Top 50 Gluten-Free Mediterranean Spots to Explore in Missouri

Christy Lynn

I enjoy this restaurant every time I visit KC. The decor is inviting, cheerful and natural. The restaurant is very clean and crisp. I especially appreciate the many live plants. The staff is friendly, professional, and caring. They pay special attention to allergies and take them seriously. I ordered takeout tonight and Grace was very attentive to my meal as it was being made. As a note, they have gluten free buns, but they do contain milk (the staff did a great job of telling me). I made the choice to try the buns and can attest that there is a significant enough amount of diary to cause a reaction. They have plenty of options if you have food allergies. Also, they use avocado oil and olive oil to cook.

Courtney Hollingsworth’s

Eh. Pretty hit and miss.

Stacey Smith

Nice gluten free options and knowledgeable staff. Will come back again.

Brian Adams

Had a lunch on a Sunday afternoon. The food was fantastic. And our server, Jeremy, was even better. Not your traditional wings, which is good. You can go anywhere for those. But these wood fire grilled wings with chili garlic oil and spicy feta dip were the best wings I've ever had. So large and juicy, not to mention the flavor. My wife and I each had a sandwich. Her a Chicken burger, wiith caprese topping was very juicy and moist. I had the Prasino burger on gluten free bun. The bun was average. But burger was cooked medium rare exactly how I ordered. The best was the side of truffles potatoes. Excellent! Then along came dessert. We ordered blood orange Creme Brule. Great flavors complimenting each other. Best I've ever had. That was a common theme amongst our table. The others at our table said the same about their food. One of the couples recommended the roasted garlic hummus pesto, feta, tahini, and grilled pita. All the portions were large and sufficient. Will definitely return soon.

Tracy Young

Had Father's Day in Branson, this year, the Olive Garden was absolutely wonderful. My sister-in-law is gluten-free. They have wonderful gluten, free pasta and the waiter was absolutely superb.

Jordan Presto

Vegan, gluten free and vegetarian options! It was so good, I'll definitely be back. The waitress was so nice and knowledgeable about the food! Try the mint lemonade 👌

Barb Schaefer

Liz was very kind and helpful. The food was delicious. I enjoyed my gluten free pasta.

Hans Liu

I have eaten here consistently for the past 3 years, and this is by far the best Garbanzo branch in the country. The owners always make me feel welcomed, and the food is always incredibly fresh and tasty. Not only that, but they accommodate my gluten intolerance and food allergies super easily and are very attentive to food quality and safety. I have been to another Garbanzo location in Salt Lake City and it was not nearly as good as the Clayton Garbanzo, and that is because of the care and attention that Garbanzo Clayton owners put into serving high quality Mediterranean food. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a quick and healthy meal in the area. 5/5

Eli Barrera

Lovely BBQ Restaurant Plenty of GF options and everyone was extremely friendly. easy eating for someone celiac or any BBQ lover

Kari Everhart

We have to be very careful when eating out as my partner has major food allergies, allergic to both gluten and dairy. They did an excellent job and the food was beyond fabulous.

Amy Warden

Authentic, fresh and amazing food!! The falafel is our favorite. Has just a touch of heat, plenty of flavor, and excellent texture! The beef kabobs are marinated for at least 30 hours and they are also fantastic! Several menu items are marked vegetarian and/or gluten free.

Nate Blanchard

Went for a lunch date with my bride, great atmosphere, enough food we could have shared, ended up with leftovers for both of us. They worked with dairy & gluten issues, but was very limiting of their menu. Food was still very good! Daniel was very attentive server. Thank you all!

Steve Christensen

Pita Pitt manager is always professional and friendly. My wife has a gluten allergy, they always take care not to contaminate her food. The food is always delicious and fresh. We love it.

Kate Wagner

Thank you for serving awesome gluten free wraps!

BSA Aviation

Can anyone explain why Olive Garden insist they are Gluten Free but actually are not ?? Is it just a market ploy to get people in ??

Marsha Pillers

Excellent selection of tasty and fresh food. Lots of gluten-free options. The flavors were amazing, portions plentiful and service excellent

Brian Ridge

Great food, gluten free options, great price, great service.

Kathryn Northrup

They need to add some gluten free food on menu ... I had shrimp and soup & salad which is good but prefer more ...

Gerri McQueen

My take out mesl was perfectly packaged with nothing missing. The gluten-free pasta was delicious. The curbside service was convenient.

