and yelled no again! She needs to understand that if you have to repeat rules, you don’t put your finger in a grown woman’s face and there’s a better way to speak to people. At this point, I didn’t want to be there anymore even though I had been there for 5 minutes at most. She sucked the joy right out of the room. I went to the front and asked for a refund or another time to come back, and that lady came out and told them in Spanish that I tried to pick up a cat. I said she’s a LIAR and the front desk woman said she’d pull the camera footage. And I said cool, do it and when you see that I didn’t, I want an apology. Then they explained that they can’t pull up the footage right now. Lol! The irony. They went on to say I was “feeding the cats” which is against the rules and I said sure okay I picked up grass to hand to the cat and I admitted I was wrong for that. Then front desk lady called the manager, which he came out and asked me what the problem was. He told me I had a “contract” and “you failed” lol I was about to respond but he handed me my 10€ and I got the hell out of there! The fact that they would defend this employee’s behavior blindly is absolutely insane to me. It’s really, really unfortunate because I’m a BIG animal lover and advocate, and I surely would’ve came back to this place to visit with friends and family. AND ID STILL LOVE FOR YOU TO PULL UP THE CAMERA FOOTAGE ON OCTOBER 3RD AT 3:30PM. You’ll see that your employee is in fact a LIAR!