Top 24 Gluten-Free Dining Spots Across Downtown Raleigh

Meg Cosgrove

Everything was wonderful. They were able to work with our food allergies without issue. They accommodated gluten free, nut free, and even a garlic free guest! Room is beautiful, staff was on top of everything, would definitely recommend.

madison spaulding

My friends suggested here and I was skeptical because Im gluten free and its so hard to find a good Italian place with gluten free options. Needless to say I was blown away. I got the Rigatoni con Pollo alla Panna with gf pasta and it was delicious. The service was great and the food was amazing. Definitely will be back and looking forward to it!

Randy Earl

This was my first visit to Bad Daddy's. I have Celiac disease, so gluten free options are extremely important to me, and it's a real treat for me to have a proper burger-in-a-bun rather than a lettuce wrap, even if it is a GF bun (they tend to fall apart without gluten to hold them together; no fault of the restaurant). My burger was delicious; I'll definitely come back when I need a burger fix. However, my review is mixed because I found the ambience lacking - the music was loud and of what I considered to be an obnoxious selection (personal taste, I know, but hey, it's my review). Also my menu was dirty, which was a real turn-off. A few customer-focused tweaks and it could be a five-star experience for me, but currently it's not.

Olivia Obeng

This place really is great! It's nice that it can fit a party that's big or small. There's even a long table inside that can genuinely fit about 16ish people, I didn't count exactly but was really impressed with it. The food was also great- I loved all the Dim Sum and the non-alcoholic drinks. They have a lot of gluten free options also, which is super nice!

Elizabeth Fieno

Entrees are giant and the lettuce chicken wraps are the best thing on the menu. Super gluten free friendly

Laura Bernhard

Love this place! The gluten-free wraps are delicious!

Edward Richards

Celebrated my birthday this week at Oro. One of the best restaurant experiences I have had in Raleigh. Being celiac makes it difficult to confidently eat out but our server was very knowledgeable and accommodating for me. Food and drinks we delicious.

Ieshia Baskett

I need more vegan choices and also where is the fruit choices. Is vegan need that gluten too. Not much to choose from of you ask me.

Kimberly Jones

We had the duck and the pork, with the bok choy side, 2 cocktails, wine, and ice cream (avoiding gluten), and everything was delicious with great attention to detail, without sacrificing flavor for the sake of providing an artsy fine dining experience. Our server was attentive without being intrusive, and it was delightful watching the kitchen perform their magic while we ate. I love that they use fresh local ingredients and make several trips to the farmer's market each week. Best food we've had in Raleigh in a long time!

Terrence Ezrol

The food was excellent, A wide array of beers got a flight to sample a bunch of them, rain delay tasted grassy, not characteristic to it's style not sure if the reduced gluten process impacted it, I did enjoy the other beers. Liked the atmosphere once inside, did feel the covering on the door looked odd (almost made it look closed) may be a better way to keep the evening sun out.

Fred Lybrand

Best gluten free gf smash burger in America. Spicy pineapple jaalpeno drink was meh.

R Sebeck

One of our favorite places to take visitors to Raleigh! Great options, great atmosphere. I’m gluten free and always eat here confident that I won’t be sick afterwards! Our friends love the quick but delicious food, the option to sit outside, and the great location!

Luke Stephens

Rate this a 3.5... not bad, but not awe inspiring. The menu is limited. If you are gluten free you basically have 2 choices. Food was ho hum. I got the BBQ sandwich (wanted the catfish but I didn't see the "after 5" fine print). It could have been a lot better. The sauce on it was flavorless and the Asian slaw just cabbage. Service was ok. Nice location and atmosphere but the total open format makes the room cold and noisy. Work on some tastier dishes and being more accommodating to alternative dietary needs. Wait staff needs to up their game a little on the personality front.

