Top 37 Gluten-Free Lunch Spots to Enjoy in Crystal Lake

Julia Summers

By owner: "We are a dedicated Gluten Free Kitchen! We cater to many food allergies. We are a scratch kitchen, so most dishes can be modified or adjusted. We look forward to serving you!"

Nova Sweeney

GF options and have been a customer for years

Katie Rylko

Can not attest to cross contamination or cooking areas, but they do offer gluten free and cauliflower crust for pizza. Other gluten free options appear very limited. The person we spoke to said no options for fluten free. I discovered options were available after we left. The place was super cute and laid back for a baby shower. Everyone else raved about the food.

Bob Boro

If you have a gluten allergy they have a great grilled chicken sandwich on a gluten free bun. Love the waffle fries too.

Cro-Boots

A hidden gem for sure. Great people, great food. Always great to find a place to eat that notices gluten free as a dietary choice! Way to go Andy’s!

Maria S.

Cozy little place in Crystal Lake. First time going there and I'll definitely be going back. I had a pumpkin chai tea that was very tasty and a gluten free oatmeal creme sandwich. There were many gluten free options which is rare for coffee shops!

Dave Washington

Sharon H.

This is not a celiac friendly environment. If food sensitivity and allergies are a concern, go somewhere else. My server was irritated at my enquiries. And now I am paying for it.

Grant Carter

Great options for gluten free diets and very nice employees, or at least with my experience.

Michele Rempel

I appreciate that they can accommodate my grandkids' allergies by making a gluten and dairy free pizza. Food is tasty and well made.

Alejandro Silva

GLUTEN FREE Options

Maximilian Werner

I’ve lived in Crystal Lake for about 5 years now, and Breaking Bread has my favorite rueben, hands-down. Meat and kraut are what you’d expect, but this place really shines with the cheese and bread. Delicious melty swiss and fluffy rye with a nice, exterior crunch. The 80s dad-rock playlist is a plus for me, and my gluten-free partner highly recommends their celiac-safe options. Crystal lake staple.

Kataryna Beatty

Staff was amazing. They were able to accommodate our gluten allergies and the flavors were 10/10!!!!!

Lori Luminiello

I Ordered a breakfast quesadilla which was delicious! A little under $13. I wanted to try their gluten-free waffle. I asked for just one waffle with nothing on it. The charge for that simple plain waffle was a little under $16. A coffee is $4.75 and iced tea as well. The server took forever to take our order and only did so because I had to get his attention to come to our table. Though my quesadilla was pretty good, I will not be back because I would not be able to afford it! Prices are ridiculous! I forgot to mention that a regular waffle was a little over five dollars but gluten-free $16. The bill for just my order was a little over $41!

Kas Rose

I order on the app all the time, I have celiac and love the bread here, but the order I received tonight the bread was stale. Really disappointed with my food, I’ve never had problems like this before. Don’t serve stale bread.

ian Morrison

Tasty Bistro is a great offordable Asian place. They have an incrediblly wide variety of options and they all taste great. They do gluten free upon request. The atmosphere is nice, a little strange style, but feels fancy enough when your in there.

Grey Z.

We've been here twice for the all you can eat sushi dinner. The prices are extremely fair, the quality of the sushi is excellent, and the overall service and atmosphere is fantastic. I will continue to recommend Sushi U to anyone looking for a great all you can eat sushi spot! I'm also gluten-intolorant and really appreciated the staff being so helpful in letting me know which rolls I couldn't have due to my restriction (and for providing me with gluten-free soy sauce). Thank you so much!

Lady bug

I love this place! I went for the first time a few weeks ago and it was amazing. The food, Chef, presentation were all amazing. The best part for me was that they offered gluten free options, so I could eat from many options. I did not like when I told the Chef/cook that I did not want food tossed at me and he still tossed it, however - I thought was rude, but I took it stride, that time. Anyway, overall, the food was delicious and my family & I had a blast!

jen sluyk

Top notch breakfast/ brunch / lunch place! They have options for everyone! The service was great! They had a parking lot so it was easy to just park and walk in. The place is fairly large but I can see it getting busy on weekends. We got there at 130 on a Sunday and there wasn’t a wait, and they were closing soon but they didn’t rush us at all! The food was really good and I’m so happy we tried it and they had gluten free options!

