10 July 2024
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Coffee and contemplation – an AM prerequisite for almost every Aussie. If you’re a fur parent, devoted to sharing life’s sweetest moments with your buddy, caffeine pit stops are also a great opportunity to get your pet out of the house. Presenting the ultimate list of pet-friendly cafes to help you and your beloved unwind in comfort right around Australia.
Featuring sprawling grounds (with plenty of sniffs), pet-friendly treats (a puppaccino, perhaps?) and silky-smooth human-only brews, these must-visits are made for you and your boo.
Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Canberra | Adelaide | Perth | Hobart | Darwin
Treat your pooch to their very own ‘Doggie Menu’ at Naked Brew in Sydney’s inner west.
Naked Brew has al fresco tables to dine with your pooch.
Home to the city’s cult doggie donut, made with unsalted peanut butter and chicken stock plus yoghurt frosting, ice cream, waffle and smoothie, each exclusively finessed for pups, it’s a pet-friendly cafe with all the bells and whistles.
Spy the jar of doggie donut treats at Naked Brew.
Address: 110 Swanson Street, Erskineville, NSW
Grab a table on Centennial Homestead’s massive deck, or a comfy couch on the lush grass, for serene views of Centennial Park in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Centennial Homestead is spacious enough to accommodate guests with their fur babies.
It’s also located across the road from the park’s off-leash area, so you can get their exercise in during a single visit.
Water bowls within the pet-friendly cafe’s ‘puppy parking’ lot out front are also super convenient.
Centennial Homestead has puppy parking out front.
Address: 1 Grand Drive, Centennial Park, NSW
Sucker for high tea? Give your pampered pal the ultimate day out at Lost and Found. The team put on a ‘Doggy High Tea’, priced at $45 per pet, every Sunday when you order their human version.
Dine on excellent fare at Lost and Found.
While yours includes typical tiny sandwiches and pastries, theirs arrives in equally extravagant fashion, decked out with pet-friendly garnishes and whipped with safe ingredients to satisfy delicate bellies.
Bring your pup to elevate your high tea experience.
Address: 223 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSW
Munch on New York-inspired bagels while your furry friend laps up puppaccinos and dehydrated treats at Bellboy Cafe.
Bellboy Cafe is light and airy with floor-to-ceiling glass. (Image: Julian Lallo)
Melbourne’s top inner-city pet-friendly cafe is fitted with floor-to-ceiling glass so it’s plenty light and airy inside, but while you’re seated outside with your pal, you’re in good proximity to the Instagram-friendly dog kennel to help make memories of your visit.
Enjoy brunch all day at Bellboy Cafe.
Address: 131 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East, Vic
Treat your bestie to peanut butter on toast or freshly baked doggie biscuits at Fourth Chapter on High Street (recently named the coolest street in the world) in trendy Prahran.
Pull up a chair in the cosy courtyard at Fourth Chapter.
An awesome human menu spans healthy breakfast and lunch bowls, American-style comfort food and generously prepared cafe classics including the big brekkie, smashed avo and bacon and egg roll. Keep your pet on a leash and grab a seat on the sidewalk or in the cosy courtyard.
Dine on generous serves.
Address: 385 High Street, Prahran, Vic
Venture south about 15 minutes on road from Brisbane’s CBD to take advantage of Snag & Brown’s very own, albeit small, dog park.
Snag & Brown is the perfect pet-friendly cafe for your furry friend.
The pet-friendly cafe dishes up puppaccinos in wide, low-rise bowls (a genius move for doggos) and invites off-leash frolicking within the park, so it’s a perfect morning out for your furry friend. We humans can choose from a menu of all-day breakfast classics and sweet treats.
Pups are welcome to explore the doggie park off-leash.
Address: 97 Ekibin Road, Annerley, Qld
St Coco Cafe’s contemporary fit out, complete with a pet-friendly al fresco space dotted with picnic tables and retro-print umbrellas, unleashes a very chilled morning out in suburban Brissie.
Your doggo won’t be able to resist the treats at St Coco Cafe.
