Having a dog in Shanghai can be difficult—It’s brunch time and you have to leave doggo at home?! Say it isn’t so. Well, here’s a big list of dog-friendly restaurants, bars, and cafes in Shanghai to help you out.
Please note that your furry friends have to be well behaved, especially if its a family-friendly venue. We don’t want them getting over excited and nipping a child. That would mean hell for the venues…and who knows what people who don’t like doggos will do. *Yes, I’m judging you.*
If you have a big dog, do call ahead and ask if its OK. Some places aren’t big enough or equipped to handle large pooches. So please be considerate!
Use the search function in your browser to sort through the list below!
* for venues that are bars
# for venues that are cafes
^ great for brunch
To find the addresses, there are plenty of resources out there:
Dianping, SmartShanghai or download BonApp.
Restaurants, Bars & Cafes in Shanghai That Allow Dogs INSIDE
- ^Al’s Diner (Xinle Lu, only when it’s off peak but there’s a terrace that’s pet friendly. Xiangyang Lu, only the first floor Al’s Baking Co. area.)
- Alimentari (Anfu Lu, Jiaozhou Lu)
- Bar Centrale
- Balini Coffee (Shaanxi Bei Lu, only first floor and they have a terrace. It’s a small space!)
- *Bites & Brews
- *#Boom Boom Bagels
- ^#Brut Cake (Zhaojiabang Lu, Yuyuan Lu, Thumb Plaza)
- Cactus
- #Cafe del Volcan (Small dogs only! It’s a tiny cafe.)
- ^The Cannery (Seats by the windows, call first! Plus, they have a huge lawn out front.)
- Charlie’s (Changshu Lu, Maoming Bei Lu, Tianyaoqiao, Greenland Center – and they have menus for dogs.)
- Circo (Columbia Circle)
- Co Cheese (outside too!)
- #Coffee Belt
- *Daga Brewpub (First floor only)
- #Egg
- *Enoterra
- FED by July
- Gemma (First floor, by the windows!)
- *Inferno (Located in United Valley—dog-friendly compound for outdoor.)
- Jobu (with outdoor seating too)
- Little Catch (If they’re well behaved! Yanping Lu)
- #Love Concept Cafe
- Masse (Plus, there’s a huge outdoor area!)
- Moka Bros (Inside, but not on the sofas! Outside too—large covered outdoor terrace. They have burners and provide blankets.)
- Nene
- #Pain Chaud (Yongkang Lu)
- Pierogi Ladies (special dog menu by Pawsome)
- *Red Cactus (Everyday from 6pm pets allowed inside, plus they share the terrace with Specters!)
- *Rooster
- Salute
- *Specters (When it’s not too busy! plus, there’s an outdoor area too.)
- #Sumerian
- The Shed (Inside and outside)
- Tres Perros
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- *Union Trading Co.
- Un Caffe Bar
- *^UP (Inside and outside until 10:30pm)
- *Uptown Records n Beer
- WeWork (All locations of WeWork)
- *Yuyintang (Back door leads to the park, though, dogs are not allowed into the park.)
- *Yuyintang Park (There’s also an enclosed outdoor patio.)
- Zeitgeist (There’s outdoor seating too!)
- Zozzo (Outdoor seating available)
Venues with Outdoor Seating / Terraces That Are Dog-Friendly
- Abbey Road (Designated outdoor space)
- Baker & Spice (Anfu Lu)
- Beef and Liberty
- *Bitter
- *Boxing Cat (Fuxing Xi Lu and Sinan Mansions)
- BoboLee Cake
- #Bread ETC (Xiangyang Lu and Nanjing Xi Lu)
- ^Bull & Claw (Spacious patio 1st floor, and second floor, and they have water bowls)
- ^*Cantina Agave
- Chez Jojo (Second floor terrace)
- Cinnaswirl
- #Coffee Tree
- Comma
- ^Commune Social
- Cotton’s (both locations)
- Dodu
- el Bodegon (Panyu Lu)
- ^*Funkadeli
- ^Ginger (Terrace only)
- *Hop Project (Water bowls available)
- Host
- *Kommune
- La Maison
- Mandarin Oriental (huge lawn connected to Fifty 8 Grill, plus, they have a dog treats menu—peanut butter cookies with fish oil ¥38, chicken jerky ¥38, beef stew with rice ¥48, subject to 15% service charge)
- ^Mayita (terrace on a leash, depending if there are small children around)
- Mercado 505
- Must Grill
- #^O’Mills (But there’s the window area/half inside-outside seating.)
- Peet’s Coffee (Donghu Lu, Wukang Lu)
- Pie Society (Panyu Lu)
- Plump Oyster
- ^RAC – large outdoor area
- Real Shanghai Cafe & Bar
- Shanghai Slim’s
- Sproutworks (Xintiandi)
- ^*Stone Brewing (Shares the front lawn with The Cannery, and they have another outdoor seating area at the back.)
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- ^Together
- Tribe
- Villa Le Bec
Unfortunately both Found 158 and Yong Ping Li do not allow dogs inside. 🙁
W Shanghai allows dogs if you’re staying there. However, no dogs allowed at the F&B venues.
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Pie Society on Shaanxi Road North allows dogs inside as well.
Pie Society on Shaanxi Bei Lu will not turn away customers with pets! (They love pets.) But they don’t want to advertise that they are pet-friendly, as there are customers who dislike pets inside the shop.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve been looking for an up to date list like this for ages 🙂
Most welcome! I’m sure there are a couple more places that I might have missed out. If you know of others, feel free to drop a comment! Thanks for reading <3
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Real Shanghai Bar & Cafe is animal friendly
I went to Shanghai Brewery and they would not allow my dog in including outdoor patio seating.
Heyo! Don’t think I had Shanghai Brewery on the list! But will add Real Shanghai~
This is really helpful! Thank you so much 😊
Please keep update those restaurants that you went. Love all of your Instagram posts xx
Ps. I really want to try Polux in Xintiandi so I called twice to make sure if I can take my dog and they said yes but unfortunately when we arrived they don’t allow pets outdoor seating. So disappointed 😔
Thank you so much! Just trying to help other pet owners in town!
Aww, sucks about Polux not letting dogs. Though, I’d imagine it a very high traffic place like Xintiandi wouldn’t really allow pets through.