Red Door Pizza

Red Door Pizza fires its ovens from 5pm on weeknights and from midday on weekends at 401 Warrenheip Street, Buninyong, drawing locals for wood fire pizza and a beer garden that hosts live music. Visitors report the alfresco courtyard and beer garden seating as the dog friendly part of the venue.

The dog setup

Dogs are accommodated in the alfresco courtyard and beer garden area, per reports from visitors and listings citing the venue, though the homepage itself covers the beer garden without explicit dog wording. Evening service is the main event, so arrive early in the window to claim a courtyard table with room for your dog. Live music nights lift the noise, which some dogs take badly, so check the gig calendar if yours is sound sensitive. The beer garden's picnic style tables give medium and large dogs room to lie flat without blocking the walkways.

The menu runs deep on wood fire pizza: lamb pizza, garlic prawn, hot salami and a potato pizza that regulars single out, plus margarita for the purists. Weeknights open at 5pm, weekends at midday, with a 9pm close across the board. Weekend service from midday opens a rare window for a daytime wood fire lunch with the dog, which most venues here reserve for the evening.

Street parking on Warrenheip Street is straightforward, and the venue sits on the town's main strip. Buninyong's dog park and crater walk are both short drives if you want to tire the dog out before dinner. Bookings are wise on weekend nights regardless, since the dining room fills early and the courtyard follows.

The Buninyong Fenced Dog Park at James Reserve and the Mt Buninyong Crater Walk cover the off lead hours, The Buninyong Hotel is the fallback for pub dinners, and our Buninyong destination guide rounds out the town.