Dog-Friendly Vineyard Restaurants & Cafés

A dog-friendly vineyard doesn't always mean a dog-friendly restaurant or café. Plenty of estates let dogs roam the rows and settle on a terrace, then draw the line the moment food is served indoors. At these eight, the restaurant or café itself takes dogs too, not just the grounds around it.

Devon accounts for three of the eight, and between them they cover the full range. Alder Vineyard's café, twice named the county's best, welcomes dogs over homemade cakes and sharing platters. Venn Valley's all-day café and restaurant, The Vine, runs everything from breakfast to a Sunday roast. Lympstone Manor keeps dogs out of its Michelin-starred main dining room but welcomes them at the more relaxed Pool House Restaurant overlooking the Exe Estuary.

Sussex holds three more. Kinsbrook Vineyard is the most complete of the three, a full sit-down restaurant that takes dogs without a second thought, seven days a week, plus dog-friendly lodges if you want to stay over too. Artelium Wine Estate's sun-drenched terrace pairs alfresco dining with sweeping South Downs views. Ashling Park's confirmed dog-friendly space is its Vineyard Café rather than its separate restaurant, worth knowing before you book a table expecting the full run of the estate.

The rest are further afield. Renishaw Hall's café sits inside a historic Derbyshire estate better known for its Italianate gardens than its wine, and Hanwell Wine Estate in Nottinghamshire is a genuine café rather than a full restaurant, a drop-in spot for coffee, cake, or a light lunch.

Leads are expected throughout

Every restaurant or café on this list expects dogs to stay on a lead, and most sit inside a working vineyard with wildlife nearby.

Booking has nothing to do with the dog policy

Some of these need advance booking regardless of whether you're bringing a dog. Lympstone Manor requires booking ahead for any visit, while Renishaw Hall and Kinsbrook take walk-ins.

Café or restaurant, not always both

Hanwell and Alder are cafés rather than full restaurants, and Ashling Park's confirmed dog-friendly space is its café, not its separate restaurant. Worth knowing which one you're booking before you arrive.