Nicoya Benton

We went during happy hour and enjoyed several different types of sushi at a great price. The fish was so fresh! I am gluten-free and our server was very attentive to that and explained how the rolls could be altered to accommodate my allergy. I look forward to going back to try some of the great-looking cocktails. Can't recommend Haruno enough!

Jess

We were assisted by Jaelyn and they were lovely. We came in a little hangry and struggling to make a good choice that was gluten friendly. They helped us identify some good options and let us decide. After finally making our choice, she also offered us GF cheese and we really appreciated that. She was very nice as we kept asking for more soup and they even started a fresh batch! All In all we had a great experience and the food was delightful. Thank you to Jaelyn, and sorry it took me a min to post a review! (She did not pressure us to do this, I wanted to, the survey passed before I could complete it in the resturant)

Zachary Ford

Very good experience! The staff were friendly and kind. We were a large group so they had a lot to deal with, but they did it flawlessly with one minor exception of bringing regular pasta when gluten free had been requested. Other than that small hiccup wonderful time and tasty food

Emily McKeel

Gluten free pasta is amazing.

AmySoup777

We could not have had a better experience! The waiter was so helpful and kind, and the food was great. I got a dish with broccoli, and it was green, fresh, and tasty. I have a gluten allergy, and the manager came over to our table and told me they were going to change gloves, make sure everything was handled properly, and they would take good care of me. I felt so safe, and I did not get sick later, so I know they did a great job. I was SO SO SO impressed and happy! For anyone with a food allergy, eating out can be a scary and isolating experience, but I was so pleased with how everything was handled. I will definitely be back! ❤️ The other people I was with were also very happy with their food. A+

Amy

The food is amazing and the owner is so sweet and fun to chat with. We were just passing by on a road trip and we felt totally at home. We need gluten free options-- The Med is very accommodating! They offer rice and potato dishes of course, as well as gluten free falafel.

Billie Stock

Great gluten free options! GF is hard to find locally but Syrian Kitchen is always listening to our dietary needs and making sure we have everything we want and need. The service is always speedy and customer service is great! Our family LOVES eating here and supporting small is so important as well - a great local staple.

Katy Kroeker

This place is amazing!!! I'm gluten intolerant and they were so friendly and super kinda helping me navigate the menu! The FOOD is *Phenomenal* !!! So good, I can't even start to explain! You get a ton of filling, well prepared food for your money! AND the service is amazing!!

Alexandria Serra

In KCMO for a night and it’s always a struggle to find gluten free and vegan options in new places. The kind folks at my hotel recommended this place and it did not disappoint. Super friendly staff, great attitude even though I walked in about 15 min before close. The food was exquisite! I got the falafel + hummus plate and sub’d out pita for veggies, lentil soup + salad. Yum! Highly recommend.

Jill Niesman

I ordered twice. The best chicken shawarma salad I ever had. The beef was also great but I liked the chicken a little more. The house lemony dressing was excellent. The meat pie was very good. The food was exactly as pictured on the menu and beautiful to look at. I am a tough grader and 5 stars says a lot! I wish they had a location in the city still, I could eat there every day. I can see there are many tasty options for different eaters, meat, veg only, or gluten free. Do not change a thing J's Pitaria! How bout open in Maplewood or Dogtown? Please.

natalie padilla-gillett

What a find!!! This place was AMAZING!!! Super friendly staff, location had a fun courtyard with live plants, murals, and a pizza oven. The food was tops! Great variety, some vegan, some gluten free. Everything hand made FRESH! The beverage options were also varied.

Denise Hart

Theresa Denise gives the best customer service! She caught that someone pressed the gluten free button but double-checked with me to confirm. It makes a difference in getting the pitta or not, which I appreciated. The salads are fresh and I like how the meat is served on the side in foil to keep warm. I also like that they provide 2 sides of dressing in case you want more. I've been twice and have had a great experience both times.

