Civic Heart Restaurant Bar and Cafe

Civic Heart Restaurant Bar and Cafe sits on Mends Street in South Perth, a short walk up from the Swan River foreshore and the Mends Street Ferry Terminal. It is a modern Australian cafe doing breakfast and lunch through the week and all seven days except Wednesday and Thursday, and the footpath seating out front is where dogs are welcome.

The dog setup

Dogs stay at the outdoor footpath tables; the main restaurant inside is off-limits to pets. Keep your dog leashed and settled beside the table out of the foot traffic path. Staff are friendly toward dogs and water bowls are typically available if you ask, though a travel bowl is handy at peak times.

Worth knowing

The kitchen leans brunch: eggs benedict and smashed avo get the mentions, along with a smash burger if you have crossed the river for lunch. Portions run generous and the presentation is cared for, which explains the ratings it has quietly built. Hours run 7am to 3pm on trading days, so it is a morning-and-lunch venue rather than a dinner one.

Getting there and parking

Paid street parking on Mends Street and the surrounding residential streets is limited and fills quickly on weekends. Coming from the Perth CBD, the Mends Street Ferry drops you within a couple of minutes' walk, which is the easy way to arrive and skips the parking squeeze entirely.

Pair it with

The foreshore lawns and river paths of South Perth Foreshore are a short walk away and make the obvious pre-breakfast walk. Back along the cafe strip, Little Angelo and Split on Angelo on Angelo Street are other dog-friendly coffee options if Civic Heart's footpath row is full.

More options are on the Western Australia dog friendly restaurants guide and the South Perth destination page.