Top 50 Gluten-Free Lunch Spots to Enjoy in Cheltenham

James LuvDigital

Pho Cheltenham offers a brilliant setting in a lovely location, perfect for a relaxed dining experience. The food is consistently praised as brilliant, fresh, and packed with flavor, with great portion sizes and speedy service. A standout feature is that about 98% of the menu is gluten free, making it an excellent choice for coeliac diners. The restaurant is accredited by Coeliac UK and staff are knowledgeable and proactive about allergies, ensuring a safe and worry-free experience for those with gluten intolerance, including children. The menu includes a wide variety of Vietnamese dishes like pho, curries, the amazing rice bowls, and fresh rolls, with many vegan and dairy-free options as well. I would highly recommend Pho Cheltenham for its delicious, healthy food, excellent service, and outstanding gluten-free options.

Joy Hay

Lovely gluten free brownie and a delicious ginger drink. Brownie was one of the best I have had - lovely and gooey. I have marked down though as the gluten free food was alongside gluten containing food and my daughter, who is a severe coeliac was worried about cross contamination and so was unable to eat there. Menu had lots of lovely sounding options for lunch. Would like to see gluten free cakes on top shelf, in a separate cabinet or covered with glass domes to avoid the risk of cross contamination. Also not sure if there were separate utensils for gluten free food or not - if there were then great but if not perhaps have different colour utensils in a separate container to avoid cross contamination. Great service and lovely cafe.

Alicja Jones

Amazing quality food. Lots of gluten free options. Lovely atmosphere, owner so friendly! Will definitely be back!

Jasmine Reiner

I go every month for their Gluten free day. One of the best places for Fish & Chips I've ever been. Highly recommend it!

Sue Marshall

The best choice of gluten free options I have ever seen, fantastic burger, the meat melts in your mouth, amazing onion rings. Great atmosphere, friendly staff

Louisa Quiddington

I love it when independent cafes get it right. Really nice staff who clearly care about their customers. The cakes and pastries are incredible and lots of gluten free options. Highly recommend.

Tanya Cheetham

We cannot rate this place highly enough, the staff are amazing, the food is fantastic, and for someone who is gluten free, it is food heaven! Thanks again for another wonderful evening.

Jim Hall

My wife is gluten intolerant so the Cosy club is a great place for us as there is plenty of choice on gluten free and main menu

Caroline Wells

The gluten free pizza was fantastic 😋

Williams Jeff

3 out of 4 meals of fish and chips were very good. The gluten free fish was inedible batter hard and fish dry. This meant my husband who is coeliac only had chips! We are very disappointed as we have had delicious gluten free fish from this restaurant in the past We would not be confident to have gluten free food from this restaurant again.

Suzanne

Superb chain restaurant for our party - one of whom needed gluten-free and another FODMAP-friendly foods. Lovely smiley waiting staff, helpful and attentive service, and delicious French-style dinner. Very happy! It was my parents' first time ever at a Côte (?!) and they had such a good experience, they're keen to repeat the experience at another branch soon.

Skye Gough

Ruby was lovely :) food was very good for gluten free and lots of options

John Wilde

Excellent coffee, as you would expect, could do with being a bit hotter though. Also fantastic cakes, including gluten free.

Ana Maria

They have a gluten free menu!!!

Justin

Overall I enjoyed my meal here. - The food was tasty. - Service was average. - Gluten free options available but told they were small. I ordered a beer and a pizza with 3 different meat toppings. I enjoyed my food. Wait times seemed to be average for waiting for food and to get the bill at the end. I would have preferred to pay via a website or prior just so I don't have to flag down the waiter at the end of the meal. A note for those that are gluten free: My friend was told the gluten free pizza was a fixed size whereas the standard pizzas can be adjusted in size. They were also told that the size was disappointing and that they would most likely need to order more to be full. Based on the garlic bread my friend did order I would assume the server was being truthful as it was quite tiny. So there are gluten free options but the options aren't great themselves it seems.

