Top 50 Gluten-Free Italian Havens Across California

John Keszler

Amazing burger, very allergy friendly, gluten free options were incredible. Services was also incredible.

Lisa Taddeo

It was a disappointment because online it states they have gluten free pizza with designated ovens. Not only they did not have it the waitress told us it is not a gluten friendly restaurant and that there is flour flying all over the place. Being celiac I walked out. Not nice at all. Celiac friends go across the street to Acquolina. Great service, atmosphere and gluten free options.

M. M.

Unbelievably tasty crispy pillowy chewy gluten-free pizza crust I’ve ever tried. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️My go-to so far is the ‘Sofia’ with mushrooms, artichoke & Italian ham. Superb service. Take your date, your mum, or heck yourself, here for a treat!

Kirk Garner

Great place! Awesome gluten free options if you need that. Some of the best pasta I've ever had and really great service too. Upscale but casual atmosphere. Great prices for the quality, they could probably get away with charging twice as much. Parking is kind of a hassle, I wish they had valet.

Julie Mierkey

What a great find. We were in Berkeley for a show and booked this place by just looking up reviews and by proximity. The service and food was phenomenal. We had a very tasty wine, a gem salad, gluten free pizza and a dessert. It was the best gluten free pizza I've ever had. I can't wait to go back.

Ray Ray

Great service, very little wait. Pizzas were good, and love their gluten-free pizza options. Even though it’s a chain, it’s a nice place and worth the Uber!

illy love

Mmmm! 💗 The Dough Room! My pizza was so tasty 🍕 I’ve been to a few pizza places with gluten free and this spot had a delicious gluten free crust! 🤤 I topped my pizza with alot of tasty toppings like, Olive oil Crème fraiche Onion Broccolini Garlic Mushrooms Black olives Arugula Herbs Basil SOOO GOOD I ate it for dinner & breakfast 😄😄

Gee Pii

Food was amazing, great service! We had gluten free gnocchi, steak and ossobuco.

Linda Berger

We had take away. Gluten free pizza crust was good. Sauce was typical So-Cal bland. Spinach salad with balsamic salad dressing had an alarming amount of rosemary. My sautéd spinach had a hard piece of foreign matter in it, which hurt my tooth and ruined my meal. I shared a photo of the object with the manager and he stated that he only needed to reimburse me for the spinach as that was the only part of my food impacted. Clearly he is fine with foreign matter in his pricy food. Not a restaurant that I will return to.

Madeline P

I was so excited to come here and try this fully gluten free restaurant but me and my boyfriend ended up very disappointed with our experience. When we entered the restaurant we were sat at a table about 1 foot away from another couple in the middle of the room. This felt very strange since there were other tables open but they chose to sit us directly next to another couple, so close that it felt like we were in their conversation. The next issue was the food timing. We waited about 50 minutes for our food to come. The entire dining experience is supposed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes but 50 of that was taken up by waiting. This was extremely frustrating too because we could see couples who got to the restaurant after us getting the same things that we ordered first. Once the food got to our table it was very disappointing. The pasta was overcooked and had a hole going through the middle which made it feel like I was eating a long macaroni noodle with my sausage pasta. We also ordered a ravioli and short rib. The ravioli was so heavy and the sauce on it was so thick we barely could eat it. The short rib was extremely overcooked and dry and not what you would expect for 50 dollars. Another note to add is that this restaurant does not have a bathroom. When you pay for such an expensive meal you hope that the restaurant you go to at least has a bathroom for their customers. But no, customers are expected to walk down to the Main Street and use a communal bathroom with a code. This is not what you would expect for a fine dining restaurant. Overall, I do not recommend coming here. As a celiac, I have had far better pasta from the box. After spending 200 dollars here we feel very disappointed and almost scammed out of our money. Super disappointed with this place and if you are a celiac and seeing this excited that there is a fully gf restaurant near you, please spend your money elsewhere. It is not worth the money or the time.

Clarissa Maloney

So good! As someone with celiac disease (gluten), this place was phenomenal! I had bruschetta and pasta!!! It's so amazing. I will be coming back. Loved this place. Separate GF menu, options on menu say "sub gluten free pasta / crust," for example.

