Best after-hours vets near Maroubra

Best after-hours vets near Maroubra, ranked

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   #1Matraville Veterinary Practice for evening and weekend visits, with grooming and boarding on site

   Late nightsBased in Matraville2.3 km from Maroubra

   Bunnerong Road, Matraville, is where Matraville Veterinary Practice operates, about 2.3 km from Maroubra's centre. Weekday evenings stay open until 8pm, a handy window after work, and weekend opening runs as well. Bloods and imaging are both covered on the premises, from blood panels to ultrasound. Grooming and boarding sit alongside the medical work, and those who have used the clinic describe the team as warm, even during the hardest appointments.

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   #2Struggletown Veterinary Hospital for late weeknight hours and drop-off visits

   Late nightsBased in Randwick2.8 km from Maroubra

   Barker Street in Randwick is home to Struggletown Veterinary Hospital, roughly 2.8 km from Maroubra's centre. Weekday hours reach 9pm, and Saturday runs until 5pm. Owners can hand pets over at the door and go park the car. Overseas moves get help with the paperwork, and surgery, dental work and blood tests are all offered. Each month the clinic shuts for a couple of hours around lunchtime for staff training, and on those days urgent cases are routed through its recorded message line.

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   #3Anzac Parade Veterinary Hospital for an on-call vet until 10pm and care of anxious pets

   After hoursBased in Kingsford1.7 km from Maroubra

   Anzac Parade Veterinary Hospital dates from 1974 and is run as a small family practice in Kingsford. Until 10pm a duty vet covers after-hours calls. Past that hour, the referral goes to SASH Emergency and Specialist Vets in Alexandria, roughly ten minutes' drive, which stays open overnight. Cats and small dogs can stay over, and a vet will visit a home when a time suits both sides. Owners describe the vet as patient, never rushing a consult.

Compare after-hours vets near Maroubra

The table shows where each clinic is based, what it says about late cover, and how far it lies from Maroubra's centre.

24/7* : listed as open 24 hours, but the business doesn't say 24/7 itself. Late nights: open to 8pm or later at least three days a week. Distance in a straight line from the middle of Maroubra. Ratings show from 5 Google reviews.

How we picked after-hours vets near Maroubra

Clinics ranked higher when they state after-hours or late cover themselves, stay open late on more nights, and open at weekends. Next comes what customers say, counted in proportion to their numbers. Only clinics based in Maroubra or within a few kilometres, or mobile ones naming the suburb, were included, and closer ones edge ahead. Each clinic's own out-of-hours statements were checked against this list before it made the cut.