Wally's Pizza Bar in Cameron Park has a lively outdoor patio where you can sit with your dog while eating wood-fired pizzas and drinking craft cocktails. The place has real energy to it—it’s the kind of restaurant where people actually want to spend time, not just grab food and leave.

The pizza menu leans toward gourmet combinations, and they take their pasta and salads seriously too. If you’re eating there with your dog, you’ll want to grab a table on the patio where dogs are welcome. The space feels open and casual, which makes it easier to relax rather than worry about your dog being underfoot.

The bar program is legitimately good. They have twenty draft beers on rotation, and most of them come from local El Dorado County breweries, which means you’re getting a real sense of what’s happening in the regional beer scene. The bartenders do their own cocktail work, mixing hand-crafted drinks rather than just pouring standard orders. If you’re someone who cares about what goes into your drink, you’ll notice the difference.

What’s genuinely nice about Wally’s is that the dog-friendly setup doesn’t feel like an afterthought. The patio is where the real action is anyway—it’s not like they’re tucking dogs off to some dingy corner. You’re sitting out in the open air with your dog while watching other people enjoy themselves, and the staff treats it as completely normal.

Cameron Park has a decent food scene for El Dorado County, and Wally’s lands squarely in the better end of it. It’s the kind of place you’d suggest to someone visiting the area who wanted to eat well and bring their dog along. The combination of decent food, actual cocktail skill, and a relaxed outdoor atmosphere makes it worth the trip if you’re in the area.