Top 50 Gluten-Free Lunch Spots to Discover in Colchester

Danni Martin

Phenomenal. They even had a separate gluten free and vegan menu. Even put little flag in on my plate to show it's gluten free

Hannah English

Great knowledge and choices for coeliac which is so hard to find. Friendly and efficient staff. Delicious pancakes, great atmosphere and decor. Thank you.

Alasdair Barclay

The first battered fish I've had in more than 20 years after being diagnosed with coeliacs disease. This was made it almost worth the wait. Will definitely be going back

Matthew Monk

Zizzi Colchester Is Brilliant!!! 5⭐️+ First time here yesterday, and everything was perfect! Everything from the moment we stepped into the restaurant, we was greeted warmly, the layout and decor inside is really nice. Lovely atmosphere too. The food was really really good! I had the meatball dish and my wife had the Carbonara. Great customer care as my wife is gluten intolerant, but the menu caters perfectly for those with food intolerance/allergies too. They even made gluten free garlic bread from scratch for us, and it tasted amazing!!! Desserts are REALLY good too!!!! Absolutely going to book again for a couple of weeks time for my birthday. Going to bring our children too as the kids menu caters well for them too (kids eat free option available too). Zizzi Colchester is now our ‘go to restaurant’. Thank you for the fantastic food, customer care and lovely vibes. 100% recommend 👍🏻

Clare Elliott

Gluten free, dairy free, lunch, brunch

Amy Tindall

Very cute place, reasonably priced. Suitable for gluten free coeliacs. Amazing syrup pudding! Will be back.

Michelle De Feo

I was so impressed with the gluten free menu they have! And it tasted amazing. We came on Friday and the staff were very friendly and the service was great. It can get busy outside for parking so we had to park in St Mary’s in the end but that isn’t the restaurants fault.

Fox Mulder

We love Dice and slice and it's probably the only reason we haven't moved out of town. We come often to try new games all the time, never have to play the same game twice if you don't want too. The staff are always very lovely, some are really friendly and great to chat with. Food and Drinks you have a lot of options. Sometimes feel like the gluten food is sometimes a little smaller but just glad to have the option! I bring everyone I can here and you should too! They also hold events, including a monthly LGBT night with the local group!

Emmy MacDonald

Great gluten free selection

Tomos William

Natasha was so very helpful, professional and patient with my parents, very knowledge re to gluten-free and menu. Very enjoyable meal, Lovely Ambience, Who could wish for more.

Cristi Mezdrea

A lot of gluten free and vegan choices. Decent food.

Michelle De Feo

Absolutely disgusted by the treatment I faced today in @ASKItalian Colchester by I believe was the chef who refused to give me his name but he was large and had no hair! He didn’t want to serve me a gluten free pizza without a sausage! He was extremely rude it was embarrassing.

Joanne Summers

Fantastic for Gluten free - all pizza toppings available. Delicious crust. Lovely place. Would highly recommend. Great for families too

Emma McGregor

An absolute gem. Fantastic food, mostly gluten-free. Decent prices & good sized portions. Staff very helpful and happy to check with chef on any queries. Good wine list, decently priced. Lovely place.

Stephen Hawkins

One of the few places that actually sell freshly baked gluten free muffins. Service is usually pretty quick even when they're busy.

Elaine Potts

Lovely fresh food. Gluten free options.

Rachel Ambrose

The atmosphere and smell in the place is fantastic, warm and welcoming. We visited for pudding but me and my friend have different allergies/intolerances. The menu for gluten is confusing, with "gluten sensitive" being labelled rather than "gluten free" and turns out those items had gluten in which is dangerously misleading. The Vegan menu is at the back of the menu, and has a LOT of choice which is amazing. What me and my friend could eat was exceptional. High standards and delicious. The mocktails are amazing! Will definitely be back.

Alexandra Oliver

Drove nearly an hour to come for a tea and cake with the dog as it states on the website its dog friendly only be told they couldn’t have dogs in because they were short staffed. They also said they announced it but there was nothing on their social media so I’m not sure where they expected people to see it. Especially as their last post was about a doggie menu! Woman was rude and unhelpful and there were 3 families in the queue with dogs that had turned up to be directed to two tables in the car park that were already occupied. Gluten free options were also terrible so do not recommend for coeliacs

Karen Cooper

We popped in here on Fathers Day never heard if this pub before we highly recommend it ! DOG FRIENDLY ! children friendly too Just overall friendly great polite service with a smile nothing too much trouble gluten free Fish & Chips were lovely as was the roasts ! Especially the Yorkshires ! A must visit if you are local or visiting this pretty part of Essex Thank you for a great experience we will be back 👍

Alison Brown

We were looking for a lunch that was suitable for my 6 year old, meat loving husband and me! Great service and understood the gluten ams dairy free requirement for me. Serving staff were super friendly and explained all options Will definately visit again if I the area! Thankyou

Alex Whithair

Food amazing, service fab, atmosphere good. Good variety of pizzas. My friend is gluten free dairy free and she loves their pizzas. I eat everything and love their pizzas.

Jennifer Briscoe

The chef found us a table at short notice, which was brilliant. The garden was lovely, with a great view. The fish starters were delicious. I had swordfish, for my main and my friend had, Cromer dressed crab. Also catered for gluten free. Both meals were superb. The staff were friendly and professional.

Amy Trigg

We held my afternoon tea hen party here and had the best time!! The staff were incredibly accommodating and generous in helping my hens bring their vision to life. Nothing was too much of a hassle and we felt super welcome - the team at Oranges and Lemons made it all really special. They were also brilliant with our access needs (I’m a wheelchair user) and dietary requirements (vegan, nut free, gluten free, veggie etc). The food was delicious (best vegan afternoon sandwiches I’ve had!) and we’ve had great feedback from the group. The room was the perfect vibe for us - lovely atmosphere and decor. We can’t thank them enough for such a memorable afternoon. We’ll be returning for lunch and many more afternoon teas…!

