Verandah Cafe and Home

Verandah Cafe and Home is a small cafe and homewares shop on the Oxley Avenue strip in Scarborough, on the Redcliffe Peninsula, with a relaxed coastal feel and a dog-welcoming reputation that locals mention as often as the coffee. It reads as a family-run local: banana bread in the cabinet, lattes at the verandah tables, and plants and gift items for sale inside.

The dog setup

Dogs take the verandah outdoor seating on lead, which is the spot anyway, and staff are known for being warm with visiting dogs and will usually sort out water. The interior doubles as a boutique shop selling homewares and plants, so keep leads short and close on the way in and out. An easygoing dog settles perfectly here while you work through a coffee and a browse.

The vibe

The trade is coffee, banana bread and a homely atmosphere, with the retail side giving it more character than the average strip cafe. Hours lean firmly to mornings from 6am, and trading often winds up earlier on weekends, so treat it as a breakfast-and-morning plan and check their social pages before a late run. Quietest midweek.

Getting there and parking

The cafe sits on the Oxley Avenue strip in Scarborough, with on-street parking along Oxley Avenue and the side streets. Weekends get busy, so a side street is often the easier park. The Scarborough foreshore is a short walk away for an on-lead leg-stretch either side of coffee.

Close by with the dogs

The Queens Beach North dog off-leash beach on Flinders Parade is close by for a proper run on the sand; the Queens Beach North Dog Off-Leash Area is the dedicated listing. For another dog-friendly table nearby, Good Company and Drift Coffee Company are both Scarborough cafes on the books.

More options are on the QLD dog friendly cafes guide and the Scarborough destination page.

Pepsi: banana bread on the verandah, a bowl of water on arrival, and a beach run still to come. Scarborough mornings are sorted.