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Gluten-free Amsterdam

Eating gluten free here: Good, with care

Amsterdam is good for coeliacs if you know where to go: croissants worth queuing for, a fully gluten-free vegan restaurant by the zoo, Indonesian rijsttafel, gelato in a cone, and fries from a window that only fries potatoes.

Gluten-free food in Amsterdam
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What to ask
Ik heb coeliakie. Ik mag helemaal geen gluten eten, ook geen sporen. Wordt dit gerecht bereid zonder kruisbesmetting?

I have coeliac disease. I can't eat any gluten, not even traces. Is this dish made with no cross-contamination?

Where to eat

100% gluten free

The whole kitchen is gluten free. Order anything.

Bloem Eten & Drinken, Amsterdam
100% gluten free

Bloem Eten & Drinken

Plantage, near Artis zoo · Entrepotdok 36

The whole place is gluten free, oat free too, and a member of the Dutch coeliac association. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026), checked October 29, 2026

Get: Pumpkin soup with seeded sourdough, the eggplant sandwich, buckwheat blinis at dinner

Our source's favourite lunch or dinner in Amsterdam, the hardest gluten-free meal to find there. Vegan, with a three-course dinner menu.

Coeliac-careful kitchen

Not a gluten-free kitchen, but trained for coeliacs: accredited, a separate fryer or a separate menu with real protocols.

Restaurant Olijfje, AmsterdamA photo like it
Careful kitchen

Restaurant Olijfje

Plantage, near Waterlooplein · Valkenburgerstraat 223D

Gluten-free dishes marked, and staff answered fryer questions. The first bread basket is NOT gluten free: send it back. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026), checked October 29, 2026

Get: Stuffed eggplant with yogurt, then hünkar beğendi (lamb on smoky eggplant and cheese)

Turkish cooking, our source's best dinner in Amsterdam and the priciest. Book, even on a Monday.

Good gluten-free options

Plenty you can eat and staff who get it, in a kitchen that also uses flour. Say it's coeliac, not a preference.

Before you go

English works.

Almost everyone speaks good English, so a card is a backup, not a must.

Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026)
Gluten-free beer is gluten-reduced.

Dutch "gluten free" beers are brewed with barley and treated with an enzyme. Check for barley on the label.

Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026)
Oats can be in gluten-free food.

Dutch gluten-free bakes may use gluten-free oats. Ask if oats are a problem for you.

Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026)
Albert Heijn is your shop.

Every branch has its own gluten-free section, with plenty of Schär. Jumbo has a smaller one.

Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026)

Watch out for

Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (a coeliac traveller, updated Oct 2026)

Help on the ground

Nederlandse Coeliakie Vereniging: The Dutch coeliac association and its member restaurants.

Wheatless Wanderlust: A coeliac traveller's Amsterdam guide, the main source for this one.

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How Chef checks: every place here says it on its own site, or a coeliac writer who ate there does, and we link which. We checked on October 29, 2026. Kitchens change, staff change: if it's coeliac disease, say so every time. Photos marked "a photo like it" aren't of that place. No place paid to be here.

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