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Any Suggestions For Gluten Free Dining In Sydney

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Hi,

We are going to Sydney next month with our daughter who is 10 and a celiac.

Do any Sydney people have any suggestions for gluten free food in Sydney CBD, Manly or Bondi. We will not have a car with us and will be relying on public transport and cabs.

I notice a place called Wellbeing which is around Sydney and looks for for gluten-free noodles, curries, soups etc.

THANKS! :)

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Hi,

We are going to Sydney next month with our daughter who is 10 and a celiac.

Do any Sydney people have any suggestions for gluten free food in Sydney CBD, Manly or Bondi. We will not have a car with us and will be relying on public transport and cabs.

I notice a place called Wellbeing which is around Sydney and looks for for gluten-free noodles, curries, soups etc.

THANKS! :)

Hi I live in Sydney and I have Celiacs. There are many places that are very much aware of what foods have gluten.

I would recommend you see the NSW Celiacs webpage:

Open Original Shared Link This link has the places to eat by regions in Sydney.

The "Wellbeing cafes" are fantastic and there are 2 in the middle of Sydney's CBD at Shp81/ 455 George St Sydney and Shp5/ 345 George St Sydney. If you go to any one of those they will tell you where the others are.

In The Rocks on Argyle St is a small cafe that is completely gluten free and has excellent Kababs and Pita breads.

If you get a chance to venture into the inner city to Newtown there is a restaurant there called "Twelve" which has a complete gluten free menu and some of the best desserts I have tasted.

In Neutral Bay between the city and on the way to Manly there is a pizza place called "Melt Gourmet Pizza" - which has gluten free pizzas, they just cost a little more than the wheat based pizza's.

The website has locations in Manly but in many places they know their ingredients and deal with food allergies.

In Manly there is a franchise of icecreams called "New Zealand Naturals" which lists which icecreams are gluten free. In case your after a treat.

Enjoy Sydney and have a look at the web site for more places.

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Thanks so much SydneyGF for your great suggestions.

I did a bit of research and already came across that place in the rocks but the others ones sound great too.

I am sure that we will find gluten free food but it is nice to hear from a local.

Thanks again. :)

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Hi Amber -

Well I'm not a local, ;) but here's what I found while I was in Sydney:

Iku Wholefood was one of my favorite places to grab something quick:

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They have a few locations in the cbd and several more in the surrounding areas.

I loved that place in The Rocks on Argyle. It was a happy day when I was searching for food and randomly ran into it :) I think it's called DARE.

There's a place in Wynyard Staion (or just near it) called...omg I don't remember. Maybe SydneyGF knows. It's a soup and smoothie place. They are very clear about which menu items are gluten-free. Another good grab and go type option...and not too expensive.

They also sell these amazing gluten-free muffin/cupcake type desserts all over the city. They are made by Roberto's bakery and they are amazing. I'll rack my brain and post of list of places that sell them. Sorry that wasn't too helpful. I'll come back later when this weird memory lapse I seem to be experiencing goes away :rolleyes:

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Thanks Mango for your suggestions.

Will definately keep an eye out for those muffins - I am sure she will love those.

The Iku Wholefood sounds good but not sure if I will be able to convince a 10 year old that it's good.

:)

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If you want to take a RISK (I ate 3x and got caught out once) then Malaya is FANTASTIC FOOD .... they say they can do gluten-free but I did get caught out but I'm extremely sensitive!

There were 2x pizza places at (Hugo's kinda celeb place) and another just opposite at Kings Cross ....

Overall it was a little difficult, the australian idea of gluten free catering doesn't seem to be my idea... that is it seems to have become so common its not really treated seriously.

For instance there was a pub, just before the rocks at the exit from the bridge footway on the S. side and the waiter said he was gluten intolerant, said they could make stuff and then didn't seem to understand beer contains gluten????

Damned annoying, as in quite a few places I paid for food I didn't eat... so we developed a technique whereby I would order 1st and my girlfriend would then eat if it looked suscpicious.

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The Iku Wholefood sounds good but not sure if I will be able to convince a 10 year old that it's good.

Oh yeah good point :). Iku does have yummy desserts though. :)

The place near Wynyard Station is called Pure. It's in Hunter Connection near George and Hunter St. It's just soup and smoothies and juice, but it's good safe food. There's a place called Salad Works a little farther down Hunter St. that sells the Roberto's muffins.