Plus, your fur baby’s forever-rumbling belly is (momentarily) sorted as doggie ice cream and puppaccinos beg to be indulged in.
St Coco Cafe is a place for pet lovers.
Address: Shop 8B 3-5 Cupania Street, Daisy Hill, Qld
Soak up the city’s year-round sunshine with an outdoor table at Little Black Pug Cafe in the southern suburbs of Brisbane.
Little Black Pug Cafe is hard to miss. (Image: Toby’s Estate)
The pet-friendly cafe loads up smashing sweet and savoury favourites as well as doggie meatballs made with grain-free beef and vegetables, plus a ‘Puggy-cino’ in honour of the team’s adorable namesake muse, Bowie.
Pancakes are always a good idea. (Image: Shaelah Ariotti)
Address: 6/1297 Logan Road, Mount Gravatt, Qld
Wouldn’t it be nice to sink beers with your best bud? Stella’s by the Lake, located in suburban Canberra right next to Lake Ginninderra and close to one of the best skateboard-friendly walks in the city, is answering prayers.
Dog lovers huddle at Stella’s by the Lake.
Offering a healthy ‘Dog Beer’ made with turmeric and beef marrow leg bones, the pet-friendly cafe doesn’t stop there. Peanut-buttered bones, puppaccinos and donuts are also ready to be devoured in style.
Spot adorable pets when you dine here.
Address: 1 Beissel Street, Belconnen, ACT
Keep your pal toasty when the mercury drops at Two Before Ten, located right next to a great dog-friendly walk in Aranda (so you can squeeze in their daily walk).
Two Before Ten takes on paddock-to-plate food philosophy.
Dog blankets, created from old coffee sacks, water bowls and a bunch of pet-friendly seating options make it a comfortable pitstop for pooches. For humans, the cafe’s paddock-to-plate food philosophy ensures effortless nourishment.
Indulge in exquisite delights at Two Before Ten. (Image: Pew Pew Studio)
Address: 68 Bandjalong Crescent, Aranda, ACT
Stroll the Kingston Foreshore to find Local Press Cafe, a pet-friendly destination with serious views. Puppaccinos are on the menu and water bowls are filled high as a delicious menu packed with seasonal produce and excellent coffee satisfies two-legged patrons.
Address: Corner Eastlake Parade and Giles Street, Kingston Foreshore, ACT
Let your little bud peruse Fare and Square’s incredible ‘Furnu’ – a menu for fur babies. The popular Adelaide cafe’s clever pet-friendly offering includes a ‘Furchino’ sprinkled with carob, poached eggs on brown rice, the ‘Beethoven Bolognese’ of beef mince, veg and pasta, a ‘Scooby-Doo Stew’ of chicken tenderloins, veg and brown rice, and ‘Goofy Snacks’ which are 50-gram portions of dehydrated chicken. Delish.
Address: 6/8 Wellington Square, North Adelaide, SA
Featuring a colourful garden area for pets to flex their mightiest sniffs, Peter Rabbit Cafe on the west end of Hindley Street is a pet-friendly winner.
Peter Rabbit Cafe is a pet-friendly winner.
Let them people and puppy watch as you seize the always-atmospheric venue’s menu of breakfast and lunch classics plus creative, globally inspired dishes.
Nab a table in the serene garden area.
Address: 234-244 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA
Explore the charms of Port Adelaide before dropping into a well-deserved break at The Banksia Tree Cafe. The pet-friendly spot offers a fur-friendly menu of peanut butter-rimmed puppaccinos and treats, including rocky road and ice cream cones. Choose a spot on the patio where dogs are always welcome.
Address: 147 St. Vincent Street, Port Adelaide, SA
It’s a fact – puppaccinos taste better when they’re free of charge. It’s why Two Dogs Laughing, a suburban pet-friendly cafe in Perth‘s Fremantle, is a smash hit with fur parents.
Two Dogs Laughing is a hit with fur parents.
