The Queens Hotel Gladstone

The Queens Hotel is a refurbished central Gladstone pub at 58 Goondoon Street, combining a restaurant, live entertainment and accommodation in one busy CBD venue. The kitchen runs modern Australian pub fare with the steak and rib fillet drawing particular praise, alongside schnitzels, duck spring rolls and the roast of the day. For dog owners, the outdoor bistro seating is the spot, and there are pet-friendly rooms if you are staying over.

The dog setup

Dogs are welcome in the outdoor bistro seating, where you can have a full meal or a drink with your dog beside you. As with Queensland food premises generally, only service animals go inside the main pub and restaurant. Staff can often provide a water bowl in the outdoor area, but packing your own is the surer bet. It is a lively setting, so it suits a settled dog more than a nervous one.

The vibe

This is an all-in-one venue: live music and a central-street atmosphere through the evening, a steakhouse-leaning kitchen, and the usual pub fixtures. It works best for an early dinner outdoors before the evening crowd builds. If you want to stay over with the dog, the hotel allocates a limited number of pet-friendly rooms for a fee, so book ahead and confirm the conditions directly.

Getting there and a walk first

There is on-site parking plus street parking nearby, and the marina is a short distance away with walkable CBD access throughout. The Gladstone Marina walkways are close for a leashed stroll before or after your meal, and the Webb Park fenced dog park lets the dog run first.

For other dog-friendly tables, Cafe Spinnaker Park sits inside the wetlands park with shaded outdoor seating, and Flavours Marina does marina-side dining. More of the area is on the Gladstone Central destination page and in the QLD restaurants index.