IL FALCO

IL FALCO is a pizzeria in a converted retro warehouse at 214 Scarborough Beach Road on the Mount Hawthorn strip, serving Italian-style pizza in a high-ceilinged, exposed-brick room that reads more industrial than trattoria. Dogs are welcome on lead in the spacious alfresco area out the front, which is picnic-style seating rather than a formal dining terrace.

The dog setup

Dogs sit in the outdoor alfresco section, not inside the main dining room, and there is no pet fee. Staff are used to dogs and will generally bring a water bowl over for a settled one. The catch is that the alfresco cannot be booked: tables are first-come, so turning up early matters on a busy night if you want a spot with the dog.

Worth knowing

The room is family-friendly and gets loud and busy on weekend nights, which well-socialised dogs take in stride and anxious ones will not. It trades Wednesday to Sunday, from 4:30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 3pm Friday, midday Saturday and 4:30pm Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday, so weeknights are the calmer bet.

Getting there

Bus routes run along Scarborough Beach Road, and street parking on the main road is tight at peak times. Check the side streets like Killarney Street and Berryman Street, and mind the time-limit signs.

Close by with the dogs

Braithwaite Park is a short walk for a pre-dinner leg-stretch, and Lake Monger Dog Park is a few minutes' drive if you want to make more of the outing. Nearby, Fields of Vincent and Angove Kitchen cover the daytime shift, and The Wembley Hotel is the big dog-friendly pub option one suburb south.

More options are on the Western Australia dog friendly restaurants guide and the Mount Hawthorn destination page.

Max: the alfresco tables cannot be reserved, so if you are set on eating with your dog, get there right when it opens rather than gambling on a packed Friday.