The Surry Hills Dog Friendly Pub Trail
No suburb in our database has more confirmed dog friendly venues than Surry Hills, and nowhere is the inside welcome more common. Five of the eight pubs on this walk take dogs indoors, which for inner Sydney is still a remarkable strike rate. The trail runs north to south down the Crown and Bourke Street spine, from Hotel Harry near Central to The Carrington, where the walk ends with a menu for the dog. Pick a lazy Saturday, do half of it, and let the dog decide which half.
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Start at the top, a few minutes from Central. Hotel Harry is regularly singled out as one of the few Sydney pubs where the dog genuinely comes in with you, public bar included.
Welcome everywhere: the public bar, the outdoor tables and the rooftop. Water bowls provided.
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A short block south, a corner local that puts "dog friendly" on its homepage as a headline feature. When a pub leads with it, you can take the welcome at face value.
Dog friendly throughout, inside included.
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The one wine stop on a beer walk, and the prettiest pause on the trail. The laneway and terrace are leafy, shaded and built for a long lunch.
Outdoor laneway and terrace only. Plenty of shade.
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Across to Bourke Street for one of the grand rooms of Surry Hills. The courtyard is the dog spot, and on a warm afternoon it is the one you would have picked anyway.
Courtyard and beer garden only, on a leash. The pub's own FAQ rules out the indoor rooms.
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Back on Crown Street, the Dolphin keeps dogs to the front terrace, which happens to be the best people-watching seat on the strip.
Front terrace only, with plenty of outdoor seating.
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The pub that goes furthest on the whole trail. Most venues stop the dog at the restaurant door. Forrester's waves them into Phylli's, which makes it the one stop where dinner does not mean leaving the dog at the bar.
Public bar, balcony and the restaurant at Phylli's. Treats at the bar.
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A Crown Street landmark with a balcony over the strip, and a dog policy that fits on one line: all areas, on a lead. More pubs should write theirs this way.
Welcome in all areas of the venue, on a lead.
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Finish where the dog eats too. The Carrington is fully dog friendly inside and out, and keeps a dedicated dog food menu, so the last stop of the walk is the one where everybody orders.
Inside the bar and in the outdoor areas, with a dog menu to order from.
Dog owner FAQs
Which Surry Hills pubs let dogs inside?
Five of the eight on this trail: Hotel Harry, The Royal Albert, Forrester's, The Clock and The Carrington all take dogs indoors. The Winery, The Dolphin and The Beresford are outdoor only, though all three have good terraces.
Can I walk the whole Surry Hills pub trail with my dog?
Yes. The eight stops run north to south between Crown and Bourke Streets, about a kilometre and a half end to end. Use the "Open the trail in Google Maps" button above to load the walking route with every pub as a waypoint.
Which is the most dog friendly pub in Surry Hills?
Depends what you are after. For how far in the dog gets, Forrester's wins, since dogs can sit in the restaurant at Phylli's rather than just the bar. For spoiling them, The Carrington keeps an actual dog food menu. And Hotel Harry is the one most often named among the few Sydney pubs that let dogs into the public bar.
Is this the same as the Sunday roast list?
They overlap at exactly one pub, Forrester's, which earns its place on both. The roast guide ranks Sydney's best Sunday roasts by how far inside your dog gets. This trail is simpler: it is the best continuous dog friendly pub walk in the most dog friendly suburb we have checked.