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Best dog friendly dog restaurants in London

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Nina1013 · 09/01/2025 10:35

Can anyone help - Kensington/Mayfair/Knightsbridge area would be ideal, in an ideal world serving steak.

I am getting mainly cafes when Google searching, but I know I have seen dogs all over - I just haven’t been paying attention!

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Nina1013 · 09/01/2025 11:15

PiggyPigalle · 09/01/2025 10:59

"I've found one but can't delete the thread".

I don't think that's how Mumsnet is supposed to work.

Ask a goady question, answer it yourself then delete the thread.

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Erm…ok.

Or, I posted as I had (or thought I had) exhausted all searches and then something popped up about Gaucho, I looked into it and yes, answered my own question. I didn’t want to waste anyone’s time further, by pretending I still needed recommendations….

On the general subject of dogs in restaurants, I don’t disagree. But the reality is that they are allowed all over now, and it’s becoming more and more socially acceptable. Me taking, or not taking, mine isn’t going to change that.

I have 3 dogs and have never taken them to a restaurant, nor did I intend to. However, we visit London frequently and they are absolutely all over. Including in Selfridges, while their owners shop for clothes, beauty, etc which I find utterly bizarre….but it is the world we appear to live in now.

My daughter has requested, as a birthday treat, that I finally give in and allow her to bring her dog to London. I have agreed, as a one off, and we are going to need to eat. Hence the question….

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IsawwhatIsaw · 09/01/2025 11:14

I’d like a list so I can avoid these places.
went out last week, man with 2 dogs completely oblivious to them bothering other people for food.

EvieTheSchnoz · 09/01/2025 11:12

Mowgli is dog friendly if there's one near where you need to be

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 09/01/2025 11:09

jackstini · 09/01/2025 10:58

Well I now know to avoid Gaucho!

I really do not want dogs around when I'm having a nice meal

So unfair on those with phobias and allergies too

I love dogs, had in the past, but a restaurant is no place for them

Gaucho is awful nowadays anyway.

Dog-friendly is their way to compete with those they’ve fallen away from.

The rest of us can just eat nice steak, dog-free.

PiggyPigalle · 09/01/2025 11:07

jackstini · 09/01/2025 10:58

Well I now know to avoid Gaucho!

I really do not want dogs around when I'm having a nice meal

So unfair on those with phobias and allergies too

I love dogs, had in the past, but a restaurant is no place for them

It must be a torment for the dog too. All that smell of meat.
I took my previous adopted Cocker into Pets at Home and he howled with excitement at the smells in there. Just imagine, in a steak restaurant.

PiggyPigalle · 09/01/2025 10:59

Nina1013 · 09/01/2025 10:53

I’ve found one but can’t delete the thread.
For anyone else wondering, Gaucho are dog friendly, and have a dedicated page on their website promoting this.

"I've found one but can't delete the thread".

I don't think that's how Mumsnet is supposed to work.

Ask a goady question, answer it yourself then delete the thread.

jackstini · 09/01/2025 10:58

Well I now know to avoid Gaucho!

I really do not want dogs around when I'm having a nice meal

So unfair on those with phobias and allergies too

I love dogs, had in the past, but a restaurant is no place for them

InTheRainOnATrain · 09/01/2025 10:58

Gazette in the French Institute in South Ken

PiggyPigalle · 09/01/2025 10:55

Yes, please give a list so we can avoid them.
Years ago I was horrified in a beautiful restaurant in Paris, to see a woman with a lap dog allowing it to feed from her plate. Never thinking it would come here.

I say that as a dog lover and sitting one for two weeks. He's snoring on my sofa, which I also don't approve of, but that's what he's used to at his home.

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Nina1013 · 09/01/2025 10:53

I’ve found one but can’t delete the thread.
For anyone else wondering, Gaucho are dog friendly, and have a dedicated page on their website promoting this.

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Nina1013 · 09/01/2025 10:48

Flyingtonight · 09/01/2025 10:41

Please dont inflict your dog on other diners, in a nice steak restaurant. There are few people who want to go to a restaurant and have to deal with someone else's dog, god knows what sort of training it's had. But for even the best trained dog, please keep it at home.

Thanks so much for not answering the question!
My dog is largely irrelevant, if a restaurant welcomes dogs, me bringing or not bringing mine will not change that.

Dogs having free roam of Selfridges (albeit on a lead) has blown my mind far more than being allowed in restaurants - which although I’ve never taken mine before, I have seen people do all of the time!

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Flyingtonight · 09/01/2025 10:41

Please dont inflict your dog on other diners, in a nice steak restaurant. There are few people who want to go to a restaurant and have to deal with someone else's dog, god knows what sort of training it's had. But for even the best trained dog, please keep it at home.