Gluten Free Sevilla: A Complete Guide for Celiacs

Our Favorite Gluten Free Restaurants & Bakeries in Sevilla

And now, on to the restaurants and bakeries themselves!

Over the years, we’ve realized that it’s important to us to prioritize supporting the businesses that support the Celiac community.

And that means doing our best to make it to every single dedicated gluten free restaurant and bakery in a city to include it in our guides. 

Generally speaking, I’m not someone who is going to wait until I show up to a restaurant to spring my questions on them and expect them to be able to serve me UNLESS it’s a place that gets great reviews from other people in the gluten free community. 

I use a combination of Google Maps, Instagram, and Find Me Gluten Free to find restaurants that have been recommended by other Celiacs, and I go from there. 

A couple of rules for me: I don’t do pizza places or bakeries that are mixed (with a few exceptions), because I have recently gotten into baking bread and making pizza at home and flour ends up EVERYWHERE.

It must be impossible to keep them separate in a normal kitchen unless you have a completely separate prep area and oven, which most places just don’t have.

It’s worth repeating – your experience may be different than mine. 

So much of being able to get safe gluten free food when traveling hinges on your ability to communicate your needs to servers and other waitstaff – whether it’s asking if the plantains are fried in the same fryer as tequeños, or asking if the gluten free bread is toasted in the same toaster as regular bread.

This is especially true in places that are not dedicated gluten free, where the risk of cross-contact is higher.

Eating out with Celiac Disease comes with an inherent risk. You need to clearly communicate your needs to staff everywhere, but it’s especially important here. 

Make sure to:

• Always let the server know that you have Celiac Disease and need to eat gluten free.
  
  
• Ask them (very nicely) to help you figure out what is safe for you.
  
  
• Confirm with the server when the food arrives that your meal is in fact gluten free. 

If you’re worried about being able to communicate your needs in Spanish (most people in the service industry speak English, but not all), then we’d invest in a gluten free restaurant card that you can hand your server with your needs laid out in Spanish.  

While there are certainly more options in Sevilla (depending on your risk tolerance), this is a collection of places that we feel offer the best shot at getting safe gluten free food in Sevilla.

At the end of the guide, we’ll include a handy map of these spots so that you can visualize how it all fits together and make plans for your specific trip. 

BONUS: I’ve personally eaten at every single restaurant in the main section of this guide! 

Pastelería Durazno y Chajá (Bakery)

Pastelería Durazno y Chajá is legitimately one of the best gluten free bakeries we’ve ever been to.

The gluten free croissant we had here is somewhere in the top five of the best gluten free croissants we’ve ever had (they’re hard to make gluten free!). 

They have a wide selection of gluten free baked goods (the bakery in the back was bustling when we were here), from savory sandwiches and empanadas to all sorts of sweet treats like cakes, brownies, and tarts.

Lots of great options here, all gluten free and dairy free. 

The only downside here is the location, and it’s almost not even a downside because we always recommend visiting Triana (which is where this bakery is located) while you’re in Sevilla. 

Triana is across the river from the Casco Viejo (Old City or Old Town), and it’s a place where the ratio of locals to tourists swings way further towards locals than anywhere on the other side of the river. 

It’s a bit of a walk from, say, the Cathedral or the Alcázar, but it’s right across the bridge from Plaza de España, which is also a must-visit place in Sevilla, so it makes sense to group those two things together. 

We had a couple of things to enjoy there (we were starving), including a croissant and a jamon sandwich, and then we got a smattering of things to enjoy later. 

The two I was most excited about were the pionono, a swirled sponge cake topped with a caramelized egg yolk (almost like a crème brûlée) and the tarta San Marcos, which features layers of sponge cake, chocolate mousse, cream, and is topped with the same caramelized egg yolk. 

Absolutely delicious, and pretty unique as gluten free pastries go. 

The other thing I wanted to add here is that from the second we walked in the door to the second we walked out of it, the man behind the counter was incredibly warm and friendly.

He patiently put up with my half-baked Spanish and my “no entiendo”, and explained the things in the case, switching to English when necessary. 

It’s a detour, but it’s one worth making because this is clearly our favorite gluten free bakery in Sevilla (and it’s not particularly close). 

Chök (Bakery)

If you’ve traveled across Spain to cities like Barcelona and Madrid, you’re likely to have come across a gluten free chök location before.

They’ve expanded rapidly over the past few years, and every time I’m back in Spain they seem to have multiplied exponentially since the last time. 

Here’s the deal with chök: at their gluten free locations, all of their pastries and cakes are pretty good, but they’re VERY expensive for what they are, and they’re almost more for Instagram than eating (they’re very pretty). 

