Top 50 Gluten-Free Lunch Spots to Enjoy in Tauranga

Debbie Maher

Love this vegan cafe that you wouldn't even know if you walked off the street as the food is so tasty! Great having some gluten free options too, perfect for my dietary requirements without sacrificing flavour and freshness. Helpful, friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Will return!

Daryll Edlin

I haven't had fish and chips takeaway since being diagnosed celiac. This was worth the wait. Highly recommended. 👍

Annalise Smith

Cafe had a lovely atmosphere and welcoming environment. The staff were super friendly, which made the experience so much better. Im coeliac, so having gluten free options that aren’t expensive was nice to see. Will definitely be back!

Karen

A really good find on our walk. Lovely food, good coffee and excellent staff. The Gluten-free bread was the best and homemade Thank you we will be back

Cat Matofa

Plenty of Gluten free cupboard options which i really appreciate as most cafes only offer if at all gluten free brownies from the cupboard. Decent coffee and friendly service will be back :)

Cat Matofa

There were so many gluten free and vegan options, and all were delicious

Maria Lavin

Great place for a meal. We had a large party here for celebration. They set up a long table for us. The food was delicious and lots of gluten free options. I love the atmosphere of the wooden tables large doors and even log fire. Staff are always lovely. Lots of space and room for children families.

Salma Shaik

I can give 5 star for banana muffin and their gluten free snacks. So yumm. However, Staff are ridiculous. They are more interested in talking with each other than serving customers...So rude customer service

Andrew Bucknell

Need to work on not putting cheese and gluten and dairy free burgers. Happens at so many of them.

Susanna De Villiers

My favourite dish at Satori for a birthday lunch was superb. Love the Gluten free day on Tuesdays! Fantastic dining without fear of issues later on. Love this place and it is becoming a repeat experience!

margaret stowe

Great service . I needed gluten free food and needed to educate the waitress that the fries were not gluten free if they were cooked in a fryer with gluten. So.if you are gluten free/coeliacs don't get their frys. But the rest of the meal was tasty and brilliant

Andrew Roberts

Popular place and we were nearly put off by all the tables being reserved in advance. But fortunately we went in and it was great. They have a few vegan and gluten free options including a salad, cauliflower bites, a vegan lasagne, and fries plus others that could be made vegan/gf. Worth a visit but be aware the coffee is expensive at $9 for a large decaf flat white.

Robyn Curd

Very impressed with the amount of Gluten free options. Helpful and friendly staff.

Kathy Gillibrand

We enjoyed a beautiful meal at Sugo. They cater for so many dietary requirements including coeliac. The food was superb and the service to match. The Ribeye steak is best we have ever had. Will definitely visit again.

Pravina Bhuva

Great vegetarian and Gluten free option,

Elise

This Turkish place is our favourite stop when visiting Tauranga. I am allergic to gluten and they always clean the tongs and make sure the meal is made without gluten. The food is amazing! Also the family that own this restaurant are so lovely. Highly recommend!!

James MacGillivray

Always a good stopoff here for decent coffee and brunch or lunch. We had the beef nachos for our gluten free daighter, french toast and bacon for the other hungry monster and the veggie stack. If you haven't eaten for days and all you can think about is a big plate to fill the tummy, don't get the veggie stack - it's only just big enough for a wafer thin super model. Order up the big breakfast for big eaters and hungry teenage boys. There's plenty on offer from the cabinet. Coffees are good enough, but not the bestin Tauranga. The girls are always friendly and most times plenty of parking in the Bethlehem Palmers carpark - after you've doused your body in as much caffeine as you can drink, pick up some pot plants and get into the garden to work off some of those calories!

Dave Pearson

"Wow, I think this is my new favourite eatery", I told my family, while still browsing the menu. This is the kind of food I love and it was excellent. I absolutely loved the dinner here and left so full I was uncomfortably content. It's a great atmosphere and the waiting staff were friendly and professional. Seems to have plenty of gluten free options available for Coeliacs which pleased my wife and food came reasonably quickly too. I will definitely be back to try other dishes on the menu.

Geoff Barratt

Nice friendly atmosphere. We had gluten free cakes and they were great. Love the 2 antique bikes.

Marylou Macpherson-Hall

Very helpful with gluten free information. Burger was massive too!

Codi Roberts

Visiting from out of town , came here with my brother for a bite to eat. The service was spectacular and efficient , all the staff are so friendly and such a good vibe. The coffee and fries I got were superb. Got a gluten free brownie to take away which was so good I ate it all in one sitting. Talk about a great experience. 1000000% chance I will be back next time for more delish food. Thank you.

Daryll Edlin

Incredible pizzas and really helpful that they have gluten free options. Highly recommended 👍

Danny Moffat

Best gluten free pizza in town

Heath M

My wife and I booked in for dinner last night - New Years Eve. The food was fantastic, so moreish, and the range of food on the menu was perfect for us, including plenty of gluten free options. The service was next level and we were looked after very well. The humour was a definite bonus! We'll definitely be back :)

Murray Shadbolt

A busy school holiday night but we were happy to take a high table in the bar area. Staff were friendly and kept checking we were okay. Handled our gluten free request well. Food was (mostly) good quality and well prepared, drinks were nice and desserts were tasty. A pleasant night out.

Tabitha Michelle Embleton

Love that I could finally have a gluten free Nan bread taste just like the normal one.