Raj Singh

Good pizza. Celiac friendly if you let servers know. Family friendly

Marcel Fafard

Caffe Calabria is one of my new favorites. The gluten free pizza here is the best I've ever had. Amazing bar, and coffee roasting on site.

Lea Hoffman

Lots of GF options. GF desserts. GF pasta. The staff seemed very knowledgeable

Jay Tkachuk

A wonderful gem of a place in Little Italy. A family business, with the proprietors giving you a taste of real Italian humor should you give them an opening (try ordering a dry cappuccino, lol). It’s rather small and fills up fast, so plan for waiting if you’re heading there for dinner. Worth it, though. We had the Frutti de Mare Linguini (special), Lobster Ravioli and Funghi & Salsiccia pizza. They have gluten free options. Highly recommend!

Michael Mahnke

The gluten-free pasta with pesto was amazing! The pesto was to die for! I wanted a second order just for the pesto!

Ann Marshall

One of my favorite go to spots in Willow Glen. They offer gluten free pasta and pizza. And Wednesdays are half off bottles of wine! Great deal.

Celina Rodriguez

I am gluten and dairy free due to really bad allergies. I haven’t had a good pizza in years and for the first time in a long time I was finally able to have pizza today. I ordered the Hawaiian pizza with the gluten free crust and the cashew mozzarella cheese. Omg! It was amazing! Where I live they don’t accommodate people like me with allergies very well because I live in a small town in Northern California. It’s nice coming down here visiting and being able to eat without so many issues.

Esperanza Hunt

Charlie Ratcliffe

Lovely service and ambience. Delicious gluten free bolognese and roasted salmon.

Stevie Re

Best gluten-free pizza I ever had in all of Southern California. It is really like regular New York Pizza. No crappy cracker thin cauliflower crust. This is the real McCoy.

Becca Chapman

celiac safe! and you MUST get the chocolate fino for dessert..omg. it was incredible. and perfectly cooked gf pasta.

Yara

If you’re a picky eater like me, (when it comes to vegan food) this is the place to order from! They don’t just amazingly season each dish, the amount of food is very good. You pay for what you get. I only ordered take-outs several times, but I only have great things to say about their food. The crispy mushroom, and the special red sauce pasta (the gluten free option) are always my go to. I looooove this place and looking forward to take my family to eat here in person soon!

Albert J The Untamed Chef

Overpriced & under seasoned... the concept of a Dracula themed kind of Restaurant is kind of cool but at the same time this fails so miserably in so many ways. The $50 Count Vladimir Steak is bland and flavorless watery mashed potatoes overcooked steak such a disaster. & disappointment. You would think being that you are in San Francisco you have no gluten-free bread or gluten-free options for people who would actually want to enjoy this food. And I hope you speak Spanish because nobody here speaks English so communication is going to be difficult for most. The concept is incredible unfortunately the food falls very very flat. The flavors I had on my steak were so bland and just weird broken oily sauce made no sense whatsoever and parsley which I absolutely hate spread all over my meat. My son ordered the ravioli which was clearly store-bought Frozen and cooked so not fresh though they advertise it as fresh. Very disappointing for my gluten-free guests because all they can have is a salad. My brother ordered the lasagna which he seemed to enjoy quite a bit. My younger son ordered the cheese pizza which I must say as somebody who makes pizza it was not very good. No flavor at all basic marinara sauce. I wanted the whole experience but the meal was so bad I just had to get me the heck out of here. What really is just awful it took us 6 1/2 hours round trip to drive to San Francisco to honor my brother for a promotion he received at work. So when you finally get out of the city which takes forever and I mean forever. Sadly all you can think about is how horrible the experience was at The stinking Rose.

Jason Knowlton

Kash M

Great selection of food, especially those with food allergies/intolerances. Pretty much menu item can be modified to gluten free. They also can accommodate dairy free as well. Food tasted great! Service was excellent and they are very accommodating. Would definitely come back again

Hannah Stroud

Lovely neighborhood restaurant with kind staff and high quality, delicious food. We love their gluten free crust, which is super tasty and the same size a wheat crust.

