Photo: Qüenco de PepaBest Gluten-Free Restaurants in Madrid
Introduction
The Madrid Gluten-Free Dining List We Send to Friends
Flavia has cooked Amalfi-inspired Italian food in Barrio de Salamanca for more than a decade, and its entire menu, pizza and pasta included, is gluten-free, an idea the family traces to the founder's mother's celiac diagnosis. A few streets over in Malasaña, Okashi bills itself as the first certified fully gluten-free and lactose-free Japanese restaurant in the city. Neither is the norm. Most of the restaurants on this list aren't fully gluten-free kitchens; they mark specific dishes as coeliac-safe on the carta, or say the kitchen can adapt if you flag it when booking. This guide keeps those categories separate rather than lumping every restaurant that has ever served a gluten-free dish into one list.
The short answer
Key Picks at a Glance
In a hurry? These are the essential picks from our full ranking below.
- Best fully gluten-free menuFlavia Serrano
an entire Italian carta, pizza and pasta included, cooked gluten-free since the founder's mother was diagnosed celiac.
- Best certified gluten-free specialistOkashi Malasaña
bills itself as a fully gluten- and lactose-free Japanese kitchen, holding a Repsol Solete.
- Best Michelin-starred option for celiac dinersEl Invernadero
the Vegetalia tasting menu caters for celiac diners when flagged at booking, one Michelin star.
- Best dedicated coeliac tasting menuLa Huerta de Tudela
a Menú Especial para Vegetarianos, Veganos y Celíacos runs alongside the regular Navarra-style carta.
- Best taberna with a near-total gluten-free menuTriana
an Andalusian taberna near Retiro that remade its breads and fried dishes for a gluten-free certification.
- Best coeliac-friendly sushi counterWashoku
a Mercado de Vallehermoso stall using 100% rice vinegar and gluten-free tamari on request.
Before you order
A Guide to Gluten-Free Dining in Madrid
What does 'gluten-free' mean on a Spanish menu?
'Sin gluten' is the Spanish term for gluten-free. Spanish kitchens that cater seriously to coeliacs typically use corn, chickpea, rice or tapioca flour in place of wheat for bread, batters and pasta, and some run a separate fryer or oven to reduce cross-contamination. Not every restaurant that offers a gluten-free dish states whether it has taken that extra step, so it's always worth asking directly.
Fully gluten-free versus gluten-free options, and why the difference matters
A restaurant that is fully gluten-free cooks its entire menu without wheat, barley or rye, which is the safest option for coeliac diners. A restaurant with 'gluten-free options' may serve wheat elsewhere in the same kitchen, which raises the risk of cross-contamination even on a dish that's naturally gluten-free. Both categories are useful, but they aren't the same thing, and this guide tries not to blur them.
What is a dedicated coeliac or gluten-free menu?
Some restaurants publish a separate menu specifically for coeliac or gluten-free diners, distinct from their regular carta, sometimes as its own PDF or a named tasting menu. That's a stronger signal than a handful of dishes marked gluten-free on the main carta, since it usually means the kitchen has thought through the whole meal rather than one substitution.
Why some Michelin-listed restaurants handle coeliac diners at the booking stage
Tasting-menu restaurants that serve a fixed or shared format, where the whole table eats the same courses, generally need dietary restrictions flagged in advance rather than adjusted table-side. That's standard practice across fine dining, gluten-free or not, and it's the reason several higher-end entries on this list ask you to mention coeliac needs when you book, not when you arrive.
How We Built This List
Years of Eating, Asking, and Going Back
We started from the Madrid restaurants we've profiled, filtering to ones whose own published information (carta, FAQs, or the restaurant's own site) states a real gluten-free provision, not just a passing mention. We checked every claim against each venue's own wording rather than paraphrasing it into something stronger, and we left out a restaurant, RavioXO, whose own information says directly that it has no coeliac menu. We also read the specialist gluten-free travel and coeliac directories that cover Madrid, including How to Coeliac, Wheatless Wanderlust and celicidad.net. Several of the fully gluten-free specialists those sites cite repeatedly, including Okashi's Lavapiés sibling, LaLina, Grosso Napoletano's gluten-free locations, As de Bastos, Artemisa and Waraku, don't have a Guidavera page yet, so we've left them off rather than write around a gap.
