A plushie-buried Korean-style drinks counter on Sainte-Catherine with two or three seats, capybara merch, and nothing on the menu over eight dollars. Takeout in practice.
Google lists it as opening at 11:00. Beyond that the hours are not consistently published, so the Instagram feed is still the safer check. It shares its space with TuTuTu Studio, so the room is doing two jobs.
Cost
Nothing on the menu tops $8. No entry fee, no session.
Montreal's capybara cafe is essentially a very cute takeout window with a plushie problem.
What it is
A small counter in Shaughnessy Village doing Korean-cafe-style drinks — foamy Viennese coffees in pistachio, taro and matcha, colourful coconut-based lattes, caffeine-free refreshers. Nothing tops eight dollars. The room is soft-lit, buried in capybara plushies, and sells keychains, tote bags and stickers alongside the drinks.
It shares the space with TuTuTu Studio, which is part of why there is almost nowhere to sit. Two or three seats, realistically. This is a takeout operation with decoration.
What it is not
There are no live capybaras. Montreal has no venue with live capybaras, and Quebec's exotic animal rules make one unlikely.
It is also not a place to sit and work, or meet someone, or spend an hour. Set that expectation and it is a good ten minutes. Set the other one and you will be standing on Sainte-Catherine with a taro latte wondering where the chairs are.
What visitors actually say
Pulled from Google Maps, trimmed, and left alone otherwise — including the
complaints. We do not take the ratings as gospel and neither should you.
Hours are the weak point — they are not consistently published anywhere, and the Instagram feed is the only reliable source. Check it the morning of rather than trusting a listing.
It sits on Sainte-Catherine West in Shaughnessy Village, walkable from downtown and Concordia, which is most of its customer base.
Good to know
Two or three seats. Treat it as takeout — the room is shared with TuTuTu Studio.
No live capybaras, in the cafe or anywhere else in Quebec.
Nothing on the menu is over $8.
Google says it opens at 11:00; the rest of the week is patchily listed. Check Instagram before you go.
Published on September 2, 2026By Grumpy Capy
FAQ
Does Café Capybara have real capybaras?
No. It is a themed drinks counter with capybara plushies and merchandise. There is no venue with live capybaras anywhere in Quebec.
Can I sit down?
Barely. There are two or three seats and the space is shared with TuTuTu Studio. Plan on takeout.
What should I order?
The Viennese coffees in pistachio, taro or matcha are the signature, alongside coconut-based lattes and caffeine-free refreshers. Nothing costs more than $8.
Details change – always confirm hours, prices, and booking on the official site before you travel. Animal encounters are subject to each venue's welfare rules.
Keep exploring
More capybara cafes
Other real-world spots where you can be in the same room as a very calm rodent.
A small Ukrainian-run coffee shop in Bloor West Village named after the animal, with a green wall of framed capybara art and a turf patio. Closed Mondays, closes at five, no capybaras.
A capivara-themed cafe built into the Rio Pinheiros cycle path in São Paulo, funding the NGO that protects the wild capybaras living on the riverbank about thirty metres away.
Peru's capybara cafe, in the Cayma district of Arequipa, with a second counter inside the mall. Waffles, desserts, Peruvian coffee, open until half nine, and no actual capybaras.
A matcha and Vietnamese coffee bar in Folsom, California, built around capybara mascots and a lot of plushies. Open daily until nine, and there is not a live capybara in the building.
A capybara-themed boba and ramen house outside Chicago with fifty-plus claw machines and a photo booth. Chaotic, open until eleven, and entirely capybara-free in the animal sense.
A family restaurant in Querétaro that announced Mexico's first live-capybara sessions, got publicly taken apart for it, and appears to have quietly not done it. The food is fine. The story is the point.
Guides worth the screenshot, mildly cursed finds, and the occasional
photo of a capybara in a hot spring. We email at capybara speed -
slow, occasional, unbothered.
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