The Cats Restaurant & Bar

The Cats Restaurant and Bar is tucked into the Santa Cruz Mountains above Los Gatos at 17533 Santa Cruz Highway, a 50-person restaurant and bar where the mountain setting does most of the atmospheric heavy lifting before the food or the music even arrives. The surrounding hills and redwoods create a sense of remove from the valley below, and the live acoustic music programmed here fits naturally into that unhurried, immersive environment. The menu is family-friendly and the vibe is genuinely warm. For mountain residents and valley visitors alike, it is the kind of place that rewards the drive.