The Bakehouse North Kellyville

The Bakehouse North Kellyville is a busy all-day cafe and bakery in the North Kellyville Square precinct near the Withers and Hezlett Road intersection, known across the Hills district for its pastries. Dogs are welcome at the outdoor tables, and the walk-in setup means no booking stands between you and a Saturday morning pie.

The dog setup

Dogs join you in the outdoor seating area; the indoor dining room stays people only. The outdoor tables sit close to the door, so you keep the bakery atmosphere without leaving the dog outside. Staff often bring a water bowl out, though carrying your own collapsible one is smart at busy periods. Keep dogs leashed and settled beside the table; this is a family-heavy precinct with constant foot traffic.

Worth knowing

This is a bakery first: chunky gourmet pies, sausage rolls, eclairs, custard tarts and celebration cakes are the drawcard, with a fried chicken croissant the item regulars rave about. The kitchen runs cooked breakfast and burgers until mid afternoon. Doors open at 6am every day, closing 6pm on weekdays and 5pm on weekends, which makes it a genuine early-walker stop.

Pepsi: a sausage roll at 7am and an outdoor table that takes me with it. Kellyville does it right.

Getting there and parking

The cafe sits in the North Kellyville Square precinct on Withers Road, near the Hezlett Road intersection. The precinct car park is free and roomy, which suits a dog-in-carpool arrival, and the whole area is flat for a pre-pie walk around the blocks.

Close by with the dogs

The Indwarra Avenue Reserve Fenced Dog Park is the suburb's off-lead option a few minutes away. For other tables, Coffee Cuyos is in the same precinct and Mungerie House at Rouse Hill is the heritage-set option down the road.

More picks sit in the New South Wales dog friendly cafes guide and the North Kellyville destinations page.