Dog Friendly Fine Dining in Rhode Island

No need to leave Fido in the hotel room when you want to grab a bite! No matter where you’re headed, we can point you towards great fine dining restaurants in Rhode Island that will welcome Fido to join you at an outdoor table. Bone appetit!

The Grill

Newport, RI

The Grill The Grill at Forty-One Degrees North is an exclusive dockside restaurant with an entire dog-friendly deck next to the marina. The menu features grilled meats, seafood, and a raw bar as well as organic and locally sourced selections. Popular with local diners, the surf and turf is served with filet mignon, poached lobster, wild mushrooms, and potato puree. To top off your dining experience, you can order one of the handmade desserts, like the ginger chocolate semifreddo, pineapple cheesecake, or apple streusel tart. For a liquid dessert, their specialty cocktails include the Newport, prepared with keel vodka, muddled cucumber, and cilantro. See Details

Bella Restaurant

Burrillville, RI

Bella Restaurant Bella Restaurant is dog-friendly and provide twelve outdoor tables for dogs and their owners. Serving up seasonal flavors using fresh ingredients, Bella Restaurant offers authentic Italian cuisine on their menu. You can order something from their veal menu, including Vitella Marsala, pan fried and simmered marsala with mushroom wine sauce, or alternatively, you may wish to try their prime sirloin steak. Accompany your entree with a specialty cocktail, like the ginger cobbler, the clockwork, or the Fuhgeddaboutit. Bella Restaurant is open Tuesday through Thursday from 4pm to 9pm, Friday from 12pm to 10pm, Saturday from 4pm to 10pm, and Sunday from 12pm to 8pm. See Details

CAV

Providence, RI

CAV Dogs are welcome at Cav Restaurant, where they serve American and international cuisine. The menu varies depending on whether you are attending for brunch, lunch, or dinner. The lunch menu includes lots of soups, lighter fare, sandwiches, salads, lunch pasta, and entrees, such as the shrimp scampi, seared salmon, and parmesan encrusted chicken. For brunch, only dished up on weekends, they serve thick French toast with cinnamon and pure maple syrup, poached eggs with sweet garden salsa, and many more interesting twists on American breakfast classics. At dinner time, they offer more elaborate dishes, including the chef specialty, black truffle ravioli, served with shaved turnips and broccoli rabe. At Cav, you'll discover five tables outside for dogs and their owners. The restaurant is open Monday through Friday from 11:30am to 10:00pm, Saturday from 9:30am to 12:00am, and Sunday from 10:00am to 10:00pm. See Details

Ella's Fine Food & Drink

Westerly, RI

Ella's Fine Food & Drink Fido is welcome to join you at one of the three outdoor, pet-friendly tables at Ella's Fine Food & Drink, an eatery in Westerly, RI. Enjoy dinner menu items like salmon tartare, beet gnocchi, shrimp cocktail, pasta, salmon, steak and more. Please note that table service isn’t available, so Fido will need to wait outside while you place your order inside. See Details

The White Horse Tavern

Newport, RI

The White Horse Tavern Serving the people of America since 1673, the White House Tavern is one of America's oldest restaurants. You and Fido can sit where generations and generations of people have sat before you, on the pet-friendly patio. However, the patio isn't always open, so be sure to call first before venturing there with Fido. The menu is made up of fresh fish, clams, lobsters from Narragansett Bay, and just-picked produce from local Rhode Island farms. If you're joining them for lunch, you can try their vegetarian BLT, made using Maiitake bacon, cloumage, Rose Hill Tomatoes, arugula, and basil pesto. Don't forget to dress for the occasion, a collared shirt is expected for you and the finest collar for your companion. See Details