Top 28 Gluten-Free Spots with Outdoor Seating to Enjoy in South Yarra

Am Giannioglou

Gluten free pizza

Melissa Corsetti

Food was delicious!! They have a great vegan menu & cater a lot for gluten free! Special thank you to Anna for her amazing service!!! 👌👌👌

Samantha Ryan

Just seriously good food with plenty of options for gluten free and vegans. A nice vibe and friendly service

Julia Mary

An absolute dining delight! My daughter and I savoured every last mouthful. The staff were attentive and charming. Accommodating my daughter's coeliac requirements was no problem. It wasn't just dinner, it was a wonderful gustatory experience. Thank you, 38 Chairs. Next time I'm in Melbourne, I'll be sure to visit.

Aleta147

Last night I celebrated my birthday at the beautiful restaurant with my girlfriends. Let's just say expect the unexpected here! Food is directly from the farm to your plate. There's no menu so the expectation is a surprise and when it does you're blown out of your mind. From the bread as a starter to the meat board then to the entrees and then the mains to mind blowing desserts everything here was a delight. Leave it to the chef and you're in great hands. They even cater for vegetarians and gluten free meals. Service was exceptional with Mo and Pietro! Thank you again and definitely coming back!

Sara Djukanovic

I celebrated my birthday party for 25 people at Cosi and we had the best time. Everyone complimented the delicious food, the great atmosphere and the attentive staff. We were personally taken care of by Bradi who was absolutely awesome! Thank you! Additionally organising the event was a bit stressful as it was sharing menu, but I had guests with some very complex dietaries (fructose free/pescetarian/truffle free/gluten feee). I was reassured by Roberta, the events manager, who organised separate dining options for guests with dietaries. Absolutely great team at Cosi and i’m super excited to celebrate there again :)

Riley Hellyer

Great with gluten free and the watermelon marg was so good!

Natalie Graf

Every dish was generous & high quality. We went for the gluten free offering and were super impressed. Our new favourite! Thank you team.

Trance Dance

Ordered a vegan and gluten free burger. One of the best gluten free burgers I have had. The gluten free bun did not fall apart

Janina Nowak

I had the Barramundi fillet and vegetable green curry. Generous-sized fillet, with green beans, broccoli, red onion, zucchini, capsicum and asked for a side serve of rice. Well cooked and delicious. Green curry is not overly spiced for my mild-loving palate. Menu offers daily specials and covers gluten-free or other dietary needs, including vegan and vegetarian. I asked about dessert as the menu is bare in this regard. Yes, if you ask, you get! Out came a dish of special balls of banana fritters, honey syrup, vanilla ice cream with fresh fruit salad of strawberries, lychees, mandarin segments. Yum. A cosy yet light and airy environment, that also has outdoor eating on the footpath. And is dog-friendly! They have a new customer! As a walk-in, I was treated in a most friendly and helpful manner by all the staff.

Jordan Camilleri

one of my favourite places to visit while in melbourne, been here 3 times in 1 week for their gluten free burgers and poutine. staff are super friendly and love to have happy costomers, definitely will be coming back when i visit melbourne again ❤️

Rose Cruz

What a wonderful find with great food and super friendly staff. This cafe was 70m from our airbnb and open everyday of the Easter long weekend. Expecting it to be crowded we ordered takeaway easily over the phone. It was ready at the time they said and we thoroughly enjoyed the chicken hero sandwich with crispy chicken skin, pork and fennel sausage and crispy duck fat potatoes. The red velvet tea cakes with strawberries, cream and blueberry jam were beyond moist m, soft and delicious and happened to be gluten free. Both hubby’s cappuccino and my Soy Mocha were the epitome of perfect Melbourne coffees. We ordered by SMS 2 days later and Donovan the owner recognised my order and remembered my name though I hadn’t written it in the text. I wish I had a cafe this great in Brisbane or Sydney where I live. I will definitely return to this cafe when I stay in the area next. Highly recommended! Thanks to the crew! 😊🙏

Kara Scott

Such a beautiful go to cafe in South Yarra! So many delicious options and lots of gluten free options which is so great! This is my new favourite cafe near the city! Coffee is delicious!!

Eva Corcoran

Absolutely divine. Food was incredible, service fantastic and a special mention to the chefs who handed me a little package of gluten free bread after I mentioned it was the best I’ve ever had!! Absolutely loved our night at Matilda, will most definitely be back.

Donald Yip

Food was super delicious, especially the limited time Roman cacio e pepe (they had it available in a gluten free penne version). But the waitress wasn’t really into being there and forgot our orders once. One alcohol free beer on the menu, but it was available. Was super hot inside too (no AC) and tiny/crammed. Portions are reasonable, prices quite high, but still worth it overall.