More on how we rank: our methodology and quality standards.
At a glance
The 14 Best Gluten-Free Restaurants, Compared
Quick reference table. Click any name to jump to the full review.
| # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flavia Serrano | Recoletos | €€ | — | — |
| 2 | Okashi Malasaña | Malasaña | €€ | Repsol Solete | — |
| 3 | CIRKuK | Guindalera | €€ | — | — |
| 4 | Triana | Ibiza | €€ | Repsol Recommended | — |
| 5 | Maison Umami | Valdefuentes | €€ | — | — |
| 6 | El Invernadero | Ríos Rosas | €€€€ |  Michelin | — |
| 7 | La Huerta de Tudela | Barrio de las Letras | €€€ | Repsol Recommended | — |
| 8 | Washoku | Arapiles | € | — | — |
| 9 | Qüenco de Pepa | Nueva España | €€€ | 1 Repsol Sol | — |
| 10 | La Bien Aparecida | Recoletos | €€€ | 1 Repsol Sol | — |
| 11 | La Maruca - Velázquez | Recoletos | €€€ | — | — |
| 12 | Pilar Akaneya | Ríos Rosas | €€€€ | 1 Repsol Sol | — |
| 13 | Yerbabuena | Sol | € | — | — |
| 14 | Tropicalista | Universidad | €€ | — | — |
The ranking
14 Best Gluten-Free Restaurants in Madrid
Flavia Serrano
1. Flavia Serrano — Whole Italian menu is gluten-free, pizza and pasta included
Flavia has cooked Amalfi-inspired Italian food in Barrio de Salamanca for more than ten years, and its entire menu is gluten-free. The kitchen traces the idea to the founder's mother, who was diagnosed with celiac disease and couldn't find an Italian restaurant with a full gluten-free carta, so celiac and gluten-intolerant diners can order across the whole menu rather than a handful of marked dishes. The carta runs from a Margherita pizza (€14) through Spaghetti Carbonara gli originali (€20) and Tagliatelle Wagyu alla bolognese (€26) to Tiramisù (€8) for dessert. The address sits in Recoletos, though the restaurant brands this location Flavia Serrano, after the nearby metro stop.
Okashi Malasaña
2. Okashi Malasaña — Bills itself as a fully gluten- and lactose-free kitchen
Okashi opened in Malasaña in 2008, part of the Okashi Sanda group, and bills itself as the first certified fully gluten-free and lactose-free Japanese restaurant in the city. The kitchen cooks traditional Japanese flavours beyond sushi, everything handmade, and has been adding vegan options since 2021. It holds a Repsol Solete, the guide's tier for good, honestly priced places one step below a full Sol, and sits on Calle de San Vicente Ferrer in the middle of Malasaña.
“100% gluten- and lactose-free”— How to Coeliac
CIRKuK
3. CIRKuK — A separate gluten-free carta at a Guindalera gastrobar
CIRKuK is a gastrobar on Avenida de Bruselas, in the Guindalera pocket of Salamanca, running a playful menu that pulls in salmorejo cordobés, an in-house take on Russian salad, duck gyozas with hoisin, and sea bass ceviche in a tiger's milk. The room leans casual and sharing-friendly, built for groups with cocktails on the list. Alongside the regular carta, it keeps a full gluten-free version of the menu, plus a cocktail list and group menus. It runs lunch and dinner on weekdays and closes at the weekend.
Triana
4. Triana — Andalusian taberna with a near-total gluten-free menu
Triana has run as an Andalusian taberna on Calle de Narváez, near the Parque del Retiro, since 2006, built on three words: taberna, tapeo and tradición. Chef Rubén Amro's kitchen serves Andalusian recipes made from fresh market produce, in half or full portions to share, and it has adapted almost its entire menu to a gluten-free certification, remaking its breads and fried dishes so the recipes hold up. The room reads cheerful and welcoming, with a year-round terrace and heaters through winter, and it's listed in the Guía Repsol as Recomendado.