Kirsten Currie

Wow!!!! How do I describe my Wednesday night visit to LaGana? Perfection. We were treated with such care and the food was phenomenal. I had the Bradford burger because they said the meat is cooked more on the rare side (as opposed to the Textbook which is the thinner, smash burger style—my boyfriend got that and it was super good too). The combination of the blue cheese, sauce and patty was sublime. 👌🏼 For dessert we had the chocolate cake which was perfection. The man who made the desserts happened to be there and he was so sweet—he even let us sample some gluten free chocolate cake that he was preparing. Apparently they feature an Omakase once a month with like several courses and music etc. I will definitely try to make one of those! All in all I thought it was such a unique, fine-dining yet casual, heart-warming meals I’ve had in a while.

Mairin O'Brien

This is the best food hall in Raleigh. Every single place has incredible food, and they're all very kind and helpful with food sensitivities. For gluten free food, I love the empanadas, yatai, and chhotes. Friends and family who don't have dietary restrictions have tried dumplings from bulbox, ramen and pork buns from yatai, and cookies and ice cream. All have been a hit.

Kristina Turple

I had the veggie ramen and it was absolutely delicious and I completely recommend. The reason for the low rating is because they charge $2 to swap ramen for rice noodles. Rice noodles are cheaper but there’s still an up charge just because I can’t eat gluten

Scott Kleist

They have gluten free fryer so nachos are possible for you gf peeps out there. Carne asada is tender and has a nice even slow spicy burn to it which I love.

Adventures of Valley

Quick and super good! They even have excellent gluten free bread!!

Natasha Bieber

Food was delicious and atmosphere was great for our girls night but also a perfect date night spot! I’m gluten free and they were very accommodating! The chicken leg was 🤌🏼 we ordered 2!

Vesta Prods

We got here at 8pm for our reservations and then got seated. We got our menus, and were given a QR code to scan for drinks. The QR code led to the beverages page on their website, which gave an error message. It seems like someone had quite literally deleted the page off the website. Then we were told by the waiter to keep trying it, which obviously didn’t work. We proceeded to wait 15+ minutes until we actually ordered our meals. Anyways, we sit for over an hour waiting for our food and eventually get our meals at 9:30pm. The food was decent at best and was not worth anywhere near the price. We finished up and asked for to-go containers, which we got, and then we were left unattended for 15+ minutes without the bill. We felt like we were forgotten about, and considered leaving. Then, finally, the waiter came with the bills and there were only two bills but there were four of us there. He didn’t ask if we wanted bills separate or together, he assumed. We signed the bills quickly so we could finally leave. Later at home, I realized the receipt wasn’t for my meal and I was doubled charged for a single drink. I also felt very ill and realized that I had eaten gluten at the restaurant, even though everything I ate was listed on the gluten-free menu. I cannot eat gluten due to Celiac Disease. If I had to guess, the chips were fried in the same fryers as gluten-containing foods. Overall, I am incredibly unhappy with the experience that I had here, especially because they portray themselves as being an upscale restaurant.

Danielle Watson Murray

We were so excited to visit this black owned franchise! We went on opening weekend, but the line was down the street and I am very pregnant so we did not wait but we came back about a month later and so glad we did! Most items on their dessert, list, gluten and dairy free friendly! The weight was minimal and the Staff was courteous, not to mention the milkshake cookie and ice cream was fantastic! One of the staff members even walked my husband to the car with all of our food because he had our toddler and I was in the car. I wish I got the young person‘s name, but very happy that we went and looking forward to going again very soon. Could not recommend this place anymore.!

Caitlin Williams

I got their smoked chicken legs which were incredible. They don't have a lot of gluten free options, but some of the sides and the smoked chicken legs don't have flour in them.

Crystal Simmons

The menu was diverse and accommodate gluten free and dairy free. It was absolutely delicious. We had a party of six and seating was kind of tight. The staff were very friendly, accommodating and quick.

Rainer Zarzour

Matt did an excellent job with our gluten free order ensuring everything was correct and not cross contaminated.