Dog-Friendly Restaurants in Leuven

Family-run brown café and in-house brewery one minute from the Stadhuis on the Grote Markt, brewing Domus Con Domus, Nostra Domus and a Leuven witbier since 1985. Wood-panelled vaulted interior, large courtyard terrace with the brewing tanks visible. Leashed dogs welcome inside and on the terrace; water bowls at the bar.

Classic Flemish brown café two minutes from the Stadhuis, a fixture of Leuven student and worker life for decades. Beer wall with 100+ Belgian references including local Stella Artois and several Trappist beers, plain wooden tables, sleeping house dog. Leashed dogs welcome inside without question.

Cultural hub and brewery-restaurant in the listed 1922 De Hoorn building, the original Stella Artois brewery on the Vaartkom canal basin, ten minutes north of the Grote Markt. The building also houses Leuven's start-up scene and a monthly Stella Artois Brewery Tour starts from here. Leashed dogs welcome on the canal-side terrace and inside the brasserie hall.

Bright independent coffee bar and lunch spot a short walk west of the Grote Markt, popular with KU Leuven academics. Speciality coffee, sourdough sandwiches, all-day breakfast, vegetarian-friendly menu. Leashed dogs welcome inside on the wooden floor and on the small front terrace; water bowls at the bar.

The Oude Markt is Leuven's signature square, the so-called 'longest bar in Europe' with 40+ café terraces in a single pedestrian rectangle. Café Capital, Ambiorix and Den Anker (the Stella Artois home café) are reliable dog-friendly anchors on the southern side, all with outdoor terraces and most welcoming leashed dogs inside as well.