Top 50 Gluten-Free Dinner Spots to Enjoy in Midtown East, New York

Kennedy Wandelt

Everything on the menu can be gluten free. We had 3 GF, 2 normal, and on GF/DF girl at our table and they brought out separate bread for each restriction. Huge portion too!

jo brown

My first place to eat in NYC and my first time in a 100% GF restaurant. everything was so good, I got the Açaí bowl and the Classic Cheese Bread whilst my Grandmother got the Panini, she can eat gluten but said it was the best bread she’d ever had! I’d highly recommend, especially if you’re looking for bread you can chew!

Graham Kelly

Classic New York style diner with all the usual breakfast options. Massive portions, you would need to be hungry to finish your meal! Full GF menu, our Coeliac daughter had waffles and they were delicious, no ‘tummy’ after effects! The only slight issue we had was that the server brought all 4 plates together stacked up along his arm meaning a plate with my toast was sitting on top of my daughters GF plate, increasing the chances of cross contamination. I’d have preferred if the GF food were brought out separately. Otherwise, all was good, very friendly staff, enjoyable breakfast.

Olivia C

Fabulous 100% GF menu, will be coming back here

natleigh phillips

i love this place. i have celiacs disease and really enjoyed eating here on my first trip to NYC i have the ricebarry, coriander steak with the Kati special curry sauce.. the sweet potato and the cucumber salad would definitely recommend this place. 10/10

Kaylee Swanson

This place was amazing! They have gluten free chicken tenders and fries! If you are gluten free you will love these tenders and fries, they were amazing! I loved their honey mustard dipping sauce and their signature sauce was great as well. The staff was super helpful and even helped me find their restaurant over the phone because the geolocation was off when I was using walking directions.

Shawn C.

Delicious pizza and the restaurant had a nice vibe. We ordered a gluten free pizza with several toppings - it was fresh, hot, and prepared perfectly. It was Saturday night and most tables were full, but they still has some open tables for us. Very fun and satisfying evening at Uncle Paul’s.

June Choi

Staff is wonderful and the environment is always tidy and clean. Their Pasta Bolo has got to be one of my favorite dishes - gluten-free, diary-free guilt-free, all without feeling like I’m sacrificing anything.

Amie Krueger

GLUTEN FREE GOODNESS!!! Just let your server know you are GF/Celiac and they will make sure you get everything GF! Most al the sauces are already GF yet they ensure especially if you order the larger family courses that you are also able to enjoy them!

Madeline Berger

Enjoyed Gluten Free rigatoni bolognese at this charming little spot on East 53rd Street. The sauce was excellent, tasty, substantive and not runny. The staff was very nice and attentive. And, they offered other GF menu items, so I plan to return.

Chany Krausz

Best service ever and best gluten free pizza ever!!!

Scott Radloff

Great restaurant, Amazing gluten free options.

Ash Bachani

Dedicated gf fryer 🙌🏼

Ana QR

Hot dog stand located inside Grand Central Terminal, in the basement. They have gluten-free hot dogs with the best gluten-free hot dog bun I've ever had. My boyfriend, who isn't celiac, said it was the best hot dog he'd had in New York.

Stacy P

Crave Fishbar Valentine’s Day 2025 4 Course Prix Fixe Menu $85 per person was perfect and memorable! Thank you to our server Michelle for recommendations. The manager and team were attentive and caring to customers. We especially liked the variety of delicious and fresh gluten free menu choices. Friendly fun vibes, cozy warm interior, and wonderful dining on the upper East Side!

Maja Jovic

Sehr gutes Essen! Ich habe Zöliakie und muss mich Glutenfrei ernähren, die Küche ist mit zwei separaten Fritteusen ausgestattet damit keine Kontamination passiert. Das Chicken und die Pommes waren sehr sehr gut. Es ist ein kleiner Imbiss mit sehr freundlichem Personal! Würde es von herzen weiterempfehlen! Wir kommen sehr gerne wieder

Muhammad Mahad

Best gluten free beef burger.

Isabella Grandic

Healthy. Yummy. But very high end for what it is. Also small-ish volume. ~$18-22 / bowl. Salmon was quite good. And then you get a base and only 2 veggies… everything else is extra. Salmon is delish. It’s not that great of a portion for +$6. Plenty of sauces- I really like the cranberry Harrissa and the beet hummus. Charred broccoli is nice. Rice is good. Seed toppings are delish. Gluten-free. Healthy healthy. Overpriced. Very restrictive (you basically get 4 ingredients per bowl). Technical note: The way it’s organized, they have the cold veg and the warm veg, and you choose 2 across them, and it’s not clear when ordering. Someone should streamline the customer experience.

Jasmine

Had lunch here. Ordered the Tom yam red soup, green curry w chicken and shrimp pork summer roll. All 3 dishes were delicious! Wait staff were very friendly as well. Food came out really quickly too! They had many gluten free options available. Some vegan options too!

