Hernan’s Way

Hernan's Way serves sourdough wood-fired pizza from the Whitsunday Food Garden at 281 Shute Harbour Road in central Airlie Beach. The garden setting is casual and entirely outdoors, which makes it one of the easier dinner spots in town to bring the dog: dough is stretched to order and cooked in the wood-fired oven while you watch from the tables.

The dog setup

The Food Garden is an open-air, courtyard-style space where dogs are welcome on-lead at the outdoor seating. Being fully outdoors keeps it low-stress for a settled dog, and the food-truck-garden setup means you are ordering at the windows rather than table service. Bring your own water bowl, as it is not a standing offer here.

Max: garden table early in the service, dog on a short lead out of the queue lines, and the garlic prawn pizza does the rest.

Worth knowing

Hours run 5pm to 9pm every day, so this is a dinner-only stop. The menu runs from a classic margherita to chicken pesto, garlic prawn and a Nutella pizza for the finish, with vegan options among the sourdough bases. Live music lands on selected Sunday evenings, which lifts the crowd and the noise, so a nervous dog may prefer a quieter weeknight. Pre-orders are taken by phone for busy nights, and peak-season parking follows the town's rhythm: busy.

Getting there and parking

The address is 281 Shute Harbour Road, centrally located in Airlie Beach. Street parking along Shute Harbour Road can be tight in peak season, with council parking a short walk away.

Nearby with the dogs

The Airlie Beach foreshore is a short walk for an on-lead oceanside stroll before or after dinner. If you are staying outside town, Fat Frog Beach Cafe in Cannonvale is a dog-friendly daytime option, and Blaze Pizzas Whitsunday in Proserpine is the other wood-fired stop in the region.

More options are on the Queensland dog friendly restaurants guide and the Airlie Beach destination page.