Top 9 Gluten-Free Dinner Spots to Enjoy in Kitsilano, Vancouver

Jessica H

Amazing!

Chey Petrich

GLUTEN FREE CROISSANT OF MY DREAMS!!

esse emme

We always have a fresh and delicious gluten free meal at Hitoe. The service and sushi is exceptional. So happy to have Hitoe in the neighborhood!

Kelly T

Wonderful food and service. They accommodated our son's peanut and tree nut allergies with ease and were so kind about it, which doesn't always happen. Such a cute vibe and location. Would come again and recommend especially to allergy families (also very gluten friendly)!

Andrea Schartner

Amazing food, amazing service, beautiful restaurant. And basically everything here is gluten free!! This is definitely a new favourite spot. Thank you!

Lauren Shields

99% of the menu is gluten free. Great and safe spot if you're celiac.

RIZZO 250

Really nice place to relax with a few drinks. Didn't have any food as we had just come from a café but we did get a flight and oh my god. I need to go back to get more if that blueberry basil. Until I do it will stay in my dreams, Highly recommend checking it out. They had indoor outdoor seating. Their menu had things marked as Gluten Free although since we didn't order im not sure if they have a designated fryer or not. Thankyou for the wonderful service staff, you were all so nice 😊

Justin Malhi

A lot of gluten free options, pricey but the food is very solid. Waitress was kind and the vibe was lovely!

Brooks Nicols

Delicious vegetarian menu including several signature concoctions and several dishes which are also gluten free, or vegan or vegan option. Every food dish is healthy here. At least everything here is served with healthy intent. I only say this because they do serve beer and wine also.

Becca

This place was great! As someone with celiac disease, it was so nice to know everything was 100% gluten free, and my non celiac fiance loved the bowl he got too. I had the regular size porchetta with honey mustard, rice pilaf and garden salad and it was delicious and the perfect portion. Will 100% go back next time I am in the city! But do note, there is no bathroom so make sure to not wait until you get to the restaurant like I did, assuming there would be one lol.

S G

Really friendly service. Great atmosphere. Great location. Great gluten free options. Good vegetarian food. It is on the pricey side- that would be my only negative. Think Steak prices for a mushroom dish. I would go again.

Alya Govorchin

This place is delish and they have gluten free options including roti. The staff are really nice..solid and affordable lunch special as well!

Darren L

A great breakfast or brunch spot with a lot of Americana and Canadiana on every inch of the walls! I really enjoy their Eggs Rancheros or Eggs Mexicana. Try their in-house hot sauce with your food (which you can also buy). For you gluten free people, you can sub in gluten free toast for an extra charge and it's actually better than the regular toast!

chloe kf

Great spot for gluten free pasta, very delicious! Accommodating and a great atmosphere! Love every time I go to Nook

Aman Bhayani

Maenam used to be my favourite spots pre-covid. There food was delicious, like no other, and they gave good portions sizes. Even pre-covid this place was not cheap, but the price you paid matched the quality of service and food, so it didn't matter. This time, such a disappointment. Me and a friend came by to celebrate my belated birthday dinner a few weeks ago, and it was such a let down, that I'm writing this review a few weeks later. Cost was $130.00 CAD for 1 Soup, 1 appetizer, 2 entrées and rice. The soup was good, the meatball appetizer definitely NOT WORTH IT. The entrées were TINY, FLAVORLESS, and DRY. Could have basically just been an appetizer. We ordered: Squid, and stir-fried beef. In addition, before they used to make the Pad-Thai gluten-free and now they don't, only offering the vegan version. Why would I pay $26 for Pad Thai that has no meat? Not worth the price for the amount of food and quality we received. Maenam, you've lost a loyal customer.

Yurii Chukhlatyi

Gluten free base pizza felt like it was served on a cracker. Other than that it’s a very lovely place with good atmosphere.

Dominique Matys

Very good food with lots of variety to cater to whatever you may be feeling like, be it tacos, enchiladas, soups. Vegetarian, gluten free, or what have you. Service was friendly and our food arrived pretty quick too.