Barb M

Super yum, fast service, friendly workers, good price point ($15-20), and they have great WiFi when I eat in. I always get the lentil falafel chaat bowl with half rice half salad. The roasted sweet potatoes with the coconut sauce was divine. Complex flavors, gluten free and vegan. Tastes fresh and healthy, not greasy or heavy!

Abel Tirado

Juanita was an excellent server. She was very attentive without feeling overbearing. We had a late reservation and even so she never betrayed any sense of annoyance or tried to rush us out the door. Our cocktails arrived promptly and she was very informed about celiac allergies and provided a gluten-friendly menu immediately. The food was pretty good, but the service brought the restaurant to five stars. Big thank you to Juanita and the rest of the staff for making us feel comfortable and settling Us in for a nice meal.

Jessica Lebovits, RD, CDN

Favorite restaurant in the world Authentic French food No reservations They only serve salad, steak, and fries which are all GF. Don’t eat the bread / some desserts. Just reopened in NY and the lines are long but worth it

Jessica Lebovits, RD, CDN

Favorite paella place- menu marked GF

michelle grutman

Good choices, amazing customer service. Tons of flavorful cool sauces to choose from. Tons of ways to customize your dish, this place has something for everyone whether vegan, gluten free or if you want to just double up the protein or salad. I love the chicken and steak combo with spicy teryaki sauce and brown rice. The line moved fast especially with the self order kiosks. I also think its cool that they partner up with vendors like mealpal here. Every single dish and protein ive tried had good seasoning with big portions and high quality ingredients. There is also ample seating here but it gets packed between 12-2 pm so beware of less odds in this time frame.

Gabriella Narvaez

This was a delicious sushi offering and wonderful experience. Their menu clearly listed gluten free options sad they even offered gluten free tempura shrimp (which was fantastic). Our waiter was exceptionally nice and attentive. We will be back!

Sarah Heitner

Amazing wine dinner with the most fun and kind waiter, Lin! I have dietary restrictions, gluten free, and he was so knowledgeable and made sure I had a great meal. A truly great experience!

Maddie

Excellent risotto and ravioli! I was able to find gluten free options as well. Our waiter Jason was very attentive and nice! Would definitely go back!

Asia Burke

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Ted R

Specifically asked for gluten free and the dish came with a flag, but I got a reaction. This is not the first time it’s happened in this location, which is why I hadn’t been back in 2 years. Please take care of allergies better.

Christopher Tanski

TL;DR: 4/5 star food, 1/5 service. Should be stripped of their michelin star until they can get their front-of-house in order. Review: I'm just going to rip the band-aid off now, and say in all of my years of going to restaurants, from chain restaurants to Michelin star restaurants, I have never been made to feel less "valued" as a customer than at Le Jardinier. The restaurant should be stripped of it's Michelin Star because of how poor the service is alone. My wife and I have been looking forward to trying this place for months now as we saved up to take a Christmas trip into NYC. We were excited for the tasting menu most of all. We excitedly confirmed with our waitress that the tasting menu was gluten-free for my wife and let her know we were most likely going to do it. She leaves, says she'll come back to take a drink order, but she never returns. Instead, our first course shows up, and another guy eventually comes around to take a drink order. From that first course up until the dessert plates were cleared, our waitress never came back to check on us, never asked if we needed anything, no one asked if we wanted another glass of wine or a cocktail. The waitress ignored us for the entire 2.5 hour ordeal. It wasn't a 2.5 hour ordeal to appropriately space the tasting menu mind you. If it was, they would have been interested in selling more drinks to us at the very least. The food was just slow. The wait staff even dropped the desserts at our table without so much as a word about what was in them until we had to ask because my wife was nervous about the cookie-like thing on the bottom of hers. Meanwhile, the customers to our left and right were being waited on consistently by the waitress. She was chatting both tables up. Their water was constantly topped off. The disparity in service was so profound we both just wanted to leave by the fourth course. So, how WAS the food? It was...fine. The first item, HIRAMASA, GRAPEFRUIT, JICAMA, AVOCADO MOUSSE, BAY LEAF, was fresh, good acidity and use of textures, and it was plated beautifully. It was a nice start to the meal for sure. The second item was SAVOY CABBAGE "LASAGNA" CELERY ROOT, HAZELNUTS, BLACK TRUFFLE." It had a nice savory, earthy flavor profile to it and was pretty tasty. The third dish was surprisingly underwhelming, POACHED MAINE LOBSTER, CREAMY POLENTA, CORALINE BISQUE It was very one-note in it's flavor profile and my poached lobster was overcooked. Rather disappointing. The fourth course was the LONG ISLAND CRESCENT DUCK, ROASTED SALSIFY, KUMQUATS. The duck was just salty. If there was other seasoning on it, I couldn't tell because it was licking a salt cube. The cook was impeccable though, so they definitely get points for that. The dessert I had was THE PUMPKIN PATCH, AUTUMN SPICE CHEESECAKE MOUSSE, CANDIED GINGER ICE CREAM. It was visually impressive, but your mileage may vary depending on how you care for flavors like pumpkin or ginger. I will say though, their patissier is very skilled.

