Great ideas are as rare as a post-match football interview free of awful cliches ("It was a game of two halves", "The boys gave 100%", "I'm really proud of the effort the boys put in" and "I'm looking forward to hitting the showers with the boys" being some of my personal favourites). The dudes that own this place are true visionaries in every sense of the word. They saw a park on a canal. They saw dogs aplenty in the park. Lightning struck. "Those dogs need coffee!" they thought to themselves. And thus was born Cafe Bones, Sydney's premier dog cafe. You get cake and your ball-licking little friends can slurp up a pupaccino, which is basically a fat-free bowl of protein-y goodness for your pooch. The recipe is a closely guarded secret, but I'm assured its super healthy and amazing for your dog's coat. Yours too if you accidentally spill some on you. This place just straight up rules. Come on a Saturday morning when the Inner West Pug Grumble meets. Fifty pugs running around happily licking the air and fossicking around and snorting like piglets is unadulterated sunshine for the soul. read more

Frankly, if you are a dog, this may well be the happiest place on earth. I meet my kids here regularly, who bring three dogs with them.The opportunities for bum sniffing and mad chasey are limitless. 15 year old Murray likes to try and get a bit of random dry humping in too, given the opportunity, I guess you have to forgive him, he'd be 76 if he were human. The variety of food on hand for dogs and humans is pretty good. Coffee for people is not bad, and the popularity of the "Pupachino" suggests it must be a bit of all right too. (God help me, this is also available in a lower fat variety for doggies on a diet, no, I am not even kidding you!) There are heaps of pupffins, liver lamb and steak treats, and they also sell balls and other dog toys. I am not a mad fan of the human food really, though the kids, (Vegan traitors) order the vegie burgers each time we visit, they can't be all that bad I am guessing. The greasy ham and cheese croissant is pretty lame, and rather huge, so it makes a good thing to befriend random dogs with. There's always a range of cup cakes on display, and they look nice enough, but you are not here for the food anyway. You are here to let your dog socialise, and are damn grateful that you can have a nice cup of coffee or three whilst you do that. The park is not completely fenced in, but it's not near any roads, so pretty safe. Give it a go, take your pooch, and prepare to be surprised at how long you find yourself staying there. Sadly, I have to edit this review in the most unfortunate of ways. Several weeks ago, my kids had little firecracker Murray there. He was attacked and killed by a mastiff that had been rescued from dog fighting pits. This dog should never have been off a leash, or if he had been, should have been muzzled. This does not reflect on the cafe, of course, but is an important caution if you are thinking of visiting with small dogs. Vale, Murray, Vale. read more

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I don't know of any other off leash dog parks with cafe's smack in the middle of them so I think this place is awesome. Most dog parks have a water bubbler and thats it if you want a drink. Here you can get decent coffee and a good range of cafe food. They also sell 'pupfins' which are muffins for your dog and also pupaccino's. Its just a great place to sit and have a coffee while your dog socialises and meets all the other pooches. If you're into bikes its also not a bad place to sit and watch all the riders going to and from the bay run cruise past. read more

Cafe Bones - Pulled beef, mushrooms, coleslaw, aioli roll and salad - Restaurants Near Me - Broadway, NSW

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Tasty food, great service and a relaxing location. I love the Turkish raisin toast here and every time I'm back home from Los Angeles I pay this place a visit read more

Just when you thought the Bay Run couldn't get any better, half way along, if you walk just a little bit off the track, you'll find this place. This is a flurfy puppy's oasis. Image: you're walking through the desert, you haven't had a drink in 149 days, your beard is itchy (yes ladies, there's no waxing salons in this desert) and your feet are tired. Then, on the horizon, you see a tropical rainforest paradise with fresh, spring water, naked people everywhere and vines to swing from. This is how your dogs feels when he's approaching Cafe Bones. Fetch your best mate a puppaccino and let him play with the other dogs while you sip on your coffee by the canal, overlooking Haberfield Dog Park. They don't accept card so make sure you're cashed up and don't expect brilliant things to set your taste buds on a dancing extravaganza, this place is puppy focused. The dogs are friendly, the owners understand dogs aren't perfect and there's plenty of keep everyone amused. There's no better way to make it up to your best furry mate after you've left him at home all week. read more

I was lucky enough to have a week day off, the weather was gorgeous and the pooch and I went on a leisurely coffee date. This is such a good place for dog owners to have a coffee, let the dog off leash and just enjoy sniffing bums (the dogs, not me!). I also LOVE the fact that the cafe specifically outlines that the space is a playground for dogs and NOT children. The coffee did the trick too. read more

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I hate to write a bad review BUT today I was sitting at the seated area of cafe bones with a coffee I had bought from another cafe. the Cafe bones owner/manager came out and said to me 'what's the deal with sitting at my cafe with a coffee from somewhere else?'.... (Anyone that knows cafe bones knows it's in a public park and is a casual meeting area - not like a normal cafe.) At first I thought he was joking because he was rude and bitchy and there were no other customers that needed the seat - it was empty. I asked if he was serious and he said yes and pointed to a sign that said 'paying customers only' and told me that I had to leave. I walked away kinda shocked. The reason I got a coffee elsewhere is the coffee at cafe bones is gross and watery and also they don't have eftpos. I was just sitting there watching my dog thinking happy thoughts when old mate negative came and interrupted my day! People come to cafe bones for a friendly happy interaction- not just for the dogs but the people too. No excuse for rudeness in this world, especially not in customer service. read more

When will the day come when you can get healthy breakfast options without bacon on everything? Fresh juice would be nice also :) Just sayin read more

It's nice to walk with dog - and having coffee with my Happy ( jack Russell terroir ) read more

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Terrible experience. The cafe itself perfectly caters to its target market, so long as you don't order anything that is off the menu. I ordered a "cold" ham and cheese sandwich for my 4 year old son only to be told they "wouldn't" do it...not couldn't!! In their opinion the bread was to 'thick' and they just don't do it..I insisted only to be told they didn't 'want' to. Definitely not a child friendly cafe. Do yourself a favor and pack a picnic lunch!! read more

havent tried the coffee yet, but the pie and sausage roll were great. friendly staff, park was full of dogs and friendly dog-lovers. i can see us coming back more often here! read more

Great place to come relax, catch up with friends over coffee and let your pooch socialized.

