Nine dog-friendly brunches in the UK
Date published: 21 Feb 2023
Sometimes a long, slow breakfast is just the way to kickstart the day so a hearty brunch is a real treat. Unfortunately for dog lovers, dining with your dog can be a challenge at breakfast, but fear not! We’ve put together the best dog-friendly brunches in the UK, where your furry friends will be welcomed with open arms.
1. The Table Cafe
Location: London
Best for: A dog-friendly staycation in the capital
Address: 83 Southwark St, London SE1 0HX
The Table Cafe has an award-winning brunch menu that covers sweet treats like pancakes and french toast, as well as classic eggs benedict and loads of tasty veggie and vegan options. They pride themselves on sourcing their ingredients from local businesses, making it not just a great dog-friendly brunch option but one of the best dog-friendly cafes in London!
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2. Jack’s Brunch Kitchen
Location: Cotswolds
Best for: Exploring the Cotswolds
Address: 44 Black Jack St, Cirencester GL7 2AA
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It’s all in the name at Jack’s Brunch Kitchen, where they make breakfast an art. Classic brunch dishes such as brioche butties and salmon-topped eggs mixed with buttermilk waffles and an unusual Canadian-inspired poutine. Of course, four-legged friends are treated like kings here too. Although there’s a lovely space outside in warm weather, you don’t have to shiver in the cold as pooches are welcome inside too.
3. Rabble
Location: Edinburgh
Best for: A Scottish city break
Address: 55A Frederick St, Edinburgh EH2 1LH
Choose from a simple breakfast or a blow-out boozy brunch at Rabble, one of Edinburgh’s top dog-friendly restaurants. Drink cocktails and bottomless prosecco along with a selection of continental pastries and a hot breakfast dish. Think a full Scottish with haggis and black pudding or a slightly more refined cinnamon french toast with heaped berries and yoghurt.
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4. Lucky Beach Cafe
Location: Brighton
Best for: Brunch on the beach
Address: Kings Road Arches, 183 Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 1NB
Not only has the seafront Lucky Beach Cafe been named as the UK’s Best Beach Cafe and the UK’s best sustainable restaurant, but it also welcomes dogs with open arms. You couldn’t ask for a better location right on the beach and the brunch menu is super innovative, including pear and pecan porridge, pulled pork eggs benedict and slow-cooked shakshuka.
5. The Boatyard
Location: Newcastle
Best for: Harbour-side walks on Newcastle’s coast
Address: 1 John St, Cullercoats, North Shields NE30 4PL
The super local, independent Boatyard Cafe, right on the water in Cullercoats, Newcastle, has been welcoming dogs with water bowls and treats since day one. Start your day off right with a strong coffee, roasted just down the road in nearby North Shields, and a brunch made up of locally sourced ingredients and homemade cakes and scones.
6. Lykke
Location: Sheffield
Best for: Getting your dog on their Wall of Paws!
Address: Unit 8, LYKKE, 11 New Era Square, Sheffield S2 4RB
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You’ll feel all cosy and ‘hygge’ in the Danish-inspired Lykke, where bottomless brunch meets cocktails and pizza in a cool Scandi dining room. Enjoy any brunch dish or pizza dish with unlimited drinks for 90 minutes, with lots of veggie options on the menu too. Dogs won’t be left out; while you’re sinking prosecco and cocktails, your four-legged friend will have their very own puppacino to keep them entertained.
7. Woodkraft
Location: Cheltenham
Best for: Discovering this Regency town
Address: 13 Regent St, Cheltenham GL50 1HE
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Dine on the best food that the bucolic county of Gloucestershire has to offer at Woodkraft, an independent cafe where everything is made from scratch. Brunch is a feast of apple and blueberry pancakes, smash avo on toast, full english (with excellent veggie and vegan options), cherry fruit toast with amaretto mascarpone and a host of choices to get you drooling. Of course, Fido will be well looked after as well.
8. Cafe AHOY!
Location: Aberdeen
Best for: Dog-friendly baked treats and doggie ice cream
Address: Inspire Building, Beach Blvd, Aberdeen, AB24 5HP
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This beautiful little dog-friendly café and outside terrace is the perfect brunch stop before a long walk on the beach in Aberdeen. Open from 8.30am, at Cafe AHOY! you can enjoy a full Scottish breakfast or an indulgent stack of gluten free pancakes, while dogs have their own special menu that includes doggy ice cream and a ‘Barkin’ Brunch’.
9. M Victoria Street
Location: London
Best for: A specifically four-legged brunch
Address: Zig Zag, 74 Victoria St, London SW1E 6SQ
Every Saturday, M Victoria Street puts on an incredible three-course brunch that not only humans, but dogs too can enjoy. The menu has two sides - one for two legs and one for our four-legged friends. For two legs, expect treats like steak and eggs, and pancake stacks, while Fido can look forward to chicken jerky, biltong risotto and bacon and peanut butter cookies that sound almost too good for dogs!