An interior mural, featuring a guitar-strumming pooch sporting a sombrero, cements this spot’s canine-friendly status. Furry buds are welcome to sprawl out under the legs of al fresco tables and chairs as an all-day menu of breakfast done with a twist – think scrambled eggs with sambal and poached eggs with kimchi – roll out of the kitchen.
Doggos are more than welcome at this suburban pet-friendly cafe in Fremantle.
Address: 199 South Street, Beaconsfield, WA
Craving space? Let your pal soak up the enormous grounds and soothing views at Peninsula Farm Cafe on the banks of the Swan River. It’s a stunning spot, set within a National Trust venue so expect manicured sights from every angle.
Soak up the enormous grounds and soothing views at Peninsula Farm Cafe.
You’ll keep your fur babe happy in the outdoor area where healthy dog treats flow and families linger longer thanks to an onsite cubby house.
Keep your fur babe happy in the outdoor area.
Address: 2C Johnson Road, Marylands, WA
Life’s a beach every day at The Orange Box on beautiful Leighton Beach, and pets are always welcome.
Walk with your pooch to The Orange Box.
Whether you’re snuggling your little mate in one of the venue’s hammocks or beach chairs or letting them stretch their legs on the oval next door, it’s a sensational pitstop in one of the city’s prettiest locales.
The Orange Box is a pet-friendly pitstop for pups.
Address: 14 Leighton Beach Boulevard, North Fremantle, WA
It’s a cafe but make sure you visit in the afternoon as pet-friendly sunset sessions at Room for a Pony in Hobart are always epic. Your furry pal will lap up the outdoor area, often littered with four-legged friends, as you indulge in the venue’s menu of creative dishes including a bacon, cheese and kimchi butty and a Chinese fried chilli omelette. When it’s wine o’clock, their selection never disappoints.
Address: 338 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tas
Home to an undercover, outdoor dog area with heaters, Sisterhood in Sandy Bay, right next to touristy Battery Point, is fabulous.
Wind down at Sisterhood Cafe.
Before you leave, check out the main section’s Instagram-perfection fit out and don’t miss the pet-friendly cafe’s incredible coffee art atop every style of steamed brew. Puppaccinos and doggy treats fly around the joint on high rotation.
Treat your fur babies to a date at Sisterhood.
Address: 4/48 King Street, Sandy Bay, Tas
Go for the human-style bottomless brunch, stay for the pet-friendly fun. Giddy Up Food Store in Sandy Bay is a popular brunch spot that also welcomes four-legged friends. The courtyard offers your pal good space to stretch their legs as a rotating door of local canines frequent this hot spot daily.
Address: 50 Princes Street, Sandy Bay, Tas
Indulge in Darwin’s thriving cafe culture as your furry friend remains right by your side at Laneway Coffee in Parap. The pet-friendly cafe is abuzz with crowds who can’t get enough of the menu’s wide range of healthy bowls, breakfast hits and burgers.
Get your caffeine fix at Laneway Coffee.
As for your little mate? There are often doggy donuts in stock and puppaccinos are an every-visit must.
Give your pup a doggie donut.
Address: 4/1 Vickers Street, Parap, NT
Keep your pet on a leash during your visit to the Boatshed Coffee House in Cullen Bay. Overlooking the sparkling water, choose from the menu’s breakfast and lunch dishes, spanning tacos, toasties, wraps, fresh salads, traditional crepes and more.
It’s a sun-drenched spot, with good coffee, for a relaxed morning together before letting them run like crazy at the nearby Kahlin Oval.
Address: 54-56 Marina Boulevard, Cullen Bay, NT
Nestled within busy Smith Street, Ray’s Cafe & Patisserie is an understated spot with an outstanding menu and some of the best coffee in town.
Pop into Ray’s Cafe & Patisserie for a coffee.
Your pet is welcome to sit by your side in the surprisingly large courtyard as you pick your poison from a range of quality pastries and larger breakfast and lunch dishes.
Pair your coffee with French toast.
Address: 66 Smith Street, Darwin City, NT
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