OKANE KITCHEN AND SUSHI BAR PORT KENNEDY

Okane Kitchen and Sushi Bar is a small Japanese kitchen and sushi bar in the shopping complex at 397 Warnbro Sound Avenue, Port Kennedy, doing sashimi, aburi nigiri, handcrafted gyoza and rich tonkotsu and miso ramen. It is listed as allowing dogs at the outdoor seating, which makes it a rare Japanese option for a post-beach feed with the dog in tow.

The dog setup

Dogs are welcome at the designated outdoor seating areas, not inside the dining room. The tables sit on the pavement in a suburban shopping complex, so it is a practical stop rather than a garden courtyard: keep your dog leashed and settled beside the table, and bring your own water bowl as none is confirmed. The footpath is shared with other diners and passing shoppers, so a calm dog copes best, particularly around the Friday dinner service.

Max: Pavement tables in a shopping strip mean foot traffic on both sides. Park me tight against the table leg and away from the walkway, and I will settle fine.

The food

The kitchen splits into two camps. At the sushi bar you get mixed sashimi over ice and flame-seared aburi nigiri with house-blended dressings, plus specialty rolls like the Surf and Turf and the Firecracker Roll. The hot kitchen turns out signature tonkotsu and miso ramen with braised chashu pork and soft-boiled eggs, alongside gyoza, katsu dons and chicken karaage. There is a matcha dessert series and daily bakes, and takeaway and catering platters if you would rather eat at a nearby reserve.

Getting there and parking

Okane is at 4/397 Warnbro Sound Avenue in the Port Kennedy shops precinct, with a large free car park on site that includes accessible bays, so parking with a dog is simple. Hours run midday to mid-afternoon Tuesday to Thursday, later on Friday and Saturday, with Monday and Sunday closed, so check ahead if you are planning a weekend dinner.

Close by with the dogs

Warnbro Dog Beach is a few minutes away for an off-lead swim before lunch, and both St Clair Reserve Fenced Dog Park and St Raphael Reserve give you a leg-stretch option close to the shops. More listings are on the Port Kennedy destination page, and the wider set is in the WA restaurants index.