Where to eat when it has to be properly gluten free: fully gluten-free kitchens first, then coeliac-careful ones. Every place sourced, checked 2026-10-29. Full guide: chefamazing.com/gluten-free/tokyo
Save this list in Chef Amazing Where to eat in Tokyo: the full guideGet: Okonomiyaki, yakisoba, rice-batter tempura or ramen
The whole place is gluten free. Japanese classics made without wheat, with a menu that marks every allergen and shows a photo of each dish.
Get: A tempura set course, wagyu and seafood
The whole place is gluten free except the beer. Gluten-free tempura near Sensō-ji. Staff know coeliac disease well and speak Japanese and English.
Get: Vegetable tempura, fried chicken, curry or sushi, or a bento to go
The whole place is gluten free. The owner has coeliac disease. They also run a gluten-free supermarket tour that ends with a meal here.
Get: The kushiage omakase
Reported fully gluten free. An omakase of fried skewers, the dish coeliacs usually can't touch. A special-occasion dinner.
Get: Sashimi, tempura and noodles with a gluten-free beer
Reported fully gluten free. A whole izakaya you can eat at, soy sauce included.
Get: Fried chicken, dumplings and noodles
Reported fully gluten free. Comfort food in the middle of Shinjuku. Coeliac diners say they could eat without worry.
Get: Pizza bread, garlic bread, a baguette
Reported fully gluten free. A rice-flour bakery near Shibuya, with lots to choose from.
Get: Fluffy soufflé pancakes, made to order
Reported fully gluten free. The viral Japanese pancakes, made with rice flour. Open 11am to 5pm.
Get: A bánh mì on rice-flour bread
The whole place is gluten free. Vietnamese-style sandwiches on soft rice-flour rolls, plus vegan sweets.
Get: A bowl or a salad, then dessert
The whole place is gluten free. A Tokyo branch of a Bali health-food restaurant. Everything is vegetarian too.
Get: Stuffed loaves, breadsticks and cookies
The whole place is gluten free. A gluten-free bakery in the food hall under Shibuya Scramble Square, next to the crossing.
Get: Bread, pizza and cake
The whole place is gluten free. A small bakery for sweet and savoury bakes. A little hard to find, but worth it.
Get: Rice-flour chiffon cake
Reported fully gluten free. A cake shop by Sensō-ji, handy after the temple.
Get: A buckwheat galette, then a crêpe and cider
Gluten-free menu. Say you're coeliac. Breton buckwheat galettes, with 28 safety ratings from coeliac diners.
Get: Sushi with gluten-free soy sauce
Gluten-free soy sauce. Show a coeliac card. Readers living in Japan say the staff steered them to what was safe, and the sushi was incredible.
Get: Juwari soba (100% buckwheat)
Gluten-free option, 13 safety ratings from coeliac diners. Fresh 100% buckwheat soba, the kind most soba shops don't make. Diners say staff are coeliac aware.
Get: Gluten-free ramen
Not a fully gluten-free kitchen. Staff understand cross-contact, diners report. A bowl of ramen in Shibuya, with over 120 safety ratings from coeliac diners.
Get: Okonomiyaki or yakisoba on the teppan
Gluten-free menu. Diners say the risk on the shared grill isn't zero. Teppanyaki with 29 safety ratings from coeliac diners. Pay about ¥250 and they clean the grill extra well.
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