dog friendly places in Jakarta

With it's conservative culture, Jakarta does not allow dog owners to bring their pets in public places much.

I own this really cute Samoyed and I love taking him around. He is well mannered, gentle, good with kids and do not bark.

In our adventure, I found a few places that have been so kind to me and my dog and actually let me take him there. Check out the list. I will keep adding more places as I come across them.

1. Cafe Jet Ski

neighborhood : pantai Mutiara

Feature : ocean-front

Food to try : grilled bandeng, tomato noodle

Located in front of the ocean in Pantai Mutiara neighborhood, this place is rather romantic. Food is good and the staff are friendly towards the dogs too. 

2. Seafood SF 

Neighborhood : pantai Mutiara

Feature : seafood

Food to try : sweet shrimps and other kinds of seafood

This restaurant specializing in seafood let me bring my dog in, however I had to sit by the exit since the staff were pretty much scared of dogs.

3. Ocean Cafe

Neighborhood : pantai Mutiara

Feature : ocean front

Food to try : Indonesian food

This restaurant has a lot of space and usually isn't very crowded. They were okay with dogs as long as the dogs are trained.

4. Bobba Bits

Neighborhood : Pantai indah kapuk

Feature : bubble tea

Food to try : Taiwanese pork rice, bubble tea

I would bring my dogs here while sipping their bubble tea at the outdoor area of the cafe. 

5. Mangrove forest hiking trail

neighborhood : pantai indah kapuk

feature : short trail, mangrove

With it's entrance pretty much hidden, you have to park your car at the shop area across the street (where liberty salon is located ) and then cross the street and enter the small gate which is the entrance. Please note that they are closed at 4pm.

you can bring dogs here for a short walk. The trail is not very crowded hence no complain for dogs.

6. Ecopark

neighborhood : ancol

feature : park

well known as a ground to host event and concerts, this park allows dogs and joggers to relax. Beware of loose goats as your dogs maybe tempted to chase after them. Also, entering can be expensive. It was idr 35,000 to enter ancol but the entrance to ecopark afterwards is complimentary .

7. Le Bridge

neighborhood : ancol

feature : oceanfront bridge

Walking on the bridge with my dog while looking at the serene ocean is one of my favorite pastime. In the afternoon, you will see a lot of couples sitting on the bridge. Some of them might be terrified to find dogs by them (my dog loves to taunt these couples)! The restaurant in the middle of the bridge does not allow dogs however. But mcdonald and the hawker food stalls around the bridge will let you and your dogs in.

8. Taman untung suropati

neighborhood : menteng

feature : park

a well known place for people tp jog during the daytime and for hanging out and rating street food at night. You will meet a lot of felllow dog lovers at this park ( and sometimes reptile lovers too!) They have free music lessons on sundays if im kot mistaken. 

9. Taman lembang

neighborhood : menteng 

a popular park to hang out for younger crowds and families. However, a lot of people will smoke while chilling so i would advise you to come here in the morning. There were some monkeys that were not leashed too, so watch out when these guys are around.