Dog Friendly Italian Restaurants in California

Carmel Bistro features dog-friendly outdoor seating in a cozy courtyard with heaters in Carmel, CA. Diners enjoy authentic Mediterranean cuisine, including salads, pizzettas, crab cakes, osso bucco, lamb shank, chicken marsala, lobster ravioli and more than a dozen pasta entrées. A dedicated dog menu is available.

Sammy G's Tuscan Grill is a dog-friendly restaurant in the heart of downtown Palm Springs, CA. Your pup can join you at an outdoor table on their shaded patio. Menu options include salads, pizza, pasta, and a variety of beef, chicken, and fish entrees.

Located in an old car dealership just a block off Orange Avenue in Coronado, CA, Garage Buona Forchetta is a dog-friendly restaurant serves delicious, authentic Italian fare, including Naples style pizza. Dogs are welcome on the back patio which is shady and cool.

Louie Linguini's is a pet-friendly restaurant in Monterey, CA, where Fido can join you on their second floor patio via elevator access in the gift shop. They have a dog menu for your furry friend, offering clam chowder, Dungeness crab cakes, mahi mahi tacos, pasta, and pizza for pet parents.

Piatti's Restaurant & Bar in Sacramento, CA, offers rustic Italian cuisine in a warm and welcoming setting, perfect for gathering with friends, family, and neighbors. Inspired by the spirit of Italy’s beloved trattorias, it’s a place to eat, drink, and connect over delicious food. Dogs are always welcome in the charming tree-lit courtyard, where guests can also enjoy the comfort of outdoor heaters.

Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica is a dog-friendly farm to fork restaurant in San Luis Obispo, CA, serving Italian fare. Fido is welcome at outdoor tables on the front and back patio. The menu includes antipasti dishes, salads, pasta, wood fired pizzas, chicken, seafood, and pork entrees, along with specialty Italian sides.

Gabriella Cafe's sensational menu changes with the seasons. The small outdoor seating are welcomes well-behaved dogs. Gabriella Cafe opens at 11:30am during the week and 11am on weekends.

Open seasonally (closed in summer) for lunch and dinner, and serving breakfast on weekends, The Backstreet Bistro offers beautiful mountain views and a wide variety of favorites from salads, sandwiches, and homemade soups for lunch and a full Italian menu featuring fresh fish daily specials. Enjoy live jazz every Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon on the dog-friendly, misted patio. Call ahead to ensure availability.

Paluca Trattoria serves traditional Fisherman's Wharf cuisine with Italian and California influences in a casual waterfront setting that welcomes dogs in the patio seating area. Delicious menu options include Monterey Bay calamari, Sicilian prawns, crab cake salad, lobster ravioli, and smoked salmon linguini, Open daily 11am to 9pm.

Poggia is a casual Italian eatery that utilizes fresh local ingredients and house grown herbs and vegetables. Leashed dogs are welcome on the patio.

Barbarella Restaurant & Bar is a pet-friendly restaurant in La Jolla, CA. Enjoy delicious housemade Italian food with Fido on the outdoor patio that has heaters for cooler weather. There's a dog menu with options like chopped bacon, grilled chicken and a vanilla ice cream pup cup! For dog owners, they serve options like pizza, pasta, salad, and entrees like a stuffed bell pepper, grilled lamb and woodfire oven-roasted salmon.

With a self-proclaimed "colorful gastronomic history," Cafe Roma is a dog-friendly Italian restaurant in San Luis Obispo. Its garden patio is enclosed and heated for cooler weather. The menu includes antipasti dishes, salads, paninis, pizzas, seafood, pasta, veal, ribs and more.

Piazza 1909 is an Italian family-owned restaurant in the heart of La Jolla, CA. The owner is a dog lover, and you can often spot his four-legged friend in the back of the restaurant, sitting down while enjoying Angus Beef Meatballs, which are also part of their dog menu. The inviting outdoor, pet-friendly covered and heated patio welcomes you and Fido to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine.

Allow Fido to join you for an exquisite meal at Mezzo Restaurant, a dog-friendly contemporary Italian eatery located in Stockton, CA. Seated beside an outdoor table for lunch or dinner, Fido can lap up cold, refreshing water from a bowl which the restaurant provides, and snuggle up in their own freshly laundered doggie blanket given to your table. Your best friend will be presented with a pre-dinner nibble of an all natural dog biscuit which is wrapped in a cute cellophane bag so it can be preserved and given to Fido whenever you choose. The experience wouldn't be complete without a mouth-watering dog menu with choices of grilled chicken, steak or salmon, or Carpaccio. Specializing in farm to table cuisine, Mezzo serves authentic, multi-regional modern Italian dishes which include hand crafted pastas and made-from-scratch sauces. Sample delicious Italian fare which uses authentic ingredients, the finest local produce, and sustainably sourced meat and seafood.

It's Italia is a pet-friendly restaurant located in Half Moon Bay, CA. Fido is welcome to dine with you at one of their outdoor tables on the tuscany-styled courtyard, with four fireplaces, a fountain, stone floors and walls, and an extendable awning. They serve fresh-baked focaccia, pizzas, salads and pastas for you to enjoy.

Enoteca Adriano located in San Diego, CA is a dog-friendly restaurant where Fido can join you at an outdoor table on the patio that's covered and heated in cooler weather. You do need to call ahead if dining with Fido. The menu features Italian food and wine with options like bruschetta, calamari Uvornese, orecchiette Bosco, and Ravioli Rossi lobster stuffed pasta.

Leashed pups are welcome at the many tables on the two shaded patios outside Sorrento Ristorante, a dog-friendly eatery in San Diego, CA. Their menu features pizza, pasta, steak, seafood and other Italian fare. Wine and craft cocktails are also served.

Well-behaved, leashed pets can join their owners at Mangia e Bevi at Ocean Ranch Plaza in Oceanside, CA. This dog-friendly restaurant features outdoor seating on the patio with standing heaters, where two- and four-legged friends can dine together. The menu features elevated and innovative expressions of Italian regional cuisine, such as cacio e pepe, cheese & truffle tortelloni, chicken saltimbocca, and capriccioso pizza.

The passion of the folks running this spot shows in its divine food and service. Fido can join you at an outdoor table.

Yanni's Bar & Grill is a dog-friendly Italian and Greek restaurant in San Diego, CA. Your leashed, friendly dog is welcome to join you at an outdoor table on the covered patio. Bowls of water are available by request. This family-owned restaurant serves up delicious meals like smoked salmon rotini, grilled Loukaniko, and capellini tomato basil.