The Urban Artisans

The Urban Artisans runs from a shopfront at Ashfield Mall on Liverpool Road, and dogs are allowed outside, where the cafe keeps a water bowl out the front and sets the verandah seating aside for visitors with dogs. Ashfield Mall foot traffic keeps the cafe busy from open to close, and the Liverpool Road frontage makes the verandah tables easy to spot from the street.

The dog setup

The outdoor verandah is the dog spot, per venue attributes and visitor reviews. There is no written policy, so treat this as a reported stance: the verandah seats dogs away from the main footpath, and the water bowl signals dogs are expected rather than tolerated. Hours are 7am to 5pm, seven days, which makes it one of the few Ashfield options for an afternoon coffee with the dog. Baked eggs and the acai bowl are the brunch anchors, the steak sandwich covers the lunch shift, and the corn fritters get repeated callouts. The all day, every day hours are unusual for the strip and worth keeping in mind for late afternoon dog walks that end in coffee.

Corn fritters, baked eggs and an acai bowl lead the orders, with the steak sandwich and chorizo additions also mentioned in visitor feedback. Staff draw repeated friendly service notes, and this is one of the busiest coffee counters in Ashfield's daily trade. Ashfield's streets north of Liverpool Road are quiet enough for a pre coffee dog walk, and the suburb's compact grid means you can cover a decent loop before settling at the verandah.

Close by with the dogs

Ashfield has a compact dog-friendly cluster. Excelsior Jones is the suburb's long standing brunch cafe, POMPOM CAFE sits close by, and Brewfield Cafe & Catering rounds out the set. The Ashfield page lists the suburb's dog-friendly options.

The Urban Artisans is at Shop F1, Ashfield Mall, 260A Liverpool Rd, Ashfield NSW 2131.