The Peppertree Restaurant

The Peppertree is a casual modern-Australian restaurant at 28 Gymea Bay Road, serving breakfast through dinner seven days. It is a neighbourhood favourite in the Sutherland Shire, and the drawcard for dog owners is a expanded outdoor patio where dogs are welcome.

Dogs on the patio

Dogs join you in the outdoor patio seating, which was expanded beyond a typical footpath setup to give more room between tables. Staff are accommodating with four-legged guests, but bring your own water bowl as one is not guaranteed. Inside stays people-only, as is standard for NSW venues with an indoor food service area.

What the kitchen does

Everything is prepared on site, with handmade pasta, house-made relishes and seasonal produce. The breakfast side runs to a big breakfast with kipfler potatoes on organic sourdough, while the steak sandwich on Turkish bread and the crispy skin barramundi with fennel, orange and feta salad are regular standouts. Friday and Saturday nights bring dinner plates like the wagyu beef burger with beetroot and fried egg, plus house-baked desserts. Morgan's handcrafted coffee and fruit frappes cover the drinks list. Reviewers rate it 4.2 across more than 210 reviews and single out the fish pie, lamb shoulder and homemade hot chips.

Getting there

Free street parking is usually available on Gymea Bay Road and the surrounding residential streets, and the restaurant is a short walk from Gymea station.

Close by with the dogs

The Gymea Bay Road strip is easy leashed walking with several other dog-friendly stops, including Bianchini's Gymea and Cafe Twelve nearby, and Gymea Hotel for a pub alternative. The quiet residential streets off the strip suit a longer post-meal wander. For more options across the state, see the other NSW restaurants or what's on offer in Gymea.

Weekends suit the outdoor patio at its best, while weekday evenings are quieter. It works well for calm dogs that will settle through a longer sit-down meal.