Would you believe me if I, a celiac Italian, told you Rome is one of the best cities for gluten-free food in Italy? In Italy, the celiac population is growing exponentially – which can be seen as a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing to us celiacs as more gluten-free establishments are created, with gluten-free food becoming better every day. Being diagnosed only 6 years ago, I can attest to the rapid improvement of gluten-free food and the growth of celiac-safe establishments. Welcome to a Gluten Free Rome! Through deep research and personal experiences, these are the 16 best restaurants and food spots for celiacs.
Personal Note from the Writer: A Celiac Italian
I am a native Italian, from Turin, who officially became celiac in 2019 – heart-breaking, to say the least. With my Mom being from Rome and our bi-annual visits, Rome is a second home to me. This list is curated to show the best celiac-friendly restaurants, while also keeping the highest standards in authentic Roman cuisine. Say hi in the comments if you’re a fellow, celiac Italian!😂💃
16 Best Gluten Free Restaurants in Rome
All of these restaurants are celiac friendly – some of which are dedicated gf establishments and others are AIC certified. Being celiac in Rome means that you don’t need to give up any food – well, Sfogliatelle is still under development unfortunately (if you know you know). From Rome street food to the best pizzas and pasta, to pastries and gelato – get your celiac belly ready to EAT!💃
AIC, Associazione Italiana Celiachia – The Italian Celiac Association
In 1979, parents of celiac children got together to learn more about the then-unknown disease and what a celiac-safe life would look like. Throughout the years, the Associazione Italiana Celiachia became the spokesperson for the celiac community. The Italian Celiac Association spreads awareness, supports the best scientific research, and gives certifications to celiac-friendly establishments.
When traveling as a celiac in Italy, you will often come across AIC and its bright-red, square symbol. When you see an establishment is AIC certified, it means they have gone through a thorough examination and passed the AIC test. These establishments are not necessarily 100% gluten-free but know exactly how to handle celiac food and have completely separate kitchens and tools. Some restaurants will give celiac people different table settings, plates, and glasses. At other times, it’s as simple as adding a flag on top of the food.
Best Gluten Free Pizza & Pasta 🍕
1. La Soffitta Renovatio (AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Piazza del Risorgimento, 46/a, 00192 Roma RM, Italy.
- A short walk from the Vatican.
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Where to start with La Soffitta Renovatio? If I could live in the restaurant I would!
Being a short walk from the Vatican City, La Soffitta Renovatio is the perfect spot to eat at after, or before, your visit. This Italian restaurant is not a 100% gluten-free restaurant but has a menu that is completely modifiable to be gluten-free. As an AIC Certified restaurant, La Soffitta Renovatio has a separate cooking space for celiacs and serves the food with small “gluten-free” flags on top.
At this restaurant, the world is your oyster! From the most delicious Neapolitan pizza to pasta, including ravioli, supplí, and desserts – let yourself live out all your celiac foodie dreams.
2. New Food Experience (100% Gluten Free)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via Germanico, 190, 00192 Roma RM, Italy
- A short, 19-min walk from Vatican City.
- 💰 Price Range: €€
New Food Experience is a new Italian restaurant that is completely gluten-free. New Food started as a bakery, New Food Gluten Free, and recently opened up this restaurant.
3. Pizza in Trevi (AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via di S. Vincenzo, 30/30A, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
- Right next to the Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain).
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Sitting right next to the Trevi Fountain is this gluten-free gem, Pizza in Trevi! This Italian and AIC-certified restaurant, offers an extensive menu that can entirely be made gluten-free. As an AIC-certified restaurant, they have a separate kitchen for preparing celiac-safe food. In addition, they give you different cups, table settings, and blue plates to indicate you’re celiac.
As I mentioned above, I worried it would be a touristy trap due to its proximity to the iconic fountain. However, I was pleasantly surprised – and so were my belly and taste buds!
4. Cimarra 4
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via Cimarra, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
- A 10-minute walk from the Colosseum, 13-mins from the Trevi Fountain.
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Cimarra 4 is an Italian restaurant and bar that has an entirely gluten-free menu, with the exception of pizzas – of which one can ask for traditional (glutenous) ones. They have two separate kitchens to ensure all the food is celiac-safe. The aim of this restaurant is to offer cozy and familiar vibes, making you feel at home when eating here. Here they offer Pizza Romana, a pizza style in which the dough is thinner and crunchier.
Best Gluten Free Street Food
5. Mama Eat (AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via di S. Cosimato, 7/9, 00153 Roma RM, Italy
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Welcome to the gluten-free, Roman street food heaven!! Mama Eat is an Italian and AIC-certified restaurant that has a menu that is fully customizable to be gluten-free. On their menu, you will find amazing pasta dishes, pizzas, fried foods, and salads. Definitely focus on trying out the fried foods here – supplí, arancini, crocchette, and more!
6. Mama Eats Lab (AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Borgo Pio, 28, 00193 Roma RM, Italy
- A short walk from Vatican City.
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Mama Eats Lab is part of Mama Eat and is a smaller restaurant with a smaller menu. The difference in menus is that Mama Eats Lab offers sandwiches, and continues to focus on fried foods, and pizzas. Mama Eat is more of a proper restaurant, offering more complex and expensive dishes.
7. Voglia di Pizza
- ⭐️ Rating: 4.5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via dei Giubbonari, 33, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
- 7-min walk from Piazza Navona and right next to Campo dei Fiori.
