Top 21 Gluten-Free Accommodating Spots to Relax in Cairns City

Vanessa Malfertheiner

great gluten-free waffles and nice staff! defiletley recommend🫶🏻

Christina Pacheco

Hanneke Pastoor

Loved the food and service here! Crepes are gluten free as a standard and they taste amazing! Ambiance is cute and relaxed. Def a recommendation

christine Jonassen

Purchased a glutenfree burger as a takeaway and they overdid it severely where it didn't taste like much and was hard

Emily Fisher

my family and i had a great experience. the food was exceptional, no complaints. it came out really quick despite it being busy. all serving staff were friendly and helpful. also, great gluten free options! overall, great experience and would return again!

Alice Parkinson

This is a must visit for coeliacs. The gluten free bread with the mussels was incredible and omg the gf pizza bases! Honestly amazing.

Daniel Tilton

Great place! Food was awesome, all you can eat and such a variety of meats and sides. 95% of the menu was gluten free which made it easy for the Coeliac in our family. Our waiter David provided excellent service. Would recommend to anyone staying in Cairns.

Gaby Blatter

Very good fish restaurant with seperate gluten-free menu. Also very kid friendly and a good wine selection. Highly recommend

Hobert Whitfield

Andrea Hollund

Good ice cream and gluten free cones! They washed the scoop and even brought out a new tray to make sure I didn't get a trace of gluten on my ice cream 🥰

Bry. au

Sunset view over the water with great service, fantastic margs and delicious food - the gluten free fajitas and paella were amazing!

Emily Trigg

Food is fantastic, staff are attentive and atmosphere is great. Has live music at certain times. So many vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options (some pictured).

Emma Sorrell

We rated this one of the best meals we've had in Cairns for a few good years! Food was so flavourful + lots of gluten free options. Manager is lovely

Jeana Persson

I just went into this location and was told they do not cater to celiac. They have no dedicated fryers and everything is cooked together on the same equipment. I would not recommend eating here if celiac or have a gluten allergy.

Jeffrey Davis

Deborah Nguyen

The food is on point. The rohti is made fresh. This burrito made from heaven is so tasty. Don’t get gluten free unless you’re on a diet. Missing out on the rohti was my mistake. After trying a bite of my husbands rhoti roll, I knew my gluten free order was a mistake. Try the beef rhoti roll. It’s soooo fire.

William Register

Dan

Blonde haired waitress is Coeliac and was very helpful with the menu. Was a few gf options to choose from

Jasmin Weatherley

Edit: Contrary to the manager's statements below, I was NOT offered the option to have the jus served on the side or omitted altogether. I would have 100% taken up this option if it was offered. Further to what was stated below, I was offered two or three gf main options by the waitress when I told her I was gf. I was also served by another waiter and neither of them told me that any of their other dishes were able to be modified. Shame on Tamarind and their staff for trying to change the story to make themselves look better. 1000% will never dine here and will tell everyone else visiting to avoid this place as well. Would give zero stars if I could. I am actually so surprised this restaurant is rated so highly - maybe their food is good (we left before we even ordered anything!) or maybe it used to be good a few years ago, but their customer service and atmosphere was terrible. The whole experience didn't start well, as we waited a very long time to be seated and were left standing right next to a noisy private function (that actually could be heard throughout the whole restaurant). When a waiter came to take our food and drink order, I mentioned I was gluten free and the waiter pointed out the (very limited!!!) gf options. I had looked at their menu beforehand, but there were no gf choices noted (although they did note vegan and vegetarian options). I didn't think this would be a problem as the descriptions of the meals didn't seem to indicate that they contained gluten. I have been gluten free for years and am pretty good at picking out what I can and can't eat, so this usually isn't an issue. Also most restaurants are really happy to adjust meals for dietaries. Unfortunately, Tamarind was not one of them. As I didn't feel like eating either of the gf options (duck or a root vegetable curry), I asked the waiter if something could be removed from one non gf option and was told the sauce also contained gluten and the waiter shrugged his shoulders and said 'so it's up to you'. At that point, where it was obvious that there was no desire to work with me (a paying customer!!), we got up and left to dine elsewhere. The next restaurant had several gf options and were happy to adjust anything I needed (even offering to boil gf pasta in a separate vat of water!). Basically, if you have any kind of dietary - but especially if you are gluten free or coealic - do not even bother going here. There are so many other nicer dining options in Cairns. Tamarind - the least you can do is at least display which meals are gluten free on your menu beforehand. So glad we didn't spend any of our money here!!

Brian Torres

Jennifer Power