Alena Turner

Horrid experience here, was informed that the GF pizza is cooked in the same oven as gluten pizza with no covers/ways to hinder cross contamination. The pasta is boiled in the SAME WATER as the gluten free pasta, and the staff was very rude about me asking for a different pot of water to boil pasta. Ended up not eating here because the cross contamination risk was far too high.

Stephanie Courtney

Such an incredible place with a dedicated celiac safe gluten free menu. I felt completely at ease (a rarity for me), and the menu includes cocktails so I was able to indulge in a mojito!

Jolene Theresa

TLDR: specializes in gluten free! very celiac friendly My celiac friend and I were in town and made sure to scope out all of the restaurants she could eat at. Civico takes gluten free very seriously. Her pasta was delicious and I couldn't even really tell it was gluten free. Our waiter was very kind and even helped out with some wine suggestions. The bread is my favorite part. As the gluten eating friend, I often miss out on bread because we just don't get it for the table but Civico passes it over in a brown bag which is great for me to take to go but also great for my celiac friend because no stray crumbs will get near her! Yes, thats excessive but, for the serious celiac, it can be an issue. 10/10 highly recommend!

Gail Tyler

This is hands down the best ever gluten-free pizza I've ever had. If I didn't know any better, I would never have guessed!

Adam Clevenger

Officine Buona Forchetta's expansive menu accommodated our family's dietary needs and left us all well fed! From the artisan pizzas, build your own pasta dishes, to the gluten-free pizza crust, every selection was molto bene! 🤌 The staff were incredibly nice. The only slight criticism is the cocktails were weak.

Erin F

First time here after seeing many positive reviews for celiac diners who have to eat gluten free. I also need to be dairy free and egg free and that had a generous selection of vegan items so I had high hopes for a good experience. They met my expectations! The sever made me feel comfortable right away when I let him know my needs. He directed me to the 2 gf pasta choices and the vegan sauces. They even had bread I could eat with their amazing tomato sauce. It’s been years since I’ve been able to have bread in a restaurant with my family. The pasta even held up to being reheated for leftovers without falling apart- bravo!!!

Kendra Mellinger

Went here to celebrate a family birthday, with everyone eating gluten-free. Disappointed there was no gluten-free beer available. The mozzarella cheese fries appetizer took half an hour, and was strange—odd presentation with way too much cheese (it looked like cheese pie—which okay, who doesn’t love more cheese? but visually, it was unappetizing, not browned or bubbly, just a slab of melted cheese) and underneath, the fries were barely cooked. When we mentioned it to the server, she didn’t apologize or make it right—she told us the fries are baked that way in the oven since they don’t have a dedicated gluten-free fryer, and they end up undercooked. Okay….Our pizza was good, but not enough sauce, and the sausage was crumbled instead of bite-sized pieces. The gluten-free vegan lasagna was delicious! But the slow service (it wasn’t crowded, but every step of service was slow) and “sucks to be gluten-free” attitude of the server and cook were disappointing. And the ‘80s pop music all night was not our thing.

Ceboh Ndlovu

This place was great, the staff were attentive and kind. I ordered Seafood Fettuccine and it was amazing. My boyfriend is gluten free and he was catered for too!

Anita Baranowski

Really good gluten free pizza (Crust is tasty and has good texture and thickness) some gf desserts too!

Adoree Hyde

The photo below is of their gluten free chicken piccata. The bread is also gluten free and had good flavor. The sauces here are slightly more acidic as one would expect in traditional tomato sauce compared to more American Italian tomato sauces. The wait staff and owners are all incredibly accommodating to customers between my food allegery and observation of other customers it was clear they want people to enjoy their time. As a note more than a criticism the owner does sing at night, he is talented however I also know there may be individuals who could be surprised by this negatively (ie misophonia) and should be aware.

Em Siegel

As a person with celiac disease I was so excited to learn about the gluten free pizza here! The staff told me that the gluten free pizzas are prepared in a separate area and though they're cooked in the same oven, they're also cut in a designated gf area. The pizza was really delicious! They also have a bunch of apps labeled gluten free. The space is nice and airy with a lovely view of the bay. Highly recommend!

