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Restaurants · Hout Bay
A long-running Italian restaurant in a garden setting on the Hout Bay road, known for wood-fired pizza, home-made pasta and a family-friendly lawn with a play area. It changed hands in February 2026 but kept the format and the dog policy.
It is one of the few Cape Town restaurants with a written dog policy and an actual dog menu, and it sits ten minutes from the off-leash middle section of Hout Bay Beach.
The restaurant's own FAQ answers "Is Massimo's pet friendly?" with: well-behaved dogs on a leash are welcome, there is a menu for dogs, and R3 from every dog meal goes to The Underdog Project. It also states dogs cannot sit near the open pizza oven, so you must say you are bringing a dog when booking, and management reserves the right of admission. Hours are not published on the site, so phone ahead. Source: massimos.co.za FAQ.
The pet policy above is summarised from the venue’s own published information and cross-checked against public listings. Last checked: against the source on . Policies change without notice anyway, so confirm the current one with the venue before you travel, and keep your dog leashed anywhere that is not a signed off-leash area. Read the full disclaimer.
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