They also don’t really have anything that is super “Spanish” or unique. It’s a lot of doughnuts, cookies, brownies, and cheesecake, rather than anything that’s uniquely Spanish. 

Not all of their locations are gluten free, though the majority are. The gluten free locations say “sin gluten” all over the windows, and you can always double check with the staff.

The gluten free location in Sevilla is here on Google Maps. 

This time, we got a cookie and a mango cheesecake, and similar to my past experiences, they were both pretty tasty and photogenic, but they were also expensive for what you’re getting.

Worth a stop to satisfy a sweet craving, but not necessarily my favorite pastries in the world.  

Señora Pan (Venezuelan)

We love Venezuelan food. Specifically arepas. But I’ve been running into a bit of an issue with nearly every new Venezuelan restaurant I discover these days. 

They all have tequeños, a breaded cheese stick, on the menu, and they contain gluten and are usually fried in the same fryer as the plantains.

Sadly, this removes both sweet and savory plantains from the gluten free category. 

At Señora Pan, a Venezuelan restaurant in the historic center of Sevilla, not only is everything gluten free, but you can even have the tequeños!

I’ve searched out gluten free Venezuelan food around the world for the past several years and I have never had a tequeño until eating here.

Spoiler alert: the tequeños are great, but the real star of the show is the guava mayonnaise sauce that they’re served with. 

Like I mentioned already, this is a dedicated gluten free restaurant, so everything from the croquetas and tequeños to the main dishes are gluten free.

They also bring you gluten free bread at the beginning of the meal, and it’s made in house and is really good (source: we bought a loaf to take home with us for breakfast). 

The best thing we ate, aside from the tequeños and that heavenly guava mayo, was the guava bbq pork ribs, which were tender and glazed with a delicious sweet and tangy sauce. 

We’d recommend skipping the paella here. Generally we don’t recommend ordering paella unless it is a restaurant known for paella, typically marketed as a Valencian restaurant.

We would also recommend making a reservation in advance because they turned away several parties on a busy Friday night because they were full.  

Gloria & Rositas (Ice Cream)

A 100% gluten free ice cream spot? That might be our favorite combination of words in the world.

Yes, all of the ice cream AND all of the cones here at Gloria & Rositas are gluten free (along with the cakes and tarts they have in the case). 

We came here multiple times during our time in Sevilla, and the ice cream is great.

The cones are significantly better than your average gluten free cone at a gelateria in Italy, too. They’re thicker and more substantial, which I enjoyed. 

The chocolate con naranja (chocolate with pieces of candied orange) was the clear winner here, though they have a bunch of flavors that we didn’t get to try.

It’s right in the center of Sevilla, perfect for a warm sunny day (of which there are many in this city). 

Mano de Santo (Mexican)

Look, we’re from the west coast of the United States, which is arguably the best place to get Mexican food outside of Mexico.

After trips to the U.K., continental Europe, and Australia and New Zealand, we’ve learned to look at Mexican food in faraway places with a heavy dose of skepticism. 

We did that here at Mano de Santo, too, but as soon as I saw huitlacoche (corn fungus – it tastes way better than it sounds) and cochinita pibil on the menu, my ears perked up a little bit because those are not things you’re going to find on every Mexican menu around the world.

They’re things that, if they’re on the menu, it’s a good bet that the people running the place know ball. 

This was actually the only gluten free spot we found on our first trip to Sevilla several years ago, and part of that is us being better at finding gluten free restaurants on the road, part of it is the increase in tourism and post-2020 bump in new businesses opening. 

We sat down for a nice lunch on a Friday afternoon, and the patio outside on the Alameda de Hércules, a big oval shaped plaza that’s a nice place for a walk, was packed. 

We had both the huitlacoche and the cochinita pibil, and both were excellent. The cochinita pibil was juicy and orange-forward, which we loved. 

Is this the best Mexican food we’ve had outside of Mexico and the U.S.? It’s certainly up there!

We’d recommend it for the food and the cocktails, along with the nice terrace on the plaza (which is top-tier people watching). 

Florinda Collective (Brunch)

One thing I’ve noticed about visiting Spain (and Portugal) several times each over the past five years is the rapid expansion of places serving “brunch” (and, to an extent, “specialty coffee”), which is not really a Spanish concept, but is something that tourists are known to want. 

Florinda Collective is about as “brunch-y” a place as we ate at in Spain on this trip, but the thing that we were excited about here is how veggie-forward their food is. 

