Get set for paw-some adventures! Check out the below restaurants and venues, for prime, wonderful pet friendly venues in the midlands meander, where your fur-babies are the VIPs (Very Important Pets).
Just remember the golden rule – if they’re on a leash, they’ll have a ball!

Hats off to Barbara Robertson, from Howick, for all her paw-some research!

Below are all the pet friendly venues and their contact details, in the Midlands Meander. Comments from the owners are in italics below. Please be mindful of these requests, so that all VIPs can enjoy the day out, and have just as much fun, as their pet parents.

The Treatery Restaurant at Yard 41 – 2 Shafton Road, Howick. Tel:033 330 2594

“We are fully pet friendly as long as they are well behaved”

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The Treatery at Yard 41

Woodstone Restaurant & Wine Bar – 50 Main Street, Howick Tel : +27 33 814 0354

“Pets are welcome. We do have some conditions though that we we apply as needed. Small dogs only, strictly on leads. If the dog is very vocal we reserve the right to move table outside… not more than 1 dog per table”

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Woodstone Restaurant & Wine Bar Cafe

Yellow Wood Restaurant – Fairfell Farm, Karkloof Road, Howick. Tel: +27 33 330 2461

“Pets Allowed at Outside Seating – Must be on Lead.”

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Yellow Wood Cafe

Taste Buds Farm Stall and Restaurant – Main Road, Dargle (enRoute to Piggly Wiggly) Tel: +27 61 231 5124

“Pets Welcome everywhere, provided they on a lead.”

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Taste Buds Farm Stall

Bierfassl Restaurant and Pub – Nottingham Road. Tel: +27 74 377 7597

“We welcome pets on leads, outdoors and our veranda. We even have a yummy doggie menu!“

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Bierfassl Resturant and Pub

Linga Lapa Farm Stall and Coffee Shop – Exit 132 off N3 Freeway, Nottingham road Tel: +27 61 898 4939

“We are dog friendly, of course with rules in place. They have to be well socialized, friendly and on a leash. The butchery is off limits though, the smells would just be too much for them…
The leather smells from Nguni & Aloe may also be a problem, so be mindful.
IF THEY POOP, YOU SCOOP 🙂 !!!”

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Linga Lapa Farm Stall and Coffee Shop

Karkloof Farmers Market, Karkloof Road, Howick. (Only Open 8am to 12pm Saturdays) Tel: +27 82 820 8986

“Outside on Leads”

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Karkloof Market

VT Coffee Café – Natal Forest Nurseries, Main Road Howick. Tel: +27 72 729 2621

“Dogs can be on or off leads, but owners to please ensure they don’t interfere with other patrons or dogs”

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VT Coffee Cafe Midlands

Full of BEANS Cafe – Main Road, Tweedie Junction, Tweedie, Howick Tel: +27 82 785 4769

“Welcome inside and outside”

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Full of Beans Cafe

Peels Honey Shop – Corner of Boston & Wilson Rd, Merrivale Tel: +27 33 330 3762

“As long as they on Leads”

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Peels Honey Shop

Rotunda Coffee House and Car Wash – Cedara Road Hilton. Tel: +27 83 822 9599

“Pets are our guests of honor. They are allowed inside and outside. Inside must be on a leash but no problem sitting outside off leash.”

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Rotunda Coffee House and Car Wash

Hebron Haven Restaurant – D128 Dargle, Howick Tel: +27 81 496 3434

“Pet Friendly at Restaurant and at all markets, as long as they on leads.”

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Hebron Haven Hotel

Piggly Wiggly Restaurant – 1 Dargle Road, Dargle Tel: +27 33 234 2911

“Pet friendly outside and in the enclosed patio. Even something on the menu especially for your Dogs“

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Piggly Wiggly Restaurant

Karkloof Country Club P526 Karkloof Rd, Howick Tel: +27 78 417 0616

“Pets Welcome inside and outside”

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Karkloof Country Club

Peter’s Gate Herbal Centre – R103 Balgowan, Lidgetton West. Tel: +27 76 412 1320

“We have space for pets to run around”

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Peter’s Gate Herbal Centre

Mulberry Hill Pancake Restaurant and Bistro – Currys Post Rd, Howick. Tel: +27 82 691 9064

“Pet friendly on the verandah.”

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Mulberry Hill Restaurant and Bistro

The Waffle Inn Restaurant – R103, Midlands Meander, Lidgetton. Tel: +27 73 857 3825

“We are pet friendly and pets are allowed into the restaurant as well as on the grounds. However because we are a working farm with ducks and chickens wondering around freely, the pets would have to remain on a lead, unless of course it’s a dog used to animals, then they are allowed to roam freely”

Taylors Rest Restaurant – R103, Tweedie Tel: +27 82 446 5258

“We are completely pet friendly”

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Taylors Rest

Black Olive Restaurant – Shop 1, St Johns Village Lifestyle Centre, Karkloof Road, Howick Tel: +27 33 330 6748

“Dog’s more than welcome outside. Zendogzz Collagen Nutri Gravy also now available“

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Black Olive Restaurant

The Railhouse Farmstall and Restaurant – Balgowan (opp Granny Mouse), Cnr D2346 & R103. Tel: +27 10 745 6777

“We are pet friendly, welcome on leads, or off – to well-behaved animals. From cats, to dogs, to lambs all are welcome outside on our lawns.”

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The Rail House Farm Stall & Restaurant

Succulent Gems Nursery – Rivendell Farm Curry’s Post Road, Howick Tel: +27 83 777 1703

“We are pet friendly, provided it’s on a leash and you bring a puppy pooper scooper along to take its business back home with you”

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Succulent Gems Nursery

The Vern Beer Garden – 1 Exchange Lane, Howick Tel: +27 65 098 2017

“We do allow pets off their lead, if they are sociable. We allow them throughout the venue.”

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The Vern Beer Garden

Highgate Wine Estate – R103 Dargle, Lions River, Tel: +27 66 449 262

“We Allow all dogs outside & small dogs inside (if the weather is bad we do allow dogs inside if they are very well behaved). Always on a leash, Always clean up after your pet and Must be socialized”

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Highgate Wine Estate

Legacy Coffee Co. – 1 Dicks Street, Howick. Tel: +27 72 539 6663

“We allow pets outside our Cafe in the courtyard or undercover verandah. They must be on a lead”

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Legacy Coffee Co.

River Cafe – D369 ext 114 Lions River. Tel: +27 60 976 9132

“We are definitely pet friendly, anywhere, on or off lead”

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River Cafe