Melbourne's Best Dog-Friendly Bars, Cafes and Restaurants
All of your friends — most importantly, those furry ones with four legs — are welcome at these pet-friendly food and drink haunts.

Melbourne's Best Dog-Friendly Bars, Cafes and Restaurants
An afternoon enjoyed kicking back in a big Melbourne beer garden with your mates is most definitely an afternoon well spent. There will be laughs, possibly a few jugs or bottles emptied, some good food and (hopefully) a sliver of sunshine. But the most important thing is spending time with your buddies — all of your buddies. You wouldn't leave Dave at home would you? Or Sarah? Think how devastated they'd be if they found out you hadn't invited them.
Your best friend — aka human's best friend — would also get seriously hurt feelings if left at home, so the trick is to choose a venue where Rover is welcome, grab him a dish of water and let him join in the fun. With a couple of chippies snuck under the table, of course.
Here are Melbourne's best dog-friendly restaurants, bars and cafes — each happy to have furry guests along in some or all of their spaces. Some of them even have dedicated canine menus, dedicated dog Instagram accounts or doggy merch.
Recommended reads:
The Best Dog-Friendly Hotels in Australia
The Best Restaurants in Melbourne
The Best Bars in Melbourne
Image: Newmarket Hotel.
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Small Batch Roasting Co.
This coffee paradise comes from the original founder of North Melbourne's Auction Rooms.
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Edinburgh Castle Hotel
Brunswick's longest standing pub boasts a huge beer garden, gastro pub food and extensive craft beer list.
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Half Moon
Find six separate (and recently done-up) drinking and dining spaces, split across two levels in this Brighton pub.
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Terminus Hotel Fitzroy North
Find your classic pub vibes in the beer garden and public bar, or head to its restaurant for a classier affair.
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The Terrace Cafe
This iconic garden cafe has entered a new phase of life as one of the city's leafiest brunch spots.
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Trinity St Kilda
This bar, beer garden and food truck park makes its home in a historic former church hall.
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Terminus Hotel
The Abbotsford pub sports a classy revamp but maintains the things that matter most: beer, bingo and counter meals.
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Uncle Drew
A true neighbourhood gem known for its creative cafe fare, quality coffee and ever friendly vibe.
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Zymurgy
From the minds behind Hop Nation and Navi, this Footscray outdoor bar celebrates elevated barbecue fare and local craft booze.
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College Lawn Hotel
Relax on the astroturf and enjoy cheap pub grub along with ice-cold beers at this no-frills local.
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The Old Garage
A supremely dog-friendly cafe, with puppychinos aplenty and a vegan alternative for every dish on the menu.
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Pilgrim Bar
Sip gin tea cocktails at a waterfront venue in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.
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Welcome to Thornbury
A permanent food truck park boasting a rotating menu of street food snacks.
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Moon Dog World
This giant, very OTT brewery bar is like a boozy theme park you'll never want to leave.
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Newmarket Hotel
Great pub fare, exciting architecture and a dedicated gig space — the Newmarket is a triple threat.
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The Commons at Ormond Collective
This four-in-one St Kilda Road venue has a huge beer garden.
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Bonehead Brewing
A dog-friendly brewery known for its diverse tap list and colourful wall murals.
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Nice Guys Brewery and Bar
A retrofuturistic brew bar with 25 taps and a leafy, heated beer garden.
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Bellboy
This dog-friendly haunt specialises in bagels, brunch and coffee brewed on-site.
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Welcome to Brunswick
The inner north's fairy-lit, dog-friendly food truck park and beer garden.
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The Retreat Hotel
This dog-friendly pub has craft beer on tap, a pool table and serves up a belly-warming roast every Sunday.
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Molly Rose Brewery
Try a diverse range of house brews and even some cheeky beer cocktails at this cosy Collingwood spot.
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Hello Sam
Hefty American-style burgers, a decent vegan offering and handmade choc tops.
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Kaiju Cantina
The first-ever beer hall and brewpub from award-winning brewery Kaiju is a colourful warehouse site boasting 16 taps and a cracking pizza menu.
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Major Mitchell
Come for the very, very pink interior, stay for the wide food selection and alluring cocktail list.
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Hector's Deli
The kitchen's take on the classic chicken sanga features the largest crumbed schnitzel known to man. Well, maybe not, but it's still pretty damn epic.
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Leonard's House of Love
Drink tinnies, down burgers, dance and play pool in Leonard's lounge room-like bar.
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Marquis of Lorne
Drink down on the street, dine at the second floor restaurant or soak up some rays on the rooftop.
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The Standard Hotel
The bar offers a comforting retro vibe while huge beer garden is a breezy little oasis that's well worth the search.
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Arbory Bar & Eatery
With great views and even better food, this is one platform you won't mind getting delayed on.
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Bodriggy Brewing Company
This 400-person brewpub in a former mechanics warehouse is home to a stack of beers on tap and a bottle shop is on the way.
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The Silverlake Social
A Prahran bar sporting a pool table, Buffalo wings and an extensive back bar of hard-to-find American booze.
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Joe Frank
Homemade crumpets and a dog-friendly courtyard await at this sunny Ashburton cafe.
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The Rose Fitzroy
The Fitzroy mainstay has a new lick of paint and an upstairs wine bar.
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Little Creatures Geelong Brewery
This Fremantle-born brewery's east coast home features three bars and lots of booze.
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The Rainbow Hotel
Toast your outsides by the fireplace, while warming your insides with any of 100 different beers.
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Swan Hotel
Glide in and grab a pint or dance away the night in this classic Richmond bar.
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Abacus
This Chapel Street eatery serves everything from breakfast and coffee through to steaks and cocktails.
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Flatiron Side Door
This charming wine bar and garden is a home away from home for Kew locals.
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The Ascot Lot
A beer garden, drinking hall and food truck stop for north west locals — and their dogs.
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The Vale Bar & Eatery
A cosy Ascot Vale local with a strong selection of pizzas and 150 wines.
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Harlow
Richmond's Great Britain Hotel has been transformed into an all-occasions pub with a dog-friendly beer garden and lots of barbecued meats.
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The Carringbush Hotel
This 130-year-old pub is now slinging meat-free meals, wine on tap and more than 21 beers.
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Morgan's Sorrento - CLOSED
A sprawling restaurant serving seafood and local Mornington Peninsula beer and wine right on the foreshore.
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Bridge Road Brewers
This award-winning brewery is worth the road trip to Beechworth — for both its beer and its pretzels.
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Rochford Wines
One of the Yarra Valley's best-known wineries features a lakeside cellar door and top-quality pizza.
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The Shady Lady
Make yourself at home at this dark but glittering dive bar on Johnston Street.
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Bright Brewery
This out of town brewery has a 24-tap selection and a big outdoor terrace nestled in the mountains.
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The Local Taphouse St Kilda
This Carlisle Street institution boasts 19 taps, two fireplaces and a sun-soaked rooftop.
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Local Folk
A local Kensington corner cafe serving up coffee, wine and breakfast gnocchi.
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Miss Moses
Miss Moses is where you come when you want to sink a sour, dig into a greasy, hangover-busting sanga and spend time with your four-legged friend.