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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.
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:
- 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:
Palmerston North:
There is a webpage already covering GF sources in Palmerston North,
so here's
the link to go straight to it.
Wellington region:
- Admiral's
Breakfast B & B Apartment, Seatoun cater for special dietary
requirements
- Caraffini
Cafe & Catering (Tinakori Rd, Thorndon) have a range of
GF foods
- Cobar
(Eastbourne) have icons on their menu indicating what foods are
suitable for GF and other special diets
- Commonsense
Organics (Wakefield St, Central City) have an extensive range
of GF breads, baking and other foods
- Gloria
Jean's coffees (Waring Taylor St, Central) offer two types
of GF cake
- Mange
Tout (Lower Hutt) have exclusive gourmet foods to suit all
tastes including gluten free, and are open eveings from thu to
Sat
- 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
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
Other GF resource lists:
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