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David Jones Food Hall have a few gluten free cookies and cakes available :) Good for treats!

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Thank you SydneyGF, Mango04, GFP and Tracey for your helpful suggestions.

We had a great few days in Sydney and my coeliac 10 year old daughter got to try some delicious gluten freen food whilst we were there.

Wellbeing - she had the beef noodle salad which was really very nice. They really should have signs in the store saying ' gluten free' on the products that are gluten-free.

DARE at the Rocks. She had a gluten free chicken wrap and a really delicious chocolate brownie. She loved the whole meal.

On Saturday we went to Bondi Beach and visited WILSONS PLACE at 65 Bondi Road.

She had the best gluten free pizza she has ever had there. The base was thin and crispy and the toppings delicious. Every topping on the menu was gluten free and they had delicious gelati too. Highly recommended but it only has two very small tables and very limited seating.

Didn't get to David Jones or find any of those elusive muffins though I did keep my eyes open for them.

I really think that every cafe, restaurant, take away food place should have a symbol on their menus indicated what items are gluten free, dairy free etc. etc. They would get more customers and less hassle.

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Thank you SydneyGF, Mango04, GFP and Tracey for your helpful suggestions.

We had a great few days in Sydney and my coeliac 10 year old daughter got to try some delicious gluten freen food whilst we were there.

Wellbeing - she had the beef noodle salad which was really very nice. They really should have signs in the store saying ' gluten free' on the products that are gluten-free.

DARE at the Rocks. She had a gluten free chicken wrap and a really delicious chocolate brownie. She loved the whole meal.

On Saturday we went to Bondi Beach and visited WILSONS PLACE at 65 Bondi Road.

She had the best gluten free pizza she has ever had there. The base was thin and crispy and the toppings delicious. Every topping on the menu was gluten free and they had delicious gelati too. Highly recommended but it only has two very small tables and very limited seating.

Didn't get to David Jones or find any of those elusive muffins though I did keep my eyes open for them.

I really think that every cafe, restaurant, take away food place should have a symbol on their menus indicated what items are gluten free, dairy free etc. etc. They would get more customers and less hassle.

Just a question but have you tried the Pizza's (place in Melbourne who's name escapes me)..I wish I could remember the name but its on a long "hip" shopping St. runs more or less N-S and next door to a Russian resto/cafe... if you go a bit further up there is a bar on the corner, kinda rough looking camera over the door and a sign saying "no shirts or ties" over the door.

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Just a question but have you tried the Pizza's (place in Melbourne who's name escapes me)..I wish I could remember the name but its on a long "hip" shopping St. runs more or less N-S and next door to a Russian resto/cafe... if you go a bit further up there is a bar on the corner, kinda rough looking camera over the door and a sign saying "no shirts or ties" over the door.

That sounds like 'Pizza Piazza' in Chapel Street, Prahran. Yes, we have been there quite a few times and it is great because they have an extensive pizza and pasta menu and the owner is a coeliac so they really do get it. It is very good but the pizza at Wilsons Place in Bondi is better. I really think Wilsons have perfected the gluten free pizza base. They were telling me that they spent alot of time getting it just right.

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That sounds like 'Pizza Piazza' in Chapel Street, Prahran. Yes, we have been there quite a few times and it is great because they have an extensive pizza and pasta menu and the owner is a coeliac so they really do get it. It is very good but the pizza at Wilsons Place in Bondi is better. I really think Wilsons have perfected the gluten free pizza base. They were telling me that they spent alot of time getting it just right.

Yes but do they have gluten-free beer! :D

Now you say the name yep, that was it.... a real life saver for me... I honestly think hunting down gluten-free resto's I saw more of Melbourne than most people... my girlfriends family we were stopping with who lived their whole lives in Melbourne hadn't been to some of the burbs we went to for gluten-free food.

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Yes but do they have gluten-free beer! :D

Now you say the name yep, that was it.... a real life saver for me... I honestly think hunting down gluten-free resto's I saw more of Melbourne than most people... my girlfriends family we were stopping with who lived their whole lives in Melbourne hadn't been to some of the burbs we went to for gluten-free food.

Yes, they do have gluten free beer.

I know what you mean about going out of you way to get gluten free food. We do that wherever we go. It is a good way of seeing places you would not normally go to.

There needs to be a really good website for gluten free dining for Australia. The ozemail one is okay but is not updated and not laid out very well.

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