Orca Club

Orca Club is a small modern Indian street-food shopfront on the Nepean Highway strip at Shop 13, 450 Nepean Highway, Chelsea, with a name built on the naanwich: regional Indian curries and fillings like chicken tikka and lamb rogan josh packed into warm naan bread. It is a compact, takeaway-leaning spot rather than a big sit-down restaurant, so the plan with a dog is the footpath side of the operation: order, take the outdoor table, and eat on the strip.

The dog setup

The venue's own pages and social posts welcome dogs around the casual outdoor seating, and the shopfront format means your dog fits best at the footpath tables out front or with you on a takeaway run. Indoor space is tight, so treat inside as people-only. Bring your own water bowl since none is set out, keep your dog leashed and clear of the foot traffic that a highway strip generates, and check on arrival that the outdoor tables are set up that day. Dog access here is signalled through the venue's own posts rather than a formal written policy.

The food

Beyond the naanwiches, the menu covers curries such as butter chicken and lamb rogan josh, paneer dishes, lassis, and fusion plates like butter chicken au gratin, with rotating monthly specials. Reviewers call the portions abundant and can see into the open kitchen. Service runs 11am to 3pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with Monday and Thursday closed, so this is a lunch stop rather than a dinner one. Some Saturdays have run a Mumbai street-food night, worth checking their socials for.

Getting there and parking

Front-of-store parking on the Nepean Highway is handy but busy; the residential side streets off the highway are the fallback. Chelsea Station on the Frankston line is a short walk, which suits anyone arriving on foot with the dog already exercised.

Close by with the dogs

Chelsea Bicentennial Park Dog Off Leash Area is the run before lunch: a designated off-leash park with open grass and one of Kingston's few dog agility setups. Chelsea Beach sits a short walk away, though Kingston's sand rules are seasonal and time-based, so check the signage at the access track. Neapolitan Pizzeria is the other dog-friendly eat on the same strip if you are pairing stops.

The wider bayside list is on the Chelsea destination page and in the VIC restaurants index.