Lola Arevalo

The food is good, they have Gluten Free options, Fran served us and was very attentive and friendly, making sure that the food was gluten-free and everything was good.

Nur T

Daniel was beyond warm and welcoming, that we decided to visit again and try other items.we dined in, and he helped us choose the best items on the menu. The french cream pastry was indeed delicious. My mom tried their gluten free bread and she liked it. Honestly one of the best customer service I’ve received ! He’s a great conversationalist , both my mom and I loved our visit!

Paloma

They have gluten free bread option for toasts and sandwiches. We went kinda early on Saturday morning and don’t have to wait, in addition they were so fast serving food.

Kelly Stoyak

There was a great variety of food from the many different eateries to choose from. The places we ate from had fresh elements to their dishes which was very pleasing. La Palapa served fresh guacamole and salsa with their food - which also had fresh elements of vegetables incorporated into them. We also ate from some Thai/Indian eateries within the vicinity that had delicious dairy/gluten free food with fresh elements to their dishes. It was quite crowded and a challenge to find seating - but expectedly so during the busy holiday season.

James Peebles

Henrique S Baccar

They have Many options GF

Lucia Alamia

I have to say the service here was a 10/10! I have celiacs and haven’t eaten out in over a year because I get so sick from cross contamination and am so nervous ! The manager here made me feel so comfortable to eat, took me to the kitchen to meet the chef that would be handling my food and assured no cross contamination would occur! (So much relief when I heard that) I got the Cacio e pepe with gluten free spaghetti it was truly amazing with great taste! Then for dessert I got donut bites a celiacs dream because that’s hard to find being gluten free! I did not get sick and it was over all an amazing experience and will be going here so many more times! Thank you so much to the manager and staff for making sure I felt comfortable enough to eat here! Celiacs this is our spot!

Where's WeeWoo

Not the place to go if you have a gluten allergy or need to be gluten free, there are so few gluten options it was almost laughable. I think it’s one of those situations where they were being overly cautious, but wow. I was the only GF at the table and we ordered the crustini’s, they all came out on Cucumber. When we asked for the original, they came out on cucumber again. The place felt a little chaotic when we first came in and even after being seated. I can’t speak to what the rest of the group got, but as a person with a gluten allergy, I would not be back.

Cindy Beer - Fouhy

Excellent food and service. My first time here. I ordered the special Bronzino dinner. It was beautiful and delicious but a little spicy for my taste. Without hesitation the waiter insisted they make me another which was perfect! I’m dairy and gluten free and delicious food is hard to find in many restaurants. I was also thrilled with the lemon sorbet artfully plated with a currant sauce. And sipped my peppermint tea for a relaxing ending. Definitely coming back!

George Curlee

Audra Bonacki

This was my first time here and I will definitely be returning. The room is super cozy and warm, the service was wonderfly friendly and the food delicious. They did not have gluten free pasta available this night unfortunately however the veal meatballs over polenta that i had were fantastic! Pillowy and light with a snowfall of parmasan on top. My friend had the Bolognese and said it was delucious as well. The prices are so NOT typical NYC prices which allows for extra plates to be ordered to share. This hidden gem is a wonderful find, check it out for yourself.

Rachel Toma

Lovely dining room! One of the best in NYC. The art and furniture are so well curated! We are gluten-free and even though we mentioned in reservation we forgot to call ahead. However, they were above and beyond accommodating! (On Christmas Day!!) While the choices are less than whole menu, the selection truly left some of the best options to choose from! The Tuna Rossini is to die for, but safe to eat!! We also had some of the tastiest wagyu! Absolute heaven! I would recommend this wonderful place to anyone!

Audra Margaritis

Amazing food and able to modify for gluten free.

Janet Joslin

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Charlotte Oestrich

Food here was so good it was mind blowing. I’m shocked there wasn’t a line to get in because this is some of the best Greek food in the city. I’m gluten free and the waiter recommended the salmon with a lemon spinach rice, which was amazing and can’t stop thinking about, and some other dishes, and noted almost all the seafood was celiac safe. There are tons of gluten free options. The mushroom and spinach sides are also gluten free as well as the salads sans croutons, so is the raw bar. They also recommended a Greek organe wine that was so delicious I need to save the name. I’m definitely coming back and trying more on the menu because it’s definitely worth returning!

Riona Ridvan Singh

The Cheese Ravioli is really good and is very filling and they give huge helpings of cheese and the ravioli itself. We also ordered Barbecue pizza with gluten free crust but it was really bad. The crust came right off and it was bland overall. The tables were also very dirty with bread crumbs all over it. The people were nice.

Amber Easterling

I always have a great experience here!! The staff is very helpful and can answer any gluten questions! They cook all meals with GF soy sauce and will also provide it at the table. I got the 8 greens fried rice with chicken.

Emily Kaplan

Gluten free