Zebra Motel Coffs Harbour

Zebra Motel is a three star motor inn at 27 Grafton Street, walking distance from the Coffs Harbour CBD, and it runs six rooms that are set aside specifically for guests with dogs. For a coastal overnight stop on the NSW run, that is the practical detail: you can park, walk the dog, and be in the middle of town within minutes.

Dogs at the Zebra Motel

Pets are limited to the six designated pet friendly rooms, two per room at most. Book the pet room type when you reserve, not a standard room with a dog: management can decline check in if a standard room was booked for a dog. Outside the room, dogs stay on a lead, you clean up straight away, and they need to settle quietly enough not to bother other guests. Room rates for pet rooms are not published, so confirm the pet charge when booking.

Pepsi: the pet rooms are the ones with easy outdoor access, so ask for one at the back if the Pacific Highway noise would keep you both awake.

The stay

Rooms have air conditioning, free Wi-Fi and easy outside access for late toilet breaks, with a grassed spot nearby for quick morning runs. Guests consistently mention comfortable king beds, modern bathrooms and rain shower heads. There is an on-site pool, restaurant and bar for the humans, plus free parking with straightforward Pacific Highway access. Front rooms can catch road noise, so it is worth requesting a quieter one.

Close by with the dogs

The CBD strip is walkable for supplies and a lead-up coffee stop, and the dog options around town are strong. Thompsons Road Reserve is a fully fenced off-leash park for a proper run, and the city's dog off-lead beach gives a swim without breaking any council rules. For an on-lead leg stretch, the Coffs Creek walk and cycleway threads through town. The Toreador Motel on the same street is the other pet-friendly CBD option if this one is booked out.

Toreador Motel keeps an enclosed dog run on site, while Coffs Harbour's dog off-lead beach and Thompsons Road Reserve cover the exercise side of the trip.