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Voglia di Pizza is an Italian restaurant that has a menu that is fully customizable to be gluten-free. Here you will be able to eat delicious and traditional street food, pasta, and pizza. Personally, the pizza here is not the main star. When eating here, definitely try out their traditional, Roman street food and pasta dishes.
Best Gluten Free Gelato 🍨
8. Grom (100% Gluten Free)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: P.za Navona 1, Via Agonale, 3, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
- 💰 Price Range: €
- Dedicated Gluten Free
Gelateria Grom is 100% gluten-free and offers a large variety of delicious foods. From their iconic gelato to popsicles, granita, and gelato cakes – the choices are endless! A big reason behind their never-failing high quality, deliciousness, and success is their philosophy: “to make gelato how it used to be made”.
If you visit Rome in the wintertime, make sure to get their hot chocolate with whip cream and hazelnuts on top.😋
9. Gelato G Italiano (100% Gluten Free & AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via delle Muratte, 18a/19, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
- Right next to the Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain).
- 💰 Price Range: €€
- Dedicated Gluten Free
Sitting by the Trevi Fountain is the delicious Gelato G Italiano! Similarly to Pizza in Trevi, this gem is absolutely delicious and not a touristy trap whatsoever.
If you are a fan of fruit gelato, I strongly recommend the Passion Fruit and Mango flavors! Their passion fruit gelato is the best I’ve ever tasted, as it has the perfect balance of sweetness and tartness. Passion Fruit and Mango together form the perfect, refreshing combination for the hot summer weather.
Best Gluten Free Bakeries 🥐
10. Celiachiamo Lab (100% Gluten Free)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via Trionfale, 15, 00195 Roma RM, Italy
- 💰 Price Range: €€
- Dedicated Gluten Free
If this isn’t Celiac heaven… I don’t know what is!! Celiachiamo Lab is both a bakery and a gluten-free grocery store. This is the perfect spot for you to buy Pizza al Taglio, Cornetti (Italian croissants), as well as pasta, cereal, snacks, and so on. If you don’t want to eat out for every meal, definitely do your grocery shopping here.
11. New Food Gluten Free (AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via Riano, 52, 00191 Roma RM, Italy
- 💰 Price Range: €€
New Food Gluten Free may be a little outside the city center, but is most definitely view the visit! At this bakery, you will find delicious Pizza al Taglio, fresh bread, pastries, croissants, and so much more – even Pasta Fresca! For those who may not know, “Fresh Pasta”, is pasta made with eggs such as tortellini and tagliatelle. Fresh Pasta is harder to come by, so don’t let this opportunity slip by!
12. Le Altre Farine del Mulino (100% Gluten Free)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via di Porta Cavalleggeri, 151/153, 00165 Roma RM, Italy
- A short walk from St. Peter’s Basilica.
- 💰 Price Range: €
- Dedicated Gluten Free
Le Altre Farine del Mulino is a 100% gluten-free bakery that offers endless baked goods. From pastries to pies, fried foods, and Pizza al Taglio – the world is your oyster!
13. La Pasticceria (100% Gluten Free & AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: 43, Via Varese, 00185 Roma RM, Italy
- 💰 Price Range: €€
- Dedicated Gluten Free
La Pasticceria is a dedicated, gluten-free bakery. The mission of this bakery is to offer baked goods made with the freshest and highest quality ingredients.
14. Napoleoni Gluten Free (AIC Certified)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via Appia Nuova, 590, 00179 Roma RM, Italy
- A short walk from the Appia Antica park.
- 💰 Price Range: €€
Napoleoni Gluten Free is a bakery with a completely separate gluten-free kitchen and lab – creating celiac-safe and delicious foods. Most of the menu is gluten-free and everything is kept and prepared separately. Come to this bakery for delicious, sweet Roman pastries and salty pastries.
Other Gluten Free Restaurants
15. Risotteria Melotti Roma (100% Gluten Free)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via della Vetrina, 12a/b, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
- 💰 Price Range: €€
- Dedicated Gluten Free
Welcome to Risotto Heaven, only a short walk from Piazza Navona! Risotteria Melotti is a 100% gluten-free restaurant that specializes in and focuses on risotto. If the plate is not a rice dish, it will incorporate it through rice flour. In short words, rice is the star and foundation of the restaurant’s cuisine.
16. El Maiz, Venezuelan Street Food (100% Gluten Free)
- ⭐️ Rating: 5 on Find Me Gluten Free
- 📍 Location: Via Tolemaide, 16, 00191 Roma RM, Italy
- A short walk from the Vatican City.
- 💰 Price Range: €
- Dedicated Gluten Free
Want to take a break from Italian food? Then look no further! El Maiz is a Venezuelan Street Food restaurant that is completely gluten-free. Come here for some delicious arepas, empanadas, and pabellòn criollo. This is the perfect spot for a snack, or small and fast meal as you venture through the eternal city.
Last Tips
Gluten-Free in Italian is Senza Glutine (SG).
If you see something – say something. Usually, AIC-certified restaurants will give you different color plates, or table covers, or even add a little flag to your dish confirming it’s gluten-free. If, for example, you’re supposed to receive your food with a flag on top and you don’t – tell them right away to ensure the food is safe.
I have to ask…
Which of these gluten-free restaurants will you be visiting? Let me know in the comments!😊
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