La Selva De Los Gatos — Restaurant in Oaxaca

This is truly the happiest cat café I’ve ever been to! 🐱🐾 The energy here is warm, light, and full of love—not just for coffee, but especially for the cats. 🐈‍⬛🐈 What really touched me was seeing several three-legged cats being treated with such tenderness and respect. 💛 They have so much space to roam and lounge. It’s clear they are safe, loved, and thriving. 🐾

Before I even realized it, the table I was sitting at had nine cats 😻—most relaxing on the benches, while one or two would hop on and off the table like royalty. 👑🐱

It completely brightened my day. I called my son (a true cat person 🐾😺), and he was grinning ear to ear during our video call watching the cats.

The 50 MXN entrance fee 🪙 goes toward your bill, so if you’re just popping in for a coffee ☕ or tea 🫖, you’re basically covered. Such a win! The staff are real cat lovers, and you can feel the care and humanity in every interaction—with the animals and with guests. 🐈‍⬛💚

I didn’t even realize it was a vegan café 🌱—but my latte and Arizona iced tea hit the spot while I soaked up the peace and purrs. 😸

If you love cats, need a mood boost, or just want a cozy, joyful space to be present and breathe, La Selva De Los Gatos is a magical little sanctuary. 🐾🐱🐾 I highly recommend...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ THIS!!! If you’re visiting Oaxaca just like I am you need to visit this place if you love cats and gardens. I had a 10/10 experience here the pastries were so delicious. I was in Oaxaca for a few days and so many bakeries were just not cutting it for me. So many bland and hard breads, I was so disappointed. I saw this place when I was arriving to Oaxaca and I am so thankful I did. We came here with the idea that we were here to see cats only, I obviously had to get a Coffee . Then I got the croissant And the chocolate concha. Let me tell you, IT WAS DELICIOUS. To my surprise it was VEGAN?!?! I’m not vegan but I was so shocked on how soft and delicious it was. The dalgona coffee is your usuall coffee so there is no negative comment on it. The cats were so calm the whole time but it was nice knowing that where I was sitting there was kittens on the chairs around me. I felt like I was in a studio ghibli movie. Such a beautiful experience in Oaxaca. One I’ll never forget and definitely...

For me the food was the highlight of the experience. Yup there are cats there, a boutique shop just outside the gate and a few little paintings. The overall decor of the place is sorta like visiting someone backyard that has to much "stuff" laying around and some haphazard landscaping. There is a hand wash station in the seating area, that's nice. The service is kinda weird, I had to go up to the kitchen door to ask for stuff and extremely limited menu is on a whiteboard. Although there was a paper menu before you walked in we were told we could just order off the whiteboard. Basically there was two or three entrees. We ordered the lemonade but did not figure out that we have to add our own simple syrup which was delivered to the table with the napkins and silverware, we didn't realize it was in there until we were prepared to eat. The food was...