Cafe 63 Kepnock

Cafe 63 Kepnock is a big, all-day cafe inside the Kepnock Town Centre on Fe Walker Street, serving Bundaberg's southern suburbs from 5:30am through to 9pm every day of the week. For dog owners the pitch is simple: a covered outdoor dining area that welcomes dogs, and a menu long enough to stretch from first-thing eggs through to a late dinner.

The dog setup

Dogs are welcome in the outdoor, undercover seating area only, which keeps them shaded through a Bundaberg summer and dry when the afternoon rain arrives. Indoor dining is for people. The team is used to four-legged customers, water bowls are often brought out without asking, and puppuccino-style treats are a regular part of the routine for visiting dogs. Keep your dog on lead and settled beside the table; the area is shared with the general dining crowd, so a calm dog gets the warmest reception.

Worth knowing

The coffee is Di Bella, and the menu is unusually broad for a suburban shopping-centre cafe: vegan and vegetarian plates sit alongside generous cafe classics, and the savoury mince has a following of its own. Online ordering makes takeaway quick if your dog would rather keep moving, and there are flowers for sale near the counter if a coffee run doubles as a peace offering at home.

Getting there and parking

The cafe sits within the Kepnock Town Centre on Fe Walker Street, with free parking across the centre's carpark. Four Evie electric-vehicle chargers are on site, and the centre is wheelchair accessible, so prams and mobility aids move easily between the carpark and the tables.

Close by with the dogs

For an off-lead run to balance the coffee stop, the Daph Geddes Park Fenced Dog Park in Bundaberg East and the Bundaberg North Dog Park are both a short drive away, and both give your dog space to burn off energy before a seated breakfast.

More dog-friendly dining is listed on the Queensland cafes guide and the Kepnock destination page.