As a resident of the local area for over 5 years, I've been really pleased with this cafe in the past and wanted to give it my support, HOWEVER, the experience I have just had compelled me to write this review immediately. I went to the cafe and ordered a hot drink. I had to wait close to 5 minutes to be served but that I had no problem with as the one young-ish girl behind the coutner at that stage was clearly very busy and had acknowledged me, telling me she'd serve me in just a moment. When she did, her service was absolutely fine. I sat down to have my drink and straight away realised it was way too sweet to even drink (which is a big call as I have a pretty major sweet tooth!). So I went over to the counter with my drink and said to the same girl, "Sorry, I was just wondering if I could have a bit more milk please - this is just a bit too sweet for me to drink". She was very accomodating and filled a tiny jug with milk she warmed for me. It took about 20 seconds all up, if that. The issue came however, with an older woman (dyed red hair and grey roots) who was at the coffee machine. She never looked at me but openly made comments and rolled her eyes to the younger girl, clearly intimating that I was being unreasonable and a nuisance. The comments I overheard included, "What does she want more milk for?", "Why are you heating it up for her?", "what's her problem?" etc. At this point I actually said to the older woman, "Sorry - is there an issue? I was just asking for a top-up of milk because it was too sweet to drink". She rolled her eyes again, never looking directly at me, and never speaking to me. As there was no response i again said, "Sorry, is that rude of me? Is there a problem with asking that?". Again, no response. I said, "I don't understand why you're being rude to me, that's not good customer service" And sat down to have my drink. Turns out I was now too shocked and annoyed to drink it! I've never had such an experience before and really smply couldn't understand why there would be an issue with me asking for a little bit more milk to correct the drink they'd already served (and we're only talking about 30-50mL here!). After a while, when I could see there were no customers waiting at the counter, I went back seeking acknowledgement of and an explanation for the rude treatment. I waited for about 5 minutes. In that time, the two younger girls both came to serve me and I told both of them that "I'd just like to speak to this lady, thanks". The older woman, who definitely heard me say that twice, ignored me the whole time. When it got past the point of ridiculous, I said to her over the top of the coffee machine, "I can see you're busy, I'd just like to ask you a quick question". She mumbled and sighed something that indicated 'Ok' but, as she still hadn't given me the courtesy of eye contact, I said, "I'd really like it if you could look at me as we speak". She begrudgingly half-glanced in my direction and said in an exasperated tone, "Just go away and leave me alone, I'm busy". I replied, "I'd just like an explanation as to why you reacted the way you did earlier". After more protests about how I should just leave she said, "I didn't say anything to you, I didn't even look at you before". I said, "I know, that was part of the rudeness I'm trying to understand". There was more sighing and telling me to leave at which point I had to say, "Look, I've lived in this area for over 5 years -" at which point she butted in, still not looking at me, and said "I've never seen you here once". I had to process all of this, and the inference that I was clearly going out of my way to come to a cafe I'd never even been to before with the sole purpose of being a nuisance to this poor, unsuspecting cafe worker(!). Soon enough I said, "I just want to say I've never had this kind of service from here before and I'm really disappointed by it". She replied, "Good, you won't come back then, now go away". The woman then disappeared to get her phone, although I'm almost certain she was pretending to answer a call... And said into the phone, for my benefit, "Oh, it must be a full moon with all the weirdos out". How she arrived at that description of me, I'm not sure. I can assure you, readers, that I look pretty normal and somewhat conservative, as anyone on a casual bike ride would. I also made sure throughout the whole exchange that I didn't raise my voice once nor let any offensive kind of tone creep in. And I'd like to say that I have never had such an encounter with anyone so objectionable before - in a hospitality setting or otherwise. I'm one of the last people to complain, I'm usually pretty timid and part of my job involves conflict resolution(!). I do not know this woman's role at the cafe but she certainly appeared to be the most senior staff member there today (a Saturday). Sadly, I won't be able to bring myself to go back to this cafe and I recommend you don't either. read more

21/04/2014 Cafe Bones -Leichhardt The worst customer service I have ever experienced! After having a coffee with my boyfriend I thought Id return the cups back to the counter so they won't have to pick it up themselves, one of the staff said thank you to me, I then whispered -"no worries" while I was walking back to our table I heard the other staff member behind the coffee machine (who made our coffee) asked the previous staff member if I did replied back or if I said "You're welcome" the same lady who made the coffee behind the counter screamed so loud just to get my attention saying.. "Most people who have manners would say you're welcome back!!" I then turned around to give her my full attention!! Looking at other peoples recent comments- it seem to be the same staff member who has been working there for sometime now. Well she definitely have a low self-esteem, hates her job and mostly herself, she obviously could not work elsewhere because of her lack of customer service skills and poor manners! I would definitely tell everyone I know not to go there. There is no excuse for bad manners anywhere!!! *** Karma will hit you in the face!!*** read more