‘Pawfect’ Holiday Plans in Stanthorpe and Ballandean.
We’ve sniffed out some pawfect dog friendly spots for dining with your furry friend around Granite Belt Wine Country.
Above: Sutton’s Juice Factory, Cidery & Cafe
• Sutton’s Juice Factory, Cidery & Cafe on the apple farm is a must-do delicious tourist stop for their famous ‘best-ever’ apple pies. You’ll find a ‘dog parking area’ in the shade with a water at the entrance. Join your doggie seated here, or dine inside, just a short distance away.
• Jamworks Grourmet Foods Cafe & Larder is like a cellar door, but for jam, sauce and relish-lovers! They use local Granite Belt produce to make more than 80 products and many can be tasted either on the menu or at the jam tasting bar before purchasing. There is a dog-friendly dining area on the covered verandah, with a ceiling fan and water bowl.
• Dine under the shady trees with your dog at your feet at Hidden Creek Winery & Cafe. This alfresco dining has water and vineyard views and offers options of grazing platters or picnic hampers.
• Dine with your doggie in the lovely verandah cafe seating and indulge in a cheese tasting at Stanthorpe Cheese.
Girraween Country Inn Restaurant is open 7 days a week for breakfast and dinner by pre-booking. Furry friends are welcome here, just mention you’re bringing your dog when booking.
• St Jude’s Cellar Door & Bistro in Ballandean has dining outside at the front of the bistro – a great position to enjoy breakfast, brunch, lunch or even dinner with your pooch.
• Jester Hill Wines has grazing platters available by pre-booking and lovely verandahs with vineyard views for doggie friendly dining. Scooby their large resident dog is a big softie and will love to meet you too.
• Ashbern Farms is the spot to indulge with a strawberry ice cream or coffee during strawberry season (October to May). Small dogs on a leash are welcome to dine with you in the outside picnic area which overlooks the strawberry patches (dogs not permitted in the café or the strawberry patch while you go strawberry picking).
• Sit outdoors on the verandah restaurant dining area to dine your doggie at Granite Belt Brewery.
• Dine at Heritage Estate Winery with your dog seated at one of the many outside verandah areas, kept warm in cooler months with gas heaters. Mention your dog when booking to have a table setting made just for you. Lunch available Thursday to Monday (and open 7 days for wine tasting).
• Vincenzo’s Cafe & Deli at The Big Apple is open for breakfast, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea 7 days a week and your furry friend can sit with you in the outdoor dining area (on a lead please).
• Platters are available to pre-order at Jester Hill Wines to enjoy with your doggie while you sit on the verandah together overlooking the vineyard.
• Indulge with a gourmet grazing platter at Ballandean Estate Wines at the outdoor seating with your dog by your side. These platters are definitely enough to satisfy as a full lunch!
• Grab a craft brew and dig in to to some delicious home style meals at Brass Monkey Brew House. Dogs are welcome in outdoor areas.
• Varias Restaurant at The Queensland College of Wine Tourism welcome dogs and dining on their verandah. Request when booking.
• The Persian Poppy onsite at Robert Channon Wines offers alfresco dining with your dog, or dine inside with your pooch enjoying the lawns within full view.
• Balancing Heart Vineyard welcomes dogs with lots of alfresco dining overlooking the dam and vineyard. It’s a great spot for lunch daily or sunset pizza sessions on Friday to Sunday. (There are two large, but friendly resident dogs here).
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