Harkham Wine Bar, Restaurant & Cellar Door

Harkham on Deasys Road in the heart of the Pokolbin winery district rolls a wine bar, restaurant and cellar door into one rustic outdoor setting, pouring natural-style wines made on site. For dog owners it earns its place with the outdoor dining: this is a proper sit-down meal with the dog beside you, not just a standing tasting.

The dog setup

Dogs on a lead are welcome in the outdoor dining areas and the outdoor cellar door space, with the enclosed indoor dining off-limits as standard for food-service venues. Aim for an outside table, which has the vineyard views anyway, keep the dog supervised and settled near the vines and lawns, and bring your own water bowl to keep them comfortable through a longer meal.

Worth knowing

The kitchen is the draw: a flexible tapas-style menu of small plates, antipasti and seafood built for sharing, paired with casual natural wines. It suits a relaxed, lingering lunch for two or a group, and the casual pace means a settled dog fits right in. Chocolate liqueur and cocktails appear alongside the wine list for anyone not tasting.

Getting there and parking

The venue sits on Deasys Road in the Pokolbin winery district, with on-site parking and flat, easy access from the car park to the outdoor restaurant areas.

Close by with the dogs

Nearby cellar doors welcome dogs in their outdoor areas too, so a tasting-plus-lunch loop is easy to build: Pepper Tree Wines, Saddler's Creek Wines and Tulloch Wines are all within a short drive. The NSW wineries list and Pokolbin guide round out the valley.

Pepsi: This is the one for a long lunch. Book the outdoor table, order small plates to share, and settle the dog under it for the afternoon.