Dog-Friendly Restaurants in Copenhagen: 8 Places for 2026
Eight real Copenhagen restaurants, checked for exactly where a dog may sit before you travel with one.
TL;DR
For Danish lunch, Ibens Smørrebrød welcomes well-behaved dogs, and Le Petit Rouge and Le Grand Rouge welcome small and medium-sized dogs who are mentioned at booking. Five Sticks'n'Sushi branches admit dogs inside and outside. For ramen, Slurp, opened on Nansensgade in 2017 by Philipp Inreiter after Noma, Relæ and Tokyo's RyuGin, welcomes dogs at both its rooms, with broths simmered for hours and noodles cut each morning from Øland flour milled on Bornholm.
Sticks'n'Sushi Borgergade and Amager Strandvej are terrace only, and three more choices depend on outdoor or selected seating: Cecconi's, Zeleste and Esmée. Check the exact seating arrangement before travelling, especially in cold or wet weather.
Dining with a dog changes the order of the decision. Establish where the dog may sit, then choose the food, room and neighbourhood that suit the meal. A terrace welcome is useful in sunshine and a poor surprise in rain.
Updated 2 October 2026
The 2026 shortlist: 8 dog-friendly restaurants in Copenhagen
Eight independently named restaurants make this list, each with a dog policy confirmed live on its own site. Sticks'n'Sushi (seven locations) and Slurp (two rooms) each get one row, since a restaurant group with one shared dog policy is one restaurant, not one row per address. "Inside and outside", "terrace", "courtyard" and "selected seating" are different promises: check which one applies before you travel.
| Restaurant | Part of Copenhagen | Dog access | Food reason to choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibens Smørrebrød | Store Kongensgade | Dogs welcome; confirm seating area | Egg and Prawns smørrebrød |
| Le Petit Rouge | Indre By | Small and medium-sized dogs welcome; mention when booking | Hand-cut steak tartare with fries |
| Le Grand Rouge | Christianshavn | Small and medium-sized dogs welcome; mention when booking | French bistro classics such as steak tartare and rotisserie chicken |
| Sticks'n'Sushi | Seven locations, including Østerbro, Istedgade, Valby, Gl. Kongevej, Nansensgade, Borgergade and Amager | Inside and outside at five locations; terrace only at Borgergade and Amager Strandvej | Sushi, grilled sticks and rice paper rolls |
| Slurp | Nansensgade and Borgergade | Dogs welcome at both rooms; confirm seating area | Ramen with slow-simmered broth and house-cut noodles |
| Cecconi's Copenhagen | Havnegade | Terrace, with legally recognised service dogs permitted inside | Spaghetti with lobster, tomato, chilli and basil |
| Zeleste | Store Strandstræde | Courtyard, dogs of all sizes | Seafood platter with lobster, oysters and scallops |
| Esmée | Kongens Nytorv | Orangerie or Kongens Nytorv seating only, leashed | Esmée toast with gruyère, truffle duxelles and jamón ibérico |
Start with confirmed dog welcomes, then confirm the seating area
Ibens Smørrebrød welcomes well-behaved dogs. It is a lunch choice built around Danish open-faced sandwiches. Its most popular piece is Egg & Prawns.
Le Petit Rouge welcomes small and medium-sized dogs and asks guests to mention the dog when booking. Its French bistro menu includes hand-cut steak tartare with crispy fries. Size is part of the policy, so guests with a large dog should choose another room.
Le Grand Rouge welcomes small and medium-sized dogs on the same terms, mentioned at booking. The Christianshavn restaurant's French classics include hand-cut steak tartare, crispy fries, chèvre chaud, rotisserie chicken and veal ribeye with herb butter.