We were about 10 days into a trip of eating almost exclusively Spanish food, which isn’t particularly veggie-forward, so we embraced the brunchiness and showed up hungry. 

Everything here is gluten free and vegetarian, and we were most excited by the egg dishes.

The standout was the Margarita, two poached eggs in labneh with pesto rosso served with their nice house gluten free bread. 

They also have things like pancakes and other sweet options like fruit and yogurt, if that’s what you’re into. 

Grosso Napoletano Senza Glutine (Pizza)

Grosso is the best example of a phenomenon I’ve only really found in Spain, but I would like to see it expand to all corners of the globe. 

That phenomenon is where you have a mini chain of restaurants where somewhere between one location and a handful of locations are dedicated gluten free. 

This is a different approach than having gluten free options at all of the locations because it minimizes the risk of cross-contact in the kitchen, especially in a pizzeria, and makes it a much safer option for Celiacs. 

Generally speaking, outside of Italy where they have an active Celiac association offering guidance on how to prepare gluten free food safely in a mixed environment, I avoid eating at pizza places with mixed kitchens.

Why? Because I’ve gotten into making my own gluten free pizza at home, and by the time I’m done making a couple of pizzas for Alysha and I, every last square inch of exposed surface in the kitchen is covered in a thin layer of gluten free flour. 

Now, imagine that kitchen is a mixed kitchen, and you’ve just made 100 gluten-filled pizzas when an order for a gluten free pizza comes through. 

Unless you have the time to deep clean (not practical in a busy kitchen) or completely separate equipment (not practical in a small kitchen), everything that gluten free pizza touches will almost certainly have some level of contact with flour.

The point here is that it’s risky. 

Enter Grosso Napoletano, a Spanish chain of pizza restaurants who have a location or two in most bigger Spanish cities that are completely gluten free. They’re called “Grosso Napoletano Senza Glutine.”

They have a fancy pizza oven that gets HOT, which is essential for the Neopolitan-style pizza they make here. 

On my first visit, I was CONVINCED that they had to be using gluten free wheat starch because of the texture, but I have asked several times on recent trips and, nope, they use a similar blend of rice, buckwheat, and other flours to the pizza I make at home.

This is, perhaps, the best gluten free pizza I’ve ever had outside of Italy. And, even taking Italian places into account, it’s still right up there.

If pizza is what you’re craving, this is where I’d send you without hesitation (also, don’t miss the chili oil!).  

Al Solito Posto (Italian – NOT 100% GLUTEN FREE)

In many ways, like the food and the way they approach serving people with Celiac Disease, Al Solito Posto is like stepping into Italy.

It’s one of the only places I’ve been to in Spain where they do things like give you a placemat that’s different if you’re gluten free so that the servers have an easier time keeping track. 

We made a reservation in advance and noted that both of us were eating gluten free, and we showed up to a table with “sin gluten” place settings and the gluten free menu already at the table.

When the food came out, they covered it with a plastic topper (I assume to minimize risk of cross-contact on its way out of the kitchen?), which was the first time I’d ever seen anything like that. 

Also like going out to places that serve gluten free diners in Italy, they are knowledgeable about cross-contact and take steps to minimize mishaps, like separate kitchens. 

Overall, the food was pretty good! We really liked the gluten free ravioli al Solito Posto, which was stuffed with tender braised pork cheek and topped with a cheese sauce, and the pizza was also pretty good. 

However, if it’s the pizza you want, we’d head down the plaza to Grosso, which is quite possibly the best gluten free pizza we’ve ever had (and that location is dedicated gluten free).

If you want a more diverse menu with pasta and other options, then come to Al Solito Posto. 

La Bastarda (Spanish)

La Bastarda wins the award in Sevilla for exceeding our expectations the most, because we walked in not really knowing what to expect. 

When we looked at it online, the menu was a little hard to follow, with an eclectic combination of tostas with more modern toppings and traditional Spanish dishes, so we decided to just stop by and see how it went. 

They have two locations now, one right in the center of Sevilla a few blocks from the cathedral (right on Plaza de San Francisco), and one across the river in Triana, which is a bit further from the action. 

The location in the center is a very small, narrow space, and we sat down for lunch at a long skinny table that had us about two yards apart, which was kind of funny. 

We had the huevos rotos con chorizo (a classic Spanish dish with sunny side up eggs served over fried potatoes), and the tapas version (just a smaller portion) of their cheesy risotto and braised pork cheek (carrilleras). 

Plus a salad which, honestly, may have been the favorite dish of the bunch because who doesn’t love fried goat cheese?