MARIA GARRETT

Visited 15 October 2023, reserved a table for 7 to celebrate a double birthday lunch. Great selection of food and good value, really pleasant atmosphere and staff were just lovely, kind and courteous. I booked this based on reviews from others and because they offered gluten free options. Will definitely visit again.

Jihong Min

Lovely and kind staffs 😍 Fantastic variation of gluten-free dessert! Great variation, excellent taste 👌

David Baldwin

As a coeliac, the availability and variety of quality Gluten Free and Gluten Free option food, made for a relaxing and enjoyable experience. Very friendly service added icing to the (gluten free) cake !

Mark Chalmers

Tom was our waiter and was very friendly and helpful. Tom was particularly attentive to my daughter who’s coeliac . Excellent service.

Maria Iride Morelli

Amazing place, especially if you are looking for gluten free and dairy free food. Lovely staff and gorgeous food! Highly recommended 👌

Sylia Farlayne

Food and experience was amazing as always. Abbie's knowledge and discretion in dealing with my celiac disease and needs was a very refreshing experience and makes me feel happy and safe to dine here.

Kirsty Forshaw

Lovely cafe doing excellent breakfast and lunch food, plus good coffee and cakes. We went both mornings of our stay in Cheltenham and weren't disappointed. It's clear why it's such a popular choice on Bath Road. It has an inviting atmosphere and, like a lot of places in the area, is dog and child friendly. It was great to see that meats are locally sourced and that there were even gluten free options on the menu. They've thought of everything here! Truly a 5* cafe.

Nataliya Garbutt

Uncomfortably cold visit. The heating in the coldest day of the year was broken. We never have been so cold and uncomfortable. No worming to the customers on online booking that heating is out of order. Also very poor choice of gluten free selection. Very disappointed visit, which meant to be a birthday surprise.

Ashley Mayes

Excellent food and good gluten free choices for Coeliacs. Superb service. Been twice already, and now always looking forward to going back!

It's me, Lauren

Nagomi is such a lovely place to enjoy dinner! The food is unbelievable, we’ve been a couple of times now and can’t wait for our next visit. As is popular in the reviews - you really do have to try the fried chicken! Everything we’ve eaten there really has been outstanding though and the team work so hard and catered to a couple of us who are gluten free

Gluten free Daddy

Amazing service amazing food can’t say enough good things going through the gluten free options on the menu with a personal touch Keep it up we will be back soon 🙏

E s

Absolutely delicious food, beautifully presented (nearly all gluten free), superb silver service: attentive with top notch attention to detail, yet friendly and welcoming. We had such a pleasurable lunch, so glad we found this place. Perfectly placed for a stroll around Montpellier gardens afterwards.

Daniela Bruckner

Such a lovely atmosphere with dim lighting and sparkly lights. I had the lamb curry with rice and it was really good! My friend is gluten free and had some sticky chicken which wasn’t great to be honest. Had brownies for dessert which were gluten free with ice cream and they were lovely! There’s a meal offer they do for 2 people for about £25 each which looks really good and includes a variety of things as well as dessert.

Andy Green

Very friendly, busy great vibe we are gluten and diary free and they were great. Good value. Well deffo go again

Dale D

Delightful food, great atmosphere and service. All at a really reasonable price. Does amazing gluten free options for my coeliac partner. Now just found out it delivers also! Amazing. Highly recommend this place to anyone, far exceeds the big chains like barburrito.

Anita Armitage

Lovely local family run business. Not many places offer gluten and dairy free options, so this is a real treat. Lots of different options to choose from. Friendly, lovely staff too

elizabeth wylde

What a stunning find for our breakfast. Friendly helpful staff, gluten free options, and beautifully presented food and coffee.

Alice Duffy

Wolfies did a fantastic job of catering for a large conference that we held at BPE. We ordered lunch catering for 50 people and breakfast rolls for 40 and the food was delicious, well labelled and arrived ahead of time! Thanks so much to Rachel and the team for taking our last minute booking - it was much appreciated by everyone. Fantastic that they were so mindful of our guests that were gluten free, vegetarian and no pork too!

