209 venues · 89 sources
Dog-friendly cafes and pubs in New Zealand
Everywhere we can show you the wording. 209 cafes, bars and pubs across the country with a dog policy we have read at the source: 36 that welcome dogs inside the building and 173 that welcome them in the courtyard. Both are worth knowing, and they are not the same answer.
209 venues
36 dogs inside
173 outdoor only
10 town pages
Two different things get called dog-friendly, and we keep them apart.
- Dogs inside means the operator has said dogs are welcome in the building, and we hold the wording that says it.
- Outdoor areas means the courtyard, the garden bar or the footpath tables, and not indoors.
By town
10 towns with a page of their own
A town gets its own page once we hold 6 sourced venues within about 20 km of it. Anywhere thinner still counts in the regional numbers below, it just does not make a page yet.
By region
All 209 venues, across 14 regions
Every venue that clears our bar, counted where it sits. The ones outside a town page are still on the list, still sourced, and still waiting for a neighbour or two before they earn a page of their own.
Auckland52 venues
- Auckland41
- 11 more across the region11
Otago30 venues
- Dunedin6
- Queenstown9
- 15 more across the region15
Canterbury27 venues
- Christchurch12
- 15 more across the region15
Wellington23 venues
- Wellington16
- 7 more across the region7
Bay of Plenty16 venues
- Tauranga8
- 8 more across the region8
Taranaki12 venues
Hawke's Bay10 venues
- Napier6
- 4 more across the region4
Marlborough5 venues
- 5 scattered, no town page yet5
Nelson-Tasman5 venues
- 5 scattered, no town page yet5
Gisborne4 venues
- 4 scattered, no town page yet4
Northland3 venues
- 3 scattered, no town page yet3
Southland2 venues
- 2 scattered, no town page yet2
Policies change, and the operator has the last word. Owners change, councils change, a wet Tuesday changes what fits in the courtyard. Ring ahead if the answer matters, take the operator’s word over ours, and keep the dog settled and off the seats either way. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will re-read the source.
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