Mark Duff

Great Canadian restaurant. Fabulous and friendly service. Absolutely wonderful waiter. Great meal served with great courtesy, no better place. Gluten friendly too.

Rosalie Niebuhr

Three of us waited about an hour in the cold to get inside. I love the vibe inside, I got a good but not outstanding gluten-free meal, service was good but I’m jot sure the whole experience is worth the hour wait outside

Fateh-Karan Chohan

They have amazing veggie options and gluten free options! Also their drinks are really good and reasonably priced. Sometimes the environment can be a bit overwhelming and it’s a bit dark so grabbing attention of waiter can be an issue. But the service is good

namita gupta

I usually love noodle box but this location service was terrible. I am a celiac and the kitchen mixed up my order. When I pointed the same the manager Romy was absolutely unapologetic and in fact rude about how it was a small mistake. Very disappointed about utter disregard for food allergies.

JESSICA

We sat at the chef’s table and ordered the chef’s tasting menu and it was a delight! Perfect amount for 2 people, it’s a wonderful journey through some of the best dishes they have to offer. Everything is vegan, and can be made gluten free upon request. Lovely staff, beautiful place, and you pay for what you get for and you wanna get on this Folke train, trust me!

Tiffany Low

The staff at W. BROADWAY consistently screw up orders that endanger people with celiac health allergies. What’s the point of offering gluten free buns when almost every single time we order gluten free, we almost always get buns with gluten that make my partner unwell?! This is a MAJOR health concern for someone who is seriously celiac and accidentally eats gluten due to Tera staff’s carelessness. Not only can they not eat the food, but we just wasted a good amount of money only for them to go hungry. Not only that, but when we walked in to pick up our order tonight, the person behind the counter was on her phone and didn’t even turn around until I cleared my throat. Two stars for good menu, minus two stars for consistently screwing up the gluten-free orders, minus one star for slow and poor service.

Nicole C

Delicious Thai with plenty of celiac friendly GF options. I found my Pad Thai BKK (I think I got it right, but don't quote me) was flavourful and the portion was huge for the price. The dine-in experience was cozy and the staff were friendly and engaging. It was worth the drive!

Amy Grenier

Outstanding on all accounts!!! Went out of their way to to find us a table. Food was sooo goood!!! And so many legitimate gluten free options. 🤩😋 Our waitress Hanna was so lovely and knowledgeable, best vibes ever all around. Would definitely Recommend 😍

Amber MacDonald

Freshest most delicious little noodle place!!! The owner is super nice and friendly. Quick service and they have tons of fresh healthy add-ins - even gluten free rice noodles! Highly recommend for a quick healthy lunch stop!!!

Dallas Mendez

coffee side of the business is lovely, a nice range of delish snacks, including vegan and gluten free options, and the beverage options are very good too, a perfect spot after a cold dip :)

Esther MacKenzie

I needed a gluten free option in a pinch and the staff was very accommodating to my dietary restrictions. They have gluten free buns with they toasted on the grill, not in the toaster, to avoid cross contamination. The frier at this location isn’t gluten free.

Sage Loughin

Thank you Lily! I recently had to go gluten free for medical issues. Even the cross contamination from products processed in the same factory as wheat might make me sick. So I've gotten paranoid about food I haven't prepared myself. And have become one of those customers that asks annoyingly in-depth questions about food and drink preparation (do you know how stupid it feels to have to ask about gluten in beverages because even a couple droplets from splashed beer could make me sick? What kind of lunatic asks if margaritas are gluten free? Me. That's who). Lily was kind about answering my questions and reassured me that the kitchen takes medical dietary issues seriously. She was really attentive despite her full section and never seemed to be in a rush, giving every table the same amicable service. Sometimes you can see when someone is giving great service but is emotionally checked out deep down (I can't blame them. I've bartended), but Lily genuinely felt like she cared about each of the people in her section. The food came out in perfectly reasonable time considering we were there during dinner rush and it was delicious! I can tell within 10-15 minutes if I'm going to be sick and I'm pleased to say that not only was there no problem with the food, but I'm eating my leftovers now. So much for having lunch tomorrow lol I've been several times before I got sick and had to cut out gluten and the enchiladas were my go to. I'm SO grateful I can still enjoy them. Only thing that wasn't perfect was the noise level. I can't blame them. It's a large, popular restaurant. So we sat on the patio where it was quieter and we could dance in our chairs to the music.