Noha Arafa Delamesiere

One of the best vegan spots in LA, and one of my favorite spots in general. They have tons of gluten free options and their gluten free pizza is amazing! Staff is always, warm, friendly, & accommodating.

Gregory Jenkins

Wow. Just wow. We just had an absolutely elite meal here. It's an unassuming spot, with a casual but cozy ambiance. Great for a date, celebration, or really any time you want a delicious plate of pasta. If they have the mushroom flan, start with that. It was savory, and flavorful. We had the gluten free version, but I'm sure the normal is excellent as well. I was impressed with the range of gluten free options, which is always appreciated for me (celiac). My partner had the crab and shrimp cream sauce with lemon linguini pasta, and she raved about it. I had the same linguini, but with the sausage saffron sauce, and loved it. The dessert menu had a number of decadent sounding options, we settled for thr ugly chocolate cake and the GF tiaramisu. The tiaramisu was so creamy it was almost a pudding - tasty, and melt in your mouth smooth. The ugly chocolate cake (that's what they call it) was lighter than I expected, rich, but kinda airy like a soufflé. Anyway, I can't say enough about this spot. It's a gem. If you want good pasta, this place delivers in spades.

Kirsten Townley

Love this pizza place! I don't even need to avoid gluten, but their gluten-free pizza is amazing! We get the No Kissing Tonight - pesto sauce, garlic,... and we add on cashews. The owner, Scott, is so hospitable and kind. His staff look happy to be there. Nice atmosphere, very clean, and good music playing!

Marylou Lunsford

Yummy! They have a really good Gluten free 🍕! It’s hard to find gluten free pizza. Tried the Luau one and the pepperoni 🍕. If you buy a medium you can take the rest home for lunch. The service is good the staff is friendly. Our waiter Shawn was very nice. My friend bought two of their wine glasses that have the name on them. 👍 👍

Meredith W

This gluten free crust is amazing!!! It’s thin, but not crispy. There’s a chew to it that reminds me of regular crust. The server talked to me about how the staff wear gloves, prepare the pizzas in a separate area, and bake it in a pan so it doesn’t touch any flour in the oven. I will be going back the next time I’m in the area! Fantastic

Heather Richmond

One of my fav gluten free pizzas!

Mrs K

My daughter has celiac, and everyone here was so wonderful and knowledgeable. The gluten-free food was incredible. The atmosphere was calm and peaceful. I really can't praise this place enough!

Yael Brown

Amazing spot with lots of gluten free options. Staff took great care of us as out of towners. Thank you!!

Ellie Messinger-Adams

Just had an amazing GF Margarita Pizza here. Not only was it amazing the crust is homemade and has the texture a real crust! I also have. A garlic allergy with is really hard to make work at most pizza allots but here they were easily able to accommodate. The staff was so kind and diligently to be certain they checked on everything. So please!

Jolene Theresa

TLDR: celiac friendly My celiac friend and I stopped by to try out their gluten free flatbread and she took half of hers to go which is highly uncommon. Most gf breads are like cardboard or rubbery but this flatbread tasted just like gluten bread! She didn't get sick so there was definitely no gluten in it but whatever it was, it was amazing! I ordered gluten full tortellini which looked and tasted like it was made in house and I was completely satisfied with my meal. We stopped by just as happy hour was ending and our waiter was quick to help us get some happy hour wine orders in before it was too late. The bathroom... it an experience. Like many cities, some locations work within their confines and RoVino got very clever. The restroom is a short walk outside the restaurant which at first seems so strange because they have someone walk you down to it. At the end of the block, tucked away you'll find a very clean little walk to a door with their logo. Type in the code and you enter a 1 stall restroom. It was so random but well done, I'll be talking about that little experience for a while.

Megan Gray

Great gluten and dairy free pepperoni pizza and Italian salad! The chef came out and talked to me to make sure everything was ok. Very friendly staff and fast service. I’ve been twice since our trip started, and hope to get a pizza to-go before we leave.

Kim Sale

No where near enough Gluten free options, salad had way too much lettuce