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The capital's most popular off-leash surf beach, a brewery bar with a Polaroid wall for visiting dogs, and a hotel with a room made for them.
6 places5 categories5 neighbourhoods1 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Lyall Bay, Te Aro, Rongotai, Lyall Bay, Te Aro, Wellington, Oriental Bay, Wellington.
No photo yetWellington's most popular surf beach, on the airport end of the south coast. The eastern half is a designated off-leash dog exercise area with sand and surf, flat walking, free beachfront parking, poo-bag dispensers and the surf club's facilities nearby.
No photo yetA specialty-coffee cafe in a converted indoor car park near Cuba Street: high ceilings, exposed brick and an umbrella-shaded parklet outside, pouring Wellington-roasted Flight Coffee with an all-day brunch menu.
No photo yetThe taproom of Parrotdog Brewing, a street back from Lyall Bay beach: retro pub fittings, seventeen revolving taps, a window onto the brewery, a pool table and a Polaroid wall of visiting dogs. The kitchen does upgraded pub grub.
No photo yetAn 18-room boutique hotel in a converted 1909 Cadbury chocolate warehouse two minutes from Cuba Street, with a dedicated dog-ready room set up with a dog bed, bowls and a treat on arrival, plus an on-site wine bar.
No photo yetA restaurant, bar and brewery on upper Cuba Street with up to 12 rotating beers on tap, board games and pub grub. WellingtonNZ's official dog-friendly dining guide confirms dogs are welcome inside and out, with free dog treats and water bowls on hand.
No photo yetA beachside café and bar on Oriental Parade serving brunch, lunch and dinner with coffee from local roastery Peoples Coffee. WellingtonNZ's official dog-friendly dining guide highlights its special canine menu of gourmet dog biscuits, 'pupsicles' and meat platters, and plenty of four-legged regulars.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
No venue can pay to be listed or to rank higher, and no listing carries an invented rating or a stock photograph standing in for the real place. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will re-check it.
Harbour beaches that are off-leash around the clock, and pubs that let dogs sit inside at the bar.
Half a park set aside for off-leash running, a brewpub with treats behind the bar, and a five-star pet staycation.
A large fenced off-leash reserve on the harbour, park cafes with umbrella tables, and a dog bar with its own menu.
Council foreshore dog areas on Moreton Bay, a brewery garden under the Story Bridge, and a riverside hotel with a published Pooch Package.
Six designated off-leash surf beaches, a dog-swimming beach at The Spit and breweries that welcome pups in the beer garden.
Foreshore councils turn beaches like Henley and Grange into dawn off-lead playgrounds, and the cafe strips greet dogs with water bowls.
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