Sticks'n'Sushi welcomes dogs inside and outside at Østerbro, Istedgade, Valby, Gl. Kongevej and Nansensgade. The same menu of freshly prepared sushi, grilled sticks, rice paper rolls, salads and desserts runs across all seven rooms. Two more locations keep dogs to the terrace: Borgergade and Amager Strandvej. The useful decision is neighbourhood, atmosphere and whether a terrace suits the visit.
Our two ramen rooms, Slurp Nansensgade and Slurp Borgergade, welcome dogs as well; confirm the seating area before setting out, since we do not take reservations and a short wait is normal when it is busy. The meal itself is a bowl of ramen: broth simmered for hours, noodles cut fresh each morning, chashu, tamago and spring onion on top.
Booking notes and walk-in timing
At Le Petit Rouge and Le Grand Rouge, a small or medium dog needs to be mentioned with the reservation, so make that clear before arrival. Slurp Borgergade is a different plan: the central room has 36 seats, takes no reservations and serves daily from 11:30 to 15:00 and 17:00 to 22:00. Use it as an arrival-timed walk-in, with a short wait possible when it is busy, rather than as a booking fallback. For any terrace or courtyard option, decide on a dry-weather alternative before leaving.
3 outdoor or area-dependent choices for dry-weather plans
Cecconi's welcomes dogs on the terrace and legally recognised service dogs inside. Its Northern Italian menu includes spaghetti with lobster, tomato, chilli and basil.
Zeleste welcomes dogs of all sizes in the courtyard. Its seafood platter brings together lobster, oysters and scallops. Choose it when the courtyard itself is part of the appeal and seafood is the reason for the meal.
Dogs are welcome at Esmée only in the Orangerie or at Kongens Nytorv. They must stay leashed and on the floor. The menu includes Esmée toast with gruyère, truffle duxelles and jamón ibérico, making this the richer, more occasion-led option in the group.
How to choose without wasting the journey
Use three filters. First, decide whether outdoor-only seating is acceptable. Second, choose the food you genuinely want. Third, contact the restaurant whenever the policy mentions size, selected areas or a terrace.
For cold or wet weather, the five indoor-and-outdoor Sticks'n'Sushi branches are the choices with explicit indoor access. Ibens Smørrebrød, Le Petit Rouge, Le Grand Rouge and Slurp all ask for the seating area to be confirmed before travelling. The remaining three entries, Cecconi's, Zeleste and Esmée, depend on outdoor or specifically designated seating.
Food should settle a close decision: Egg and Prawns smørrebrød at Ibens, French bistro cooking at either Rouge, sushi and grilled sticks at Sticks'n'Sushi, ramen at Slurp, Northern Italian food at Cecconi's, a seafood platter at Zeleste or all-day dining at Esmée. A dog-friendly restaurant is only the right restaurant when the access rule, the food and the room all work together.
Sources
- Slurp
- Slurp Nansensgade hours and policy
- Slurp Borgergade hours and policy
- Sticks'n'Sushi dog policy
- Sticks'n'Sushi Borgergade
- Sticks'n'Sushi Amager Strandvej
- Ibens Smørrebrød visitor information
- Ibens Smørrebrød menu
- Le Petit Rouge FAQ
- Le Petit Rouge food
- Le Grand Rouge FAQ
- Le Grand Rouge food
- Cecconi's Copenhagen FAQ
- Cecconi's Copenhagen menu
- Zeleste
- Esmée dog policy
- Esmée menu
Frequently Asked Questions
Five Sticks'n'Sushi branches confirm indoor access. For every other dog-welcome policy here, confirm the seating area rather than treating "dog-friendly" as one universal policy.
Østerbro, Istedgade, Valby, Gl. Kongevej and Nansensgade welcome dogs inside and outside. Borgergade and Amager Strandvej are terrace-only.
Confirm whether the dog may sit inside, whether a size rule applies and whether the restaurant needs to assign a particular area. Terrace-dependent plans also need a weather fallback.
Yes. Cecconi's keeps regular dogs on the terrace, but legally recognised service dogs are allowed inside the restaurant.
