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If you've been GF for a while, you'll know how difficult it can
be to eat out. Over time you may have been able to build up a network
of places you can safely eat, while at work or out and about. But
it's not easy, and sometimes it's a matter of take your own food
or go hungry! So you'll be used to carrying food with you.
You'll have got into the habit of reading labels and cross questioning
the waiting staff at any restaurants you go to. This was probably
a bit uncomfortable at first, but became more second nature after
a while.
This page is to list bakeries, cafes, restaurants and accomodation
in NZ that offer GF alternatives. It's only a small list so far,
so please help me out by letting
me know what's good in your area. (Thanks to the people
who have sent in contributions so far).
A lot of supermarkets now have gluten free sections, but you may
need to see how you feel on food from each bakery or supplier. There's
always a possibility of contamination.
Just remember this list is a good place to start. You still need
to take responsibility yourself and double check that things are
safe. Recheck the list of hidden gluten,
if in doubt.
This won't be a comprehensive list. There are places that are often
easy to find gluten free food, such as:
- Ethnic restaurants, especially those whose meals are rice based
- eg. Indian, Chinese, Japanese and other asian foods; Turkish
or Greek
- Top end restaurants, that make their food from scratch, from
good quality ingredients
So these types of places probably won't be listed individually.
The places that are listed will be identified with an icon:
= bakeries & grocery stores |
= places to eat |
= accomodation |
Northland:
- Hell
Pizza - some say the best GF pizzas ever. Available Nationwide.
- Quatro
Cafe, Mangawhai Village, Ph: 09 431 5226. Gluten free meals &
pizzas.
- Waihoihoi
Women's Lodge (near Waipu) - a country retreat which caters
for special dietary needs
Auckland:
- Ascot
Parnell are a B&B hotel who cater for special diets
- Gluten
free Grocer Store, 13 Mt Eden rd, Eden Terrace, Auckland,
including frozen meals. Delivery nationwide available.
- Hell
Pizza - some say the best GF pizzas ever. Available Nationwide.
- Huckleberry
Farms (Greenlane) and Harvest Wholefoods (Grey Lynn) have
an extensive range of GF breads, baking and other foods
- Murrays
at the Bay, in Murrays Bay in Auckland will happily adapt
almost anything on their menu to be gluten free – you just
tell them who can’t eat gluten and they deal with it. There’s
no searching the menu for things you might be able to eat!
- Revel,
146 K-Rd. We have a small range of GF food available and we have
wheat free and GF bread available to substitute, so you can get
eggs on toast etc.
- Sp'getti
in Browns Bay has 80% GF meals
Taranaki:
-
Muffin Break in Centre City, Gill St, New Plymouth
-
Okurukuru,
738 Surf Highway 45, Omata
Palmerston North:
There is a webpage already covering GF sources in Palmerston North,
so here's
the link to go straight to it.
Wairarapa:
- True
Blue café, 87 Queen St, Masterton have a good selection
of GF on their menu and they have GF bread for toasted sandwiches
& toast.
Wellington region:
- Admiral's
Breakfast B & B Apartment, Seatoun cater for special dietary
requirements
- Cafe
93 (Molesworth St, Wellington) has some GF items every day
- Cobar
(Eastbourne) have icons on their menu indicating what foods are
suitable for GF and other special diets
- Commonsense
Organics (Wakefield St, Central City and also Lower Hutt,
Kapiti and Kilbirnie) have an extensive range of GF breads, baking
and other foods
- Crepes
a Go Go (55 Manners St, 179 Lambton Quay) do a buckwheat crepe
- Gloria
Jean's coffees (Waring Taylor St, Central) offer two types
of GF cake
- Go
Bang (182 Jackson St, Petone) have a full GF menu
- Hell
Pizza - some say the best GF pizzas ever. Available Nationwide.
- Mange
Tout (Lower Hutt) have exclusive gourmet foods to suit all
tastes including gluten free, and are open evenings from Thu to
Sat
- Mango
(Tinakori Rd, Thorndon) have a range of GF foods
- Mezzaluna
(Tinakori Rd, Thorndon) are a Mediterranean restaurant who cater
for GF needs
- Nicolini's
Bistro (Courtenay Pl, Central) are an Italian restaurant who
can cater for GF requirements
- One80
Lounge, Bar & Restaurant, Level 7, 100 Oriental Parade, Oriental
Bay, Wellington (inside the Copthorne Hotel), have a great range
of GF entrees and mains available and are committed to keeping
it that way.
- One
Red Dog (Blair St, Central) are now offering GF pizzas with
corn bases. From their menu,
looks like they have GF cornbread as well (but you'd need to ask
to double check)
Nelson/Bays:
- Hell
Pizza - some say the best GF pizzas ever. Available Nationwide.
- Zest,
in Nelson, was the most impressive wheat and gluten free cafe
we came across on a recent South Island trip. As well as savoury
dishes, there were at least 5 GF cakes and desserts on offer.
We visited the small cafe in Bridge St, but there is also a larger
deli and cafe in Church St.
Marlborough:
-
Chequers Cafe & Wine Bar, Blenheim does a gluten free
orange cake
- Karaka
Point Lodge, Queen Charlotte Sound, Picton are a Boutique/Luxury
Bed and Breakfast who cater for GF needs. They also have resources
for GF on their website, see links at the bottom of the page.
- The
Store, at Kekerengu, is a cafe with an awesome ambience and
beautiful gardens whose GF orange cake was an unexpected treat,
as we stopped in on our drive down to Kaikoura from the Picton
ferry. They usually have 2 GF cakes on offer. It has won the Casio
Award for the best restaurant in Marlborough.
Canterbury:
- Christchurch
Gondola café has a gluten free slice and some savoury items
- Hell
Pizza - some say the best GF pizzas ever. Available Nationwide.
- Huckleberry
Farms (Riccarton, Christchurch) have an extensive range of
GF breads, baking and other foods
- Megawatt
on Manchester Street Christchurch have excellent gluten free meals,
breads etc.
- Robert
Harris Cafe (The Crossing, Colombo St, Christchurch) has a full
gluten free menu
- Temuka
Homeware Cafe, Temuka, offers gluten free food
- The
Twisted Hop, 6 Poplar Street, Lichfield Lanes serve gluten
free pizzas and beer.
Otago:
- Civic
Centre Café, Civic Centre building, in the Octagon. Has
gluten free hot and cold food for lunches, snacks etc. Great to
be able to walk in, get something out of the cabinet and go. They
have a black board with the selections written on it beside the
take away counter, if you didn’t know it was there you’d
miss it.
- Hell
Pizza - some say the best GF pizzas ever. Available Nationwide.
Other GF resource lists:
Other
pages about gluten:
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