Ben Barber

Patch is the best place to eat in Colchester - especially the hash browns. Food is always good quality, with interesting flavours in a lovely setting. Good friendly service, and good for gluten-free.

Sophie

Really great brunch amazing gluten free options available. Great value for money

P

Super friendly staff! Great food, gluten free options. Perfect location. Typical Nando's.

Kevin Servantes

Fantastic experience. Incredibly accommodating with us where we had a member of our party in a wheelchair. Service was fantastic. Incredibly friendly and helpful. Staff let us know when they had food at the buffet redone. Rui and William were wonderful, Rui brought our meat around and helped one of our party with getting the meat cooked at the right level for them. The food was brilliantly cooked and so tasteful and a lot of variety for our gluten free child. William made sure that we were well attended and that everything was OK for us and made sure that we had enough drinks. We've been before and will definitely come back again. Thanks for a wonderful meal.

Anwen Walkerdine

Fantastic seafood and service! The staff were knowledgeable and caring about dietary requirements (gluten and dairy free was no problem at all) and they were able to easily adapt most items on the menu, even going out of their way to make sure that a dessert option was available (we had pre warned of our dietary needs when booking). Dogs were welcome outside (although not in the restaurant itself) and, although facing the road, it was a pleasant and relaxing place to sit and enjoy the sunshine. We will definitely be back!.

darron welch

I can not thank the staff at Level Best Enterprises enough for the wonderful homemade lemon drizzle cake that we had with our coffees today. It was gluten-free and dairyfree and was such a treat. Hardly anywhere in Colchester does gluten free and dairy free, and it was an absolute joy! Thank you so much. Your homemade offering is exceptional and I loved all the Christmas goodies!

Sophie

Beautiful food good gluten free options. Small intimate venue

Franz Dworschak

Naka Thai recently moved out of the city to the outskirts of a commercial area. 15 minutes from the center. Now it has a free parking lot. Everything is new inside. The service is very friendly and the menu offers a large selection. spiciness, calories, vegetarian or vegan; Gluten: everything can be put together optionally. We would dine there again at any time.

Teigan Owers

Great sushi, very fresh and nicely decorated restaurant. I have coeliac disease (gluten allergy) and I was able to have most of the sushi. They were knowledgeable about my allergy and even had gluten free soy sauce. Our waiter Omer was great, very attentive and friendly. We would definitely recommend coming here

Emily Hughes

What a lovely place with such excellent service and really yummy Sunday roast. There is never enough gravy in most subday roasts but not at Mersea Barns! A whole gravy boat for the table! My kids have allergies and so many places we go to eat it's complicated and we are made to feel like an inconvenience but the staff at Mersea Barns went out of their way to be kind and accomidate our dietary needs. Good to see a couple of dairy free/ gluten free things at the counter too makes a world of difference to feel included when you have allergies.

perry scott

Lovely food with good gluten free products

Anna K Ermel

We ordered food from here for our Christmas Dance Party buffet. A selection of sandwiches with Christmas flavours, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, dips and veggie sticks and quiche. We have a few people in the group with food allergies as well as sensitive to gluten, vegetarian and vegan . Brunch offered options for everyone! Not just “something to eat” but rather a good selection for everyone to have a nice meal. All the trays and packs were perfectly labelled and the food was delivered on time as agreed. The attendees of the party came out of their way to let me know that they enjoyed the food. I will happily recommend for your event. Making an order is pretty straightforward and you can get good advice and help from the team about what to orded. They also let me know if I was ordering too much for the amount of people. Thank you so much, Brunch. You really contributed to our party to be a great success. Highly Recommended!

Marion White

Melissa Taylor

We had a wonderful lunch. The 3 of us shared a seafood appetiser platter and my son and I each had pho and my husband some beef dish. Everything was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect. The waitress wasn't extremely knowledgeable but tried to be helpful. There's a lot of gluten free and vegan options available as well, even for dessert. My son was asking to go back again before we'd even finished! I only wish we lived closer!

Pauline Bacon

Always has good gluten free options available.

Daniel Jones

I love this place, so friendly so accommodating. Excellent gluten-free options as well as alternative dietary requirements highly recommended.

Stella Taylor

Great service, incredible food, brilliant gluten free options

Mel Thomas

An absolutely gem of an Indian. Above and beyond the normal run of the mill. A really small select menu. Extremely Tasty and well cooked with proper chicken! Not processed!! You will not be disappointed. Nice to see a different Indian that caters for Gluten free.

Queen E

Mira was amazing and the food was great! My daughter is dairy and gluten free and they were so accommodating for this :)

Brent Bailey

Wellesley Ford

I don't know what it is with this place, their gluten free pizza is better than dominos! **Mic drop!** Shame they're never open when I finish work. Best pizzas I've ever had!

Christopher Mertz

Carolyn Grieve

Redrose

What a wonderful addition to Colchester ! We had a full English breakfast [gluten free was no problem], and pancakes with bacon and chantilly cream. Lovely coffee, nice staff, delicious food. 👌

Jess G

Popped in after a visit to the dentists, hoping to grab some breakfast, but I was too late as it was 12pm. However, the lovely staff member did me a strong black coffee (very tasty, strong without being too bitter), offered me some toast and tried to cater to my gluten free diet, and later on returned with a packet of GF crisps as they had finished breakfast time. Very thoughtful service, and the sofas at the front of the shop are extremely comfortable, I did not want to leave.

Tilly Somervell

Great food! Incredible gluten free options! Our waiter Liam was so lovely and super attentive! 10/10 would recommend x

Deborah Campbell