Best dog friendly dog restaurants in London

[Nina1013]

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!

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!

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.

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.

Gazette in the French Institute in South Ken

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

"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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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….

Most restaurants on the Kings Road are dog friendly

Reminds me of just last week, sat down in a quiet lovely cosy pub in Kensington, nice solo time and just ordered a tasty main and glass of wine as a couple with a pug were sat down next to me. Dog sniffing around going around their table with the lead, apologies to waitress who kept having to watch the plates whilst serving, comments oh it's ok it's a friendly dog... eye roll. Main arrives and dog starts sniffing about my table naturally having smelled the lovely Ragu! Owner keeps tugging at lead I then have to acknowledge them. Just wanted to sit in peace. Honestly so annoying

Before I eat anywhere I check if it is dog friendly. If it is then they won't get my custom. I hate all this crap about people unable to leave a dog at home. It's an overbred wolf for gods sake.

I would rather eat a packet of sandwiches from Tesco in a bus shelter than eat in a fancy restaurant with dogs there.

They serve dog in Vietnam, maybe you could try a Vietnamese?

For all the ranting on here, it really does appear to just be becoming more and more normalised.

On the train this week, there was a doodle (large dog) not on a lead, wandering around while his owner went to the loo. He wasn’t bothering people at all, and was very chilled, but the first thing that came to mind was that must be terrifying for anyone afraid of dogs - and also I’m sure illegal, and didn’t seem to have even crossed the owner’s mind. I’ve never taken a dog on the train, bus, anywhere, but I’ve seen so many.

Restaurants are allowing it because of demand. Shops are allowing it because of demand. The demand is coming from somewhere, and that’s driving further demand.

And is the dog going to be ok on the tube, the bus, on busy streets? They’re not necessarily dog friendly.

She’s absolutely fine in crowds etc, she’s very calm and totally unflappable. We don’t use buses either at home or in London so that wouldn’t be on the cards, the Tube I’m unsure of but we won’t do that without trialling her on our local version first - I was in London a couple of days ago and asked the cab driver about dogs - he said cabs take dogs so we wouldn’t actually need to use the Tube anyway. I wouldn’t put her in a position I’m not certain she would be comfortable in.

London on the whole is very familiar to us, so I do know what I’m agreeing to - I’m there at least monthly. Just never normally with a four legged companion…

Please bear in mind those in crowds or on transport may not want to be cheek by jowl with your dog even if it is generally well-behaved.

Dogs have been in pubs for ever, they were never a problem. The local farmers sit up at bar with a couple of Labs at their feet, not on leads.
We go in the back door, pass the dogs who don't as much blink they are so attuned to their owners, but eat in the lounge around the corner.

It's the pushing boundaries that is the problem. Letting dogs on seats and allowing them to lick a plate.
The only time I've been with a dog in cafe was a friend taking their small poodle to a vegan place. I didn't know it had become allowed.
He was so quiet no one knew he was there, until someone on the next table put their chair on him. His cry of pain was pitiful, he is such a sweet dog too. We felt awful and so did the man who'd done it.

I completely agree.

I don’t let any of the dogs approach anyone (including in their own home when we have guests) unless someone explicitly asks them to.

I grew up in a family who do not like dogs (or any animals). I am really conscious of the fact that most people don’t want to be around some random dog.

I am also of the opinion that dogs don’t belong on weekend city breaks. However, I am in the minority. It’s something I’m prepared to compromise on as a one off, for her birthday. The question has only been asked (and it’s been asked for 3 years endlessly, and this is the first time I’ve agreed) because of how many dogs she’s seen on these mini breaks with their owners. Her dog is her world and she wants to give her that experience too. It’s maybe misguided, but it’s sweet and coming from the right place.

I’ve chosen a dog friendly hotel that is directly opposite a gate to Hyde Park so if playing in the park is all we actually end up doing, so be it. It’ll be a one and done!

If you're going on the Tube, hope you can carry the dog because it can't go on an escalator.
The time a toddler was trapped by his Wellington boot is still imprinted on my mind and hearing.

Thank you - this is something I didn’t know.
I had intended to ‘try her’ on escalators prior to the trip, it hadn’t crossed my mind that they would be dangerous for her. I appreciate you pointing this out.

We will do lots of walking and use cabs.

(She can be carried if needed though)