JJ O

I have updated my review to 5 stars because they are one of the few fast food restaurants that has a good tasting gluten free hamburger bun.

Kataryna Beatty

Their gluten free pizza is amazing. Beware their fries are not gf even though they claimed they were (they were battered)

Lena M

First time visiting yesterday and will definitely be back! Food took longer than I would have liked but was worth the wait. I am gluten free and most items they are able to accommodate. Also lots of vegan options as well.

Courious G 007

Very good brisket, almost everything is gluten free or can be, except for the corn bread and Mac n cheese. Staff friendly, and helpful with making a choice. I thought the price was excellent for what you were getting.

Judy P

Really like Mugs. They do gluten-free correctly and a big bonus is that my friends like their regular pizza too!

Pat Kollman Thompson

Very nice place! Great gluten free French toast!

Susie Romans

This just might be my new favorite coffee place! The pumpkin spice latte was absolutely amazing! They have gluten-free items, and the staff was so so sweet!!

Karen Schuster

We love that this is real food and that taste is amazing you can get gluten free items so easily and switch out Dairy if you need to and the flavor is still there

Katherine Mackin

Mike Coe

Couldn't miss this when I was visiting in town! Their gluten free pizza is by far my favorite! Love that thin crispy+ doughy taste! Super high quality ingredients (cheese, mushrooms, premium bacon). Expensive but worth it.

Samantha Danczyk

Staff was friendly and food was delicious. very impressed with accommodations for gluten-free and vegan options. Definitely will be returning

jamie watson

I've ordered for them several times But I'm gluten free and dairy Free at one time the order was messed up just one time only out of like 10 times I've ordered they paid for the whole meal And sent me a new one There are good company and good quality food

Laura Zoller

Rough start. Had to request service after waiting for about 15 mins without service. I believe our servers name was Taylor. She was outstanding. My daughter is gluten intolerant and she took special care of her requests. She recommended the crusted sea bass to me and it was excellent. Overall it was great experience. Always are favorite place to eat.

Georgine Jewell

Friends invited us to go to Jude's. Reservations at 5:30pm Saturday. This is required, this place was full already and for good reason. While it is a smaller venue, it feels spacious and very inviting. It is a bar / restaurant. I was very pleased with the atmosphere. It was not loud and it was full. I sat at a table for 6 and was not cramped at all. It has a very pleasant clean and contemporary look. The staff were impressive. Host immediately approached as she saw us enter. Big smiles and warm greetings. She walked us to our table while chatting and another server was also greeting us as we walked to our table. Our table server was bright, smiled, very informative and helpful and attentive the whole time. The food is very tapas like. Small plates that can feed one person modestly, but two plates is a meal, very filling. Yet as a group, we just ordered two or three plates to share, like appetizers and then ordered more. They had no issue with that and it keeps the items warm if you do not order all at once. What we had was very good. My favorite was the lamb chops, but there are so many choices, vegan, gluten free, meat and all were very well prepared. I do not drink, so I cannot comment on how the drinks are, but our table did have quite a few glasses removed, so someone must have enjoyed. I would definitely recommend Jude's, but strongly suggest a reservation, since this place is a gem in Crystal Lake and there are not that many, so it is full very early.

Carly Arrigoni

LOVE IT! The white chocolate with raspberry cannot be beat. And love all the gluten free options too. Big benefit having a drive through, too!

Courious G 007

Great food, I reserved our seats, it's a smaller size restaurant. Service was great, the waitress seemed to know the menu. They gave a gluten free menu. The carrot soup was the soup of the day, and was excellent. Everything tasted great.

Linda Shand

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