Desi Kothi Ice Cream - Officer

Desi Kothi Ice Cream is a casual, takeaway-focused dessert shop on the Princes Highway service road in Officer, in Melbourne's south-east, trading in Indian-style ice cream, kulfi and falooda. The paved outdoor seating at the front makes it an easy walk-and-treat stop with a dog on a warm evening.

The dog setup

Dogs are welcome at the outdoor seating on the shopfront side, keeping them by your table while you order. Inside is people only, the standard food-safety line. There are no dog water bowls, so bring your own. This is a busy highway frontage, so keep your dog on a short lead and well clear of the entrance walkway and the traffic side.

Worth knowing

The menu is 100 percent vegetarian with no egg or gelatine, and the list runs to more than 60 Desi-style flavours: chikoo kulfi, pistachio and rose falooda, khoa cream, gulab jamun rabri and almond hot milk among them. The shop fills a real gap by opening late into the evening, so warm weekend nights draw a queue, and the outdoor tables turn over quickly.

Getting there and parking

The shop is at 474 Princes Highway service road, Officer, with street parking along the service road and in the surrounding streets. Access is flat and direct from the car to the outdoor seating, which keeps the stop simple with a dog.

Close by with the dogs

The Onyx Crescent fenced dog park is the closest spot for an off-leash run, and The High Horse in the Timbertop estate is a dog-friendly cafe option if you want a proper breakfast with the dog rather than a dessert stop.

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