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Gluten-free Rome

Eating gluten free here: Easy

Rome is one of the best cities in the world to be coeliac. Italy takes it seriously, its coeliac association trains and audits restaurants, and you can eat carbonara, supplì, pizza al taglio and gelato in a real cone without a second thought.

Gluten-free food in Rome
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What to ask
Sono celiaco. Non posso mangiare glutine, nemmeno in tracce. Questo piatto è preparato senza contaminazione?

I'm coeliac. I can't eat 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.

Pandalì, RomeA photo like it
100% gluten free

Pandalì

Largo Argentina, near the Pantheon · Via di Torre Argentina 3

100% gluten free bakery and café. Source: Happy Celiac, checked October 29, 2026

Get: A sandwich and a slice of tart

Bakery and café by the Pantheon for a light lunch.

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Coeliac-careful kitchen

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

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

Look for the red AIC square.

AIC, the Italian coeliac association, certifies places that cook gluten free in a separate space with separate tools. They're not always 100% gluten free, but they know exactly what they're doing.

Source: Laura Dolci (a coeliac Roman)
Watch for the flag.

AIC places often bring coeliac dishes on different plates or with a little flag. If yours arrives without it, say so before you eat.

Source: Laura Dolci (a coeliac Roman)
Say sono celiaco.

Senza glutine means gluten free, but sono celiaco (celiaca for a woman) tells them it's medical, not a preference.

Source: Laura Dolci (a coeliac Roman)
Careful with gluten-free beer.

Some beers labelled gluten free are gluten-removed. Look for the crossed-grain symbol.

Source: Happy Celiac

Watch out for

Source: Happy Celiac

Help on the ground

AIC (Associazione Italiana Celiachia): The Italian coeliac association. Its app lists certified places.

Laura Dolci Travels: A coeliac Roman's list, the main source for this guide.

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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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