Madeleine Matson

Carlo and his team catered my wedding last weekend at the UBC Botanical Garden, and I couldn't be happier with their service. From the first time I inquired, Carlo was extremely kind, polite and professional. We stopped by the restaurant and they kindly hosted us for a tasting. Of course everything was delicious and we knew it would be such a fun idea to serve at the wedding. We were on a tight budget and the catering price is extremely reasonable. My communication with Carlo leading up to the event was pleasant, and the event itself went off without a hitch. The guests LOVED the pizza - everything tasted great. The staff were nice. The pop-up tent with the mini ovens on-site is really cool since guests get to watch them cook, and know that they are fresh from the oven. Carlo met a few of my requests like providing gluten-free pizza crusts, and bringing pizza boxes for extra pizzas to leave with us after we determined that my guest count had dipped below the minimum amount needed to book. THANK YOU - I'm so glad I found you guys, thank you for helping to make my wedding so special :)

Megan Hoy

Good ramen but not sure I'd wait almost an hour again next time. My friend and I put our name in around 1:30pm on a Saturday and were told to expect at least 75 minutes. We ended up getting a table around an hour later. It's nice they have the text system so it gives you a chance to walk around 4th Avenue. I had the negi-goma ramen and added a soft boiled egg. My friend is gluten free and got the classic ramen with the vegan soup and gluten free noodles. She told me ramen danbo is the only ramen place in the city that she's been able to order gluten free noodles. Surpringly the ramen took a while to be served. Not sure if they had to make the vegan broth or get the GF noodles. My broth was really good and had a good sesame flavour. Noodles were good texture, unfortunately they forgot my egg. But I noticed a server and they brought one out on the side quickly. The egg was cooked perfectly and the yolk was nice and jammy. I enjoyed it overall and would go again to try the classic ramen.

Hayley Adeyemi Cloona

I will start by saying this is some of the best Mexican food in Vancouver. Each dish was packed full of flavour with generous portions...but the service...was terrible. I'm not sure if it was the staff on the particular Friday night we went but, I've never experienced such terrible service. The staff were friendly but ridiculously slow and forgetful. It started with when we arrived. We were left standing at the door for 5 minutes while the door staff pottered around doing seemingly nothing, fixing lights and what not. The place had multiple empty tables too, we still had to wait in the cold to be seated. The women who took our order started to take it, once we listed out appys she just turned around and walked away...said absolutely nothing and didn't come back. It took 5 minutes to flag down someone to take the rest of our order. We thought it was random misunderstanding and enjoyed our appetizers. But it took 55 minutes from us finishing our appetizers to get the main course, and when we got it, we needed to request cutlery twice. During that almost hour, our glasses were regularly empty, and it was difficult to flag staff down to request a refill, and once we did, it took even longer to get the next glass. I usually wouldn't complain about something like this only for the place was half empty, the staff stood in the hallway to the kitchen chatting and it wasn't just one staffer, it was multiple bad interactions. We paid almost $150 for food and drinks and only for the food was that good I'd be leaving 1 star. Please speak with and train your staff, your food is too good to have such poor service. I really want to come back and try more, if there is guaranteed better service, especially because almost everything on the menu is gluten free which is rare in Vancouver.

Sarah Thomson

Checked with the host before seating that they’d be able to accommodate gluten free at brunch. Discovered later that they had no gluten free bread and all potato is cooked in a gluten contaminated fryer. Disappointing that they couldn’t accommodate, had to eat elsewhere.

̈Joëlle Boudigou

Good, cheap, gluten-free option

Suzanne

Delicious food, great service, interesting atmosphere and fantastic prices. I had the gluten free BLT 🥪 it came with fries and salad for under $16, it was such a good portion that I had two meals out of it!