Maison Umami
5. Maison Umami — Publishes a dedicated gluten-free carta as a separate PDF
Maison Umami is an Asian fine-dining restaurant on Avenida de Juan Antonio Samaranch, in the Valdefuentes area of Madrid's Hortaleza district, in the north of the city. It combines Chinese and Japanese cooking with a French, cosmopolitan touch, and the room is set up for groups, families and private events, with cocktails and a wine list alongside the menu. Rather than marking a handful of dishes, the restaurant publishes a dedicated gluten-free carta as a separate PDF on its own site.
El Invernadero
6. El Invernadero — Michelin-starred kitchen caters for celiac diners on request
Michelin
RepsolEl Invernadero is chef Rodrigo de la Calle's vegetable-led fine dining restaurant on Calle de Ponzano, in Chamberí, holding one Michelin star and two Repsol Soles. De la Calle pioneered 'gastrobotánica,' cooking built around vegetables, roots, mushrooms and forgotten plant species. The Vegetalia tasting menu, priced at €158 (€218 with the full drinks pairing), can run fully vegetarian or vegan, and the kitchen caters for celiac and diabetic diners as long as the restriction is flagged when booking. There's also an omnivorous Gastrobotánica menu at €168. It's open Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.
La Huerta de Tudela
7. La Huerta de Tudela — Dedicated tasting menu built for vegetarians, vegans and celiacs
La Huerta de Tudela is a vegetable-focused restaurant on Calle del Prado, in the Barrio de las Letras, listed in the Guía Repsol as Recomendado. It's Ricardo Gil's Madrid restaurant, open since 2011. It takes its name from the huerta of Tudela in Navarra, a region known for its vegetables, and runs à la carte cooking alongside set menus. One of those, the Menú Especial para Vegetarianos, Veganos y Celíacos, is priced at €45 and published on the restaurant's own site as a genuinely separate menu rather than adapted dishes from the regular carta. Lunch runs every day, with dinner added Wednesday to Saturday.
Washoku
8. Washoku — Coeliac-friendly sushi from a market stall counter
Washoku is a Japanese sushi counter run by its owner, Osamu Nakanishi, inside the Mercado de Vallehermoso, in the Arapiles part of Chamberí. Sushi is made to order, and the fish is frozen to -28°C under Spain's anisakis rules. The counter describes itself as coeliac-friendly: it uses 100% rice vinegar and offers gluten-free tamari on request for dipping. It's a market stall rather than a sit-down dining room, and it doubles as a small shop for Japanese pantry goods, so it's worth checking the market's own hours before a special trip.
Qüenco de Pepa
9. Qüenco de Pepa — Fried dishes made with corn or chickpea flour for coeliacs
RepsolQüenco de Pepa is chef Pepa Muñoz's Andalusian-inflected market restaurant on Calle Henri Dunant in Nueva España, holding one Sol in the Guía Repsol. Around 90% of the carta comes from Spanish producers, with vegetables grown in the restaurant's own huerta. The fried-dishes section of the menu notes that the kitchen keeps corn and chickpea flour on hand specifically so those dishes can be made for coeliacs. The room is classic in feel, there's a terrace, and it serves lunch and dinner Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday.
La Bien Aparecida
10. La Bien Aparecida — Carta marks which dishes are safe for coeliacs
RepsolLa Bien Aparecida cooks traditional food with a Cantabrian accent on Calle Jorge Juan in Recoletos, listed in the Michelin Guide with one Sol in the Guía Repsol. Grupo Cañadío opened it in 2015 as its third restaurant. Chef José Manuel de Dios runs a carta of Cantabrian anchovies, Santander-style fried squid, hake in salsa verde and veal callos to a Liébana recipe. The carta itself marks which dishes are coeliac-safe and flags others that the kitchen can adapt on request. The room is elegant and quiet, easy to talk in, with a terrace out front, and it's open every day of the week.
