Yeah I am kinda pissed off. Lyn (my boo) and I were turned away at a cafe in Holland Village last week because we brought our two dogs along. Considering that I have never been a dog owner, I was rudely awakened and the next thing I knew…I left in the half with half a mind to flick them.
After much research online, I learnt that restaurant owners need to get a permit from the government to allow pets into their restaurants/cafes. And what caught me by surprise is that the agency in charge of approving such permits belong to my statutory board under my ministry. I guess this is probably one of those low key information that didn’t get much media attention which might have attributed to my ignorance. Oh well…
Still in the subject on my quest to bring our dogs to pet friendly eating establishments, I surfed further online and picked up some places that not only allow dogs into their areas to eat but serve pet food as well. So the very next day, we brought them to Urban Pooch at Balestier for some outdoor fun and were so impressed that we are seriously considering bringing them there on a weekly basis.
Left: Urban Pooch with the cafe on the left and dog nursery on the right | Right: Our happy customers Milky (left) and Omu (right)
Just an FYI for pet owners. If you are looking for a list on where to bring your dogs and not be turned away by those damned restaurant/cafe Nazis…check out this list I picked up from GGGRRR. Let me know if this needs updating yah?
City
01. Orchard Road, California Pizza Kitchen at The Forum
02. Orchard Road, NYDC at Heeren (lots of dog lovers working there…)
03. Robertson Quay, Chameleon Japanese Restaurant
04. Robertson Quay, Home Beach Bar at Robertson Quay Hotel
05. Robertson Quay, Sketches at Robertson Walk (courtyard)
06. Robertson Quay, Tamade at Quayside (by the river)
07. Orchard Road, Spinelli’s at Heeren.
08. Orchard Road, Starbucks at California Fitness Centre.
09. Prinsep Street, Mr. Bean.
10. Esplanade, California Bistro (Owner is a dog lover, water in bowl is avail)
11. Grand Copthorn Waterfront, Cafe Brio’s (Outdoor)
12. China Sq Central, Chiangmai Palace (Thai ala-carte buffet)
13. Boat Quay, Pasta Fresca
14. Dempsey Rd, Dempsy Hut
15. Harbour Front City, Breeks
16. Selegie – Coffeeshop @ old Rex theatre (mackenzie road)
East
01. East Coast, McDonald’s Restaurant
02. East Coast, Gelera
03. Kallang, McDonald’s Restaurant (next to Kallang MRT)
04. Kallang, KFC Restaurant (next to Kallang MRT)
05. Siglap, Gelera
06. Siglap, Starbucks Cafe
07. Turquoise Bistro (nxt to big splash), (they give your doggy a bowl of water)
08. Downtown East, Burger King.
09. Downtown East, Janet’s Cafe.
10. Downtown East, McDonald’s.
11. Tanjong Rhu, Cosy Bay (Willing to hold dog party before 5pm)
12. Tampines Mall, Fish & Co (dog must be in bag)
13. East Coast (Seasports Centre), Pasta Fresca
14. Siglap, Vie Bar
15. Bark Cafe..at upper changi north road..in front of Changi museum
16. Hong Kong Cafe, 380 East Coast Rd (I put my cola in a bag, and sat outside. nobody say anytin….)
17. Beach Hut at East Coast Park (just don’t put your pets on the table)
18. BFD also at East Coast Park
19. Puppatoos at 201 Telok Kurau Road (with dog must sit outside)
20 Living Hope Methodist Church
Central
01. Balestier Road, Urban Pooch (turn left into the small lane after the only mobil petrol station, at the end of the lane)
02. Bishan Park, The restaurant near the Dog Run, and several other places at Bishan Park (Bishan Park 21. and also across the main road, there is a little pub at Bishan Park 1)
03. Thomson Road – Novena Square, california bistro & Deli
04. Upper Thomson Road – 10 Jalan Leban, Romano Ristorante Tel: 64536818 (Dogs offically allowed, Great pasta)
05. Upper Thomson Road – 138 Casuarina, Kopi Tiam (good yu-tou-lu and doggie can sit on chair)
06.
West
01. Bukit Timah Area, McDonald’s Restaurant at King Albert Park (opposite Ngee Ann Poly.. free parking, i think)
02. Bukit Timah Area, Cafe Les Amis and Halia Restaurant inside Botanic Gardens
03. Bukit Timah Area, Dempsey Hut (Across Botanic Gardens.. go in from Minden rd, opposite Ministry of Foreign Affairs.. nice place to chill out)