Dr.Tanya Gee

wonderful authentic indian cuisine! they have gluten free / dairy free options as well! EXCELLENT Service by : RAM! we will definitely be coming back!

Nicola Watson

Lots of gluten free choices and beautiful food

Jessica Doig

My go-to place for Greek take out. I love their traditional recipes, especially the Greek salad! Convenient location on 4th makes it an easy stop via transit. Recommend the prawn souvlaki. If you are gluten-free, you can ask for extra Greek salad instead of the bread that comes with the souvlaki.

Justin Malhi

Amazing experience, the whole idea is awesome, unique and inspiring! Hiring the visually disabled is something a company should get more applause for doing! Joe was awesome and funny! Our needs were met! I had a gluten allergy and had no problem finding gluten free stuff on the menu, they can change pretty much everything to be gluten free! My only real complaint is that the prices were super high and the food was a solid 7.5/10 which isn’t bad at all! It’s more for the experience and I’m so happy with everything!

Jack Krom

Everything is made in house … gluten free pastas and crackers available . The wines were amazing ! The mushroom risotto was perfectly cooked , the rigatoni Bolognese was superb … this place reminded me of the old pronto on Cambie street , but better ! Will definitely be going back

nikol oren

Amazing food, it's incredible and is worth the not too high price. I personally can't eat many things in other restaurants because I am celiac. But this place offers many gluten-free options, as well as buns for any sandwich you would want, so it makes you feel like you can have basically everything. I definitely recommend if you're in the city.

Maddison M

My husband and I always order from this place. We recently have been dinning in and can I say the food is some how even better if you dine in! Take out is totally worth it and still delicious. They accomdate for my husbands Gluten Sensitivity and he has had zero issues from them. All the dishes are delish. Best Chinese in Kitsilano. ❤️

Enki Nagano

Buenísimo!!! A gem in Kitsilano!!! Authentic and tasteful Mexican food, with a great service! Don't expect to find TexMex here, dishes are not spicy so they are friendly for everyone. They have gluten free and vegan options!!

Django

My daughter is super sensitive to cheese and gluten so we tend to have a hard time going out to eat. We came along this spot walking down to the fireworks and wow let me tell you they really make people feel at home. From the moment we walked in they were so sweet to the kids and dealt with all our allergies perfectly. Washed all the utensils for my daughter’s allergy. Will be recommending to all my family and friends. Also have super late hours for a shop in kits so another plus to the great food and service

A Blair Brienza

Gluten free crust is also potato free, which means no fillers, just right. And their original crust reminds me of Pauly Gee's in Greenpoint ... if ya know, ya know. Folks working are nice. What's not to love?

Yvette Lu

Food was delicious and the staff were very attentive to accommodate a diner with celiac disease. There is lots of variety on the menu, even for gluten-free diners, and they also have additional items that aren't on the printed menu. There is no gluten free pasta, but the risotto is gluten free, and most of the other dishes can be modified. Be sure to make a reservation as it's a small restaurant, and expect to be relatively close to your neighbours. Lots of parking out front. Thank you!

Ruxandra Popescu

Perfect spot for a quick no-fuss meal; friendly staff, celiac-friendly menu and cosy vibes The food itself is super tasty, a bit too much on the sweet side especially the Thai iced tea and even the pad thai, but overall generous portions, nice flavours and textures And no background music which is rare and amazing 💗

Jecca Currie

Decent food, gluten free options. Place is small, music is loud. Great for take out, seating is limited. It's not a comfortable environment to eat a meal.

Tario Sultan

Great convenient parking spot by Whole Foods. Friendly service. Big portions. Entire menu is vegan with lots of gluten free options. Thank you Chickpea, keep it up!

Fredrik Oerling

Honestly, this place falls short of expectations. Despite claiming to offer gluten-free options on their online menu, there were none available. It's a charming spot, but the service lacks expertise, and the food doesn't scream authenticity. The menu is disappointingly limited. For an authentic experience, your best bet is to venture to Richmond instead.