8 Best Gluten Free Eats in Melbourne

When you’re gluten intolerant or coeliac, eating out at new places is always risky business. From pizza bases that taste about as good as the box they’re delivered in, to toast that closely resembles a kitchen sponge – a gluten free diet isn’t always easy to maintain!

Fortunately, more and more Melbourne restaurants are beginning recognise the need for a more diverse menu with a wider variety of gluten free options. To help you decided where to head to next, we’ve rounded up the 8 best gluten free eats our city has to offer.

Mamasita

Melbourne CBD

A proud purveyor of authentic Mexican cuisine, Mamasita is also one of the first mainstream Melbourne restaurants to offer an almost entirely gluten free menu. Known throughout the city as one of the best gluten free restaurants, Mamasita is a must visit for street-style quesadillas that will have hungering for more.

Chocolate Buddha

Melbourne CBD

While Japanese often appears to be a safe haven for those following a gluten free diet, it is often the dips, sauces and marinades the lead is into murky territory. Chocolate Buddha protects against this and eliminates the guesswork by offering an entire second menu filled with gluten free appetizers, mains and desserts. Oishii!

Gazi

Melbourne CBD

Set in the heart of the city, many would be surprised to find that Melbourne’s most renowned Greek style restaurant also offers a variety of tasty gluten free options. George Calombaris’s Gazi serves up a mouth-watering selection, but for a meal you won’t soon forget you can’t go past an authentic slow-roasted lamb souva on a gluten-free wrap, with a side of thick cut chips sprinkled with oregano, garlic oil and feta.

Little Big Sugar Salt

Abbotsford

Featuring a vast range of gluten free breakfast fare, this corner café is fast developing a reputation for being one of the best brunch spots in Melbourne. Known for their punny menu and tongue-in-cheek signage, Little Big Sugar Salt even offers a unique breakfast sharing menu for a minimum of three people.

Red Door Yum Cha

Windsor

Gluten free dumplings are hard to come by – and good gluten free dumplings are even more rare! Lucky for Windsor locals, Red Door Yum Cha has answered our prayers with a great selection of gluten free dumplings as well as more substantial main meals.

Fox in the Box

Brighton

100% gluten free and FODMAP friendly, Fox in the Box will have you feeling spoilt for choice. The extensive daytime menu offers more café style eats, while the night menu features an array of much-loved modern Australian meals.

Mrs Parmas

Melbourne CBD

Mrs Parmas is a Melbourne icon – and they’ve recently begun catering to their gluten free friends too. Providing a separate gluten free menu with 12 different gluten free chicken parmigianas to choose from, you can’t miss Mrs Parmas for a classic Australian pub meal.

Crust

Various Locations

Surprised to see this one on the list? Hear us out! Crust’s gluten free pizza bases are legitimately some of the best we’ve ever tried. If you’ve been burnt by your local pizza place (ahem, we’re looking at you Dominoes!) give them a try – you won’t be disappointed!

Image: Mamasita