Top 15 Gluten-Free French Cafés to Delight in New Zealand

Rebecca Mayston

Devine! Am so pleased i discovered this place, o much so its going to now be a regular visit each time I'm here. Highly recommend the La Forestiere if you're a mushroom lover. The flavours are sensational. I was having trouble deciding what to have and the wonderful server recommended if I'm a mushroom lover to try it.... she was right, I can understand why it's her favourite. Great option for Gluten free dining, including a selection of French sweet treats in the cabinet. Yum.

Pippa Searle

What a lucky find, wonderful French restaurant tucked away from the crowd. A warm welcome from the owner and his staff even when it was a busy evening (and a busy morning when we returned for breakfast another day). A jolly, warm atmosphere of everyone enjoying the superb food on offer, happily there are gluten free and vegetarian options and warm fresh french bread for cleaning up my plate of every morsel. We'll definitely make a special effort to return on our next trip to Auckland. Thank you to you, your wonderful staff and chefs.

shamila lysa

excellent service, the staff were super lovely- great range of gluten free food options, highly recommend

M. Lang

A colleague from work recommended this restaurant. The pumpkin dumplings were tasty, gluten free. The tofu was delicious, soft inside. We also had Pho, bao bun and summer rolls. Delicious food, highly recommended. Fair price, excellent service, clean.

A.J. Ponder

Amazing. My favourite Wellington cafe with a few great gluten free, dairy free options. The husband popped in for two slices of cake for my birthday and came home with this gorgeous wee lemon meringue cake.

Andrew Roberts

Quirky place that sells second hand stuff and antiques as well as food and coffee. They have a vegan gluten free breakfast option of baked beans, tomato, hash brown, and patty that you can have any time of day. For non-vegans the bagel is really nice.

Craig Mackey

Stopped here for lunch, I had their big breakfast equivalent menu and my wife had a gluten free salmon, spinach and potato dish. Both our meals were delicious, lovely seasoning with good herbs use and flavour. I had a latte which was good as well. Service was prompt and friendly, decor was pleasant with large photo prints of Paris on the wall. Some tables were on the pavement but we dined inside.

Chris Dubuis

Amazing! We loved this place, great food, wines and service. Right from when you pull in the driveway and see the whole place lit up like a Christmas tree you feel welcome. Inside is nicely laid out, the staff are really lovely and helpful (as in, they actually help you as opposed to listening to your request then politely saying it can't be done). The food was fantastic - we both had the 5 course tasting menu with matching wines (note, the menu is often different to the online one) and every dish was spot-on. The self-serve wine station was also a bit of fun as we hadn't seen that before. Can't fault the place, best food experience we've had in New Zealand to date! We attended as a couple on a Friday night in July and booked a week out from it, one of us is gluten free.

Stacy White

Amazingly lovely service. I only ordered a coconut milk latte ($5) so I can’t rate the food although the baked goods looked so beautiful. I would have given this a five are if the cabinet held a gluten & dairy free treat (but they’re rare in NZ). Loved the service, loved the latte - I’ll be back :)

Philip Woods

Is this the best restaurant of the South Island? Quite possibly! The elegant space created by hospitality veterans Hunter and Ko is only matched by the impeccable service and attention to detail of the team. The degustation with paired wines was nothing less than sensational. An homage to the very best local ingredients prepared with flair and pizazz, yet never ostentatiously. Bold, yet disciplined. Playful, but respectful. Thoroughly recommend this one... Worthy of a detour. Despite its modest size and degustation only style, the kitchen perfectly accommodated my spouse's gluten intolerance.

Michelle Foster

Helpful staff. If you are gluten free, ask for the options. The French onion soup is great but they also do gougere and other things. Very tasty....and they don't charge extra for taking the gluten out!!

Anne Hutchison

Lovely little cafe serving great food and coffee. Cecile’s french baking is delicious. Gluten free cheese scones to die for. Always call in. when I am in Browns Bay

Franco Grobler

Great little place for a sit down. Great French food options and excellently prepared. Good coffee and gluten-free options are available.

Anne Wood

A stunning way to celebrate a friend's birthday. Food and service were amazing, and a coeliac in our group was well catered for with most things on the menu easily adapted. They have a separate gf fryer. We had the small upstairs dining room to ourselves for our group of 13. Every dish at the table was delicious.

Tobias Bircumshaw

Gareth the waiter was absolutely wonderful, he really put us at ease in the environment and was amazing with my coeliac disease. The escargot was great! Thanks so much for a great night chefs and Gareth, you were great and deserve a hefty raise!