We recently visited Barcelona for the first time since my coeliac diagnosis and we absolutely loved it! We’ve travelled to quite a lot of Spain in recent years and had some really positive experiences regarding the understanding and approach to coeliac (we’ll be sharing details of other destinations soon), so we had high hopes for Barcelona.
Even with high expectations, Barcelona still managed to exceed them and we had some of the best gluten free dining experiences we’ve ever had in this city!
As with any trip, we highly recommend doing some research, before you go, but from our experience, you should have a relatively easy time navigating a gluten free diet in Barcelona. We found some incredible gluten free bakeries and restaurants that are fully coeliac safe – these are our recommendations for gluten free food in Barcelona!
Restaurants
My F*cking Restaurant
Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 08001 – near Palau Güell
My F*cking Restaurant is a fine dining restaurant in the city centre inspired by both Italian and Catalan cuisines and is honestly one of the best gluten free dining experiences we’ve ever had! They offer two tasting menus as well as a la carte options. We chose a mix of options from the two tasting menus and we loved everything we tried! This was truly a special experience and we’d highly recommend visiting if you’re in Barcelona!
Restaurant En Ville
Carrer del Doctor Dou, 08001 – near Plaça de Catalunya
Restaurant En Ville is a lovely tapas restaurant serving a huge selection of traditional Spanish food and it’s all 100% gluten free. We ordered a number of small plates to share and absolutely loved everything we tried. Our favourites were the fried egg with straw potatoes and chistorra and the Iberian ham croquettes, but it was honestly all so good! This was the first restaurant we visited in Barcelona and it was great to start our trip with such good traditional Spanish food!
Bakeries
Chök
Various locations across Barcelona
Chok is a 100% gluten free bakery and dessert shop serving a range of sweet treats like cakes, pastries and cookies, right in the heart of Barcelona. We visited here twice on our trip and had cheesecake both times as it was honestly some of the best cheesecake we’ve ever eaten! I also bought some cookies to take away to snack on during my day-long tour the following day; they were so good and were the perfect snack for fitting around our busy itinerary!
Hanai
Carrer dels Carders, 08003 – near the Picasso Museum
Hanai is 100% gluten free and vegan serving a huge selection of sweet and savoury treats in central Barcelona. It was so good to be able to try a local speciality; the empanada, though my favourite had to be the lemon and meringue tart. We’d definitely recommend visiting Hanai bakery if you’re in Barcelona!
Recommended by Others
There are so many other gluten free restaurants, bakeries and cafes in Barcelona that we’ve heard about from others in the gluten free travel community – we were only in the city for three days so we couldn’t try them all. These are places that come highly recommended that are on our list to try the next time we’re in Barcelona:
Note: We haven’t personally visited these places, so please double check menus and coeliac safety protocols with the restaurant when you get there.
- Bloome by Sasha – gluten free brunch spot
- Jansana Gluten Free Bakery – Fully GF bakery; coeliac safe and great for pastries
- Messie Sin Gluten – gluten free Italian restaurant that’s good for dinner
- ARUKU – GF sushi restaurant near Sagrada Familia
- Cøliaki – dedicated gluten free bakery / cafe
- Glutery – Fully GF bakery, said to be great for empanadas
- Grosso Napoletano – gluten free pizza restaurant in Eixample
- The Fish & Chips Shop – a fresh fried fish restaurant
Have you been to any of these? Or do you have a favourite gluten free restaurant in Barcelona that’s not on this list? Let us know in the comments; we’re going to update this guide every time we go back!
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