Overall, the food was good. Not blow your socks off good, but well above our mostly nonexistent expectations, and we both walked away saying “yeah, I’d eat there again,” which is always a good sign.  

Other Gluten Free Spots in Sevilla

Think of this as a section of places in the Sevilla area that showed up in our research, but we haven’t personally made it to just yet. 

I’m going to use this section as a place to house other recommendations I’ve gotten (or found myself) for gluten free restaurants in Sevilla that I haven’t personally made it to yet, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t!

All of the places in this section are 100% gluten free. 

Freiduría y Marisquería Bahía: This is the one place in Sevilla that I’m sad that we skipped, because it’s perhaps the most authentic restaurant in this entire guide. 

However, by the time we arrived in Sevilla, we were in dire need of vegetables, and a place dedicated to fried fish was not at all appetizing at that particular moment. 

If you’re interested in trying some local specialties, this is a good option (and it’s dedicated gluten free, so you don’t have to worry about fryers!). 

Restaurante Jábega: We have a cardinal rule when we’re traveling in Spain: never order paella unless you’re in Valencia, or you’re at a Valencian restaurant that specializes in paella. 

If you didn’t already know, paella is a dish specifically from Valencia, though you’ll find it on other menus around Spain because tourists love it. 

The quality of paella in other places in Spain is…varied. 

This place, however, is explicitly Valencian, and they specialize in paella. If you are deadset on paella in Sevilla, this is the place to get it. 

However, the challenge – and the reason we skipped it – is the fact that it’s FAR from the center of the city. 

Atávico – Gastronomía Ancestral: This place is 100% gluten free, and also free of refined sugars, seed oils, and has lots of vegan options on the menu. 

We prioritized other places in Sevilla mostly because the prices are pretty high for what you’re getting, and that’s likely due to the fact that they avoid refined sugar and seed oils (which we aren’t necessarily super concerned about). If you do care about those things, this is a great option!

Poseidón: Another good option for fried fish, owned by the same group as Jábega (and located a few doors down). Far from the center of Sevilla, and if you’re going out there, our recommendation would be to go to try the paella at Jábega. 

McDonalds & Burger King: We went back and forth several times about whether or not including McDonalds and Burger King was, philosophically, something we wanted to do in this guide.

On the one hand, we absolutely would not recommend eating at either during your short time in Sevilla. Save your precious, limited meals for other great food!

On the other hand, I, Matt, also recognize that as a Celiac, this may be one of your only opportunities to experience what it’s like to eat a burger from one of these American fast food chains.

Both offer gluten free burgers in Spain that are accredited by the local Celiac Association.

I went to McDonalds (where they make the gluten free burger with a Schar bun) and watched the employee receive my order, wash their hands, change gloves, and move to a separate part of the kitchen to prepare it.

In Spain, you can order a gluten free burger through the electronic kiosks at both chains.

For McDonalds, it’s a little confusing. You have to go to a normal Big Mac and opt to customize it, then remove the “regular” bun and replace it with a gluten free bun.

At Burger King, they have a separate gluten free section of the menu on the kiosk.

Where to Find Gluten Free Groceries in Sevilla

If you’d like to cook for yourself while you’re in Sevilla, I have some great news: Spain is an excellent place for finding gluten free groceries. 

One of my favorite pastimes (which likely comes from working in the food industry) is going to all the different grocery stores in a new place.

These days, it’s mostly to see how they organize their gluten free items. 

So as we’re walking around exploring a new place, I’m prone to dragging Alysha into multiple different grocery stores to see how many gluten free things they have, and whether they have a dedicated section. 

My first recommendation is to visit El Corte Inglés, a chain of huge department stores that you’ll find all across Spain and Portugal. 

They usually have a supermarket tucked away somewhere in the building (usually in the basement), and it is easily the best place to find gluten free groceries in any Spanish city. 

The gluten free selection is MASSIVE. Every Schar product on the face of the earth, a couple of good gluten free pastas (we bring back gluten free Rummo pasta every time we’re in Europe), and plenty more. 

There are two right in the center of Sevilla, here and here, and we also like to stop by here to grab snacks for plane or train journeys. 

Another good option around Spain is Carrefour Express, though the way they organize their gluten free selection varies from store to store. 

They are essentially a cross between a grocery store and a convenience store, and they usually have at least a small selection of Schar products (among others) available in a pinch. There are far more of them scattered around the city, so you’ll never be more than a short walk away from one. 

Last, but not least, is Mas, another supermarket chain with a few locations around Sevilla’s center. Pretty good gluten free selection, but nowhere near the breadth of El Corte Inglés or the number of locations of Carrefour Express. 

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