Nukka Fool

First off I like your response!! Must be a prefilled response because I see it for about every bad experience. Anyways, well we attempted to dine in with myself, wife, son and mother. We came in and asked if they could seat us at a table because my mother had hip replacement surgery and booths are too hard for her. After waiting a bit which didn't make any sense because I walked through the restaurant and seen 9 different tables open yet here we sat waiting. Finally got sat and wouldn't you know we were taken to a booth. When we brought it to sheree the servers attention she blankly looked at me and said I guess we could wait another 20 mins or so before they could get us a table, even though there was at least 6 open tables in sight. By this time my mother just insist we go ahead and get our food and she will wait in the car where she can actually sit. So now I decided to get two of the orders to go while my wife and son eat. Well as soon as sheree seated us she handed us a menu and asked if we were ready to order, wait what?? What's the point of handing us the menu if we just know what we want. I asked her for a few minutes to actually look at the menu, literally 62 seconds later she's back asking us yet again. So I asked if we could actually have enough time to look over then menu.btw never asked us if we wanted something to drink, or asked us about tasting any wine or start a appetizer. Just right to us getting our main course and getting out the door. So all in all she came back 5 times to rush our order. Never have I ever felt so rushed or pushed so hard to get out the door. I have worked in the food industry for 18 years and this is absolutely a unacceptable way to conduct business. You should arrive to make the customer feel great about the transaction and walk away feeling like their money and time we're well spent so they not only come back, but also tell others about their great experience. Well by this time we all just want to get the food and enjoy whatever we could put of this trip. We were in town for a couple days helping family adjust to losing someone close. It had been a terribly long day and no one was up to cooking. While taking our order I was chastised for asking to put two of the orders in for take out and getting them to go at the end of the dinning in. After some debate and trying to talk me out of it, sheree rolled her eyes and walked off. Not 3 mins later both orders were brought to the table in bags and I was told I could open them or definitely couldn't eat them while I waited. Wow. I'm paying and being told how and when I could eat what I'm paying for. I picked the bag up and moved it out of the way, the bag felt ice cold like it had been in a fridge all night. I finally got a waiters attention and asked if he could find our waiter. 7 mins later she came to the table and told me I got my food so what's the problem, I am paying for what I thought was fresh food not some frozen left overs from God knows when. I told her it was unacceptable and that I wanted fresh dishes.she informed me that this was Olive garden s practice to make and chill dishes that are ordered to go?? What?? That makes less then sense! I say no way paying for frozen food. She tells me I ordered it so I must pay for it. After debating it with me for several mins without me accepting her lies she went back and brought me the same bag she took to begin with and told me yet again it is how it's done here. At this time I asked for the manager, she said she would get him but just like our drinks,he never came. My wife is pregnant with our daughter and has food allergies, so we ordered the gluten sensitive menu. We were VERY CLEAR and had her repeat back to us the order just to be safe. Well the salad had everything on it we asked for it not to have, the pasta only comes in one gluten free pasta and it isn't rigatoni. So not only was the service absolutely terrible, this server almost poisoned my wife and unborn daughter. We more then understand how it works with it being out of the kitchen , but we never expected to get plate

A D

Caution food allergy: They do have a gluten free option. Ordered online (online order shows gluten free), however the noodles were standard noodles (gluten). The receipt with the food shows standard rotini noodles. Unfortunately I ate half of it when I realized they were standard noodles. Fortunately I don't have an allergy but I'll have a bad next day or two. Might recommend others to avoid if ordering curbside/take out if you have food sensitivities. Calling in waited 20+ minutes and was placed on hold twice. Instead we went with online ordering. Tried calling after I realized the issue and after 25 minutes on hold I hung up. Also, this much broccoli for $2.99? Basically a dollar per broccoli head. A bit steep in my opinion.

Jessica Burich

I will preface with Food was very good. The service was fair. They were all nice but the boy bussing the table would take away food far too quickly when we were still eating it. He wouldn’t ask and he did it several times. He was very nice, but determined to clean that table! Paying was another struggle. They do not split a check more than 2 ways. They offered to split 3 ways, but it was overly complicated. Good food, fair service, but they were nice. We had one person with a severe dairy allergy and one with gluten intolerance (not preference). They tried to accommodate but were not well informed of allergies.

Lior Seidel

Good GF pasta

Max Martinelli

Ate outside on the patio. It was hot but the table's umbrella gave us some shade. We elected to have Gluten free options, which replaced bread with corn chips for dipping, which were delicious. Excellent egg salad, hummus, cauliflower, beet salad. Not a single bad bite. Very vegetarian friendly.