Andrew Dennehy

Fantastic service and amazing food. Their knowledge was second to none. Amazing catering for gluten free as well - my wife could eat 100% worry free! Wine flight was also incredible. Some amazing quality wines. The atmosphere was really welcoming and the staff were extremely professional.

Em H

Friendly helpful staff. Delicious milkshakes and several gluten free sweet treats.

michael Reilly

Exquisite service, drink and food. Gluten free, dairy free, vegan all cared for. Fantastic cocktails. Excellent cuisine. Wonderful friendly atmosphere.

Mervyn Mayo

No gluten free options, but otherwise fantastic. Recommended.

Cheranne Hack

The best gluten free fish and chips in Cheltenham! Terry and the team at the Norwood Fish Bar are friendly, welcoming and polite. I order gluten free fish and chips almost every week from there, I’ve tried them all locally and this is by far the best, they always accommodate special requests and phone orders and doesn’t charge a sky high fee for quality ingredients, I’ve heard customers travel from Gloucester and Stroud for these!

AJ H

Great friendly service as always. It was fantastic. Good menu and plenty of gluten free choices. Just love this place

Jonathan Kelway

We stopped by before a show one evening recently for the first time and it was a real treat. We particularly enjoyed how the staff took the time to describe each dish as they served them. I’d recommend ordering a selection of Street Food items as a starter since their offerings are a bit different to what you might find in a standard curry house. Lots of vegan and gluten free options available too. Well recommended!

Jim DaCosta

YUM. Great food, nice people serving. Lovely drinks. Good gluten free options.

Philippa Ho

Good coffee, cosy space, nice artworks and bakes. Soy and oat milk available and some gluten free goodies too :)

Melanie Duncalf

I have never been to a cheese restaurant but having visited Domaine 16 I realised I have been missing out! They offer cheese in most ways you think to have to it and I would highly recommend the Tartiflette. Comparable to those I've had in France and although it was rich it wasn't heavy. We even had room for the dark chocolate fondue afterwards which came with marshmallows, banana, poached pear and gluten free madalins. Absolutely delicious.

Sarah Townsend

Our first visit to Sam’s and oh my – it definitely won’t be our last! The food is stunning. I’m gluten-free and vegetarian and eating out can be a pain but not at Sam’s. Tons of choice – all of it superb. My stand-out dish was the pistachio parfait – wowser! Service was friendly and attentive, wine (I had the Viognier) delicious. Certain other Cheltenham restaurants need to up their game to compete, methinks. (Super unusual for me to be enjoying the food so much I forgot to photograph any of it!)

Emily Atkinson

Not many gluten free options but still had a lovely time!

Colin B

I went to Bosco in November 22 as it's quite new in Cheltenham. I arranged for a work meal at Bosco with 15 people. We pre ordered a couple of days in advance. So there were a couple of issues prior to going, we had one person who was vegan, and they don't do an option for a vegan pizza using vegan cheese. So she bought her own cheese, and luckily Bosco were ok with using it and making it as she requested. Good that they did this but I feel they should have a vegan option as standard. The 2nd one was that we had someone who was gluten free, he requested a gluten free base, which they didn't have. So I had the arancini balls for starter and the Bosco pizza for main. I felt they were decent pizzas but maybe just missing something. The atmosphere was good as it was packed. I feel it is worth trying, and I would like to have given them 3.5 stars but it's not possible.

Brenda Loughnane

Excellent service from staff. Needed gluten free chef knew what to do. Brilliant.

Brian King

Great food, fantastic service! This is what a restaurant should be like. The food is very, very good, the little 'extras' in terms of the amuse bouche, the palate cleansers, etc are just superb. But the service is the thing that stands out for us. Everything explained, positive genuine interest in how we are liking the meal. My daughter, who needs gluten free, was given special attention. So many restaurants could learn from the East India Café!! Fantastic! Keep it up!