La Maruca - Velázquez
11. La Maruca - Velázquez — Carta flags coeliac-safe and adaptable Cantabrian dishes
La Maruca's Velázquez address serves Spanish cooking in Recoletos, listed in the Michelin Guide. It opened in 2013 as the first Madrid house of Grupo Cañadío's La Maruca. Doors open from 8am on weekdays and 9:30am on weekends, even though the kitchen keeps to proper lunch and dinner sittings, and there's a terrace out front. The carta, published on the restaurant's own site, marks which dishes are coeliac-safe and flags others that can be adapted, and the Cañadío cheesecake is a fixture on it. Prices sit in the upper-middle range for the neighbourhood.
Pilar Akaneya
12. Pilar Akaneya — Shared tasting format adapted for coeliacs if flagged early
RepsolPilar Akaneya is a Japanese sumibiyaki, charcoal-grill restaurant in Ríos Rosas, opened in 2020 by Barcelona restaurateurs Chiho Murata and Ignasi Elías and run by chef Pepe Fernández. It grills premium wagyū over Kishu Binchotan charcoal and is listed in the Michelin Guide with one Repsol Sol. There's no vegetarian, vegan or fish menu, but the kitchen can adapt its shared, multi-course format for coeliacs, diabetics and other allergies if you flag it when booking, since dishes go out to the whole table together rather than as individual plates.
Yerbabuena
13. Yerbabuena — Fully vegetarian, with gluten-free options across the menu
Yerbabuena has cooked meat-free food on Calle Bordadores, near Plaza Mayor in the Madrid de los Austrias quarter, since 2005, making it one of the longer-running vegetarian kitchens on this list. Everything is made in-house, from tapas, burgers and pizza to salads, pasta and rice, and the kitchen keeps vegan and gluten-free options running across that whole range rather than confined to one corner of the menu. The room is set up for groups and families, it's dog-friendly, and both takeaway and delivery are available.
Tropicalista
14. Tropicalista — Pao de queijo made with tapioca flour, naturally gluten-free
Tropicalista cooks Brazilian food with a São Paulo accent on Calle Desengaño, in the Universidad barrio of Centro. The menu marks vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes, and calls out its pão de queijo specifically as gluten-free, since it's made with tapioca flour and parmesan rather than wheat. Beyond that starter, the kitchen runs to coxinhas, kibes, risolis and tapiocas, plus burgers and Brazilian-style sandwiches like the X-Picanha, with rice, beans and farofa on the side. It's dog-friendly and set up for groups, and the Ayuntamiento licenses the address as a bar con cocina.
Also worth trying
Honourable Mentions
Sr. Vázquez
Palacio
A Palacio restaurant with a menú del día that, by its own account, keeps options for coeliacs and food allergies.
Farah
La Latina
Eastern Mediterranean comfort food in La Latina, where gluten-free bread is listed as an extra on the carta.
Casa Cometa
Lavapiés
A small Lavapiés wine spot listing gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options alongside its Spanish home cooking.
La Morena
Nueva España
A Nueva España restaurant on Paseo de la Castellana whose own allergen sheet lists gluten-free bread.
The bigger picture
The Gluten-Free Dining Scene in Madrid
Madrid's gluten-free dining splits into two groups the way most of Spain does: a small number of kitchens that are certified or self-described as fully gluten-free, and a much larger group of ordinary restaurants that mark some dishes as coeliac-safe or say the kitchen can adapt if asked. The first group here spans an Italian trattoria, a Japanese kitchen, a gastrobar and an Andalusian taberna, which is closer to how celiac diners in Madrid actually eat than any single cuisine dominating the fully gluten-free space. The second, larger group includes a Michelin-starred vegetable restaurant, two Cantabrian-leaning dining rooms in Recoletos, a market sushi stall, and a scatter of casual, mid-priced spots that note gluten-free items on their own menus or sites.
Practical tips
Know before you go
A short survival guide for eating gluten-free dining in Madrid— everything we wish we’d known on our first trip.
- 1
Confirm the current provision before you book
None of these venues have promised us a dedicated allergen-free kitchen unless we've said so directly. Call ahead or check the restaurant's own site for its current gluten-free provision, and ask about cross-contamination if that matters for your diagnosis.