Maia Reynolds

Zahria was the best waitress ever!! The chef was also amazing but she was extremely accommodating to celiac disease

Sarah Parkinson

Please be aware their Matcha Lattes are a blend, not pure Matcha powder. Contains gluten, milk, soy and egg. I had an almond milk matcha latte today to then spend the rest of morning tea violently vomiting in their bathroom. Only to receive a “oh sorry” after I asked on my way out if they accidentally gave me dairy milk instead of almond milk further leading to showing me the “Matcha Blend” ingredients list

Robyn Curd

So good to be able to get a salad or wrap for Celiac. They always take great care in food preparation.

Trace S

Fantastic spot with lots of gluten free options. Sat outside, such a relaxed atmosphere and lovely staff. Definitely come again

Alec Whatmough

Wow! Absolutely fantastic food! I had the Panang coconut curry which was just perfect. My better half was likewise very happy with the fried chicken. The staff are very knowledgeable about dietary matters (I am coeliac) and the waiter double-checked with the chef before confirming my order. Unfortunately, there was a small glitch when my panacotta (which was very, very good) came with a wheat-based tuille on top, however the error was very efficiently corrected. The only small negative is that the coffee was pretty average, though to be fair, it's not a coffee shop. Will I go back? Most definitely!

P3RP NZ

Great for the gluten free takeaways experience

Jazmine Knight

Gluten free Crepê was beautifully done! Coffee was tasty, service a little slow but understandable as the restaurant was very busy!

Debbie Maher

Hidden gem worth returning! Great flavoursome coffee and delicious food with a good amount of gluten free and vegan options, healthy and naughty ones too for a treat 😀

Andrew Roberts

Excellent food and service. It's expensive but the views and the food make it worthwhile to try. They don't have a separate vegan and gluten free dish but they were happy to get the chef to create something and they didn't disappoint. It really was a fantastic meal.

El Dantzler

Super yum! Great options for dietary needs. All the falafels are gluten free and the fries were delicious :) thanks for a great lunch!

Robyn Curd

Fantastic cafe,great friendly staff, great coffee,not much choice if coeliac but didn't matter,the atmosphere was great. Definately will go back.

Jenny Cannon

Great choice of gluten free and vegan options

Daphne Keller

One of the few restaurants in area that's right on the water 💧 sit outside or in during summer and quite a few tables with views. Situated at the Tauranga Bridge Marina, the views are the boats, the harbour and Sulphur point container wharf, so busy busy. We've dined here a number of times at different times of day and night and the service has always been excellent. Tapas menu as well as mains and desserts. Brunch menu as well. A good selection of gluten free dishes from all menus. Today, we shared a tapa beetroot with smoked duck and citrus infused feta. 10/10. Then the crunchy pork belly, peach, yummy sauce with vegetables. Brett had salmon on lemon infused risotto. Both beautifully cooked. Dessert menu looked delicious but we couldn't do it justice. We will be back 🍾

Donna Cotter

We enjoyed the dinner buffet, good value, really nice duck, squid, plenty of choices and gluten free options as well. Good service, very attentive, We will return.

Marilyn Muirhead

Disappointed that the big choice of savoury gluten free selection has reduced to one! Will give it another try as it was my favourite and I used the take many groups of people there for lunch.

Ness Campbell

Being Gluten Free we previewed the menu to check what we wanted. Arrived ordered our drinks and once our drinks arrived we went to order our Entree which we were then advised they couldn't make as they don't have all the ingredients. (Had we known that there were only select things.on the menu available prior to ordering our drinks we would have left.) Went on to order pur mains and had the same issue couldn't have what we wanted as they did not have all the ingredients super disappointed. Also got offered a bottle of water which seemed to take for ever to arrive and ended up asking for it multiple times until it finally arrived. Service was slow and I am sure they kept forgetting about us nobody seemed to really care that we couldn't order what we wanted like it was standard procedure for things not to be available on the menu. Very disappointing.

Stella Lacey

Wow super tasty, amazingly accomodating… I had a booking for 12 people some needed gluten free options, there were plenty to choose from. The staff here are so fantastic with advice and the service was great…did I mention super tasty too⁉️

Janet Lattin

J Anderson

This little pocket of a place was amazing so, after buying my daughter and I some food, my wife suddenly rang me and asked for a coffee and some gluten-free food if they had any well indeed they did, I ask for one item then lovely woman serving asked me if she was a coeliac, and I said yes she in that instant proceeded to put on gloves and continued with the order, I gotta say that was pretty cool, and let's not bypass the fact that food is amazing and the people are too.

Maxine Whyte

Richie mccauw gluten free chocolate slice is amazing .... I go in my lunch break once a week or so to get one 🤗

carl longstaff

Very busy Japanese restaurant for a Monday night. Great selection of fresh ingredients, and the staff knew about gluten free ingredients and options. My wife got a katsui chicken on rice while I got a gf surimi poke bowl. Both looked amazing. The poke bowl tasted amazing.

Dwayne Collins

Great food and beverages. Waiter received a good tip as he was very helpful with my wife's coeliac needs

Bryson Huxley

The Gluten Free muffins are not actually Gluten free ... it practically ruined my whole day.

Margaret Crisp

We chose to go with the pre cooked dishes on offer that were kept warm under heat lamps (& were possibly in a bain Marie?). I had vegetarian noodle, vegetarian fried rice, sweet & sour pork, fish bites & chips. The vegetarian noodle & rice dishes tasted really nice. The sweet & sour pork wasn't very sweet or sour & the pork wasn't that great. The fish bites looked nice & thick but didn't taste fresh. The chips were great. Service was friendly & quick. Gluten free foods were well labelled. Plenty of free parking outside.