
Melbourne's Best Dog-Friendly Bars, Cafes and Restaurants
An afternoon spent 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 sneak him a couple of chippies under the table.
The bars, cafes and restaurants mentioned here are all happy to have furry guests as long — and some of them even have dedicated canine menus.
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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 friendly haunts.
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 friendly haunts.
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Bellboy
This dog-friendly haunt specialises in bagels, brunch and coffee brewed on-site.
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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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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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Hello Sam
Hefty American-style burgers, a decent vegan offering and handmade choc tops.
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Welcome to Brunswick
The inner north's fairy light-lit dog-friendly food truck park and beer garden.
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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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Newmarket Hotel
Top-notch pub classics, exciting architecture and a dedicated gig space — the Newmarket Hotel is a triple threat.
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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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Staple Providore & Cafe
A sunny St Kilda spot with streetside seating suitable for dogs.
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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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Abacus
This Chapel Street eatery serves everything from breakfast and coffee through to pizza 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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Morgan's Sorrento
A sprawling restaurant serving seafood and local Mornington Peninsula beer and wine right on the foreshore.
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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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Swan Hotel
Glide in and grab a pint or dance away the night in this classic Richmond bar.
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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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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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Wombat Cafe & Store
The Mornington Peninsula's all-vegan cafe where you pay for delicious plant-based fare and help fund an animal sanctuary at the same time.
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Rochford Wines
One of the Yarra Valley's best-known wineries features a lakeside cellar door and award-winning pizza.
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The Local Taphouse St Kilda
This Carlisle Street institution boasts 19 taps, two fireplaces and an indoor bocce court to boot.
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Local Folk
A local Kensington corner cafe serving up coffee, wine and breakfast gnocchi.
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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 Palace Hotel
This South Melbourne pub has an impressive list of craft brews — and a resident dog.
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Georgie Bass Cafe & Cookery
Take a road trip down the Peninsula for a cooking class and a long lunch.
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Miss Mosesmay
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.