04. Holland Village, Most of the shops there
05. Holland Village, Cafe Rosso (they serve your dog with a bowl of ice water!)
06. Holland Village, Vietnamese resturant (Pho Viet??)
07. Queenstown – #01-580 Queensway SC, McDonald’s Ridout Tea Garden
08. Queenstown – Anchor point, Oscar’s Food court
09. West Coast Road – Ginza Plaza, McDonald’s Restaurant
10. Jurong West st 61 Blk 651 Coffeeshop (dog can sit on chair)
11. Holland Village, Thai Express (proper dog water bowl provided!)
12. Queenstown – Dot Cafe, 60 jln penjara (beside queenstown remand prison)
13. West Coast – Tong Shui Cafe,no. 7 Jalan Mas Puteh (outdoor)
North
01. Sembawang Sun Plaza, Coffee Bean (Note: Most Coffee Bean has a No Pets Sign)
02. Sembawang Sun Plaza, Mos Burger
03. the coffee shop along sembawang road (beside alphapets)
04. the coffee shop (formerly yishun seafood village) opp sembawang shopping centre)
05. the coffee shop near sembawang shopping centre (opp pet shangrila)
06. Yishun Blk 848, Coffeeshop
07. Yishun Blk 925, Coffeeshop
08. Yishun (near st. 81/82,) Buddy Hoagies Cafe – Its @ a CC come police post
North-East
01. Serangoon Gardens, Cafe Cartel
02. Serangoon Gardens, Happy Daze (but heard soso onli)
03. Serangoon Gardens, Brown Box
04. Coffeeshop near Kovan, (Selling Puggol Nasi Lemak)
05. Bliss Cafe at Punggol Park (Great Steak!,free parking)
06. Blk 701,Hougang ave 2Coffeeshop, Yummy Tom yam soup and prata!(carpark infront)
07. DockSide Bar in Punggol Marina
Now go spoil your dogs, you know they deserve it… 
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The restaurant owner must have been a dog in a manger who doggedly insisted on you leaving. Oh well, sometimes it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie. Which come to think of it, leading a dog’s life might not be so bad after all. Next time, if anyone stops you from bringing your pet in, you should Hound them!
04. Upper Thomson Road – 10 Jalan Leban, Romano Ristorante Tel: 64536818 (Dogs offically allowed, Great pasta)
05. Upper Thomson Road – 138 Casuarina, Kopi Tiam (good yu-tou-lu and doggie can sit on chair)
Once again, Thomson rocks!
Oh and Romano’s rocks, you should come with my neighbour and I someday!
Doggoned it KC..u rawk man. But yeah..at the rate the owner is going, his cafe is going to the dogs man..keke..how dare he dog the responsibility and not get that permit!! tsk tsk tsk…
kewl Fel…thank you thank you…love.com…will visit you and ur neighbour man..keke..woohoo!! party party!!
And they serve beer at decent prices too! woohoo.com/party
now we toking man..guess they got beer for doggies too eh?…bringit.com
Whats with you and dogs bro? Ah getting domesticated i see?
hmm..must train mah…so start with maggots and then dogs lor..keke…
J, chance upon ur blog while digging some cool insights from the cool insider.
wanna add Wala-wala @ Holland V to ur list.
The waiters n waitresses there r all pet-friendly ppl.
While u enjoy ur 1-1 beer during their happy hr, ur doggies can enjoy their fresh water served by the friendly waiters. highly recommended by Senorita Zee. =) see.. i cant even forget them even Im in Brazil.
Woah..totally excellent Zee…thanks for visiting my humble blog..keke..
Will visit Wala-wala then
…hard to bring pets around these days man..sigh~
Hi Sir/Mdm,
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speaking of being turned away…jus a month ago, my fren brought her 3 doggies to sentosa km8 beach, in the end the coastguard came to us reluntantly (as he says he is also a dogowner), told us we have keep the lease on the doggies, cause some people went to him and complain about the doggies, but the doggies were good and they didnt disturb others. in the end we stayed there for merely half an hour and had to packed up, seriously the coastguard looked very shy and embarrassed as he was doing his job. thanks to those ppl who make a fuss over dogs who didnt even cross their path!
jaynatic: Hi and thanks for reading my site. Yeah it is quite a pain with non dog owners complaining. I do agree that they are concerned with their safety but seriously..I think they are just whining most of the time. In fact the list above is pretty outdated already. Some of the places have banned dogs…aye!!
gggrrr.com has closed down, it’s a broken link now.
There’s a more comprehensive list at Pets Channel http://www.petschannel.com/forum/?page=topic&topicID=3914&start=lastpage forum
There’s also a list of pet cafes at http://www.petschannel.com/shoppeplace that serve dog food as well.
Shrek: oh, its an old post so not surprised that the site is down. Let me go find the updated list and thanks…
Hey, awesome listing man! Just wanted to point out BArk Cafe is out for dog owners, they got complained by some ppl to the authorities and blah blah…basically they dont have a permit anymore and r not allowing dogs….pretty sad really.. used to love the place!
ZArk: Thanks man..it was an old list. Much have changed and let’s say more and more places are becoming less pet friendly. Too bad for dog owners like us me thinks..
Hello!
new pet cafe at East side, bedok reservoir road
webbie: http://www.giveadogabonecafe.com
add: Blk 740 Bedok Reservoir Road #01-3177 Singapore 470740
Nicole: Really? Thanks for the tip, I’ll check it out one day…:)
stay away from la forketta’s at dempsey – we had a very unpleasant experience there… our dog is a tiny pooch INSIDE a pram, no nuisance at all to anyone, AND the place was EMPTY with no other diners outside where we were sitting on a WEEKDAY at 2pm! but we were told to “no dogs allowed” and treated like criminals – they didnt tell us until AFTER our pellegrino water arrived and they then stood there to watch us drink our water plus they made us pay for the water!!! how stupid is that?