Pet-Friendly Restaurants in Basel

A 100-year-old Stübli tucked behind the medieval St. Alban gate, with wood-panelled rooms, hand-painted tile stoves and a small leafy terrace. The kitchen is honest Swiss-French: rösti, perch fillets, weekly market specials. Dogs settle on the worn parquet beside the table, and the regulars are mostly locals from the St. Alban quarter who walk in from the Rhine path. Booking ahead on weekends is wise.

An iconic 1925 cultural building reworked by Herzog & de Meuron into a brasserie, bar and inner courtyard. The Bistro and the courtyard garden both welcome dogs, and the long marble bar makes a relaxed lunch stop on a rainy day. The menu is Swiss-meets-French brasserie classics, plus a strong wine list. The shaded courtyard is one of the calmest dog-friendly spots in lively Kleinbasel.

The dining room of Hotel Krafft, perched on the Kleinbasel bank with one of the best Rhine-facing terraces in the city. The kitchen leans modern Swiss with seasonal river-fish dishes, and the staff are unflappably dog-friendly: water bowls appear automatically and dogs are welcome on the terrace, in the bar and in the upstairs reading room. Perfect for an early-evening Apéro after a Rhine swim.