- 2
Know which category you're booking into
Flavia, Okashi Malasaña and Triana run all or almost all of their menu gluten-free, and CIRKuK publishes a separate gluten-free carta. Most of the rest mark specific dishes or adapt on request, so ask which dishes apply before you order rather than assuming the whole carta is covered.
- 3
Flag it when you book, not when you arrive
At tasting-menu restaurants with a fixed or shared format, including El Invernadero and Pilar Akaneya, mention a coeliac restriction when you reserve so the kitchen can plan for it, rather than raising it at the table.
- 4
La Maruca marks its carta
La Maruca on Calle de Velázquez in Recoletos marks coeliac-safe and adaptable dishes on the carta published on its own site, so check which dishes apply before you order.
Know the terms
Glossary
The vocabulary you need to order gluten-free dining in Madrid like a local.
- Sin gluten
- Spanish for gluten-free; look for it on menus and allergen sheets.
- Celíaco / celíaca
- Spanish for a person with coeliac disease.
- Carta
- The Spanish word for a restaurant's menu.
- Repsol Solete
- The Guía Repsol's distinction for good, casual, honestly priced places, one tier below its main Sol rating.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
All restaurants on this list were independently verified as open and serving the dishes described as of .
Which Madrid restaurants have a fully gluten-free menu?
+
Flavia, an Italian trattoria in Barrio de Salamanca, cooks its whole menu gluten-free. Okashi Malasaña bills itself as a fully gluten-free and lactose-free Japanese kitchen, CIRKuK publishes a separate gluten-free carta at its Guindalera gastrobar, and Triana, an Andalusian taberna near Retiro, has adapted almost its entire menu to a gluten-free certification.
Is there a Michelin-starred restaurant in Madrid that caters to celiac diners?
+
El Invernadero, chef Rodrigo de la Calle's one-Michelin-star vegetable-led restaurant in Chamberí, caters for celiac and diabetic diners on its Vegetalia tasting menu as long as the restriction is flagged when you book.
Are there gluten-free Japanese restaurants in Madrid?
+
Okashi Malasaña runs a fully gluten- and lactose-free kitchen. Washoku, a sushi counter inside the Mercado de Vallehermoso, describes itself as coeliac-friendly, using 100% rice vinegar and offering gluten-free tamari on request. Pilar Akaneya, a Michelin-listed sumibiyaki restaurant, can adapt its shared tasting format for coeliacs if flagged when booking.
Does Madrid have a fully gluten-free Italian restaurant?
+
Flavia, in Barrio de Salamanca, runs its entire menu gluten-free, including its pizza and pasta dishes, an idea the founder's family traces to a celiac diagnosis in the family.
Which Madrid tabernas or Spanish restaurants mark gluten-free or coeliac-safe dishes?
+
Triana has adapted almost its whole menu to a gluten-free certification. La Bien Aparecida and La Maruca mark which dishes on their cartas are coeliac-safe or can be adapted. Qüenco de Pepa can make its fried dishes with corn or chickpea flour for coeliacs.
Is there a vegetarian restaurant in Madrid with gluten-free options?
+
Yerbabuena, a fully vegetarian kitchen near Plaza Mayor, runs vegan and gluten-free options across its whole menu. La Huerta de Tudela, in the Barrio de las Letras, publishes a separate €45 tasting menu built specifically for vegetarians, vegans and celiacs.
Should I still call ahead if a restaurant says it has gluten-free options?
+
Yes. Most entries on this list mark dishes or adapt on request rather than running a fully separate gluten-free kitchen, so it's worth confirming the current provision, and any cross-contamination steps, directly with the restaurant before you go.
Explore
Map
About the author
Justin Mota
Guidavera founder
Justin Mota is the founder of Guidavera. He has lived in Spain for over 10 years and runs a native AI agency alongside building this platform. Food has always been the way Justin connects with friends, and Guidavera started as the list he kept sending to everyone visiting Barcelona. He built it for himself and his friends first, and now hopes it can transform the way people discover great food experiences everywhere.
More about Justin→