Charlotte Jane

While the food and atmosphere was great our server Nathan really made the night amazing! Was so kind and helpful to all our needs especially as one of my friends was gluten free, would come back again as Nathan was so welcoming and helpful

Eda Apple

It’s good butt not amazing. The wine menu is sensational, some beautiful wines here by the bottle. The food was alright, it was disappointing that the gluten free bread was from Aldi and the regular bread looked like aeroplane buns. The oysters were 10/10 and the truffle arinchi was lit af. however… I ordered the 700g rib eye and it was a little disappointing for the price it wasn’t very impressive. I also ordered the “seasonal”greens and there was nothing seasonal about this as it was green beans with snow peas and that’s it… the menu highlighted a variety of vegetables. The dessert… I’m not sure how to describe this appropriately but there were two, what was ice cream on a chocolate granola and then a pina colada ‘trickle’ which no one liked apart from me because I’m a Labrador. So all in all, yes and no as a recommendation. Don’t be blown away xx

Alice MS

Had been here previously a year ago but has seriously gone down hill since then. Cramped and over crowded making it extremely hard to hear anyone talk. Did bottomless and only got one drink in the first hour, we then tried to order 2 each the second round but were told we could only order 12 drinks for a party of 8 despite a table behind us order 3 drinks at a time. Menu item reads that certain food options are already gluten free without alterations, but discovered once arriving to the table that that is incorrect and you must request it to be gluten free. Took over an hour wait for food, with it even getting to the point if someone came over and asked if we had ordered. Food eventually arrived with it being cold. The waitress did deduct some of the bill due to the issue with the gluten free option but it failed to make up for the overall poor experience. Pay the extra money for bottomless and go elsewhere or make sure you’re here on quiet day. If they planned ahead or had a manager who made sure they knew what was going on they might have a chance.

Az H.

Great customer service, great food, nice environment, and excellent number of choices for halal and gluten free options. Here are the items we ordered and thoughts for some of it; Black Garlic Chicken Katsu Sando - it tastes good, but the black garlic flavour does not shine at all. Sukiyaki Beef Rice Bowl - super good, would recommend U&ME Platter - love the raw fish selection, not too much of a fan of the others. 1991 don Teriyaki Salmon Rice Bowl (gluten free) Iced Mocha - good balance of chocolate and coffee, there is less sugar which is good, but ask for more if you like yours sweet. Hojicha latte - great taste, again, less sugar (which is good).

James Rayner

Five course set menus that change cuisine every three months. We sat for the American deep South menu. The concept was immersive; from the mock up boarding pass booking confirmation, the cutlery stowed away in a knife roll, down to the music accompaniment. I've no frame of reference to compare how successful owner/head-chef Charlie is at translation of the style, but our party was thoroughly impressed with every dish. Our one coeliac in the party was well catered for to the degree we were even sampling from his few modified plates. The staff were attentive and friendly despite our cringe-worthy excitement. We will definitely return to see the next menu iteration.

Adele Parli

Really delicious food and wines, so many options at very reasonable prices. Vegan cheese available which is great, and gluten-free bases available but I did have a bit of a reaction after eating here so I probably wouldn’t recommend for coeliac sufferers (they do not claim to be coeliac-friendly so I won’t dock points for this!). The food came out quickly and our entire group really enjoyed their meal so I definitely recommend grabbing dinner here.

Matt Hilton

I always enjoy eating here. Their menu except the breads is entirely gluten free. They're no longer BYO, licensed with a limited wine menu.

Yulia Edirisinghe

Great options, including gluten-free. Quick service. Always a favorite for a quick bite.

Chris Clerke

Amazing food! Very friendly staff, and super helpful when it comes to dietary requirements too. The lady helped me with gluten and dairy free options and the meal was absolutely delicious. We will be back here for sure 👌🏻

EM Becker

Terrible place. Dirty first of all, and disinterested staff who weren’t friendly at all. Food was bland and overpriced. I ordered a “premium loose leaf tea” and was given a low rate supermarket tea bag in a pot. I didn’t drink it and asked for it to be taken off of the bill because it wasn’t what I ordered. No apology or acknowledgement. Worst of all I told the waitress I was a coeliac if she could pass it on to the chef, and ordered something quite safe (salmon salad bowl) and still got sick from gluten contamination. I have a feeling this was once a good place that is now being run into the ground by poor management.

Seb Forsyth

absolutely loved the food here, everyone in the kitchen looked so cool and interesting. great music and staff always helps too. kind handsome man explained their gluten free dishes to me which helped a lot.

Fiona Turner

Dishes here are quite generous and delicious. Everything is gluten free. The Zucchini fritters are delicious whilst the cauliflower salad with hummus is moorish. Staff were friendly and attentive. Great new place

Talisha schmidt

I am gluten free and was surprised and delighted to find the gluten free bread here absolutely divine. It tastes like pancakes, is soft and thick and did I mention it tastes like pancakes. The service is lovely and the atmosphere in the Cafe is beautiful, it looks fantastic with the marble floor and the dimmed lights create an awesome vibe. What a great place!!