Bill Weiss

We were excited to check out this restaurant as we usually love Mediterranean food. I ordered what was really a falafel plate (as opposed to a falafel wrap) and it was over the top! It was huge, came with some hummus, dips, carrots and cucumbers. Their pickles on the plate were wonderful as well. It was incredibly flavorful and beautiful to see. We also were given their delicious Lentil Soup. My wife ordered the Chicken Shwarma that also came with soup. She said the chicken was marinated really well and also a large portion. The service was really good and the food came out pretty fast. Suzanne and her family are the owners and she was so sweet to make sure that my wife could have a gluten free lunch. We are thrilled that they opened so close to us and just off of Old Olive, the shopping center has lots of room for parking. We highly recommended you try their food! We want to go back and try the salads and other things. Soooo good!!!!

Philip Frederick

Wish I could award more stars. Food is beyond amazing and staff very friendly and accommodating. Plenty of gluten-free choices for Celiacs. Hope to return soon.

Leah Harris

We had a good experience at Olive Garden. We were seated quickly and the waitress came by to get our drink orders right away. We ordered the Zuppa Tuscana and salad with no croutons and no breadsticks for a gluten-free endless soup and salad option. They had no problem accommodating this and our server remembered our "no croutons" request when bringing salad refills. If you're gluten-senstive, they also have a gluten-free pasta option that can be substituted for many of their pasta dishes. The next time we're in the mood for our favorite Zuppa, we'll certainly be back.

Roy Krueger

Tyler Sakura

Friendly staff that is helpful with the menu, good food, my wife liked the falafels, they have gluten free options, limited seating, counter service set up for to-go orders.

N Lee

I had been hearing about this place from some fellow bootcamp participants as a way to eat healthy and get in my daily protein and it did not disappoint. . Food: I ordered the Chicken rice bowl (modified it with half chicken half steak, added corn instead of the pickled onions and I subbed the vinegarette with the garlic dressing). It was amazing. The chicken and steak was very flavorful. Will definitely go back. My husband also enjoyed his meal as well. He ordered the steak Harrisa bowl with no modifications.. My husband also ordered a side of the garlic pita chips that he also enjoyed as well. We both tried to get the pineapple apple mint drinks but it was running out so we mixed it with the cucumber mint and it was awesome. Service: Everyone was nice and helpful and it was nice and neat inside of restaurant. I'm definitely a fan. And it helps that the majority of the menu is Gluten-free.

Adnan Islam

Went on a slow weekday night. Food was nice. Staff were helpful and kind. Made a small mistake on our order but immediately corrected it. It was a cozy inviting place to sit and relax there with our food and tea, maybe not the best place to go if you’re in a rush. Lots of gluten free choices for everything except dessert.

odis306

Dinner on Saturday, June 21, 2025 and everything was wonderful! We have a person in our group who has a gluten allergy and the manager came to our table and talked with her personally about her needs. Very classy in my opinion! I had the best salad and rigatoni with mushroom sauce and grilled shrimp! OMG! So good! 5 stars! Columbia, Mo. Best Olive Garden!

Ralph Byas

April Robert

Incredible Arabic Middle Eastern food! The hummus was great, the Arabic salad was the best I have ever had. They were accommodating to cut up cucumbers in substitution for pita because my kids are gluten free. Clean and great summer cooling fan.Authentic food and will visit again.

Brian Parker

Very, Very good Mediterranean food. I ordered several platters of food to go and some baba ghanoush. I meant to take photos of it when I got home but we ate it so quickly because it was so good. The spices were epic on the rice and meats and everything was made fresh and at time of order. Also worth mentioning, is that it was an easy to work around menu for gluten free folks even without a specific indicator of what was gf. Bonus, the host had a killer Cat Stevens and Van Morrison playlist boppin'.

Jo Coner

First time visiting and only discovered this little Valley Park gem because I had a coupon. Loved it! We shared the chicken kebab plate with rice, hummus and a Greek salad. Savory flavors in the fried rice; I think it had lamb in it. Freshly made hummus tasted freshly made! We were offered vegetables in addition to pita for the hummus so I could enjoy it as a gluten free option. (Husband neglected to produce the coupon….) so I will use it and try more delectable menu items!

Sylvain Plante

Wow! The food is soooooo good! Took the shrimp, and the duck leg. Omg! Really amazing! And gluten-free available.

Crystal Shelton

This restaurant uses a Gluten-free gyro meat supplier. Friendly service! Family atmosphere. We will for sure come back :-)